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 (39)
1. White Man's Magic
Aired 1 October 1957 • 30 min
2. Conquistador
Aired 8 October 1957 • 30 min
A Mexican ranch owner is pressured by his foreman to not allow Cochise to move and water his cattle on the ranch property, by threatening to tell the don's daughter that her mother was Apache.
3. Apache Child
Aired 15 October 1957 • 30 min
Jeffords intervenes when an exiled Apache abandons his child. Cochise: Michael Ansara. Manuel: Dan Casbian. Sanza: Jil Jarmyn. Tabor: Ken Christy.
4. Ghost Sickness
Aired 22 October 1957 • 30 min
5. Black Moment
Aired 29 October 1957 • 30 min
A man who kills an elderly prospector for a valuable locket alleges it is Cochise who committed the murder. His associates then determine to kill Cochise for the deed.
6. The Arsenal
Aired 5 November 1957 • 30 min
Gun runners intent on supplying arms to the factions in a Mexican power struggle steal and buy all the guns and ammunition in the area and use outlaw Chiricahuas to blame Cochise's group.
7. Devil's Eye
Aired 12 November 1957 • 30 min
8. The Teacher
Aired 19 November 1957 • 30 min
Cochise asks for a teacher to instruct in the ways of white culture. To his chagrin, the one he gets is not only a woman, but a woman who holds fast to cultural values that demean Apache customs.
9. The Bounty Hunters
Aired 26 November 1957 • 30 min
10. Renegades Return
Aired 3 December 1957 • 30 min
11. Smoke Signal
Aired 10 December 1957 • 30 min
12. Son of Cochise
Aired 17 December 1957 • 30 min
13. White Savage
Aired 24 December 1957 • 30 min
14. Indian Medicine
Aired 31 December 1957 • 30 min
15. Water Witch
Aired 7 January 1958 • 30 min
16. Outlaws
Aired 10 June 1958 • 30 min
An outlaw sells whiskey to the Apaches which causes several deaths among the Indians. Cochise begins a search for the outlaw.
17. Bad Boy
Aired 21 January 1958 • 30 min
When a boy from a criminal family is caught stealing, Jeffords takes custody of him to prevent his imprisonment. But he then farms the boy to Cochise to teach him life lessons, to the mortification of his parents and the settlement folk.
18. Massacre
Aired 28 January 1958 • 30 min
19. Shadow of Cochise
Aired 4 February 1958 • 30 min
20. Warrant for Arrest
Aired 11 February 1958 • 30 min
Jeffords is falsely accused of stealing supplies meant for the Chiricahua reservation, which spurs efforts by Cochise to thwart Jeffords' prosecution, despite Jeffords' insistence on following the judicial process.
21. Escape
Aired 18 February 1958 • 30 min
22. Aztec Treasure
Aired 25 February 1958 • 30 min
23. Hired Killer
Aired 4 March 1958 • 30 min
24. Panic
Aired 11 March 1958 • 30 min
25. The Duel
Aired 18 March 1958 • 30 min
26. The Iron Maiden
Aired 25 March 1958 • 30 min
A murderous Modoc woman wanders into Cochise's camp and causes a jurisdictional dispute among a Modoc search party, the Apaches and the U.S. Army.
27. The Sisters
Aired 1 April 1958 • 30 min
28. War Trail
Aired 8 April 1958 • 30 min
29. Turncoat
Aired 15 April 1958 • 30 min
30. Power
Aired 22 April 1958 • 30 min
Cochise, is wounded in a battle and appoints a subchief to rule the Chiracahuas. The new leader, intoxicated with power, tries to lead the Apaches back to war.
31. Bear Trap
Aired 29 April 1958
32. Old Enemy
Aired 6 May 1958 • 30 min
33. Blood Brothers
Aired 13 May 1958 • 30 min
A US Cavalry general posts troops on the Chirikawa reservation, distrustful of Cochise.
34. The Courage of Ling Tang
Aired 20 May 1958 • 30 min
35. Backlash
Aired 27 May 1958 • 30 min
36. Manhunt
Aired 3 June 1958 • 30 min
37. The Outlaws
Aired 10 June 1958 • 30 min
38. Jeopardy
Aired 17 June 1958 • 30 min
39. The Transfer
Aired 24 June 1958 • 30 min