U.S. Marshall
Overview
While this sounds like a western, THE SHERIFF OF COCHISE was a contemporary police drama set in Cochise County, AZ. Sheriff Frank Morgan was eventually promoted to U.S. Marshall and given the entire state of Arizona to keep under control (the series title would subsequently change to U.S. MARSHAL and remain in syndication until 1960)
Cast
Episodes
Episode 1 · 30m
The Fugitives
The Fugitives
Oct 11, 1958
Episode 2 · 30m
The Reservation
Oct 18, 1958
Episode 3 · 30m
Sentenced to Death
Morgan transports Matt Bonner to the federal penitentiary after he is sentenced to death for murdering three men during a hold-up attempt. His two accomplices, who are still at large, arrange for a gun to be delivered to him in prison and Bonner attempts to shoot his way out to the waiting getaway car.
Oct 25, 1958
Episode 4 · 30m
Wishing Well
A Band of mail-train thieves out on parole return to their criminal ways
Nov 1, 1958
Episode 5 · 30m
Cop Hater
Nov 8, 1958
Episode 6 · 30m
The Arraignment
A Deputy U.S. Marshal asks for a day off to discuss wedding plans with his fiancée and her parents and Marshal Morgan agrees to arrange for a change in the arraignment date of a pair of bank robbers to accommodate him. The crooks wont cooperate with the lawman's wedding plans by attempting to escape custody on two separate occasions.
Nov 15, 1958
Episode 7 · 30m
Seventh Stranger
Marshal Morgan and his men try to protect an escapee from behind the Iron Curtain from communist assassins sent to murder him.
Nov 22, 1958
Episode 8 · 30m
The Fence
When a Tuscon diamond dealer kills a robber in self defense, Frank doesn't buy his story and starts digging deeper.
Nov 29, 1958
Episode 9 · 30m
The Stool Pigeon
Morgan's attempt to break up a narcotics ring has tragic consequences when one of his deputies is killed during a drug bust. The marshals manage to arrest two of the crooks, one of whom is persuaded to turn state's evidence. Before the man can testify, though, one of the gang's hitmen shoots him on the steps of the courthouse. Morgan hopes that the dying gangster will provide him a lead to track down the gang's leader.
Dec 6, 1958
Episode 10 · 30m
Check Artist
When Deputy Johnson is accused of passing a bad check, Morgan discovers that a clever forger is creating false identities and passing bogus paper across Southern Arizona. With the help of the U.S. Postal Inspectors, the U.S. Marshal tries to bait a trap for the criminal.
Dec 13, 1958
Episode 11 · 30m
Episode 11
Dec 20, 1958
Episode 12 · 30m
The Champ
A washed up boxer (Michael Landon) falls in with a pair of hoodlums.
Dec 27, 1958
Episode 13 · 30m
Inside Job
Jan 3, 1959
Episode 14 · 30m
Gold Is Where You Find It
News of a gold strike in Cochise County has the residents very excited, but Captain Joe Silva of the Apache Tribal Police is skeptical, the more so when a member of his tribe who tipped him is found murdered. Morgan learns from an old sourdough that the gold being displayed is the wrong color for an Arizona strike; he also checked the old mine recently to determine if there was any hope of finding profitable ore and struck it off as a waste of time and money. When the Sheriff learns of gold bars being stolen in Mexico, he suspects that the miners may be using the mine as a front for a gold smuggling operation
Jan 10, 1959
Episode 15 · 30m
The Diner
Two prisoners who escaped from a Utah penitentiary arrive in Tucson looking for an ex-convict who owes them $600. They stumbled upon a parolee working in the diner who divulges the information just as Marshal Morgan and a deputy walk into the restaurant, when both lawmen are wounded in the ensuing shootout. Morgan trails the men to the home of the ex-con where the escapees have taken the man's wife as a hostage.
Jan 24, 1959
Episode 16 · 30m
Pursuit
A disturbed army recruit shoots two fellow soldiers and forces another soldier and his girlfriend to provide escape transportation. Marshal Morgan and his men attempt to rescue the hostages and capture the trainee before he can harm others.
