Cowboy G-Men
Cowboy G-Men is an American Western series that aired in syndication from September 1952 to June 1953, for a total of thirty-nine episodes.
| Cowboy G-Men | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Western |
| Written by | Buckley Angell Todhunter Ballard William R. Cox Henry B. Donovan Orville H. Hampton Monroe Manning Michael Raison |
| Directed by | Thor L. Brooks Reg Browne George Cahan Harold Daniels Paul Landres |
| Starring | Russell Hayden Jackie Coogan |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 39 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Henry B. Donovan |
| Cinematography | Gordon Avil Kenneth Peach Henry Sharp Harold E. Stine William P. Whitley |
| Editor(s) | Thor L. Brooks Seth Larsen Carl Pingitore |
| Running time | 24–26 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Telemount-Mutual Productions |
| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | Syndication |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monoaural |
| Original release | September 13, 1952 – June 13, 1953 |
Synopsis
Russell Hayden and former child actor Jackie Coogan (who would later perform as Uncle Fester on The Addams Family) star as Pat Gallagher and Stoney Crockett, respectively, a pair of government agents operating in the American West in the 1870s.[1] Television actor Phil Arnold portrayed Zerbo, a sometimes associate of Gallagher and Crockett. Gallagher typically was undercover as a ranch hand, while Crockett took the role of a wrangler.[2]
Cowboy G-Men was based on a story by Henry B. Donovan and featured the writing of such western fiction authors as Todhunter Ballard.
Unusually for its time, the series was filmed in color; however, it appears that only black-and-white prints have ever been aired on television.
Episode list
| Episode # | Episode title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1-1 | "Ozark Gold" | September 13, 1952 |
| 1-2 | "Chinaman's Chance" | September 20, 1952 |
| 1-3 | "The Golden Wolf" | September 27, 1952 |
| 1-4 | "Secret Mission" | October 4, 1952 |
| 1-5 | "Chippewa Indians" | October 11, 1952 |
| 1-6 | "Center Fire" | October 18, 1952 |
| 1-7 | "Beware! No Trespassing" | November 1, 1952 |
| 1-8 | "Pixilated" | November 8, 1952 |
| 1-9 | "Running Iron" | November 15, 1952 |
| 1-10 | "Bounty Jumpers" | November 22, 1952 |
| 1-11 | "Gunslingers" | November 29, 1952 |
| 1-12 | "Koniackers (Counterfeiters)" | December 6, 1952 |
| 1-13 | "Ghost Bushwacker" | December 13, 1952 |
| 1-14 | "Salted Mines" | December 20, 1952 |
| 1-15 | "Frontier Smugglers" | December 27, 1952 |
| 1-16 | "Mysterious Decoy" | January 3, 1953 |
| 1-17 | "Ridge of Ghosts" | January 10, 1953 |
| 1-18 | "Hang the Jury" | January 17, 1953 |
| 1-19 | "Silver Shotgun" | January 24, 1953 |
| 1-20 | "Rawhide Gold" | January 31, 1953 |
| 1-21 | "The Run Down" | February 7, 1953 |
| 1-22 | "Rawhiders" | February 14, 1953 |
| 1-23 | "General Delivery" | February 21, 1953 |
| 1-24 | "Gypsy Traders" | February 28, 1953 |
| 1-25 | "Safe Crackers" | March 7, 1953 |
| 1-26 | "Silver Fraud" | March 14, 1953 |
| 1-27 | "Hangfire" | March 21, 1953 |
| 1-28 | "Hush Money" | March 28, 1953 |
| 1-29 | "Ghost Town Mystery" | April 4, 1953 |
| 1-30 | "Empty Mailbags" | April 11, 1953 |
| 1-31 | "Sawdust Swindle" | April 18, 1953 |
| 1-32 | "Spring the Trap" | April 25, 1953 |
| 1-33 | "Sidewinder" | May 2, 1953 |
| 1-34 | "Indian Trader" | May 9, 1953 |
| 1-35 | "Stolen Dynamite" | May 16, 1953 |
| 1-36 | "The Woman Mayor" | May 23, 1953 |
| 1-37 | "Double Crossed" | May 30, 1953 |
| 1-38 | "High Heeled Boots" | June 6, 1953 |
| 1-39 | "The California Bullets" | June 13, 1953 |
DVD releases
Timeless Media Group released a 10 episode best-of set on DVD in Region 1 on October 26, 2008.[3]
Alpha Home Entertainment has released collections of Cowboy G-Men episodes on DVD. Each volume contains 4 episodes from the series. Six DVDs have been published from 2006 to 2011.
In other countries
In Japan, Cowboy G-Men was the first show to be dubbed in Japanese in 1956. The late veteran voice actor Junpei Takiguchi voiced all the characters including the female characters.
References
- Erickson, Hal (1989). Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 0-7864-1198-8. P. 94.
- Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7. P. 216.
- Cowboy G-Men Timeless Media Group Release at amazon.com