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Death Valley Days

Season 8 1959 - 1960
TV-PG

  • 1959-10-01T04:00:00Z on Syndication
  • 25m
  • 15h 55m (38 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.

38 episodes

Season Premiere

1959-10-01T04:00:00Z

8x01 Olvera

Season Premiere

8x01 Olvera

  • 1959-10-01T04:00:00Z25m

A Mexican official must decide between his fellow caballeros and his obligations to the U.S. Government during the annexation of California.

1959-10-15T04:00:00Z

8x02 "Gates Ajar" Morgan

8x02 "Gates Ajar" Morgan

  • 1959-10-15T04:00:00Z25m

A man goes too far promoting a phony religious philosophy based on the novel "The Gates Ajar", and must admit the truth if he is to save his friend and benefactor from a lynch mob.

1959-10-27T05:00:00Z

8x03 Sam Kee and Uncle Sam

8x03 Sam Kee and Uncle Sam

  • 1959-10-27T05:00:00Z25m

Sam Kee, ostracized because he's Chinese, finds refuge at a fort after saving a soldier's life. He makes himself useful and befriends Lt. Burke who needs help after Apaches repeatedly steal the payroll. Sam is able to come to the aid of his benefactors.

1959-11-03T05:00:00Z

8x04 The Grand Duke

8x04 The Grand Duke

  • 1959-11-03T05:00:00Z25m

Russian Grand Duke Alexis is touring the West and the government assigns Buffalo Bill as his guide. The frontiersman objects but ends up bonding with the royal. An encounter with hostile Indians cements the friendship.

1959-11-13T05:00:00Z

8x05 Fair Exchange

8x05 Fair Exchange

  • 1959-11-13T05:00:00Z25m

Charlie and Phoebe Stoner are having hard times because of his drinking. Major Bullock arrives from the East willing to grubstake Charlie to learn his mining expertise. When valuable items disappear Bullock suspects Charlie but there's a simpler solution.

1959-11-17T05:00:00Z

8x06 The Scalpel and the Gun

8x06 The Scalpel and the Gun

  • 1959-11-17T05:00:00Z25m

Dr. Tom Bell stays out west after the Mexican American War but his belief in himself is gone. When a patient of his dies unexpectedly his medical practice is ruined and he thinks his only choice is to join with criminal elements.

1959-11-26T05:00:00Z

8x07 Indian Emily

8x07 Indian Emily

  • 1959-11-26T05:00:00Z25m

After an army skirmish with hostile Indians prisoners arrive at the fort including an ill girl. Mrs. Easton nurses her to health and she adopts the Anglo ways but leaves after falling in love with Tom. She returns only to perform a heroic act.

1959-11-26T05:00:00Z

8x08 Hang 'Em High

8x08 Hang 'Em High

  • 1959-11-26T05:00:00Z25m

Two competing teams race to complete a cross country telegraph line, aiding the Union cause. Also at stake is a bonus so when sabotage takes place suspicions grow. But Hudson learns it's Confederate sympathizers at work.

1959-12-10T05:00:00Z

8x09 Tribal Justice

8x09 Tribal Justice

  • 1959-12-10T05:00:00Z25m

The son of an Indian chief accused of the murder of a fellow tribesman faces trial.

1959-12-10T05:00:00Z

8x10 The Little Trooper

8x10 The Little Trooper

  • 1959-12-10T05:00:00Z25m

The MacArthur family arrive at Ft. Selden their new post in frontier Arizona. In the midst of hostile Apache actions the young Douglas falls under the watchful eye of Norkul who risks everything to protect the future commanding general.

1959-12-24T05:00:00Z

8x11 Ten Feet of Nothing

8x11 Ten Feet of Nothing

  • 1959-12-24T05:00:00Z25m

During a drunken evening in town, a miner gives a pretty saloon-singer half-interest in his apparently worthless claim, only to learn that the surrounding property contains a vein of valuable ore.

1959-12-24T05:00:00Z

8x12 Lady of the Press

8x12 Lady of the Press

  • 1959-12-24T05:00:00Z25m

Mike Ward arrives in Carson City and immediately clashes with newspaper owner Lauri Frick. He establishes a rival paper both working to improve things in frontier Nevada. What Lauri doesn't realize is who her secret contributor is.

1959-12-26T05:00:00Z

8x13 The Reluctant Gun

8x13 The Reluctant Gun

  • 1959-12-26T05:00:00Z25m

When artistic Billy Jackson is threatened by gunslinger Corbett, he shoots him in the back. Famed lawyer Temple Houston is asked to take Billy's case but because the crime took place with many witnesses Houston must work a miracle.

1960-01-09T05:00:00Z

8x14 His Brother's Keeper

8x14 His Brother's Keeper

  • 1960-01-09T05:00:00Z25m

Edwin Booth arrives in Downieville to do a Shakespearean show 6 months after his brother assassinated Lincoln. Town tough Rogan and his cronies try to prevent the performance. It's up to Jeb Hayes to show his son to stand up for what's right.

1960-01-21T05:00:00Z

8x15 The Devil's Due

8x15 The Devil's Due

  • 1960-01-21T05:00:00Z30m

Tom Dixon, formerly an outlaw, is trying to change his ways and marry his sweetheart. But he's wanted for a past bank robbery and the reappearance of fellow gang member Cassidy make it difficult to avoid trouble.

1960-01-22T05:00:00Z

8x16 Money to Burn

8x16 Money to Burn

  • 1960-01-22T05:00:00Z25m

Carl, a destitute vagabond, stumbles upon $50,000 in Wells Fargo loot. He lives it up in a fine hotel but also sharing the money with those in need. He doesn't realize the original thief Browning and Hume, a bank detective, are on his trail.

