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The Loner

The Loner
★ 6.2/10•1965•26m•T•Western
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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.

StatusEnded
Runtime26m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 18, 1965

Episodes

E126m

An Echo of Bugles

A swaggering gunfighter targets an aging Confederate veteran, and Colton steps in to deal with the bully.

Sep 18, 1965

E226m

The Vespers

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 and ex-soldier, he finds the man unwilling to resort to violence to protect himself and his pregnant wife.

Sep 25, 1965

E326m

The Lonely Galico Queen

A dance hall girl mistakes Colton for her mail-order bridegroom.

Oct 2, 1965

E426m

The Kingdom of McComb

Unable to perform the deed themselves, a group of religious colonists attempt to recruit Colton to kill a powerful landowner trying to evict them.

Oct 9, 1965

E526m

One of the Wounded

Colton tries to help a Union army veteran left mute and immobile by the psychological horrors of war.

Oct 16, 1965

E626m

The Flight of the Artic Tern

Colton becomes involved in a romantic triangle when he saves a friend's bride-to-be from a runaway horse.

Oct 23, 1965

E726m

Widow on the Evening Stage

Following the murder of a man during an Indian attack, Colton witnesses a town's prejudice towards the man's Indian widow.

Oct 30, 1965

E826m

The House Rules at Mrs. Wayne's

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 turn the other cheek.

Nov 6, 1965

E926m

The Sheriff of Fetterman's Crossing

Colton has second thoughts after accepting the position of deputy to the dubious sheriff of a sleepy Montana town.

Nov 13, 1965

E1026m

The Homecoming of Lemuel Stove

Colton befriends a Union soldier who returns from war to find that his father has been lynched by bigots.

Nov 20, 1965

E1126m

Westward, the Shoemaker

When a well-intentioned immigrant is stripped of his nest egg in a rigged card game, Colton takes on the con artist.

Nov 27, 1965

E1226m

The Oath

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.

Dec 4, 1965

E1326m

Hunt the Man Down

Colton is drafted to help a posse hunt down a seemingly harmless recluse.

Dec 11, 1965

E1426m

Escort for a Dead Man

A man who deserted from the Army wants Colton to escort him back to his fort.

Dec 18, 1965

E1526m

The Ordeal of Bud Windom

A murder suspect's son makes life difficult for Colton when the boy tries to clear his father's name.

Dec 25, 1965

E1626m

To the West of Eden

While traveling across the desert to deliver horses to their new owner, Colton reluctantly agrees to escort a young woman across the arid land.

Jan 1, 1966

E1726m

Mantrap

Colton becomes the target of an assassin when he is the sole witness to a robbery and murder.

Jan 8, 1966

E1826m

A Little Stroll to the End of the Line

Colton neither likes nor respects the man he has been deputized to protect: a rabble-rousing preacher who fears death from an ex-convict.

Jan 15, 1966

E1926m

The Trial in Paradise

Colton provides the defense in a kangaroo court trial of a former Union Army officer.

Jan 22, 1966

E2026m

A Question of Guilt

In the darkness Colton kills an intruder, and discovers the man is an Army Lieutenant.

Jan 29, 1966

E2126m

The Mourners for Johnny Sharp (1)

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)

Feb 5, 1966

E2226m

The Mourners for Johnny Sharp (2)

Following the late Johnny Sharp's instructions, Colton arranges for the four people closest to the gunman to meet at the undertaker's parlor. (Part 2 of 2)

Feb 12, 1966

E2326m

Incident in the Middle Of Nowhere

Colton encounters a little girl riding his horse — which was stolen from Colton during the stagecoach robbery in which he was shot and left for dead.

Feb 19, 1966

E2426m

Pick Me Another Time to Die

Colton is accused of slaying a sheriff.

Feb 26, 1966

E2526m

The Burden of the Badge

A group of reformed criminals deputize Colton to defend and protect them.

Mar 5, 1966

E2626m

To Hang a Dead Man

Colton joins a sheriff in search of a town's destroyers.

Mar 12, 1966

Actors

Lloyd Bridges

Lloyd Bridges

William Colton

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