The Rough Riders

(1958-1959)

Western

The Rough Riders was a Western television series set in the West after the American Civil War. It aired on ABC for the 1958-1959 television season in 39 episodes.

The program is about three ex-soldiers, two Union and one Confederate who traveled together across the West, fighting trouble and bad guys. The series starred Kent Taylor as ex-Union Captain Jim Flagg, Jan Merlin as former Confederate Lieutenant Colin Kirby, and Peter Whitney as former Union Sergeant Buck Sinclair.

 Episodes and dates:

 1 "The Murderous Sutton Gang" October 2, 1958
 2 "Breakout" October 9, 1958
 3 "The Maccabites" October 16, 1958
 4 "The Duelists" October 23, 1958
 5 "The Imposters" October 30, 1958
 6 "The Governor" November 6, 1958
 7 "Blood Feud" November 13, 1958
 8 "The Nightbinders" November 20, 1958
 9 "Shadow of the Past" November 27, 1958
 10 "Killers at Chocktaw Valley" December 4, 1958
 11 "The Counterfeiters" December 11, 1958
 12 "Strand of Wire" December 18, 1958
 13 "The Electioners" January 1, 1959
 14 "The Scavengers" January 8, 1959
 15 "An Eye For an Eye" January 15, 1959
 16 " Double Cross " January 22, 1959
 17 "Wilderness Trace" January 29, 1959
 18 "The Plot to Assassinate President Johnson" February 5, 1959
 19 "The End of Nowhere" February 12, 1959
 20 "A Matter of Instinct" February 19, 1959
 21 "Witness Against the Judge" February 26, 1959
 22 "End of Track" March 5, 1959
 23 "Death Sentence" March 12, 1959
 24 "The Double Dealers" March 19, 1959
 25 "Lesson in Violence" March 26, 1959
 26 "The Promise" April 2, 1959
 27 "The Injured" April 9, 1959
 28 "Paradise Gap" April 16, 1959
 29 "Hired Gun" April 23, 1959
 30 "Gunpoint Persuasion" April 30, 1959
 31 "The Rifle" May 7, 1959
 32 "Forty-Five Calibre Law" May 14, 1959
 33 "Deadfall" May 21, 1959
 34 "The Highgraders" May 28, 1959
 35 "The Wagon Raiders" June 4, 1959
 36 "Ransom of Rita Renee" June 11, 1959
 37 "Reluctant Hostage" June 18, 1959
 38 "The Holdout" June 25, 1959
 39 "The Last Rebel" July 16, 1959