Frontier
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Western
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Frontier is an American Western anthology series that aired on NBC from September 1955, to September 1956. The series de-emphasizes gunplay and focuses on the hazards of the settlement of the American West. It was only the second anthology Western series in television history, having been preceded by Death Valley Days. Frontier aired premiered on September 25, 1955, and ran sporadically in its last five months. Walter Coy narrated the series and starred in occasional episodes, which are dramatizations based on actual events. The program was produced by Worthington Miner.
Production
California National Productions, NBC
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
September 25, 1955
Last Aired
September 9, 1956
Networks
NBC
Created By
Morton S. Fine
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Paper Gunman
Air date: 1955-09-25
A newspaper reporter determined to write articles about famous gunslingers finds that real gunmen are in short supply, so he decides to invent one. He buys a young man who hero-worships Clay Allison a holster and a frock coat and creates a reputation for him as a formidable gunslinger by publishing embellished accounts of exploits.
E2
Tomas And The Widow
Air date: 1955-10-02
E3
A Stillness In Wyoming
Air date: 1955-10-16
A range war breaks out between the cattle ranchers and the sheepherders in 19th Century Wyoming. The sons of the faction leaders meet and become friends, leading to tragedy when a hired killer of one faction kills one of the boys by mistake.
E4
The Shame Of A Nation
Air date: 1955-10-23
E5
The Founding Of Omaha, Nebraska
Air date: 1955-10-30
E6
The Suspects
Air date: 1955-11-06
E7
King of the Dakotas
Air date: 1955-11-13
A French expatriate with a reputation as a duelist plans to create a cattle empire in the Dakota territory but runs into opposition from the ranchers he has mistreated.
E8
Cattle Drive to Casper
Air date: 1955-11-27
A young wife insists on accompanying her husband on a 600-mile cattle drive
E9
Romance of Poker Alice
Air date: 1955-12-11
E10
Ferdinand Meyer's Army
Air date: 1955-12-18
E11
The Long Road To Tucson
Air date: 1955-12-25
E12
The Texicans
Air date: 1956-01-08
E13
Mother Of The Brave
Air date: 1956-01-15
When ranching proves unprofitable, the Horn family begins a long trek across Western plains enroute to their Native England, but fall prey to a band of Comanche Indians.
E14
The Ten Days Of John Leslie
Air date: 1956-01-22
E15
The Devil And Doctor O'Hara
Air date: 1956-02-05
E16
The Captivity Of Joe Long
Air date: 1956-02-12
E17
The Voyage Of Captain Castle
Air date: 1956-02-19
E18
Assassin
Air date: 1956-03-04
E19
The Hanging At Thunder Butte Creek
Air date: 1956-03-11
E20
The Big Dry
Air date: 1956-03-18
E21
The Ballad Of Pretty Polly
Air date: 1956-04-01
E22
The Well
Air date: 1956-04-08
E23
Salt War
Air date: 1956-04-22
E24
Patrol
Air date: 1956-04-29
E25
A Somewhere Voice
Air date: 1956-05-06
E26
The Hunted
Air date: 1956-05-13
E27
Georgia Gold
Air date: 1956-06-10
E28
Out From Texas
Air date: 1956-06-24
E29
The Return Of Jubal Dolan
Air date: 1956-08-26
E30
The Hostage
Air date: 1956-09-09
Cast
Walter Coy
Narrator (voice)
