Stories of the Century

30min

Western

Stories of the Century is a 39-episode Western television series starring Jim Davis that ran in syndication through Republic Pictures between January 23, 1954, and March 11, 1955.

Episodes

Cast

Belle Starr

1. Belle Starr

30min

23rd Jan 1954

Railroad Detective Matt Clark and his assistant Frankie Adams investigate the stealing of a herd of horses belonging to the U. S. Cavalry. They learn that the leader of the outlaws is a woman named Belle Starr.

Billy The Kid

2. Billy The Kid

30min

30th Jan 1954

Matt and Frankie set out on the trail of cattle rustlers led by one of the West's youngest and most notorious outlaws.

Frank And Jesse James

3. Frank And Jesse James

30min

7th Feb 1954

Railroad detectives Matt Clark and Frankie Adams pursue the vengeful James brothers, Frank and Jesse, who declare war on the law after their young half-brother is killed in a police ambush.

Geronimo

4. Geronimo

30min

14th Feb 1954

Railroad detectives Matt Clark and Frankie Adams go after Apache chief Geronimo, who has been identified by Joe Burns, the night watchman of the railroad yards, as the leader of a band of freight-car robbers.

Quantrill And His Raiders

5. Quantrill And His Raiders

30min

21st Feb 1954

The U.S. Army calls on Matt Clark (Jim Davis) to help subdue an Indian uprising led by Sioux chief Crazy Horse. Frankie: Mary Castle.

Cattle Kate

6. Cattle Kate

30min

28th Feb 1954

Matt and Frankie head to Sweetwater, Wyoming where major cattle ranches are suffering heavy losses. A woman nicknamed Cattle Kate becomes the focus due the number of livestock she sells despite her small operation.

Sam Bass

7. Sam Bass

30min

4th Mar 1954

Henry Plummer is elected sheriff of Bannack, Mont., on a law-enforcement ticket---but then he promptly turns to crime. Matt: Jim Davis. Frankie: Mary Castle.

Johnny Ringo

8. Johnny Ringo

30min

11th Mar 1954

Matt (Jim Davis) and Frankie join a circus to trap an escaped killer. Frankie: Mary Castle.

The Dalton Gang

9. The Dalton Gang

30min

18th Mar 1954

Psychopathic killer Harry Tracy's senseless brutality disgusts even the members of his own gang. Matt: Jim Davis.

Doc. Holliday

10. Doc. Holliday

30min

25th Mar 1954

The Younger Brothers

11. The Younger Brothers

30min

2nd Apr 1954

John Wesley Hardin

12. John Wesley Hardin

30min

9th Apr 1954

Joaquin Murietta

13. Joaquin Murietta

30min

16th Apr 1954

Tiburcio Vasquez

14. Tiburcio Vasquez

30min

23rd Apr 1954

Chief Crazy Horse

15. Chief Crazy Horse

30min

30th Apr 1954

Black Bart

16. Black Bart

30min

6th May 1954

Henry Plummer

17. Henry Plummer

30min

13th May 1954

Bill Longley

18. Bill Longley

30min

20th May 1954

Harry Tracy

19. Harry Tracy

30min

27th May 1954

Wild Bunch Of Wyoming

20. Wild Bunch Of Wyoming

30min

3rd Jun 1954

Outlaw Butch Cassidy's sense of humor proves his undoing. Matt: Jim Davis. Frankie: Mary Castle.

The Doolin Gang

21. The Doolin Gang

30min

10th Jun 1954

Little Britches

22. Little Britches

30min

17th Jun 1954

Black Jack Ketchum

23. Black Jack Ketchum

30min

24th Jun 1954

"Black Jack" Ketchum took Martha Cullen's husband from her and now he has talked her son into joining his gang. Matt: Jim Clark. Frankie: Mary Castle.

Tom Horn

24. Tom Horn

30min

1st Jul 1954

Matt and Frankie witness a boy's murder, which plunges them into a Wyoming range war. Matt: Jim Davis. Frankie: Mary Castle.

Ben Thompson

25. Ben Thompson

30min

8th Jul 1954

Matt Clark (Jim Davis) and Frankie Adams trail a gunman who started the biggest prairie fire in Texas history as part of a swindle. Frankie: Mary Castle.

Clay Allison

26. Clay Allison

30min

15th Jul 1954

The Civil War is long over, but two Southern sympathizers are still at it---terrorizing Yankees in the Southwest. Matt: Jim Davis.

First air date

23rd Jan 1954

Last air date

11th Mar 1955

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks