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.

Creators and Cast

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Hal Hudson

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John McGreevey

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Cast

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Peter Breck

Clay Culhane

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Russell Johnson

Marshal Gib Scott

Episodes

Season 1

20 episodes

S1 E1 · Client: Travers

1959-01-10

No summary.

S1 E2 · Client: Meade

1959-01-17

No summary.

S1 E3 · Client: McQueen

1959-01-24

No summary.

S1 E4 · Client: Dawes

1959-01-31

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

S1 E5 · Client: Starkey

1959-02-07

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

S1 E6 · Client: Tagger

1959-02-14

No summary.

S1 E7 · Client: Robinson

1959-02-21

No summary.

S1 E8 · Client: Martinez

1959-03-07

No summary.

S1 E9 · Client: Northrup

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.

S1 E10 · Client: Steele

1959-03-21

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

S1 E11 · Client: Mowery

1959-03-28

No summary.

S1 E12 · Client: Braun

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.

S1 E13 · Client: Banks

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.

S1 E14 · Client: Jessup

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.

S1 E15 · Client: Frome

1959-04-25

No summary.

S1 E16 · Client: Nelson

1959-05-02

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

S1 E17 · Client: Neal Adams

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.

S1 E18 · Client: Brand

1959-05-16

No summary.

S1 E19 · Client: Reynolds

1959-05-23

Jealousy causes misfortune between two females and one greedy gambler.

S1 E20 · Client: Vardon

1959-05-30

No summary.

Season 2

24 episodes

S2 E1 · The Freebooters

1959-10-02

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

S2 E2 · The Saddle

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.

S2 E3 · The Long Rider

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.

S2 E4 · The Hotel

1959-10-23

No summary.

S2 E5 · Client: Peter Warren

1959-10-30

No summary.

S2 E6 · The Freight Line

1959-11-06

No summary.

S2 E7 · Murdock

1959-11-13

No summary.

S2 E8 · Apache Trail

1959-11-20

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

S2 E9 · Four From Stillwater

1959-11-27

No summary.

S2 E10 · The Deal

1959-12-04

No summary.

S2 E11 · Change Of Venue

1959-12-11

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

S2 E12 · Blood Money

1959-12-18

No summary.

S2 E13 · The Killer

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.

S2 E14 · Letter Of Death

1960-01-08

No summary.

S2 E15 · Mr. Simpson

1960-01-22

No summary.

S2 E16 · Means To An End

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.

S2 E17 · The Indian Tree

1960-02-19

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

S2 E18 · The Apprentice

1960-03-11

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

S2 E19 · Burden Of Guilt

1960-03-18

No summary.

S2 E20 · The Cabin

1960-04-01

No summary.

S2 E21 · The Return

1960-04-08

No summary.

S2 E22 · A Case Of Slow

1960-04-15

No summary.

S2 E23 · The Penalty

1960-04-22

No summary.

S2 E24 · End Of The Line

1960-05-04

No summary.