Tales of Wells Fargo

30min

Western

Drama

Jim Hardie helps Wells Fargo agents battle the bad guys.

Production Companies

Revue Studios

Overland Productions

Episodes

Cast

The Thin Rope

1. The Thin Rope

30min

18th Mar 1957

Jim Hardie is assigned to ride shotgun on a stagecoach that was held up carrying a valuable cargo of gold, but has to contend with a driver who thinks he can handle any outlaws he meets with all by himself.

The Hasty Gun

2. The Hasty Gun

30min

25th Mar 1957

Aging, honest Marshall Ogburn shoots an unarmed suspect in heat of a violent burglary of a Wells Fargo bank and is fired. Jim is sent to investigate the robbery and try to recover the stolen money. It may lead to more than the money.

Alder Gulch

3. Alder Gulch

30min

8th Apr 1957

In Montana the only men getting rich are the outlaws stealing it off Wells Fargo stagecoaches and freight wagons. Hardie goes undercover to the town of Alder Gulch to try to infiltrate the outlaw gang operating in the area and.

The Bounty

4. The Bounty

30min

15th Apr 1957

Jim is sent to Moose Creek, Canada to identify the corpse of an outlaw only he has seen but the man was killed with a shotgun blast to the face making him hard to identify. In addition, a woman there claims the body is that of her brother.

A Time to Kill

5. A Time to Kill

30min

22nd Apr 1957

A son of a dead man accused of robbing a Wells Fargo stage discovers an empty strong box in the attic of his farmhouse. The boy is still convinced that his father has been falsely accused and hopes Jim Hardie finds the real culprits.

Shotgun Messenger

6. Shotgun Messenger

30min

7th May 1957

A rich gold strike in Pleasant Valley has the Wells Fargo Co. setting up a new stagecoach run linking the boom town with San Francisco. Hardie over the objections of the branch manager selects the son of a disgraced Wells Fargo employee.

The Lynching

7. The Lynching

30min

13th May 1957

After meeting a Basque sheepherder new to the U.S. who speaks no English with his brother on a stage, Hardie learns on a return trip he is about to be lynched when a town's hard cases accuse him of abduction of a young girl.

Renegade Raiders

8. Renegade Raiders

30min

20th May 1957

Jim goes undercover as a trainee for Wells Fargo to try and find out who is supplying renegade Indians with the guns they are using on their murderous raids. Something is strange with the Cheyenne stealing money for which they have no use.

Rio Grande

9. Rio Grande

30min

3rd Jun 1957

Hardie picks up a valuable shipment in Matamoras, Mexico and isn't pleased when a dude and beautiful woman insist on becoming passengers with him on the route he will use to deliver the money to Laredo fighting Mexican bandits all the way.

Sam Bass

10. Sam Bass

30min

10th Jun 1957

Sam Bass and his gang have a hideout in Texas so secluded that no lawman has ever located it. From this stronghold they strike repeatedly. Jim is ordered to infiltrate the gang so that he can learn where Bass's gang holes up between raids.

The Hijackers

11. The Hijackers

30min

17th Jun 1957

Hardie's vacation is cut short when a stage disappears crossing the Rocking Horse Hills badlands. He backtracks its route and finds it left with a wealthy man's son and the young man's fiancee who are missing but no money was on the stage.

Stage to Nowhere

12. Stage to Nowhere

30min

24th Jun 1957

While transporting Dan Lingle to stand trial for robbery and murder, Hardie's stagecoach is attacked by the outlaw's gang. Among the passengers on the coach are Lingle's estranged wife and son and the outlaw determines to stand with them.

Jesse James

13. Jesse James

30min

1st Jul 1957

When a Wells Fargo train shipment is robbed in Missouri, Jesse James and his gang are suspected. Jim Hardie disguises himself as a photographer and attempts to locate the money and the outlaws who killed his friend on the train.

The Silver Bullets

14. The Silver Bullets

30min

8th Jul 1957

In Rainbow's End, a mining town, Wells Fargo agent Roy Fulton was killed and $15,000 disappeared. Jim Hardie goes there to investigate. He goes undercover taking a job as a guard at the roulette table where Fulton was killed.

First air date

18th Mar 1957

Last air date

2nd Jun 1962

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks