The Texan was a Western television series starring popular B movie actor Rory Calhoun, which aired on the CBS television network from 1958 to 1960.
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37 Episodes • Premiered 1958
1. Texan in Town
2. The Man with the Solid Gold Star
3. The Troubled Town
There is a card shark that didn't appreciate having his cheating be revealed, even if it was subtle. He is gunned down in the street. His brothers seek revenge, one brother is a little more cautious than the other. He wants to make sure they get the person who did the shooting or that the sheriff locates the person.
4. The First Notch
5. The Edge of the Cliff
Orin and Ruth McKnight's May/December romance hits a rough spot when Bill Longley returns from a cattle drive with news that Orin's son from his first marriage died driving off rustlers. To make matters worse, Ruth's old beau has traveled all the way from Ohio to bring his former girlfriend home.
6. Jail for the Innocents
An alcoholic lawyer battles the local sheriff over voting procedures. Davis: Edgar Stehli. Sheriff: Robert Lowery. Longley: Rory Calhoun. Carlin: Charles Cooper.
7. A Tree for Planting
8. The Hemp Tree
9. The Widow of Paradise
10. Desert Passage
Outlaws besiege a small town where their leader is jailed. Pete: Jon Locke. Cliff: R.G. Armstrong. Ruth: Mae Clarke. Atkins: Fay Roope. Mac: Wright King.
11. No Tears for the Dead
12. The Easterner
13. A Time of the Year
14. The Lord Will Provide
15. The Duchess of Denver
16. A Quart of Law
17. Outpost
18. The Peddler
19. Return to Friendly
20. The Man Behind the Star
21. The Ringer
22. The Eyes of Captain Wylie
23. The Marshal of Yellow Jacket
24. No Love Wasted
25. A Race for Life
26. Letter of the Law
27. Private Account
Longley, trapped by a landslide, is rescued by Johnny Hinshaw who the Texan soon discovers is on the run from the law. Johnny's accused of shooting a man after a quarrel and since he's already served a jail term and has two brothers on the run from the law he seems like a reasonable suspect to the sheriff - the more so since Johnny's sweet on the lawman's beautiful sister.
