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Death Valley Days

Season 16 1967 - 1968
TV-PG

  • 1967-10-07T04:00:00Z on Syndication
  • 25m
  • 10h 50m (26 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Western, Drama
Death Valley Days is an American radio and television anthology series featuring true stories of the old American West, particularly the Death Valley area. Created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman, the program was broadcast on radio until 1945 and continued from 1952 to 1970 as a syndicated television series, with reruns continuing through August 1, 1975. The series was sponsored by the Pacific Coast Borax Company and hosted by Stanley Andrews, Ronald Reagan, Robert Taylor, and Dale Robertson. With the passing of Dale Robertson in 2013, all the former Death Valley Days hosts are now deceased.

26 episodes

Season Premiere

1967-10-07T04:00:00Z

16x01 Shanghai Kelly's Birthday Party

Season Premiere

16x01 Shanghai Kelly's Birthday Party

  • 1967-10-07T04:00:00Z25m

Shanghai Kelly works a side job filling ships with shanghaied sailors. He counts on long sea voyages to insure his "clients" don't come back after him. His fiancé sets him up to retire early.

1967-10-14T04:00:00Z

16x02 Chicken Bill

16x02 Chicken Bill

  • 1967-10-14T04:00:00Z25m

Chicken Bill (Dub Taylor) owns a silver mine that isn't paying out. He salts his mine to get his competition to pay off his old debit and fund his future.

1967-10-21T04:00:00Z

16x03 Let My People Go

16x03 Let My People Go

  • 1967-10-21T04:00:00Z25m

The Chumash Indians, enslaved by Spanish soldiers in early day California, rebel against their captors. Their leader Paconio realizes they are trapped in the mission and talks with the Padre to find a solution.

1967-10-28T04:00:00Z

16x04 The Lone Grave

16x04 The Lone Grave

  • 1967-10-28T04:00:00Z25m

John Hail honors his wife's dying wish and returns to make a solitary journey to place a headstone on her remote grave.

16x05 The Girl Who Walked the West

  • 1967-11-04T05:00:00Z25m

Sacagawea leads the Lewis and Clark expedition.

1967-11-11T05:00:00Z

16x06 The Informer Who Cried

16x06 The Informer Who Cried

  • 1967-11-11T05:00:00Z25m

Jim Murphy is about to be sentenced when Texas Ranger Captain Peak offers him a deal in exchange for his freedom. He must help capture bandit Sam Bass dead or alive but fellow gang member Barnes is suspicious of his return.

1967-11-18T05:00:00Z

16x07 Spring Rendezvous

16x07 Spring Rendezvous

  • 1967-11-18T05:00:00Z25m

At a gathering of trappers Kit Carson takes on a belligerent man, who has insulted the Indians, in a series of contests.

1967-12-30T05:00:00Z

16x08 Lost Sheep in Trinidad

16x08 Lost Sheep in Trinidad

  • 1967-12-30T05:00:00Z25m

Sister Blandina comes to the aid of a wounded robbery in the rough frontier town of Trinidad when no one else will. As she works to comfort him she learns he is a friend of the notorious Billy the Kid.

16x09 The Saga of Sadie Orchard

  • 1968-01-13T05:00:00Z25m

The Orchards get the contract to deliver silver in the isolated town of Hillsboro. After her husband is waylaid and beaten by bandits, Sadie takes over as the stage driver.

1968-01-20T05:00:00Z

16x10 The Indiana Girl

16x10 The Indiana Girl

  • 1968-01-20T05:00:00Z25m

A tomboy changes her ways when she meets the handsome constable of a mining town.

16x11 Prince of the Oyster Pirates

  • 1968-01-28T05:00:00Z25m

Jack agrees to buy French Frank's oyster boat but only if he spares Scratch's life. French, a violent man, vows vengeance when he loses his girl Mamie to Jack. Jack must outwit and diminish French as a hooligan.

1968-02-17T05:00:00Z

16x12 The Friend

16x12 The Friend

  • 1968-02-17T05:00:00Z25m

An inexperienced young man hears about a planned ambush on the sheriff and vows to help.

