Trackdown

Trackdown

Ended First aired 04/Oct/1957 United States English 2 season(s) 71 episode(s)

Western Action & Adventure

Trackdown is an American Western television series starring Robert Culp that aired on CBS between 1957 and 1959. More than seventy episodes of this series were produced by Dick Powell's Four Star Television and filmed at the Desilu-Culver Studio. The series was itself a spin-off of Powell's anthology series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater.

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Season 2 · Season 2

39 episode(s) · Air date: 05/Sep/1958

Season Overview

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S2E39

Quiet Night in Porter

Air date: 23/Sep/1959 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Chad Winter, the owner of the general store, finds an old woman in his store after closing then two men walk in and shoot him. Hoby has to find out who killed him.

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S2E38

Blind Alley

Air date: 16/Sep/1959 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Rufus Cole shoots Mike Hardesty off his horse on the trail. Hoby who had been trailing Rufus for six weeks comes along to save Mike but he has lost his sight.

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S2E37

Back to Crawford

Air date: 09/Sep/1959 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Hoby returns home to Crawford to help his sister Nora after she sends him a telegram that somebody has been threatening her and because he gets a telegram from town drunk Fred Sales to come home quick because his sister is going to die.

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S2E36

Inquest

Air date: 02/Sep/1959 · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Hoby is helping Sheriff Lee look into a murder. But the widow, the doctor and even the sheriff have motives with none helpful in finding the killer.

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S2E35

Toss-Up

Air date: 20/May/1959 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S2E34

The Unwanted

Air date: 13/May/1959 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Hoby is called to the town of Glenville who are afraid that a group of religious people who moved in outside of town are practicing witchcraft and are causing bad luck.

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S2E33

The Vote

Air date: 06/May/1959 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

A man and a woman came to Porter bringing with them the idea of "Give Women the Vote".

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S2E32

The Gift Horse

Air date: 29/Apr/1959 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Two old men (Zack and Levi) tell Ralph that they are his long lost uncles but Hoby thinks something about the two men rang sour.

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S2E31

The Eyes of Jerry Kelso

Air date: 22/Apr/1959 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

When traveling salesman Emanuel Brock is found shot to death in his hotel room, Hoby has to figure out who did it.

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S2E30

The Trick

Air date: 15/Apr/1959 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Tully Saxon knocks on the door to Tenner Smith's office in the saloon. When Tenner opens the door, he is surprised to see someone he had not seen in 8 years. Tully tells Tenner he will kill him before he leaves town.

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S2E29

False Witness

Air date: 08/Apr/1959 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

A strange girl arrives in Porter and tells Hoby that she knows that Joe Corbett is innocent of murder even though he was convicted and sentenced to hang because she was a witness and saw somebody else do it.

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S2E28

The Protector

Air date: 01/Apr/1959 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S2E27

Stranger in Town

Air date: 25/Mar/1959 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Henrietta Porter receives a letter from Harry Keller who was just released from prison warning the town of Porter to stay away from Hoby because Harry is coming to kill Hoby in revenge for killing his brother. Making things worse, Hoby doesn't even know what Keller looks like.

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S2E26

Fear

Air date: 18/Mar/1959 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S2E25

Hard Lines

Air date: 11/Mar/1959 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Joker Wells, who was a traitor with the Confederate Army, returns to his home town of Porter. Everybody wants Hoby to run him out of town, especially Ed Crow, who blames Joker for the loss of his arm in the war.

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S2E24

The Threat

Air date: 04/Mar/1959 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

A smiling stranger wearing a 3-piece suit and bowler hat barges into the bank manager's office carrying a package under his arm and threatens to blow the town of Porter off the face of the Earth in one hour unless he is given $10,000.

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S2E23

The Gang

Air date: 25/Feb/1959 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S2E22

The Samaritan

Air date: 18/Feb/1959 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Hoby finds a man on the trail with his leg caught in a bear trap and releases him. The man then knocks Hoby out, steals his horse and gun and leaves him caught in the bear trap.

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S2E21

The Feud

Air date: 11/Feb/1959 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Elderly and dying Maude Turley has her boys bring her back to Porter to die and be buried next to her husband after being run out of town 17 years ago by the Corbett's. Hoby tries to keep the two families from killing each other.

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S2E20

Terror

Air date: 04/Feb/1959 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Doc Calhoun and Hoby deal with an outbreak of typhoid fever in town.

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S2E19

Bad Judgment

Air date: 28/Jan/1959 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S2E18

McCallin's Daughter

Air date: 02/Jan/1959 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Youngster Debby McCallin comes to town and asks Hoby to stop her father Bart McCallin from committing a robbery.

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S2E17

Every Man a Witness

Air date: 26/Dec/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Sheriff Alvin Fremont and a mob take prisoner Char Lopez out of jail and threaten to lynch him unless he confesses. The horse bolts and Lopez is hanged. Hoby is sent in to investigate who was responsible.

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S2E16

Guilt

Air date: 19/Dec/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S2E15

The Kid

Air date: 12/Dec/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S2E14

Three-Legged Fox

Air date: 05/Dec/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S2E13

Day of Vengeance

Air date: 28/Nov/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

A young man seeks the person who killed his brother. The truth is not what he expected.

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S2E12

Sunday's Child

Air date: 21/Nov/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Gambler Joe Sunday comes to Porter with a court order to take possession of his baby daughter from her mother Cindy who plays the piano in the saloon. Hoby has to enforce the order over the objections of Henrietta and the whole town.

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S2E11

Deadly Decoy

Air date: 14/Nov/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S2E10

The Schoolteacher

Air date: 07/Nov/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S2E9

The Avenger

Air date: 31/Oct/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Lance Garth is accused of stealing the payroll from Banning Mining but he is shot and killed before the money is found.

