8.6/1099 votesLoading...#1 - Night of the Red Dog
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/4/1971
A group of men, among them Heyes and the Kid, witness an old man lose consciousness, because of all the gold he was carrying. A doctor says to the man that he is dying. The man then produces a map showing his mining concession, which he testaments to the group. The group travels to the place, and starts to dig. Soon conflict arises, however, when Heyes and the Kid's gold is stolen. Twice. Things get worse when the cabin is covered with snow, and they realize that they will have to stay there for the winter. Now a game of poker starts, with very high stakes. And neither Heyes nor the Kid can be sure of who to trust...
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: Dick Nelson
8.5/10105 votesLoading...#2 - The Posse That Wouldn't Quit
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/1971
After being chased for weeks by a posse, Heyes and the Kid hide out on a ranch where a nice but poor family lives. They become idols of sorts for the two daughters, and quickly learn to like all of them. Then, when the posse finally shows up and demand that Heyes and the Kid come out, Heyes suggests that the family collects the bounty rather than the posse. The posse reluctantly gives them up, and the leader of the posse will not leave their side. On the way to the nearest sheriff office, however, the remaining posse are attacked - by the daughters. Heyes and the Kid get away, but changes their mind when they realize that the family could get in trouble for their sake. They return, but how can they stay out of jail if they have to give their identities away to the judge?
Director: Harry Falk
Writer: N/A
8.5/1088 votesLoading...#3 - The Men That Corrupted Hadleyburg
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/27/1972
The capture of Heyes and Curry represents pay dirt for a poor prospector and his family.
Director: Jeff Corey
Writer: Dick Nelson
8.4/1090 votesLoading...#4 - Dreadful Sorry, Clementine
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/18/1971
The fellows get involved in a $50,000 swindle.
Director: Barry Shear
Writer: Glen A. Larson
8.4/1091 votesLoading...#5 - 21 Days to Tenstrike
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/6/1972
The guys join a cattle drive and Kid Curry finds himself accused of murder again.
Director: Mel Ferber
Writer: N/A
8.4/1088 votesLoading...#6 - The McCreedy Bust: Going, Going, Gone!
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/13/1972
""Big Mac"" MacCreedy tries to get the boys to steal the Roman bust from Armendariz - again, but this time the boys refuse. But when Big Mac threatens to reveal their secret identities they agree to transport the bust to an auction after it has been stolen. While they wait for the bust to be delivered to the drop spot, Heyes and the Kid meet a bullying foreman, who makes the Kid do a little jig every time he finds the Kid still wearing his gun. Heyes can't understand why the Kid doesn't comply for the sake of peace and quiet - but a former priest, turned town drunk has an interesting idea: that the Kid is a saint who always turns the other cheek.
Director: Alexander Singer
Writer: N/A
8.3/1085 votesLoading...#7 - Jailbreak at Junction City
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1971
Curry and Heyes try to avoid a sheriff who is sure to recognize them.
Director: Jeffrey Hayden
Writer: N/A
8.3/1090 votesLoading...#8 - Smiler with a Gun
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/1971
Heyes and the Kid meet two men at a carnival - one of them a gold digger, the other a fast-drawing cowboy with a big smile. The gold digger likes the three of them, and makes them an offer. If they come with him and work in his mine, they can share the gold between the four of them. When they decide that they've got enough gold, though, the smiling man disappears with the gold, the horses, and all provisions. Now Heyes, the Kid and the gold digger must get back to civilisation to get their gold back. But can they ""persuade"" the smiling man to share his gold with them? And can the Kid out-draw him?
Director: Fernando Lamas
Writer: Max Hodge
8.2/10127 votesLoading...#9 - Wrong Train to Brimstone
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/4/1971
Heyes and Curry gain passage on a train that is full of Bannerman detectives who are setting a trap for them and their gang
Director: Jeffrey Hayden
Writer: N/A
8.2/1086 votesLoading...#10 - Shootout at Diablo Station
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/2/1971
The passengers of a coach are taken hostage at Diablo Station by four cowboys. Not discussing their ultimate goal, they keep Heyes and the Kid and the others tied up, just waiting. Soon, the goal becomes very clear to Heyes. The leader wants to avenge his brother's death - upon sheriff Lom Trevors. Can Heyes and the Kid, or any of the other passengers warn Lom before he arrives?
Director: Jeffrey Hayden
Writer: N/A
8.2/1096 votesLoading...#11 - The Bounty Hunter
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/9/1971
A black bounty hunter catches Heyes and Curry and hangs onto them even after they twice save his life from bigots determined to turn them in themselves.
