Season Seventeen

The Lost, September 13, 1971 Written by Jack Miller, Story by Warren Vanders, Directed by Robert Totten, Guest Cast: Laurie Prange, Mercedes McCambridge, Royal Dano, Charles Kuenstle, Link Wyler, Peggy Ren, Dee Carroll, Harry Carey, Jr., Jerry Brown, Jon Jason Mantley. Maria Mantley. Kitty Russell, injured and isolated by a stagecoach accident, must rely on a strange, wild child for survival. Mercedes McCambridge guest-stars.

Laurie Prange

Mercedes McCambridge

Phoenix, September 20, 1971 Written by Anthony Lawrence, Directed by Paul Stanley, Guest Cast: Glenn Corbett, Mariette Hartley, Gene Evans, Ramon Bieri, Frank Corsetino. A young convict makes a contract, upon release from prison, to kill a man he has never met.

Glenn Corbett

Waste (Part One), September 27, 1971 Written by Jim Byrnes, Directed by Vincent McEveety, Guest Cast: Ruth Roman, Jeremy Slate, Ellen Bustyn, Johnny Whitaker, David Sheiner, Shug Fisher, Lieux DressIer, Don McGowan, George Chandler, Rex Holman, Ken Swofford, Don Keefer, Merry Anders, Lieux DressIer, Claire Brennan, Lee Pulford, Emory Parnell. Matt Dillon delays his pursuit of an outlaw in order to help a young boy search for his mother. Ellen Burstyn guest-stars.

George Chandler

Waste (Part Two), October 4, 1971 Written by Jim Byrnes, Directed by Vincent McEveety, Guest Cast: Ruth Roman, Jeremy Slate, Ellen Bustyn, Johnny Whitaker, David Sheiner, Shug Fisher, Lieux Dressler, Don McGowan, George Chandler, Rex Holman, Ken Swofford, Don Keefer, Merry Anders, Lieus DressIer, Claire Brennan, Lee Pulford, Emory Parnell. Marshal Dillon confronts the outlaw whose pursuit he had delayed to help a small boy find his mother. Ellen Burstyn guest-stars.

Lieus Dressler Johnny Whitaker and Ruth Roman

Ruth Roman and James Arness

New Doctor In Town October ll, 1971 Written by Jack Miller, Directed by Philip Leacock, Guest Cast: Lane Bradford, Jon Lormer. A new doctor faces the suspicion and mistrust of many of the townspeople when he fills in for the absent Doc Adams.

Pat Hingle replaced Milburn Stone as Dodge City's doctor while Stone recovered from heart disease.

Ma Colter (or The Legend), October 18,l971 Written by Calvin Clements, Jr, Directed by Philip Leacock; Guest Cast: Kim Hunter, Jan-Michael Vincent, Greg Mullavey, Richard D. Kelton, Bryan O'Byrne, Lloyd Nelson, Pat Dennis-Leigh, Victor Izay. Against great odds, the mother of two infamous outlaw sons tries to steer her youngest boy into an honest life. Jan-Michael Vincent guest-stars.

Kim Hunter

Jan-Michael Vincent

Trafton, October 25, 1971 Written by Ron Bishop, Directed by Bernard McEveety, Guest Cast: Victor French, Sharon Acker, Patti Cohoon, Paul Stevens, Philip Carey, Marie Windsor, Clay Tanner, Bill Catching, Fred Stromson, John Dullaghan, Mike Mazurki, John Lormer, Paul Stevens Victor French is in the title role.

Victor French as Trafton.

Lynott, November 1, 1971 Written by Ron Bishop, Directed by Gunnar Hellstrom, Guest Cast: Richard Kiley, Peggy McCay, Anthony Caruso, Jonathan Lippe, William Bramley, Gregg Palmer, Ken Lynch. A one-time marshal saves Matt Dillon's life and agrees to fill in for Matt when the lawman's wounds confine him to bed.

Lijah, October 8, 1971 Written by William Blinn, Directed by Irving Moore, Guest Cast: Denny Miller, Harry Townes, Erin Moran, Lane Bradford, Erin Moran, Herb Vigran. A hanging-minded jury sits in judgment of Lijah, a stern, silent mountain man accused of three wanton slayings.

My Brother's Keeper, November 15, 1971 Written by Arthur Dales, Directed by Paul Stanley, Guest Cast: John Dierkes Pippa Scott, Malcolm Atterbury, Ray Reinhardt, Charles McGraw, Dana Laurita. Seeking refuge from a storm, Festus Haggen stumbles into a cave where an old Indian is dying.

Drago, November 22, 1971 Written by Jim Byrnes, Directed by Paul Stanley, Guest Cast: Buddy Ebsen, Ben Johnson, Edward Faulkner, Michael Silverman, Rich Gates, Del Monroe, Tani Phelps Guthrie. An old trailblazer sets out to track down the slayer of a woman who had befriended him. Buddy Ebsen guest-stars.

Gold Train [or The Bullet] (Part One). November 29, 1971Written by Jim Byrnes, Directed by Vincent McEveety, Guest Cast: Eric Braeden, Katherine Justice, Alejandro Rey, Robert Hogan, Pepe Callahan, Sian Barbara Allen, Warren Kemmerling, Walter Sande, Harry Carey, Jr, Sam Melville, Eddie Firestone, Robert Sorrells, John Crawford, Mills Watson, Jonathan Lippe, Harry Harvey, Sr, Dan Ferrone. Matt Dillon, bushwhacked, will either die or become paralyzed unless a bullet is removed from an area near his spine.

