Man Without a Gun
| Man Without a Gun | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Rex Reason Mort Mills Harry Harvey Sr. |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | NTA Film Network (Syndicated) |
| Picture format | Black and white |
| Original release | November 6, 1957 – September 10, 1959 |
Man Without a Gun is an American western television series produced by 20th Century Fox Television and presented on the NTA Film Network and in first-run syndication in the United States from 1957 to 1959. Set in the town of Yellowstone near Yellowstone National Park in the then Dakota Territory during the 1870s, the program starred Rex Reason as newspaper editor Adam MacLean, who brought miscreants to justice without the use of violence or gunplay but through his Yellowstone Sentinel. The co-star was Mort Mills, as Marshal Frank Tallman, who intervened when the "pen" proved not to be "mightier than the sword".[1]Harry Harvey, Sr., was cast in twenty-one episodes as Yellowstone Mayor George Dixon.
The program is considered to have been unique because it showcased MacLean's moral ethics and common sense to bring outlaws to justice. The show was also used as a schoolroom to teach the youngsters of the 1950s about decency and the differences between right and wrong.[2]
Guest stars[]
- Chris Alcaide - as Johnny Kansas in two episodes ("Teen-Age Idol", "The Hero")
- John Anderson ("Eye Witness")
- Whit Bissell - as Mark Ryan in the "Aftermath" episode
- Lloyd Corrigan
- Dennis Cross - as Cheotah in the "Indian Fury" episode
- John Doucette - as Dan Kester in "The Fugitive" episode
- James Drury - as Cort Hamish in the "Aftermath" episode
- Stanley Fafara - as Boy in the "Eye Witness" episode
- Stanley Farrar - as Auges in two episodes ("Guilty", "Eye Witness")
- Bruce Gordon - as Wolf Manson in the "Headline" episode
- Don Gordon ("Jailbreak")
- Dabbs Greer - as Ben McLaren in the "Hangtree Inn" episode
- Ron Hagerthy - as Tod Wilburn in the "Witness to Terror" episode
- Myron Healey - as Yank Sullivan in the "Decoy" episode
- Diane Jergens - as Ellen in the "Night of Violence" episode
- Robert Karnes - as Jonas in the "Invisible Enemy" episode
- Dayton Lummis - as Fred Hawkins in "The Fugitive" episode
- Carole Mathews - as Rose[3] in the "Lady from Laramie" episode
- Doug McClure - as Albert (or Ollie) Ketchum in "The Kidder" episode
- Patrick McVey - as Forester[4] in the "Special Edition" episode
- James Philbrook - as Troy in the "Decoy" episode
- Dorothy Provine - as Lucy in the "Man Missing" episode
- Denver Pyle ("Shadow of a Gun")
- Victor Rodman ("Devil's Acre")
- Robert F. Simon - as Hamish Sr. in the "Aftermath" episode
- Olan Soule - as Henry Holbrook in the "Daughter of the Dragon" episode
- Ray Teal ("The Day The West Went Wild")
- Marie Tsien - as Chi Ying in the "Daughter of the Dragon" episode
- Robert J. Wilke - as Hackett in the "Buried Treasure" episode
- Victor Sen Yung - as Ho Wang in the "Daughter of the Dragon" episode
After Man Without a Gun, Rex Reason was again cast as a reporter, Scott Norris, on ABC's crime drama, The Roaring Twenties, with co-stars Dorothy Provine (who had guest-starred on Man Without a Gun), John Dehner, Donald May, Mike Road, and Gary Vinson. Mort Mills later appeared as a semi-regular on NBC's most successful western, Bonanza.
Episodes[]
Season 1 (1957-1958)[]
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Seven Killers" | TBA | Teleplay by : Clarke Reynolds | November 8, 1957 |
| 2 | 2 | "Decoy" | Charles F. Haas | Story by : Frank Fenton, Joseph Petracca, and Richard H. Landau Teleplay by : Richard H. Landau | November 13, 1957 |
| 3 | 3 | "The Fugitive" | Charles F. Haas | Story by : Lawrence Louis Goldman Teleplay by : David Lang and Lawrence Louis Goldman | November 21, 1957 |
| 4 | 4 | "Teen-Age Idol" | Charles F. Haas | Teleplay by : Robert Leslie Bellem | |
| 5 | 5 | "Silent Town" | Charles F. Haas | Story by : Eustace Cockrell and Francis M. Cockrell Teleplay by : Robert Leslie Bellem | |
| 6 | 6 | "Shadow of a Gun" | TBA | TBA | January 20, 1958 |
| 7 | 7 | "The Sealed Envelope" | Walter Grauman | Teleplay by : Jack Laird and Wilton Schiller | January 24, 1958 |
| 8 | 8 | "The Thin Wall" | TBA | TBA | January 29, 1958 |
| 9 | 9 | "Wanted" | John H. Peyser | Teleplay by : Robert Leslie Bellem | February 6, 1958 |
| 10 | 10 | "The Gun From Boot Hill" | TBA | TBA | February 11, 1958 |
| 11 | 11 | "Indian Fury" | TBA | TBA | February 14, 1958 |
| 12 | 12 | "Guilty" | TBA | TBA | February 19, 1958 |
| 13 | 13 | "Dark Road" | Charles F. Haas | Teleplay by : Frederic Louis Fox | February 24, 1958 |
