Man Without a Gun

*Man Without a Gun*
Man Without a Gun
Starring	Rex Reason; Mort Mills; Harry Harvey Sr.;
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	52
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	NTA Film Network (Syndicated)
Release	November 6, 1957 –; September 10, 1959

Man Without a Gun is an American Western television series produced by 20th Century Fox Television and presented on the NTA Film Network and in first-run syndication in the United States from 1957 to 1959. Set in the town of Yellowstone near Yellowstone National Park in the then Dakota Territory during the 1870s, the program starred Rex Reason as newspaper editor Adam MacLean, who brought miscreants to justice without the use of violence or gunplay but through his Yellowstone Sentinel. The co-star was Mort Mills, as Marshal Frank Tallman, who intervened when the "pen" proved not to be "mightier than the sword".^[1]Harry Harvey, Sr., was cast in twenty-one episodes as Yellowstone Mayor George Dixon.

The program is considered to have been unique because it showcased MacLean's moral ethics and common sense to bring outlaws to justice. The show was also used as a schoolroom to teach the youngsters of the 1950s about decency and the differences between right and wrong.^[2]

Guest stars[edit]

Chris Alcaide - as Johnny Kansas in two episodes ("Teen-Age Idol", "The Hero")
John Anderson ("Eye Witness")
Whit Bissell - as Mark Ryan in the "Aftermath" episode
Lloyd Corrigan
Dennis Cross - as Cheotah in the "Indian Fury" episode
John Doucette - as Dan Kester in "The Fugitive" episode
James Drury - as Cort Hamish in the "Aftermath" episode
Stanley Fafara - as Boy in the "Eye Witness" episode
Stanley Farrar - as Auges in two episodes ("Guilty", "Eye Witness")
Bruce Gordon - as Wolf Manson in the "Headline" episode
Don Gordon ("Jailbreak")
Dabbs Greer - as Ben McLaren in the "Hangtree Inn" episode
Ron Hagerthy - as Tod Wilburn in the "Witness to Terror" episode
Myron Healey - as Yank Sullivan in the "Decoy" episode
Diane Jergens - as Ellen in the "Night of Violence" episode
Robert Karnes - as Jonas in the "Invisible Enemy" episode
Dayton Lummis - as Fred Hawkins in "The Fugitive" episode
Carole Mathews - as Rose^[3] in the "Lady from Laramie" episode
Doug McClure - as Albert (or Ollie) Ketchum in "The Kidder" episode
Patrick McVey - as Forester^[4] in the "Special Edition" episode
James Philbrook - as Troy in the "Decoy" episode
Dorothy Provine - as Lucy in the "Man Missing" episode
Denver Pyle ("Shadow of a Gun")
Victor Rodman ("Devil's Acre")
Robert F. Simon - as Hamish Sr. in the "Aftermath" episode
Olan Soule - as Henry Holbrook in the "Daughter of the Dragon" episode
Ray Teal ("The Day The West Went Wild")
Marie Tsien - as Chi Ying in the "Daughter of the Dragon" episode
Robert J. Wilke - as Hackett in the "Buried Treasure" episode
Victor Sen Yung - as Ho Wang in the "Daughter of the Dragon" episode

Episodes[edit]

