About this season
Broken Arrow is a Western series which ran on ABC-TV in prime time from 1956 through 1958 on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. Eastern time. Repeat episodes were shown by ABC on Sunday afternoons during the 1959–60 season. Selected repeats were then shown once again in prime time during the summer of 1960.
Episodes (33)
1. The Mail Riders
Aired 25 September 1956 • 30 min
2. Battle at Apache Pass
Aired 2 October 1956 • 30 min
3. Indian Agent
Aired 9 October 1956 • 30 min
4. The Captive
Aired 23 October 1956 • 30 min
5. Passage Deferred
Aired 30 October 1956 • 30 min
6. Medicine Men
Aired 13 November 1956 • 30 min
7. Hermano
Aired 20 November 1956
A young Indian working as a scout for the Army is struggling between his loyalty to the Army and his loyalty to his brother, a member of Geronimo's renegade Indians.
8. Caged
Aired 27 November 1956 • 30 min
A sideshow owner schemes to turn an Indian into his star attraction. Jeffords: John Lupton. Cochise: Michael Ansara. Cheewaukee: Eugene Iglesias.
9. Return from the Shadows
Aired 4 December 1956 • 30 min
A lieutenant once lured five Indians into a murderous trap. Now he faces the only one who escaped---Cochise (Michael Ansara). Haskell: Robert Cornthwaite.
10. Cry Wolf
Aired 11 December 1956 • 30 min
A youngster reports that he saw a camel, a dinosaur---and a murder. Jeffords: John Lupton. Cochise: Michael Ansara. Ramon: Ricky Vera.
11. The Conspirators
Aired 18 December 1956 • 30 min
Jeffords heads for San Francisco when a Government clothing order is sidetracked. Terry: Angie Dickinson. Emperor Norton: Florenz Ames.
12. The Raiders
Aired 25 December 1956 • 30 min
Area commodity providers conduct raids which turn deadly disguised as Aravaipa Apaches to foment conflict and draw military into the area and so gain profit from the increased presence of troops.
13. Apache Massacre
Aired 1 January 1957 • 30 min
White settlers attack an Indian village in reprisal for Geronimo's raids. Jeffords: John Lupton. Cochise: Michael Ansara. Griffin: Hal Smith.
14. The Rescue
Aired 8 January 1957 • 30 min
The Mexican Army aids Jeffords' search for Geronimo. Jeffords: John Lupton. Cathy: Kathleen Nolan. Cochise: Michael Ansara.
15. Apache Dowry
Aired 15 January 1957 • 30 min
A theft of horses as a wedding gift for a tribeswoman by one of Cochise's braves imperils peace with the Chiricahua and the relationship of Jeffords and Cochise.
16. The Trial
Aired 22 January 1957 • 30 min
Quarry: an Indian brave suspected of shooting a woman. Jeffords: John Lupton. Cochise: Michael Ansara. Hawkins: Damian O'Flynn. Walters: Philip Van Zandt.
17. The Missionaries
Aired 29 January 1957 • 30 min
Against Jeffords' advice, a brother and sister wish to take an Apache boy back east to be given a white man's education.
18. The Challenge
Aired 5 February 1957 • 30 min
Cochise arranges a peace conference with Geronimo. Cochise: Michael Ansara. Chato: Anthony Caruso. Jeffords: John Lupton. Toweega: Christopher Dark.
19. Doctor
Aired 12 February 1957 • 30 min
A Chiricahua man who has just completed medical school finds himself lacking acceptance of both Apache and white populations while the injury of Chiricahua and white playmates exacerbates the predicament.
20. Powder Keg
Aired 19 February 1957 • 30 min
When a retired Apache hating general visits the territory as a now Washington official and is shot by an unrequited love, an Apache brave is blamed by the biased settlers.
21. Legacy of a Hero
Aired 26 February 1957 • 30 min
The son of a storekeeper who was killed by white reservation poachers when defending an Apache brave is captured and held for ransom when he pursues the poachers.
22. Rebellion
Aired 5 March 1957 • 30 min
Apaches blame a malaria outbreak on neighboring settlers. Jeffords: John Lupton. Cholano: John Beradino.
23. Ghost Face
Aired 12 March 1957 • 30 min
During a harsh winter, Jeffords is compelled to use his own means to provide food for the reservation and keep the peace while an army officer and government agencies delay the delivery of promised provisions .
24. Johnny Flagstaff
Aired 19 March 1957 • 30 min
The Apaches fight a Government official's efforts to push them off their land. Jeffords: John Lupton. Cochise: Michael Ansara. Flagstaff: James Craig.
25. The Desperado
Aired 26 March 1957 • 30 min
Jeffords tries to spring a murder suspect from Cochise's custody. Younger: Paul Richards. Jeffords: John Lupton. Cochise: Michael Ansara.
26. Fathers and Sons
Aired 2 April 1957 • 30 min
A former general schemes to push the Indians off their land. Jeffords: John Lupton. Cochise: Michael Ansara.
27. Quarantine
Aired 9 April 1957 • 30 min
Jeffords and Cochise head for the Mexican border in pursuit of a boy and his herd of infected cattle. Jeffords: John Lupton. Cochise: Michael Ansara. Teeahbay: Eugene Martin. Harrison: Clancy Cooper.
28. Ordeal
Aired 16 April 1957 • 30 min
Cochise and Jeffords trap a killer, then lose their horses in the desert. Taggert: John Larch. Jeffords: John Lupton. Cochise: Michael Ansara.
29. The Assassin
Aired 23 April 1957 • 30 min
30. The Archaeologist
Aired 30 April 1957 • 30 min
Two archaeologists prowl the reservation recording Indian customs. Jeffords: John Lupton. Cochise: Michael Ansara. Morgan: Arthur Hanson. Regis: Anthony Eustrel. Katena: Richard Hale. Nogalo: Alex Montoya.
31. Apache Girl
Aired 7 May 1957 • 30 min
An Indian girl is hampered in her efforts to get an education. Marsheela: Donna Martell. Cochise: Michael Ansara. Jeffords: John Lupton. Pete: Jan Merlin.
32. The Broken Wire
Aired 14 May 1957 • 30 min
A chief's son is being framed for arson and murder. Rano: Buzz Henry. Kotoy: George J. Lewis. Jeffords: John Lupton. Tim: James Dobson. Bobo: John Doucette.
33. Attack on Fort Grant
Aired 21 May 1957 • 30 min
Cochise and Jeffords join forces to thwart Geronimo's attack plans. Cochise: Michael Ansara. Jeffords: John Lupton. Geronimo: Charles Horvath. Louise: Mae Clark.