1968-02-23T05:00:00Z

16x13 The Great Diamond Mines

16x13 The Great Diamond Mines

  • 1968-02-23T05:00:00Z25m

A prospector and his partner try to con a banker.

16x14 Count Me In, Count Me Out

  • 1968-02-24T05:00:00Z25m

Count Peter is a charming rascal in Old California who expects to marry the beautiful heiress of a wealthy Don. But first he must serve a brief stint in a jail he designed and clear up a misunderstanding that might get him killed.

1968-03-01T05:00:00Z

16x15 Dress for a Desert Girl

16x15 Dress for a Desert Girl

  • 1968-03-01T05:00:00Z25m

While her husband Zeb looks for gold, Cynthia lives in isolation in Death Valley. Although he has promised they will eventually leave, Cynthia begins to give up hope and her health fails. Zeb hopes a new dress will help.

1968-03-02T05:00:00Z

16x16 Britta Goes Home

16x16 Britta Goes Home

  • 1968-03-02T05:00:00Z25m

Gustaf Olaffson eagerly awaits the arrival of his future bride Britta from Sweden. Heading to Gustaf's sod house, Britta becomes disillusioned about her future. Visiting with Dan and Mary Brown, other Dakota homesteaders, help her overcome her fears.

1968-03-02T05:00:00Z

16x17 Bread on the Desert

16x17 Bread on the Desert

  • 1968-03-02T05:00:00Z25m

Two Americans on their way to Santa Fe are captured by Mexican troops and held prisoner until an Indian woman comes to their aid.

16x18 Green Is the Color of Gold

  • 1968-03-06T05:00:00Z25m

Aaron brings his new bride Rosie to Death Valley where his place is isolated and rundown. Aaron continues a futile look for gold but as Rosie is about to leave him, he discovers another mineral to make them wealthy.

16x19 Out of the Valley of Death

  • 1968-03-07T05:00:00Z25m

A wagon train takes the wrong cutoff and end up in Death Valley running short of food and water. Two of the stronger men leave to find supplies but those left behind start to give up hope of their return.

16x20 The Gold Mine on Main Street

  • 1968-03-15T05:00:00Z25m

Jesse declares the middle of Main Street is the place to find gold and is seemingly correct after the mine is successful. But his backers in town become increasingly suspicious when their questions go unanswered.

1968-04-05T05:00:00Z

16x21 A Friend Indeed

16x21 A Friend Indeed

  • 1968-04-05T05:00:00Z25m

Ten years after the events described in "Out of the Valley of Death", Asa Bennett is persuaded to join an expedition to find the Lost Gunsight Mine, a legendary vein of silver in the heart of Death Valley.

1968-04-12T05:00:00Z

16x22 The Thirty-Caliber Town

16x22 The Thirty-Caliber Town

  • 1968-04-12T05:00:00Z25m

The story of how the Winchester repeating rifle helped to bring law and order to a new north Idaho town. An epilogue featuring host Robert Taylor and Lester Shadduck, the mayor of Winchester, Idaho, was shot on location in 1967.

Wagonmaster Lassen faces an unruly mob when he tries a new route to California in the 1840s and is overheard saying he may be lost.

1968-05-10T04:00:00Z

16x24 By the Book

16x24 By the Book

  • 1968-05-10T04:00:00Z25m

Two young ladies move to Colorado to prove their land claim, but the local land manager intends to own it himself. Two brothers are enlisted to hinder the women, but find their charms irresistible.

1968-05-11T04:00:00Z

16x25 The Pieces of the Puzzle

16x25 The Pieces of the Puzzle

  • 1968-05-11T04:00:00Z25m

"The Baron of Arizona," James Reavis, files a claim against the government.

Season Finale

1968-05-17T04:00:00Z

16x26 Tall Heart, Short Temper

Season Finale

16x26 Tall Heart, Short Temper

  • 1968-05-17T04:00:00Z25m

Pike has a terrible temper and his fiance Angela breaks off the engagement after too many altercations with the townspeople. He heads off with his partner to trap, vowing to stay calm to win her back but an encounter with Indians changes things.

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