Season 1 (1957-1958)[edit]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"The Seven Killers"	Unknown	Teleplay by : Clarke Reynolds	November 8, 1957 (1957-11-08)
2	2	"Decoy"	Charles F. Haas	Story by : Frank Fenton, Joseph Petracca, and Richard H. Landau Teleplay by : Richard H. Landau	November 13, 1957 (1957-11-13)
3	3	"The Fugitive"	Charles F. Haas	Story by : Lawrence Louis Goldman Teleplay by : David Lang and Lawrence Louis Goldman	November 21, 1957 (1957-11-21)
4	4	"Teen-Age Idol"	Charles F. Haas	Teleplay by : Robert Leslie Bellem	()
5	5	"Silent Town"	Charles F. Haas	Story by : Eustace Cockrell and Francis M. Cockrell Teleplay by : Robert Leslie Bellem	()
6	6	"Shadow of a Gun"	Unknown	Unknown	January 20, 1958 (1958-01-20)
7	7	"The Sealed Envelope"	Walter Grauman	Teleplay by : Jack Laird and Wilton Schiller	January 24, 1958 (1958-01-24)
8	8	"The Thin Wall"	Unknown	Unknown	January 29, 1958 (1958-01-29)
9	9	"Wanted"	John H. Peyser	Teleplay by : Robert Leslie Bellem	February 6, 1958 (1958-02-06)
10	10	"The Gun From Boot Hill"	Unknown	Unknown	February 11, 1958 (1958-02-11)
11	11	"Indian Fury"	Unknown	Unknown	February 14, 1958 (1958-02-14)
12	12	"Guilty"	Unknown	Unknown	February 19, 1958 (1958-02-19)
13	13	"Dark Road"	Charles F. Haas	Teleplay by : Frederic Louis Fox	February 24, 1958 (1958-02-24)
14	14	"Reward"	Charles F. Haas	Story by : Robert Leslie Bellem Teleplay by : Jack Laird and Wilton Schiller	March 5, 1958 (1958-03-05)
15	15	"Danger"	John H. Peyser	Teleplay by : Mona Fisher	March 10, 1958 (1958-03-10)
16	16	"The Last Hunt"	Unknown	Unknown	March 13, 1958 (1958-03-13)
17	17	"The Day The West Went Wild"	Unknown	Unknown	March 18, 1958 (1958-03-18)
18	18	"High Iron"	Joseph Kane	Teleplay by : Frank L. Moss	March 28, 1958 (1958-03-28)
19	19	"Peril"	Gene Fowler Jr.	Teleplay by : Frederic Louis Fox	April 1, 1958 (1958-04-01)
20	20	"Trap Line"	Unknown	Unknown	April 4, 1958 (1958-04-04)
21	21	"Night Of Violence"	Unknown	Unknown	April 9, 1958 (1958-04-09)
22	22	"Lady From Laramie"	Unknown	Unknown	April 14, 1958 (1958-04-14)
23	23	"The Dream Weaver"	Unknown	Story by : David Lang and Robert Leslie Bellem Teleplay by : Robert Leslie Bellem	April 17, 1958 (1958-04-17)
24	24	"The Law Of The Land"	Unknown	Teleplay by : Roderick Peterson	April 22, 1958 (1958-04-22)
25	25	"No Heart For Killing"	Unknown	Unknown	April 25, 1958 (1958-04-25)
26	26	"Buried Treasure"	John H. Peyser	Teleplay by : Frederic Louis Fox	April 30, 1958 (1958-04-30)
27	27	"The Quiet Strangers"	Charles F. Haas	Teleplay by : Marion Parsonnet	May 5, 1958 (1958-05-05)
28	28	"The Claim Jumpers"	Unknown	Unknown	May 8, 1958 (1958-05-08)
29	29	"Jailbreak"	Unknown	Unknown	May 13, 1958 (1958-05-13)
30	30	"The Kidder"	John H. Peyser	Teleplay by : Sam Peckinpah	May 16, 1958 (1958-05-16)
31	31	"Lissie"	Unknown	Unknown	May 21, 1958 (1958-05-21)
32	32	"Aftermath"	Walter E. Grauman	Story by : Robert Presnell Sr. Teleplay by : Herbert R. Purdom	May 26, 1958 (1958-05-26)
33	33	"The Last Bullet"	John H. Peyser	Unknown	May 29, 1958 (1958-05-29)
34	34	"Special Edition"	Unknown	Unknown	June 4, 1958 (1958-06-04)
35	35	"Headline"	John H. Peyser	Teleplay by : Harry Kronman	June 9, 1958 (1958-06-09)
36	36	"Man Missing"	Charles F. Haas	Story by : Eustace and Francis Cockrell Teleplay by : Robert Creighton Williams	()
37	37	"The Mine"	Unknown	Unknown	June 17, 1958 (1958-06-17)
38	38	"Invisible Enemy"	Charles F. Haas	Teleplay by : Frederic Louis Fox and Robert Leslie Bellem	June 24, 1958 (1958-06-24)
39	39	"Wire's End"	John H. Peyser	Teleplay by : Robert Leslie Bellem	()

Season 2 (1959)[edit]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
40	1	"Face Of The Moon"	Walter Grauman	Teleplay by : Robert Bloomfield	May 27, 1959 (1959-05-27)
41	2	"Eye Witness"	Walter E. Grauman	Teleplay by : Oliver Crawford	June 1, 1959 (1959-06-01)
42	3	"The Hero"	Paul Landres	Teleplay by : Frederic Louis Fox	June 4, 1959 (1959-06-04)
43	4	"Witness In Terror"	Paul Landres	Teleplay by : Robert Leslie Bellem	June 9, 1959 (1959-06-09)
44	5	"Man With The Wrong Face"	Unknown	Unknown	June 12, 1959 (1959-06-12)
45	6	"The Last Holdup"	Unknown	Unknown	June 17, 1959 (1959-06-17)
46	7	"Daughter Of The Dragon"	Paul Landres	Story by : Robert Leslie Bellem and Wanda Tuchock Teleplay by : Wanda Tuchock	June 22, 1959 (1959-06-22)
47	8	"The Shaving Mug"	Paul Landres	Teleplay by : Robert Leslie Bellem	June 25, 1959 (1959-06-25)
48	9	"The Devil's Acres"	Unknown	Unknown	June 30, 1959 (1959-06-30)
49	10	"Accused"	Unknown	Story by : Robert Leslie Bellem Teleplay by : Jess Carneol and Kay Lenard	July 3, 1959 (1959-07-03)
50	11	"Hangtree Inn"	Les Goodwins	Teleplay by : Robert Leslie Bellem	September 2, 1959 (1959-09-02)
51	12	"The Giant"	Unknown	Unknown	September 10, 1959 (1959-09-10)
52	13	"Stolen Stage"	Unknown	Unknown	September 16, 1959 (1959-09-16)

References[edit]

^ Alex McNeil, Total Television, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 4th ed., p. 515
^ "Man Without a Gun". TVacres.com. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2009.
^ "Man Without a Gun - Lady from Laramie: Season 1, Episode 23". TV Guide. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
^ "Man Without a Gun - Special Edition: Season 1, Episode 35". TV Guide. Retrieved 23 October 2020.

External links[edit]

[1] Alex McNeil, Total Television, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 4th ed., p. 515

[2] "Man Without a Gun". TVacres.com. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2009.

[3] "Man Without a Gun - Lady from Laramie: Season 1, Episode 23". TV Guide. Retrieved 23 October 2020.

[4] "Man Without a Gun - Special Edition: Season 1, Episode 35". TV Guide. Retrieved 23 October 2020.

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