About this season
Stories of the Century is a 39-episode Western television series starring Jim Davis that ran in syndication through Republic Pictures between January 23, 1954, and March 11, 1955.
Episodes (26)
1. Belle Starr
7.0Aired 23 January 1954 • 30 min
Railroad Detective Matt Clark and his assistant Frankie Adams investigate the stealing of a herd of horses belonging to the U. S. Cavalry. They learn that the leader of the outlaws is a woman named Belle Starr.
2. Billy The Kid
Aired 30 January 1954 • 30 min
Matt and Frankie set out on the trail of cattle rustlers led by one of the West's youngest and most notorious outlaws.
3. Frank And Jesse James
Aired 7 February 1954 • 30 min
Railroad detectives Matt Clark and Frankie Adams pursue the vengeful James brothers, Frank and Jesse, who declare war on the law after their young half-brother is killed in a police ambush.
4. Geronimo
Aired 14 February 1954 • 30 min
Railroad detectives Matt Clark and Frankie Adams go after Apache chief Geronimo, who has been identified by Joe Burns, the night watchman of the railroad yards, as the leader of a band of freight-car robbers.
5. Quantrill And His Raiders
Aired 21 February 1954 • 30 min
The U.S. Army calls on Matt Clark (Jim Davis) to help subdue an Indian uprising led by Sioux chief Crazy Horse. Frankie: Mary Castle.
6. Cattle Kate
Aired 28 February 1954 • 30 min
Matt and Frankie head to Sweetwater, Wyoming where major cattle ranches are suffering heavy losses. A woman nicknamed Cattle Kate becomes the focus due the number of livestock she sells despite her small operation.
7. Sam Bass
Aired 4 March 1954 • 30 min
Henry Plummer is elected sheriff of Bannack, Mont., on a law-enforcement ticket---but then he promptly turns to crime. Matt: Jim Davis. Frankie: Mary Castle.
8. Johnny Ringo
Aired 11 March 1954 • 30 min
Matt (Jim Davis) and Frankie join a circus to trap an escaped killer. Frankie: Mary Castle.
9. The Dalton Gang
Aired 18 March 1954 • 30 min
Psychopathic killer Harry Tracy's senseless brutality disgusts even the members of his own gang. Matt: Jim Davis.
10. Doc. Holliday
Aired 25 March 1954 • 30 min
11. The Younger Brothers
Aired 2 April 1954 • 30 min
12. John Wesley Hardin
Aired 9 April 1954 • 30 min
13. Joaquin Murietta
Aired 16 April 1954 • 30 min
14. Tiburcio Vasquez
Aired 23 April 1954 • 30 min
15. Chief Crazy Horse
Aired 30 April 1954 • 30 min
16. Black Bart
Aired 6 May 1954 • 30 min
17. Henry Plummer
Aired 13 May 1954 • 30 min
18. Bill Longley
Aired 20 May 1954 • 30 min
19. Harry Tracy
Aired 27 May 1954 • 30 min
20. Wild Bunch Of Wyoming
Aired 3 June 1954 • 30 min
Outlaw Butch Cassidy's sense of humor proves his undoing. Matt: Jim Davis. Frankie: Mary Castle.
21. The Doolin Gang
Aired 10 June 1954 • 30 min
22. Little Britches
Aired 17 June 1954 • 30 min
23. Black Jack Ketchum
Aired 24 June 1954 • 30 min
"Black Jack" Ketchum took Martha Cullen's husband from her and now he has talked her son into joining his gang. Matt: Jim Clark. Frankie: Mary Castle.
24. Tom Horn
Aired 1 July 1954 • 30 min
Matt and Frankie witness a boy's murder, which plunges them into a Wyoming range war. Matt: Jim Davis. Frankie: Mary Castle.
25. Ben Thompson
Aired 8 July 1954 • 30 min
Matt Clark (Jim Davis) and Frankie Adams trail a gunman who started the biggest prairie fire in Texas history as part of a swindle. Frankie: Mary Castle.
26. Clay Allison
Aired 15 July 1954 • 30 min
The Civil War is long over, but two Southern sympathizers are still at it---terrorizing Yankees in the Southwest. Matt: Jim Davis.