7.3/10109 votes#1 - The Day They Hanged Kid Curry (90 min.)
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1971
Curry must clear his name when someone claiming to be Kid Curry admits to a murder charge and is scheduled for hanging.
Director: Barry Shear
Writer: Glen A. Larson
7.9/1087 votes#2 - 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
8.3/1085 votes#3 - 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 votes#4 - 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
8.5/10105 votes#5 - 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
8.1/1088 votes#6 - 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
7.7/1084 votes#7 - Six Strangers at Apache Springs
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/1971
Smith and Jones meet an unlucky lady evangelist, a stubborn Indian agent, a devious woman, and a hotel keeper when they decide to spend time in the deserted town of Apache Springs while retrieving buried gold from hostile Indian lands.
Director: Nicholas Colasanto
Writer: N/A
8.6/1099 votes#8 - 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
7.6/1073 votes#9 - The Reformation of Harry Briscoe
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/11/1971
After helping a pair of nuns whose wagon has broken down, Smith and Jones run into Harry Briscoe who claims one of the nuns is a fake who stole $30,000 from a bank she worked at.
Director: Barry Shear
Writer: N/A
8.4/1090 votes#10 - 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
8.2/1086 votes#11 - 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 votes#12 - 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
8.1/1078 votes#13 - 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
7.7/1087 votes#14 - Miracle at Santa Marta
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/30/1971
Kid Curry is again falsely accused of murder and it's up to Heyes to save the day.
Director: Vincent Sherman
Writer: Dick Nelson
8.4/1091 votes#15 - 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 votes#16 - 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
8.1/1072 votes#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
8.5/1088 votes#18 - 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
7.6/1079 votes#19 - The Biggest Game in the West
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/3/1972
When a bag of counterfeit money fall into the hands of Heyes and the Kid, they use it as collateral to get into the biggest poker game in the west. But just as Heyes get in, he runs into the Devil's hole gang - and they nearly spoil his cover story. How long will it take until the sheriff will put two and two together, and grab Heyes and the Kid? Then the banker takes a closer look at the counterfeit money, and decides he wants a piece of the action. But to get that kind of money, Heyes and the Kid would have to get the money from the robbery back. Can the Kid pull it off without Heyes' silver tongue?
Director: Alexander Singer
Writer: N/A
7.3/1083 votes#20 - Which Way to the OK Corral?
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/10/1972
Curry and Heyes sneak into Tombstone looking for a witness who could clear Big Mac McCreedy of a murder charge while trying to escape the notice of sheriff Wyatt Earp.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: Glen A. Larson
7.2/1067 votes#21 - Don't Get Mad, Get Even
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/17/1972
When Heyes loses his money to a crooked dealer, he threatens to expose the whole thing. But the owner of the casino calls the bluff, and Heyes and the Kid have to leave with their tails between their legs. Until Heyes creates a revenge plan, involving friend Georgette, a false necklace and selling it to the casino owner. But instead of falling for this trick the casino owner manages to steal the real necklace. Now things get really tough for Heyes, the Kid and Georgette, as the casino owner sees through their every bluff. Heyes finds out it's not so easy to out-con a con-man, but there is a solution to every problem...
Director: Bruce Bilson
Writer: N/A
7.3/1067 votes#22 - What's in It for Mia?
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/24/1972
A female casino owner runs a crooked game, and nearly kills Heyes and the Kid for trying to point that out. They wind up in the care of a man and his daughter. After hearing their story of how the casino owner destroyed the man's newspaper, and how he now dabbles in new techniques for printing, Heyes gets an idea of how to use the woman's greed to their advantage - by pretending to be able to print their own bills. But the woman turns out to be more careful than they thought, and it's not until they find a way to use that against her that they can finally end her reign.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/1071 votes#23 - Bad Night in Big Butte
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 3/2/1972
Heyes and the Kid tracks friend Georgette to borrow some money for a high stakes poker game, but finds that George has plans of her own. She intends to get the loot from a insurance fraud, that will soon be statute-barred - a diamond, hidden somewhere in the hotel where the thief was captured. Present is also a professional bounty hunter, who also wants the diamond, and the sheriff who caught the original thief. Who will find the diamond first? George, the sheriff, the bounty hunter, or the diamond-seeking animal that Heyes brings?
Director: Richard L. Bare
Writer: Glen A. Larson
The Best Episodes of Alias Smith and Jones Season 2
Every episode of Alias Smith and Jones Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Alias Smith and Jones Season 2!
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
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"The Day They Hanged Kid Curry (90 min.)" is the best rated episode of "Alias Smith and Jones" season 2. It scored 7.3/10 based on 109 votes. Directed by Barry Shear and written by Glen A. Larson, it aired on 9/16/1971. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "How to Rob a Bank in One Hard Lesson".