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S2E8

Tenner Smith

Air date: 24/Oct/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S2E7

Matter of Justice

Air date: 17/Oct/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

One of the outlaws who held up the Butterfield stage depot has been caught and is awaiting trial and hanging. Hoby is called in to protect the town of Talpa. The prisoner claims his outlaw gang will kill the witnesses and destroy the town.

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S2E6

Trapped

Air date: 10/Oct/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Hoby is held prisoner in a shack during a blizzard by the wife of husband and wife outlaws to care for her sick husband.

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S2E5

A Stone for Benny French

Air date: 03/Oct/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Hoby tracks down Benny French who was the only member of the Morgan Larker gang who escaped from the bank robbery.

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S2E4

The Set-Up

Air date: 26/Sep/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Henrietta's new gentleman friend is only using her to setup an alibi for a bank robbery.

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S2E3

Chinese Cowboy

Air date: 19/Sep/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S2E2

Outlaw's Wife

Air date: 12/Sep/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

The town's women want Hoby to make an outlaw's wife (who just returned to Porter) leave town.

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S2E1

Killer Take All

Air date: 05/Sep/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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Season 1 · Season 1

32 episode(s) · Air date: 04/Oct/1957

Season Overview

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S1E32

The Governor

Air date: 23/May/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Hoby has to contend with a murder in a small town the day before the arrival of the Governor for the dedication of a new school-- and the victim was an undercover Texas Ranger.

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S1E31

The Brothers

Air date: 16/May/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Twins (both played by Steve McQueen) change identities to confuse Hoby.

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S1E30

The End of the World

Air date: 09/May/1958 · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S1E29

The Jailbreak

Air date: 02/May/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Hoby has to deal with a jailbreak-- except the cowboy doesn't leave-- he takes three hostages and tries to work a trade-- them for the Ranger!

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S1E28

The Deal

Air date: 25/Apr/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Hoby has to deal with a notorious outlaw/killer who is holding a runaway town boy for ransom.

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S1E27

The Mistake

Air date: 18/Apr/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Hoby gets on the bad side of town when he assists in freeing what he thinks is an innocent man. However, once acquitted, the killer admits his guilt only to the Ranger and makes his life much worse.

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S1E26

The Winter Boys

Air date: 11/Apr/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Hoby has to nursemaid a witness from El Paso who's in hiding until the big murder trial in three weeks.

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S1E25

The Pueblo Kid

Air date: 04/Apr/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S1E24

The Boy

Air date: 28/Mar/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S1E23

The House

Air date: 21/Mar/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S1E22

The Judge

Air date: 14/Mar/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Hoby is forced to arrest the wild son of a local judge for murder, the kid telling him all the while he'll never stand trial.

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S1E21

The Bounty Hunter

Air date: 07/Mar/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Nick Adams and Michael Landon as bad-guy brothers

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S1E20

The Trail

Air date: 28/Feb/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S1E19

The Wedding

Air date: 14/Feb/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S1E18

The Young Gun

Air date: 07/Feb/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Hoby is dispatched to Del Rio to investigate a bank robbery. He poses as a criminal to trick one of the bank robbers to lead him to the the rest of the gang and the money.

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S1E17

The Toll Road

Air date: 31/Jan/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S1E16

The Witness

Air date: 24/Jan/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S1E15

Right of Way

Air date: 17/Jan/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S1E14

The Farrand Story

Air date: 10/Jan/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Hoby tracks the murderer of a married man who may have been ready to leave his wife for another woman.

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S1E13

The Reward

Air date: 03/Jan/1958 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Hoby tracks down a missing florist with a rare orchid, who may hold the key to missing bank money and three fugitive bank robbers.

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S1E12

Man and Money

Air date: 27/Dec/1957 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S1E11

The Town

Air date: 13/Dec/1957 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S1E10

Look for the Woman

Air date: 06/Dec/1957 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S1E9

End of an Outlaw

Air date: 29/Nov/1957 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S1E8

Self-Defense

Air date: 22/Nov/1957 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S1E7

Alpine, Texas

Air date: 15/Nov/1957 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Hoby rides into Alpine, Texas looking for a friend. He finds instead a hatred for the Texas Rangers-- and the entire town sides against him to drive him out.

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S1E6

Sweetwater, Texas

Air date: 08/Nov/1957 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S1E5

Like Father

Air date: 01/Nov/1957 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S1E4

Easton, Texas

Air date: 25/Oct/1957 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S1E3

San Saba Incident

Air date: 18/Oct/1957 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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S1E2

Law in Lampasas

Air date: 11/Oct/1957 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

Summary

Hoby, passing through Lampasas, involves himself when the whole town seems intent on the legal lynching of what he thinks is an innocent man.

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S1E1

The Marple Brothers

Air date: 04/Oct/1957 · Time: 08:00 · Runtime: 30 min

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Cast

Main cast members.

Robert Culp

Ross Elliott

Peter Brocco

Karl Swenson

James Burke

Ahna Capri

Lloyd Corrigan

Ed Kemmer

Michael Landon

Christopher Dark

Christopher Dark

Harry Bellaver

Valerie French

James Best

Richard Reeves

Crew

Creators, directors, writers, and production crew.

Lawrence Dobkin

Lawrence Dobkin

R.G. Springsteen

R.G. Springsteen

Thomas Carr

Robert Culp

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Quick Facts

Seasons 2

Episodes 71

Year 1957

Status Ended

Runtime 30 min

Language English

Country United States

Release Info

Schedule Wednesdays at 8:00 PM (30 min)

Timezone America/New_York

Content

Western Action & Adventure

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Network United States CBS (1957 - 1959)

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Schedule Wednesdays at 8:00 PM (30 min)

Timezone America/New_York

Network United States CBS (1957 - 1959)

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