Gold Train [or The Bullet] (Part Two), December 6, 1971 Written by Jim Byrnes, Directed by Vincent McEveery, Guest Cast: Eric Braeden, Katherine Justice, Alejandro Rey, Robert Hogan, Pepe Callahan, Sian Barbari Allen, Warren Kemmerling, Walter Sande, Harry Carey, Jr, Sam Melville, Eddie Firestone, Robert Sorrells, John Crawford, Mills Watson, Jonathan Lippe, Harry Harvey, Sr, Dan Ferrone. Festus and Newly overpower outlaws transferring stolen gold from a train to a wagon and head off with the wagon and the gold.

Gold Train [or The Bullet] (Part Three), December 13, 1971 Written by Jim Byrnes, Directed by Vincent McEveety, Guest Cast: Eric Braeden, Katherine Justice, Alejandro Rey, Robert Hogan, Pepe Callahan, Sian Barbari Allen, Warren Kemmerling, Walter Sande, Harry Carey, Jr, Sam Melville, Eddie Firestone, Robert Sorrells, John Crawford, Mills Watson, Jonathan Lippe, Harry Harvey, Sr, Dan Ferrone (Audio Clip: Kitty tells about her feelings for Matt). Doc Adams faces a critical decision as to whether he should personally operate on the gravely wounded Marshal Dillon.

Scene from Gold Train

P.S., Murray Christmas, December 27, 1971Written by William Kelley, Directed by Herb Wailerstein, Guest Cast: Jeanette Nolan, Jack Elam, Patti Cohoon,, Erin Moran, Josh Albee, Brian Morrison, Willie Aames, Todd Lookinland, Jack Collins, Herb Vigran, Maudie Prickett. Seven homeless children en route from a Kansas orphanage to California find a Christmas they have never known.

No Tomorrow, January 3, 1972 Written by Richard Fielder, Directed by Irving Moore, Guest Cast: Sam Groom, Pamela McMyler, Henry Jones, Leo Gordon, Steve Brodie, Richard Hale, Liam Dunn, H.M. Wynant, Leo Genn, Dan Flynn. A young man is caught in the web of a trumped-up rustling charge, jailbreak, and murder.

Henry Jones

Hidalgo, January 10, 1972 Written by Paul Edwards, Directed by Paul Stanley, Guest Cast: Alfonso Arau, Thomas Gomez, Fabian Gregory, Linda Marsh, Edward Colmans, David A.Renard, Julio Medina, Stella Garcia. Critically injured Matt Dillon finds himself allied with a boy, a feeble old man, and a young woman.

Tara January 17, 1972 Written by William Kelley, Directed by Bernard McEveety, Assistant Director Gordon Webb, Incidental Music John Parker, Guest Cast: Michele Carey, L.Q. Jones, Ken Swofford, Ken Mayer, James McCallion, Lawrence Delaney, Henry Hickox, John Dullaghan, Natalie Masters, Gene Tyburn, Don Pulford, Denny Arnold. Deputy Newly O'Brien is attracted to a vivacious young lady, unaware that the lovely charmer has a crimson past.

One For The Road, January 24, 1972 Written by Jack Miller, Directed by Bernard McEveety, Guest Cast: Jeanette Nolan, Jack Albertson, Melissa Murphy, Victor Holchak, Herb Vigran, Dorothy Neumann, Jack Perkins. A wealthy alcoholic flees from his daughter and her fiance, who are attempting to gain control of his estate.

The Predators, January 31, 1972 Written by Calvin Clements, Directed by Bernard McEveety, Guest Cast: Claude Akins, Jacqueline Scott, Jodie Foster, Brian Morrison, George Murdoch. An ex-gunfighter comes to Dodge City seeking revenge against a man who betrayed him and his friends in a range war. Claude Akins and Jodie Foster guest-star.

Yankton, February 7, 1972 Written by Jim Byrnes, Directed by Vincent McEveety, Guest Cast: Forrest Tucker, James Stacy, Pamela Peyton-Wright, Nancy Olson, Margaret Bacon. An egotistical drifter swears to get revenge on a wealthy rancher who beat him badly in poker. Harrison Ford guest-stars.

<Forrest Tucker (F Troop)

Nacy Olson (right) with Julie Andrews and Bing Crosby.

Blindman's Bluff, February 21, 1972 Written by Ron Honthaner, Directed by Herb Wallerstein, Guest Cast: Anne Jackson, Victor French, George Lindsey, Charles Kuenstle. A lonely spinster finds romance with a wounded stranger she nurses back to health.

Anne Jackson

Alias Festus Haggen, March 6, 1972 Written by Calvin Clements, Directed by Vincent McEveety, Guest Cast: Ramon Bieri, Lieux Dressler, Robert Totten, Jon Lormer, William Bryant, Booth Colman, Herb Vigran, Gregg Palmer, Rusty Lane. Festus is arrested and forced to stand trial as a murderer named Frank Eaton--who looks just like the Dodge City deputy.

The Wedding March 13, 1972 Written by Harry Kronman, Directed by Bernard McEveety, Guest Cast: Morgan Woodward, Sam Elliot, Melissa Murphy, Lane Bradford, James Chandler, Fran Ryan, George Wallace, Byron Mabe, Melissa Newman. A strong-willed daughter marries against the wishes of her father, who has dominated her all of her life.