Black Saddle

Black Saddle

Black Saddle is an American Western television series starring Peter Breck that aired 44 episodes on ABC from January 10, 1959 to May 6, 1960. The half-hour program was produced by Dick Powell's Four Star Television, and the original pilot was an episode of CBS's Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, with Chris Alcaide portraying the principal character, Clay Culhane. For syndicated reruns, Black Saddle was combined with three other Western series from the same company, Law of the Plainsman starring Michael Ansara, Johnny Ringo starring Don Durant and Mark Goddard, and the critically acclaimed creation of Sam Peckinpah, The Westerner with Brian Keith, under the umbrella title, The Westerners, with new hosting sequences by Keenan Wynn.

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Seasons

1. Client: Travers

Air Date: 1959-01-10

2. Client: Meade

Air Date: 1959-01-17

3. Client: McQueen

Air Date: 1959-01-24

4. Client: Dawes

Air Date: 1959-01-31

Culhane is investigating the death of Ben Dawes, a wealthy middle-aged bachelor who took a mail-order bride.

5. Client: Starkey

Air Date: 1959-02-07

June Starkey arrives in town to ask Culhane to find her missing husband.

6. Client: Tagger

Air Date: 1959-02-14

7. Client: Robinson

Air Date: 1959-02-21

8. Client: Martinez

Air Date: 1959-03-07

9. Client: Northrup

Air Date: 1959-03-14

Ty Northrup, ex-lawman turned renegade, and his wife arrive in Latigo, but Marshal Gib Scott orders them out of town. Mrs. Northrup is unable to travel, and Clay Culhane tries to talk Scott into allowing them to stay until the woman is well enought to move on.

10. Client: Steele

Air Date: 1959-03-21

Lawyer Clay Culhane agrees to defend Bill Steele, one of three men being held by Marshal Gib Scott for robbery.

11. Client: Mowery

Air Date: 1959-03-28

12. Client: Braun

Air Date: 1959-04-04

A recluse hires Clay Culhane to obtain an injunction keeping trespassers off his property. While attending to this matter, the lawyer is startled by an encounter with a famous general who is believed to have died heroically.

13. Client: Banks

Air Date: 1959-04-11

Teenager Dick Banks maintains an interest in guns in spite of his father's opposition. Clay Culhane, who sees a similarity to the start of his own career as a gunfighter, befriends the youth.

14. Client: Jessup

Air Date: 1959-04-18

Rancher Lon Jessup is charged with robbery and murder by two Chicago detectives. Jessup tells Clay Culhane that he was involved in a robbery but had nothing to do with the murder.

15. Client: Frome

Air Date: 1959-04-25

16. Client: Nelson

Air Date: 1959-05-02

Culhane runs into two brawling men, each of whom claims he's a lawman and that the other is his prisoner.

17. Client: Neal Adams

Air Date: 1959-05-09

An injured man, Neal Adams, arrives in Latigo and tells his friend Clay Culhane that he is being unjustly hunted. Clay learns that Adams is a wanted man and his pursuer is a bounty hunter.

18. Client: Brand

Air Date: 1959-05-16

19. Client: Reynolds

Air Date: 1959-05-23

Jealousy causes misfortune between two females and one greedy gambler.

20. Client: Vardon

Air Date: 1959-05-30

1. The Freebooters

Air Date: 1959-10-02

When the crooked Major overtakes the town he murders Nora's father.

2. The Saddle

Air Date: 1959-10-09

Culhane helps Marshal Scott catch three escaped prisoners. He recognizes one of them as the son of Judge McKinney, a man who encouraged his legal career.

3. The Long Rider

Air Date: 1959-10-16

While Marshal Gib Scott is riding to Albuquerque, his horse goes lame and the marshal gets a ride with Pa Scales's wagon train. Scott, Pa Scales and son George come across two men, one whom is injured and a woman. Pa identifies the injured man as a wanted criminal.

4. The Hotel

Air Date: 1959-10-23

5. Client: Peter Warren

Air Date: 1959-10-30

6. The Freight Line

Air Date: 1959-11-06

7. Murdock

Air Date: 1959-11-13

8. Apache Trail

Air Date: 1959-11-20

Apache Ulzana comes for King when Chata escapes his captivity and returns with vengeance on their mind.

9. Four From Stillwater

Air Date: 1959-11-27

10. The Deal

Air Date: 1959-12-04

11. Change Of Venue

Air Date: 1959-12-11

Carla wants vengeance against Tom Brandon, she thinks he murdered her sister Maria.

12. Blood Money

Air Date: 1959-12-18

13. The Killer

Air Date: 1960-01-01

Four men and a dog are found dead. Unable to explain who or what killed them, the townspeople live in constant fear.

14. Letter Of Death

Air Date: 1960-01-08

15. Mr. Simpson

Air Date: 1960-01-22

16. Means To An End

Air Date: 1960-01-29

Two business partners disagree over the books and one ends up dead, Culhane is asked to help the widow find out the truth.

17. The Indian Tree

Air Date: 1960-02-19

A fight ensues when stolen money winds up in a most unusual place.

18. The Apprentice

Air Date: 1960-03-11

Clay Culhane tangles with the gunslinger who first taught him how to use a gun.

19. Burden Of Guilt

Air Date: 1960-03-18

20. The Cabin

Air Date: 1960-04-01

21. The Return

Air Date: 1960-04-08

22. A Case Of Slow

Air Date: 1960-04-15

23. The Penalty

Air Date: 1960-04-22

24. End Of The Line

Air Date: 1960-05-04

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Rating

6.0/10

Release Date

1959-01-10

Episodes

44 (2 seasons)

Status

Ended

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