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Hec Ramsey is a television Western, a production of Jack Webb's production company, Mark VII Limited, in association with Universal Studios, broadcast in the United States by NBC as part of the NBC Mystery Movie wheel show during the 1972-73 and 1973-74 seasons.
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- 01The Century TurnsAn aging lawman in the turn-of-the century West finds himself out of step with the times and reluctantly accepts a job as a deputy to an inexperienced college-educated Police Chief in Oklahoma. He uses his brain and primitive beginnings of early-day criminal science to solve crimes.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01The Century TurnsOctober 8, 1972An aging lawman in the turn-of-the century West finds himself out of step with the times and reluctantly accepts a job as a deputy to an i
- S01E02Hangman's WagesOctober 29, 1972—The electric chair is about to make it's Western debut with a captured killer, but someone is attempting to cheat justice. Someone is maki
- S01E03The Mystery of the Green FeatherDecember 17, 1972—Hec sets out to clear innocent Indians and catch the real killers of three ranchers. Color blindness is a strange key to solving the mystery
- S01E04The Mystery of the Yellow RoseJanuary 28, 1973—Hec acts as lawyer to a former girlfriend. Savannah is accused of killing the son of the richest man in New Mexico, a powerful man who contr
- S01E05The Mystery of Chalk HillFebruary 18, 1973—Hec hunts the killers of his fiancee, Norma Muldoon and her son Andy during a stagecoach robbery. His chief suspect is the son of an old fr
Season02
- S02E01A Hard Road to VengeanceNovember 25, 1973—A dead man shot by a lawman becomes a hero, despite the fact he was really a cold-blooded killer. Hec tries to expose the truth about him,
- S02E02The Detroit ConnectionDecember 30, 1973—A crime syndicate comes to town and are victimizing oildrillers who are tricked into accepting loans from the syndicate.
- S02E03Dead HeatFebruary 3, 1974—A healthy looking young man dies of heart failure, but Hec is convinced that it happened naturally.
- S02E04Scar TissueMarch 10, 1974—A hotheaded young man comes to town looking for his father, who deserted he and his mother many years before. When the father turns up dead
- S02E05Only Birds and FoolsApril 7, 1974—The town is buzzing over the impossible dream of man in flight. Two men arrive to test a glider and become suspects in the murder of a ri
- S02E06Episode 6—
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