Tate

Season 1

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Tate is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from June 8 until September 14, 1960. It was created by Harry Julian Fink, who wrote most of the scripts, and produced by Perry Como's Roncom Video Films, Inc., as a summer replacement for The Perry Como Show. Richard Whorf guest starred once on the series and directed the majority of the episodes. Ida Lupino directed one segment.

13 Episodes

Home Town
E1
Home TownFor Tate the civil war is over. With a severly crippled arm he returns to his boyhood home town to try to help a friend.
Stopover
E2
StopoverTate rides into town with the body of a wanted outlaw he's just killed, and presents it to the sheriff to collect the bounty. The sheriff sends Tate to the saloon to wait while he fills out the paperwork--and, since he doesn't like bounty hunters, decides to take his time about it. Meanwhile, at the saloon Tate runs into a young hothead who's itching to put a notch on his gun and decides that Tate's going to be it.
The Bounty Hunter
E3
The Bounty HunterTom Sandee is a bounty hunter. He mistakenly thinks Tate is wanted & is going after him.
The Mary Hardin Story
E4
The Mary Hardin StoryWhen Tetlow (Mort Mills) tries to take her property Mary Hardin (Julie Adams) asks Tate for help.
Voices of the Town
E5
Voices of the TownTate is searching for a war criminal guilty of a heinous act, but in the town he lives in now, Frank Turner is a beloved and respected citizen. The townspeople won't let Tate take him without a fight.
A Lethal Pride
E6
A Lethal PrideA man named Arriega hires Tate to hunt down a wanted man.Tate is going to bring the man in but Arriega wants the man brought in dead only.
Tigero
E7
TigeroWhile bringing in sheepherder John Chess (Martin Landau) who twelve years prior had murdered more than a dozen people and ravaged a town out of revenge for his wife's death, Tate is forced to kill two sons of cattle rancher Abel Towey, who then wants his own revenge and tracks down Tate and Chess.
Comanche Scalps
E8
Comanche ScalpsAmos Dundee with Tate going along is going home to marry his fiance.When they arrive they find that lucy just married Amos's brother. Amos intends to kill him but Comanche's steal her first.
Before Sunup
E9
Before SunupA gang of outlaws shoot up a man badly.Then they make a bet on what time he will die. Tate tries to protect the man before the different oulaws can kill him.
The Reckoning
E10
The ReckoningWhile bounty hunting, Tate drinks some bad water and is near death. A man and his daughter take him in and nurse him back to health, despite the fact that the man recognizes Tate as the bounty hunter who is hunting him.
The Gunfighters
E11
The GunfightersA ranchowner owes his hands a year's wages.He agrees to pay up in cattle, then reneges.They pay Tate to help them collect.
Quiet After the Storm
E12
Quiet After the StormTate tracks down a killer who gunned down a saloon girl. On the trail back to town, the girl's two brothers arrive seeking blood vengeance. Can Tate trust the residents of the home he's holed up in while three killers lurk outside?
The Return of Jessica Jackson
E13
The Return of Jessica JacksonShades of The Searchers as an obsessed man negotiates the release of his wife abducted eight years earlier by a Paiute raiding party. He did not anticipate her bringing home a half-Indian child, or of the Paiute father's fierce resistance.