About this season
Gunslinger was a Western television series starring Tony Young that aired on the CBS television network from February 9 until May 18, 1961 on Thursdays from 9 to 10 p.m. EST. The series theme song was sung by Frankie Laine. Young played Cord, a young gunfighter who works undercover for the local army garrison commander, acting as a secret law enforcement agent in the territory. The series lasted for only twelve episodes. Gunslinger was the successor to Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater.
Episodes (12)
1. The Border Incident
Aired 9 February 1961 • 60 min
Cord, working undercover for the army, hunts down a former officer charged with starving and torturing prisoners of war.
2. The Hostage Fort
Aired 16 February 1961 • 60 min
3. Appointment In Cascabel
Aired 23 February 1961 • 60 min
Fort Scott offers a reward for Mexican bandit Manuel Garcia, who kidnaps Amby and asks for ransom equal to what Fort Scott is offering.
4. The Zone
Aired 2 March 1961 • 60 min
The shifting Rio Grande around an island leaves ambiguity as to what nation — the US or Mexico — has authority. The lawless take advantage and stay.
5. Rampage
Aired 16 March 1961 • 60 min
6. The Recruit
Aired 23 March 1961 • 60 min
Missing Confederate silver puts Cord on the trail.
7. Road of the Dead
Aired 30 March 1961 • 60 min
The Army sends Cord and McGuire to investigate a case of mass death-by-drowning.
8. Golden Circle
Aired 13 April 1961 • 60 min
Cord is assigned to accompany Jed Spangler, who has just been released from Yuma prison. The authorities hope Jed will try to recover the loot he stole during the Civil War. Cord wants payback for a friend Jed killed.
9. The Diehards
Aired 20 April 1961 • 60 min
A patrol led by Murdock is ambushed and several are slain under murky circumstances. Cord decides to investigate.
10. Johnny Sergeant
Aired 4 May 1961 • 60 min
11. The Death of Yellow Singer
Aired 11 May 1961 • 60 min
After killing a Native American leader, a young Navajo woman refuses to defend herself.
12. New Savannah
Aired 18 May 1961 • 60 min
After the war, a group of Southern women attempt to establish a cotton plantation in the Arizona Territory.