Jan 24, 1959
Episode 17 · 30m
The Threat
Wealthy man receives a threatening letter demanding payment for the life of his daughter. This is the typical hostage situation except that the daughter is never actually kidnapped.
Jan 31, 1959
Episode 18 · 30m
Mass Escape
Feb 7, 1959
Episode 19 · 30m
A Matter of Friendship
Two gunmen, escapees from Leavenworth Prison, hideout in a small Arizona town near the Arizona border after hiding their getaway car. As Marshal Morgan and his men close in, one of the criminals threatens his sister with scandal if she doesn't provide transportation to the Mexican border for he and his partner.
Mar 14, 1959
Episode 20 · 30m
Grandfather
While being interviewed for a book about outstanding American lawmen, Marshal Morgan tells the author about how his grandfather, Dallas Stoudenmire, was picked at random to serve as to the town marshal of Dallas, Texas and was credited with bringing law and order to that wide open town in the latter half of the 19th Century.
Mar 21, 1959
Episode 21 · 30m
Mechanic
Mar 28, 1959
Episode 22 · 30m
The Promise
An angry young man jumps bail in Utah and heads for his home in Arizona to the only person he trusts - his mother - who suffers a heart attack when she learns of his activities. Marshal Morgan promises her that he'll bring in her son alive, but this could prove to be a tall order after the young man goes on a crime spree that include running over a highway policeman and shooting a
Apr 4, 1959
Episode 23 · 30m
Episode #1.23
Apr 11, 1959
Episode 24 · 30m
Episode #1.24
Apr 18, 1959
Episode 25 · 30m
Episode #1.25
Apr 25, 1959
Episode 26 · 30m
Armored Car
An armored car containing over $300,000 is stolen in a robbery executed with military precision. Morgan is stymied when the truck disappears before hitting any of his roadblocks. His only clue is the burn a secretary receives when she accidentally grabs a car's hot tailpipe while hiding from bullets whizzing overhead
May 2, 1959
Episode 27 · 30m
Episode #1.27
May 9, 1959
Episode 28 · 30m
The Third Miracle
Marshal Morgan orders the arrest of Ed Martin based a tip that part of the loot from a bank robbery would be found in his desk. When a member of Martin's church pleads with Morgan to reopen the case, the lawman starts digging deeper into the alibis of the other possible perpetrators and uncovers interesting new evidence.
May 16, 1959
Episode 29 · 30m
Good Indian
Apache and Pima Indian families accuse each other of rustling cattle from their respective ranches. The situation is exacerbated when a boy and girl from different tribes fall in love with each other. Marshal Morgan must find the culprits before an all-out range war breaks out with the two lovers caught in the crossfire.
May 23, 1959
Episode 30 · 30m
Episode #1.30
May 30, 1959
Episode 31 · 30m
Episode #1.31
Jun 6, 1959
Episode 32 · 30m
Episode #1.32
Jun 13, 1959
Episode 33 · 30m
Man Hunt
A soldier breaks loose from U.S. Marshal custody. The soldier is an Indian and heads for the reservation, where Morgan must hunt him down.
Jun 20, 1959
Episode 34 · 30m
Maryjo Is Missing
Two men are talked into kidnapping Mary Jo by her husband, but think she's really a television/movie star and hold her for $50,000.
Jun 27, 1959
Episode 35 · 30m
Episode #1.35
Jul 4, 1959
Episode 36 · 30m
The Kidnapper
An escaped prisoner kidnaps a wealthy businessman's daughter and holds her for ransom.
Jul 11, 1959
Episode 37 · 30m
Episode #1.37
Jul 18, 1959
Episode 38 · 30m
Deer Hunt
When Frank and friend Chris go deer hunting, another hunter shoots Chris. Initially, the shooting appears to be an accident, but it quickly becomes apparent that something more sinister is going on.
Jul 25, 1959
Episode 39 · 30m
R.I.P.
A trio of criminals try to off one of their own but leave him paralyzed by the roadside. Later, Ferguson is kidnapped by the trio as they try to escape to Mexico.
Aug 1, 1959