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Temple Houston

TV·1963–1964·1 season, 26 episodes·NBC·Western·1h·Created by Jack Webb

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Temple Houston is a 1963–64 NBC television series which has been called "the first attempt . . . to produce an hour-long Western series with the main character being an attorney in the formal sense." It was the only show Jack Webb sold to a network during his ten months as the head of production at Warner Bros. Television. It was also the lone series in which actor Jeffrey Hunter played a regular part.

Cast

Jeffrey HunterJeffrey HunterTemple Lea HoustonJack ElamJack ElamGeorge Taggart

Episodes by season

Season0126Episodes1963–64Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01The Twisted RopeSeptember 19, 1963—
  2. S01E02Find Angel ChavezSeptember 26, 1963—
  3. S01E03Letter of the LawOctober 3, 1963—
  4. S01E04Toll the Bell SlowlyOctober 17, 1963—
  5. S01E05The Third BulletOctober 24, 1963—
  6. S01E06Gallows in GalileeOctober 31, 1963—
  7. S01E07The Siege at Thayer's BluffNovember 7, 1963—
  8. S01E08JubileeNovember 14, 1963—
  9. S01E09Thunder GapNovember 21, 1963—
  10. S01E10Billy HartNovember 28, 1963—
  11. S01E11Seventy Times SevenDecember 5, 1963—
  12. S01E12Fracas at Kiowa FlatsDecember 12, 1963—
  13. S01E13Enough RopeDecember 19, 1963—
  14. S01E14The Dark MadonnaDecember 26, 1963—
  15. S01E15The GuardianJanuary 2, 1964—
  16. S01E16Thy Name Is WomanJanuary 9, 1964—
  17. S01E17The Law and Big AnnieJanuary 16, 1964—
  18. S01E18Sam's BoyJanuary 23, 1964—
  19. S01E19Ten Rounds for BabyJanuary 30, 1964—Joey Baker is a good man with his fists in a barroom, and Kate Fitzpatrick wants him to take on a professional boxer.
  20. S01E20The Case for William GotchFebruary 6, 1964—
  21. S01E21A Slight Case of LarcenyFebruary 13, 1964—
  22. S01E22Last Full MoonFebruary 27, 1964—
  23. S01E23The Gun That Swept the WestMarch 5, 1964—
  24. S01E24Do Unto Others, Then GallopMarch 19, 1964—
  25. S01E25The Town That TrespassedMarch 26, 1964—
  26. S01E26Miss KatherineApril 2, 1964—

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