Director: Barry Shear
Writer: N/A
8.1/10132 votesLoading...#12 - The McCreedy Bust
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/21/1971
Smith and Jones become the pawns of two greedy ranchers who have a running feud about the ownership of a Roman bust.
Director: Gene Levitt
Writer: N/A
8.1/10106 votesLoading...#13 - A Fistful of Diamonds
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/4/1971
After an embezzling banker / murderer sets up Curry and Heyes to take the fall for his crimes, the boys try to clear themselves by playing on his greed with a salted diamond field.
Director: Jeffrey Hayden
Writer: Robert Hamner
8.1/10109 votesLoading...#14 - Stagecoach Seven
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/11/1971
A stationmaster battles for his own interests against a band of outlaws.
Director: Richard Benedict
Writer: Dick Nelson
8.1/1088 votesLoading...#15 - Something to Get Hung About
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/21/1971
Heyes tries to talk a runaway wife into returning to her husband while Curry distracts the gentleman with her.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: N/A
8.1/1078 votesLoading...#16 - Everything Else You Can Steal
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/16/1971
Tired and weary, Heyes and the Kid discover that they are accused of burgling a bank. They decide to go there and investigate, since their amnesty is at stake. Also present is Blackjack Jenny, whose son Billy disappeared after telegraphing her about a job there. She is convinced that Billy and his friend Caleb are dead. Heyes and the Kid confront the bank manager, and manage to convince him that they are bounty hunters, and that they were on Heyes and the Kid's track far away when the burglary took place. That way he gives them the name of the woman who said that it was Heyes and the Kid who stole the money. But is there someone else involved?
Director: Alexander Singer
Writer: N/A
8.1/1072 votesLoading...#17 - The Man Who Broke the Bank at Red Gap
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/20/1972
The guys are framed for bank robbery by an embezzling banker, but they turn the tables on him by arranging for a second bank robbery to clear their names.
Director: Richard Benedict
Writer: N/A
8.0/10133 votesLoading...#18 - Exit from Wickenburg
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/28/1971
Someone's trying to get the guys out of a town where they are helping a widow run from the saloon left to her by her late husband, but they can't figure out who's doing it or why.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Robert Hamner
8.0/1095 votesLoading...#19 - Never Trust an Honest Man
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 4/15/1971
The boys return a fortune in jewels to a railroad magnate, who promptly sets a posse after them when he learns the gems are fake.
Director: Douglas Heyes
Writer: N/A
7.9/1087 votesLoading...#20 - How to Rob a Bank in One Hard Lesson
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1971
Heyes and Curry meet up with an offbeat crook when they fall once gain for the old lady-in-distress gambit.
Director: Alexander Singer
Writer: David Moessinger
7.8/1097 votesLoading...#21 - The Root of It All
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/25/1971
Smith and Jones retrieve a letter for a young lady and wind up searching for a buried Army payroll.
Director: Barry Shear
Writer: Howard Browne
7.8/1095 votesLoading...#22 - The Fifth Victim
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/1/1971
The guys become involved with a friendly rancher in a not-so-friendly poker game.
Director: Fernando Lamas
Writer: Glen A. Larson
7.8/1089 votesLoading...#23 - The Legacy of Charlie O'Rourke
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 4/22/1971
A saloon entertainer and a special agent suspect that Heyes and Curry's interest in a condemned robber is the same as their own; a rumored fortune in stolen buried gold.
Director: Jeffrey Hayden
Writer: Dick Nelson
7.7/10532 votesLoading...#24 - Alias Smith and Jones
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/5/1971
Two non-violent bandits begin to feel the inroads of high technology and decide to try and earn a pardon from the Governor of Wyoming.
Director: Gene Levitt
Writer: Glen A. Larson
7.7/10108 votesLoading...#25 - The Great Shell Game
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/18/1971
Heyes seems to be reverting to his old thieving ways when he sets up a pretty young woman to lose $10,000 in a phony horse betting operation.
Director: Richard Benedict
Writer: Glen A. Larson
The Best Episodes of Alias Smith and Jones
Every episode of Alias Smith and Jones ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Alias Smith and Jones!
Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from 1971 to 1973. It stars Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes...
Genres:WesternCrime
Network:ABC
Best Episodes Summary
"Night of the Red Dog" is the best rated episode of "Alias Smith and Jones". It scored 8.6/10 based on 99 votes. Directed by Russ Mayberry and written by Dick Nelson, it aired on 11/4/1971. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Posse That Wouldn't Quit".