Series synopsis
Alias Smith and Jones is an American western crime television series that premiered on ABC on January 5, 1971. It ended on January 13, 1973. It was created by Glen A. Larson. It stars Ben Murphy, Pete Duel, Roger Davis and Katy Jurado.
Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from 1971 to 1973. It stars Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes and Ben Murphy as Jedediah "Kid" Curry, a pair of cousin outlaws trying to reform. The governor offers them a conditional amnesty, as he wants to keep the pact under wraps for political reasons. The condition is that they will still be wanted— until the governor can claim they have reformed and warrant clemency.
Premise
Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from 1971 to 1973. It stars Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes and Ben Murphy as Jedediah "Kid" Curry, a pair of cousin outlaws trying to reform. The governor offers them a conditional amnesty, as he wants to keep the pact under wraps for political reasons. The condition is that they will still be wanted— until the governor can claim they have reformed and warrant clemency.
Premise: This is the story of two pretty good bad men.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Ben Murphy as Jed 'Kid' Curry (alias Thaddeus Jones)
- Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes (alias Joshua Smith)
- Roger Davis as Hannibal Heyes (alias Joshua Smith)
- Katy Jurado
- Marie Windsor
- Edd Byrnes
- Alejandro Rey
- David Canary
Supporting cast
- Michael Conrad
- William Smith
- Walter Brooke
- Arthur O'Connell
- Barbara Rhoades
- Joyce Jameson
- Wally Cox
- Diana Hyland
- Jerome Cowan
- Rory Calhoun
- Dean Jagger
- Walter Barnes
Guest cast
- Roger Davis as Hannibal Heyes (alias Joshua Smith)
- Katy Jurado
- Marie Windsor
- Edd Byrnes
- Alejandro Rey
- David Canary
- Michael Conrad
- William Smith
- Walter Brooke
- Arthur O'Connell
- Barbara Rhoades
- Joyce Jameson
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 50 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 15 | January 5, 1971 | April 22, 1971 |
| Season 2 | 23 | September 16, 1971 | March 2, 1972 |
| Season 3 | 12 | September 16, 1972 | January 13, 1973 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Alias Smith and Jones Two non-violent bandits begin to feel the inroads of high technology and decide to try and earn a pardon from the Governor of Wyoming. |
January 5, 1971 |
| 2 |
The McCreedy Bust Smith and Jones become the pawns of two greedy ranchers who have a running feud about the ownership of a Roman bust. |
January 21, 1971 |
| 3 |
Exit from Wickenburg Someone's trying to get the guys out of a town where they are helping a widow run from the saloon left to her by her late husband, but they can't figure out who's doing it or why. |
January 28, 1971 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry (90 min.) Curry must clear his name when someone claiming to be Kid Curry admits to a murder charge and is scheduled for hanging. |
September 16, 1971 |
| 2 |
How to Rob a Bank in One Hard Lesson Heyes and Curry meet up with an offbeat crook when they fall once gain for the old lady-in-distress gambit. |
September 23, 1971 |
| 3 |
Jailbreak at Junction City Curry and Heyes try to avoid a sheriff who is sure to recognize them. |
September 30, 1971 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Long Chase A farmer spots the two boys and alerts the sheriff, but Heyes and the Kid jumps on a train and manage to get away. On the train they meet Harry Briscoe, who's now fired from Bannerman Detectives Inc. But when the posse telegraphs ahead, Heyes quickly reinstates Harry - and the boys become his prisoners. The sheriff doesn't buy it though, and sends a deputy along with them to make sure they get to Wyoming. Harry manages to fool the deputy into believing that the Devil's hole gang is after them, and makes the deputy the decoy, while he and his two prisoners take another route. Soon, the Kid's newly requisitioned horse is hurt, and they have to board a train again. Unfortunally the train heads back to the town they came from, so Heyes and the Kid decide to jump off the train to wait for Harry, who thinks that the sheriff might be fooled by the same trick twice... But is Harry wrong, and will Heyes and the Kid survive until Harry can save them? |
September 16, 1972 |
| 2 |
High Lonesome Country The boys are hired by a ranch owner as trappers, but when they meet his wife, she recognizes the Kid. The ranch owner and his wife tries to act natural, and sends Heyes and the Kid out into the hills trapping. But they also send a professional hunter after them. Heyes and the Kid are attacked by the hunter, and Heyes is wounded. The Kid manages to out-maneuver the hunter by himself, and they tie him up, leaving him in the woods for the ranch owner to pick up. Before they leave, the hunter tells them that he was sent by the rancher. This makes Heyes and the Kid go visit the ranch, where they decide to take the rancher and his wife as human shields while they ride to the nearest rail road. But on the way there, they are ambushed and pinned down behind a rock in the middle of nowhere by the hunter and his sharpshooting rifle. It's only a matter of time before he shifts position and makes the kill... |
September 23, 1972 |
| 3 |
The McCreedy Feud Heyes and the Kid have been promised $500 if they arrange a meeting between ""Big Mac"" MacCreedy and his longtime competitor, Armendariz, in order to end the feud. Instead they are captured by Armendariz' men and driven off his land. But Heyes has gotten the brilliant idea of trying to use the sister to get to Armendariz, so he and the Kid tells Big Mac of all her beauty. Big Mac falls for their story and is prepared to give them $5000 if they settle the whole business. They return to Armendariz' ranch and try to sell her on the idea as well, but she doesn't seem to buy it. They're once again driven off Armendariz' land. Heyes encourages the Kid to have some faith, but when they sneak back in to talk to the sister, they are captured - to be brought to the border the next day. However, they manage to convince the sister that Big Mac is catholic, and that he desperately wants to meet her. The Kid fears that it won't be so easy to make Big Mac pretend that he's catholic - but when they tel |
September 30, 1972 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ABC |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 5, 1971 |
| Last aired | January 13, 1973 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Saturday at 20:00:00 |