The Rough Riders

Season 1

The Rough Riders is an American Western television series set in the West after the American Civil War. It aired on ABC for the 1958-1959 television season. It was produced by Ziv Television, the production company responsible for such hit shows as Bat Masterson, Tombstone Territory, Sea Hunt, and Highway Patrol.
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39 Episodes
  • The Murderous Sutton Gang
    E1
    The Murderous Sutton GangWhile on their way west, the Rough Riders come to the aid of a farmer and his daughter who have been attacked by Sutton and his notorious band of cuthroats.
  • Breakout
    E2
    BreakoutThe Rough Riders discover a Union prison camp which still holds Confederate POWs. It seems that the prison commandant has doctored the camp records so that he can still keep the former Confederates prisoner, even though the war is over. The three try to come up with a plan to free the prisoners.
  • The Maccabites
    E3
    The Maccabites
  • The Duelists
    E4
    The Duelists
  • The Imposters
    E5
    The ImpostersThe Rough Riders stop to help a young woman collect money from the army for the requisition of her cow, and stumble across a plot to rob the army payroll.
  • The Governor
    E6
    The GovernorAn outlaw gang has kidnapped the governor, and is demanding that an imprisoned member of their gang be released in exchange for the governor.
  • Blood Feud
    E7
    Blood FeudFlagg, Kirby, and Sinclair ride into the middle of a feud between the Maddox and Pearce families.
  • The Nightbinders
    E8
    The Nightbinders
  • Shadow of the Past
    E9
    Shadow of the Past
  • Killers at Chocktaw Valley
    E10
    Killers at Chocktaw Valley
  • The Counterfeiters
    E11
    The Counterfeiters
  • Strand of Wire
    E12
    Strand of Wire
  • The Electioners
    E13
    The ElectionersThe three adventurers become involved in a town's election campaign.
  • The Scavengers
    E14
    The ScavengersA woman asks the Rough Riders' help in finding her missing husband. They discover that her husband may have run afoul of a gang that kidnaps men to work on ships headed overseas.
  • An Eye For an Eye
    E15
    An Eye For an EyeThe Rough Riders come to the aid of a young couple whose farm is threatened by a family of Southerners intent on avenging their Civil War wounds.
  • Double Cross
    E16
    Double CrossThe rider trio unwittingly saves Belle Starr from pursuing outlaws.
  • Wilderness Trace
    E17
    Wilderness Trace
  • The Plot to Assassinate President Johnson
    E18
    The Plot to Assassinate President JohnsonThe Rough Riders come across a plot to assassinate President Andrew Johnson. The assassins are led by none other than the notorious Confederate guerrilla and killer William Quantrill.
  • The End of Nowhere
    E19
    The End of NowhereAlexander Sugrue is trying to build a Utopia in the west. His son Kenyon taxes the roads and the farmers illegally, supposedly to finance the dream, but he is actually lining his own pockets.
  • A Matter of Instinct
    E20
    A Matter of Instinct
  • Witness Against the Judge
    E21
    Witness Against the Judge
  • End of Track
    E22
    End of Track
  • Death Sentence
    E23
    Death Sentence
  • The Double Dealers
    E24
    The Double Dealers
  • Lesson in Violence
    E25
    Lesson in Violence
  • The Promise
    E26
    The Promise
  • The Injured
    E27
    The InjuredFlagg, Kirby and Sinclair are bushwhacked in the middle of the scrub lands by a desperadoes, then their horses taken by indians. Sergeant Sinclair is the least injured, and goes on a long, grueling trek across the badlands, fighting off more indians and finally catching up to the gang.
  • Paradise Gap
    E28
    Paradise Gap
  • Hired Gun
    E29
    Hired Gun
  • Gunpoint Persuasion
    E30
    Gunpoint Persuasion
  • The Rifle
    E31
    The Rifle
  • Forty-Five Calibre Law
    E32
    Forty-Five Calibre Law
  • Deadfall
    E33
    Deadfall
  • The Highgraders
    E34
    The Highgraders
  • The Wagon Raiders
    E35
    The Wagon Raiders
  • Ransom of Rita Renee
    E36
    Ransom of Rita ReneeKirby's horse steps in a hole and he is left walking. His friends leave him to try to buy him another horse. Kirby flags a passing stage. The stage is taken over by the Kane Gang who plan to hold a famous opera singer, for ransom.
  • Reluctant Hostage
    E37
    Reluctant Hostage
  • The Holdout
    E38
    The HoldoutThe Rough Riders come to the aid of a young woman who is being threatened by the Association who are willing to murder her to get her horses.
  • The Last Rebel (Last Show)
    E39
    The Last Rebel (Last Show)
Cast of Season 1
  • Kent Taylor
  • Peter Whitney
  • Jan Merlin
  • Yvette VickersEllie Winters
 
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