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The Loner is an American western series that ran for less than one season on CBS from 1965 to 1966, under the alternate sponsorship of Philip Morris and Procter & Gamble.
Cast
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01An Echo of BuglesSeptember 18, 1965—A swaggering gunfighter targets an aging Confederate veteran, and Colton steps in to deal with the bully.
- S01E02The VespersSeptember 25, 1965—Sworn to avenge his brother's death, a hoodlum comes gunning for a small town's local minister. When Colton arrives to warn his old friend a
- S01E03The Lonely Galico QueenOctober 2, 1965—A dance hall girl mistakes Colton for her mail-order bridegroom.
- S01E04The Kingdom of McCombOctober 9, 1965—Unable to perform the deed themselves, a group of religious colonists attempt to recruit Colton to kill a powerful landowner trying to evict
- S01E05One of the WoundedOctober 16, 1965—Colton tries to help a Union army veteran left mute and immobile by the psychological horrors of war.
- S01E06The Flight of the Artic TernOctober 23, 1965—Colton becomes involved in a romantic triangle when he saves a friend's bride-to-be from a runaway horse.
- S01E07Widow on the Evening StageOctober 30, 1965—Following the murder of a man during an Indian attack, Colton witnesses a town's prejudice towards the man's Indian widow.
- S01E08The House Rules at Mrs. Wayne'sNovember 6, 1965—While trying to defend his wife's honor, a friend of Colton is killed... and Colton is torn between seeking justice and keeping his word to
- S01E09The Sheriff of Fetterman's CrossingNovember 13, 1965—Colton has second thoughts after accepting the position of deputy to the dubious sheriff of a sleepy Montana town.
- S01E10The Homecoming of Lemuel StoveNovember 20, 1965—Colton befriends a Union soldier who returns from war to find that his father has been lynched by bigots.
- S01E11Westward, the ShoemakerNovember 27, 1965—When a well-intentioned immigrant is stripped of his nest egg in a rigged card game, Colton takes on the con artist.
- S01E12The OathDecember 4, 1965—When a doctor proves to be as full of whiskey as he is of self-pity, Colton must perform an emergency appendectomy on a young gunfighter.
- S01E13Hunt the Man DownDecember 11, 1965—Colton is drafted to help a posse hunt down a seemingly harmless recluse.
- S01E14Escort for a Dead ManDecember 18, 1965—A man who deserted from the Army wants Colton to escort him back to his fort.
- S01E15The Ordeal of Bud WindomDecember 25, 1965—A murder suspect's son makes life difficult for Colton when the boy tries to clear his father's name.
- S01E16To the West of EdenJanuary 1, 1966—While traveling across the desert to deliver horses to their new owner, Colton reluctantly agrees to escort a young woman across the arid la
- S01E17MantrapJanuary 8, 1966—Colton becomes the target of an assassin when he is the sole witness to a robbery and murder.
- S01E18A Little Stroll to the End of the LineJanuary 15, 1966—Colton neither likes nor respects the man he has been deputized to protect: a rabble-rousing preacher who fears death from an ex-convict.
- S01E19The Trial in ParadiseJanuary 22, 1966—Colton provides the defense in a kangaroo court trial of a former Union Army officer.
- S01E20A Question of GuiltJanuary 29, 1966—In the darkness Colton kills an intruder, and discovers the man is an Army Lieutenant.
- S01E21The Mourners for Johnny Sharp (1)February 5, 1966—While a young gunman lies dying in a cave, a ruthless man waits outside hoping to get his hands on the boy's loot. (Part 1 of 2)
- S01E22The Mourners for Johnny Sharp (2)February 12, 1966—Following the late Johnny Sharp's instructions, Colton arranges for the four people closest to the gunman to meet at the undertaker's parlor
- S01E23Incident in the Middle Of NowhereFebruary 19, 1966—Colton encounters a little girl riding his horse — which was stolen from Colton during the stagecoach robbery in which he was shot and lef
- S01E24Pick Me Another Time to DieFebruary 26, 1966—Colton is accused of slaying a sheriff.
- S01E25The Burden of the BadgeMarch 5, 1966—A group of reformed criminals deputize Colton to defend and protect them.
- S01E26To Hang a Dead ManMarch 12, 1966—Colton joins a sheriff in search of a town's destroyers.
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