| 14 | 14 | "Reward" | Charles F. Haas | Story by : Robert Leslie Bellem Teleplay by : Jack Laird and Wilton Schiller | March 5, 1958 |
| 15 | 15 | "Danger" | John H. Peyser | Teleplay by : Mona Fisher | March 10, 1958 |
| 16 | 16 | "The Last Hunt" | TBA | TBA | March 13, 1958 |
| 17 | 17 | "The Day The West Went Wild" | TBA | TBA | March 18, 1958 |
| 18 | 18 | "High Iron" | Joseph Kane | Teleplay by : Frank L. Moss | March 28, 1958 |
| 19 | 19 | "Peril" | Gene Fowler Jr. | Teleplay by : Frederic Louis Fox | April 1, 1958 |
| 20 | 20 | "Trap Line" | TBA | TBA | April 4, 1958 |
| 21 | 21 | "Night Of Violence" | TBA | TBA | April 9, 1958 |
| 22 | 22 | "Lady From Laramie" | TBA | TBA | April 14, 1958 |
| 23 | 23 | "The Dream Weaver" | TBA | Story by : David Lang and Robert Leslie Bellem Teleplay by : Robert Leslie Bellem | April 17, 1958 |
| 24 | 24 | "The Law Of The Land" | TBA | Teleplay by : Roderick Peterson | April 22, 1958 |
| 25 | 25 | "No Heart For Killing" | TBA | TBA | April 25, 1958 |
| 26 | 26 | "Buried Treasure" | John H. Peyser | Teleplay by : Frederic Louis Fox | April 30, 1958 |
| 27 | 27 | "The Quiet Strangers" | Charles F. Haas | Teleplay by : Marion Parsonnet | May 5, 1958 |
| 28 | 28 | "The Claim Jumpers" | TBA | TBA | May 8, 1958 |
| 29 | 29 | "Jailbreak" | TBA | TBA | May 13, 1958 |
| 30 | 30 | "The Kidder" | John H. Peyser | Teleplay by : Sam Peckinpah | May 16, 1958 |
| 31 | 31 | "Lissie" | TBA | TBA | May 21, 1958 |
| 32 | 32 | "Aftermath" | Walter E. Grauman | Story by : Robert Presnell Sr. Teleplay by : Herbert R. Purdom | May 26, 1958 |
| 33 | 33 | "The Last Bullet" | John H. Peyser | TBA | May 29, 1958 |
| 34 | 34 | "Special Edition" | TBA | TBA | June 4, 1958 |
| 35 | 35 | "Headline" | John H. Peyser | Teleplay by : Harry Kronman | June 9, 1958 |
| 36 | 36 | "Man Missing" | Charles F. Haas | Story by : Eustace and Francis Cockrell Teleplay by : Robert Creighton Williams | |
| 37 | 37 | "The Mine" | TBA | TBA | June 17, 1958 |
| 38 | 38 | "Invisible Enemy" | Charles F. Haas | Teleplay by : Frederic Louis Fox and Robert Leslie Bellem | June 24, 1958 |
| 39 | 39 | "Wire's End" | John H. Peyser | Teleplay by : Robert Leslie Bellem |
Season 2 (1959)[]
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 1 | "Face Of The Moon" | Walter Grauman | Teleplay by : Robert Bloomfield | May 27, 1959 |
| 41 | 2 | "Eye Witness" | Walter E. Grauman | Teleplay by : Oliver Crawford | June 1, 1959 |
| 42 | 3 | "The Hero" | Paul Landres | Teleplay by : Frederic Louis Fox | June 4, 1959 |
| 43 | 4 | "Witness In Terror" | Paul Landres | Teleplay by : Robert Leslie Bellem | June 9, 1959 |
| 44 | 5 | "Man With The Wrong Face" | TBA | TBA | June 12, 1959 |
| 45 | 6 | "The Last Holdup" | TBA | TBA | June 17, 1959 |
| 46 | 7 | "Daughter Of The Dragon" | Paul Landres | Story by : Robert Leslie Bellem and Wanda Tuchock Teleplay by : Wanda Tuchock | June 22, 1959 |
| 47 | 8 | "The Shaving Mug" | Paul Landres | Teleplay by : Robert Leslie Bellem | June 25, 1959 |
| 48 | 9 | "The Devil's Acres" | TBA | TBA | June 30, 1959 |
| 49 | 10 | "Accused" | TBA | Story by : Robert Leslie Bellem Teleplay by : Jess Carneol and Kay Lenard | July 3, 1959 |
| 50 | 11 | "Hangtree Inn" | Les Goodwins | Teleplay by : Robert Leslie Bellem | September 2, 1959 |
| 51 | 12 | "The Giant" | TBA | TBA | September 10, 1959 |
| 52 | 13 | "Stolen Stage" | TBA | TBA | September 16, 1959 |
References[]
- ^ Alex McNeil, Total Television, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 4th ed., p. 515
- ^ "Man Without a Gun". TVacres.com. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2009.
- ^ "Man Without a Gun - Lady from Laramie: Season 1, Episode 23". TV Guide. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Man Without a Gun - Special Edition: Season 1, Episode 35". TV Guide. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Man Without a Gun episode list". Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved February 8, 2009.
- ^ "Man Without a Gun: Season 1...(1957-58)". The Classic TV Archive. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ^ "Man Without a Gun: Season 2...(1959)". The Classic TV Archive. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1950s Western (genre) television series
- Black-and-white American television shows
- First-run syndicated television programs in the United States
- 1957 American television series debuts
- 1959 American television series endings
- Television series by 20th Century Fox Television
- Television shows set in Wyoming
- Television series by CBS Studios