1960-02-06T05:00:00Z

8x17 Dogs of the Mist

8x17 Dogs of the Mist

  • 1960-02-06T05:00:00Z25m

Steve Hewitt accidentally kills the dogs of miner Tully who had sent a desparate message. Haunted by his mistake he searches for the man while his friends suspect him of hiding a lucrative mine. Steve is guided by mysterious howling.

1960-02-13T05:00:00Z

8x18 A Wedding Dress

8x18 A Wedding Dress

  • 1960-02-13T05:00:00Z25m

Marshall Bill Tilghman works in 1890's Oklahoma territory trying to bring in the Doolin gang. He methods are questioned when he first offers amnesty but gets sidetracked when he does a bride a favor, putting his job in jeopardy.

1960-02-18T05:00:00Z

8x19 Shadows on the Window

8x19 Shadows on the Window

  • 1960-02-18T05:00:00Z25m

Lew Wallace is governor of New Mexico territory during Billy the Kid's murderous time in the 1880's. While dealing with threats to his life, worries of his family, he manages to write a novel that would become biblical best-selling Ben Hur.

8x20 The Battle of Mokelumne Hill

  • 1960-02-19T05:00:00Z25m

California imposes a monthly tax on immigrant miners in the 1850's gold boom. Most groups grudgingly respond but the French resist violently. Lt. Bradshaw is tasked with enforcement despite his sympathy for the miners.

1960-03-03T05:00:00Z

8x21 The Strangers

8x21 The Strangers

  • 1960-03-03T05:00:00Z25m

A hate-filled drifter threatens successful rancher John Gaunt and his family.

8x22 Goodbye Five Hundred Pesos

  • 1960-03-03T05:00:00Z25m

In the years after California's conquest, an Army commander grapples with hostile citizens.

1960-03-17T05:00:00Z

8x23 Forbidden Wedding

8x23 Forbidden Wedding

  • 1960-03-17T05:00:00Z25m

A couple face opposition to their marriage: the governor of California, whom the woman once rejected.

1960-03-17T05:00:00Z

8x24 One Man Tank

8x24 One Man Tank

  • 1960-03-17T05:00:00Z25m

Prospector "Dutch" Charley Koehn (John Bleifer)searches for gold for many years, but never finds any. He decides to settle down and buys a goat farm...and strikes it rich when he finds gold on the property.

1960-03-30T05:00:00Z

8x25 The Man on the Road

8x25 The Man on the Road

  • 1960-03-30T05:00:00Z25m

John Raitt plays a drifter who befriends a boy whose father has been jailed for horse theft.

1960-04-01T05:00:00Z

8x26 The Man Everyone Hated

8x26 The Man Everyone Hated

  • 1960-04-01T05:00:00Z25m

A general planning to house Indians on a reservation finds himself hated by white men and red men alike.

8x27 The General Who Disappeared

  • 1960-04-08T05:00:00Z25m

The going gets rough for a corrupt politician. The governor of Montana has launched a reform campaign.

1960-04-13T05:00:00Z

8x28 The Million Dollar Pants

8x28 The Million Dollar Pants

  • 1960-04-13T05:00:00Z25m

The saga regarding the need for and development of blue jeans during the California gold rush by Levi Strauss.

1960-04-14T05:00:00Z

8x29 Pirates of San Francisco

8x29 Pirates of San Francisco

  • 1960-04-14T05:00:00Z25m

A sailor, a barmaid and a newspaperman join forces to clean up a lawless city.

1960-05-01T04:00:00Z

8x30 A Woman's Rights

8x30 A Woman's Rights

  • 1960-05-01T04:00:00Z25m

Bethel Leslie plays America's first female judge, who loses her life savings and her husband in a fight against corruption.

1960-05-10T04:00:00Z

8x31 Eagle in the Rocks

8x31 Eagle in the Rocks

  • 1960-05-10T04:00:00Z25m

Townspeople plan a vendetta when a Mexican outlaw is accused of killing four miners.

1960-05-12T04:00:00Z

8x32 Cap'n Pegleg

8x32 Cap'n Pegleg

  • 1960-05-12T04:00:00Z25m

A vengeful sea captain goes after the sailors he holds responsible for the loss of his leg.

1960-05-24T04:00:00Z

8x33 Emma Is Coming

8x33 Emma Is Coming

  • 1960-05-24T04:00:00Z25m

A singer wants to chuck it all and go home.

1960-06-02T04:00:00Z

8x34 Human Sacrifice

8x34 Human Sacrifice

  • 1960-06-02T04:00:00Z25m

An Indian chief's young widow fights an ancient ritual requiring her to be killed following her husband's death.

8x35 Pete Kitchen's Wedding Night

  • 1960-06-07T04:00:00Z25m

Cameron Mitchell plays Pete Kitchen, a stubborn Arizona pig rancher battling Indians on his wedding night.

1960-06-09T04:00:00Z

8x36 Mission to the Mountains

8x36 Mission to the Mountains

  • 1960-06-09T04:00:00Z25m

On a peace mission, a rancher and an Indian meet a prospector who thinks they're after his gold.

8x37 The Great Lounsberry Scoop

  • 1960-06-24T04:00:00Z25m

Colonel Lounsberry is selected by General Custer to be the only newspaperman to travel with the troops leaving on a campaign against the Sioux.

Season Finale

1959-10-15T04:00:00Z

8x38 Somewhere in the Vultures

Season Finale

8x38 Somewhere in the Vultures

  • 1959-10-15T04:00:00Z25m

A former prospector is hired by a young woman to find her fiance, who became lost in the mountains while searching for gold.

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