7.9/1026 votes#1 - Olvera
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/1959
A Mexican official must decide between his fellow caballeros and his obligations to the U.S. Government during the annexation of California.
Director: Daniel Dare
Writer: N/A
7.8/1031 votes#2 - "Gates Ajar" Morgan
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 10/15/1959
A man goes too far promoting a phony religious philosophy based on the novel "The Gates Ajar", and must admit the truth if he is to save his friend and benefactor from a lynch mob.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/1027 votes#3 - Sam Kee and Uncle Sam
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/1959
Sam Kee, ostracized because he's Chinese, finds refuge at a fort after saving a soldier's life. He makes himself useful and befriends Lt. Burke who needs help after Apaches repeatedly steal the payroll. Sam is able to come to the aid of his benefactors.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/1026 votes#4 - The Grand Duke
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 11/3/1959
Russian Grand Duke Alexis is touring the West and the government assigns Buffalo Bill as his guide. The frontiersman objects but ends up bonding with the royal. An encounter with hostile Indians cements the friendship.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/1024 votes#5 - Fair Exchange
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 11/13/1959
Charlie and Phoebe Stoner are having hard times because of his drinking. Major Bullock arrives from the East willing to grubstake Charlie to learn his mining expertise. When valuable items disappear Bullock suspects Charlie but there's a simpler solution.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/1022 votes#6 - The Scalpel and the Gun
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 11/17/1959
Dr. Tom Bell stays out west after the Mexican American War but his belief in himself is gone. When a patient of his dies unexpectedly his medical practice is ruined and he thinks his only choice is to join with criminal elements.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1027 votes#7 - Indian Emily
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 11/26/1959
After an army skirmish with hostile Indians prisoners arrive at the fort including an ill girl. Mrs. Easton nurses her to health and she adopts the Anglo ways but leaves after falling in love with Tom. She returns only to perform a heroic act.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1026 votes#8 - Hang 'Em High
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/1959
Two competing teams race to complete a cross country telegraph line, aiding the Union cause. Also at stake is a bonus so when sabotage takes place suspicions grow. But Hudson learns it's Confederate sympathizers at work.
Director: Murray Golden
Writer: Paul Franklin
8.0/1025 votes#9 - Tribal Justice
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/1959
The son of an Indian chief accused of the murder of a fellow tribesman faces trial.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.9/1030 votes#10 - The Little Trooper
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/1959
The MacArthur family arrive at Ft. Selden their new post in frontier Arizona. In the midst of hostile Apache actions the young Douglas falls under the watchful eye of Norkul who risks everything to protect the future commanding general.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.9/1033 votes#11 - Ten Feet of Nothing
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 12/24/1959
During a drunken evening in town, a miner gives a pretty saloon-singer half-interest in his apparently worthless claim, only to learn that the surrounding property contains a vein of valuable ore.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.7/1029 votes#12 - Lady of the Press
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 12/24/1959
Mike Ward arrives in Carson City and immediately clashes with newspaper owner Lauri Frick. He establishes a rival paper both working to improve things in frontier Nevada. What Lauri doesn't realize is who her secret contributor is.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/1029 votes#13 - The Reluctant Gun
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 12/26/1959
When artistic Billy Jackson is threatened by gunslinger Corbett, he shoots him in the back. Famed lawyer Temple Houston is asked to take Billy's case but because the crime took place with many witnesses Houston must work a miracle.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/1031 votes#14 - His Brother's Keeper
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 1/9/1960
Edwin Booth arrives in Downieville to do a Shakespearean show 6 months after his brother assassinated Lincoln. Town tough Rogan and his cronies try to prevent the performance. It's up to Jeb Hayes to show his son to stand up for what's right.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1025 votes#15 - The Devil's Due
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 1/21/1960
Tom Dixon, formerly an outlaw, is trying to change his ways and marry his sweetheart. But he's wanted for a past bank robbery and the reappearance of fellow gang member Cassidy make it difficult to avoid trouble.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/1028 votes#16 - Money to Burn
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 1/22/1960
Carl, a destitute vagabond, stumbles upon $50,000 in Wells Fargo loot. He lives it up in a fine hotel but also sharing the money with those in need. He doesn't realize the original thief Browning and Hume, a bank detective, are on his trail.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1025 votes#17 - Dogs of the Mist
Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 2/6/1960
Steve Hewitt accidentally kills the dogs of miner Tully who had sent a desparate message. Haunted by his mistake he searches for the man while his friends suspect him of hiding a lucrative mine. Steve is guided by mysterious howling.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.8/1025 votes#18 - A Wedding Dress
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 2/13/1960
Marshall Bill Tilghman works in 1890's Oklahoma territory trying to bring in the Doolin gang. He methods are questioned when he first offers amnesty but gets sidetracked when he does a bride a favor, putting his job in jeopardy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/1022 votes#19 - Shadows on the Window
Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 2/18/1960
Lew Wallace is governor of New Mexico territory during Billy the Kid's murderous time in the 1880's. While dealing with threats to his life, worries of his family, he manages to write a novel that would become biblical best-selling Ben Hur.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/1023 votes#20 - The Battle of Mokelumne Hill
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 2/19/1960
California imposes a monthly tax on immigrant miners in the 1850's gold boom. Most groups grudgingly respond but the French resist violently. Lt. Bradshaw is tasked with enforcement despite his sympathy for the miners.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/1022 votes#21 - The Strangers
Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 3/3/1960
A hate-filled drifter threatens successful rancher John Gaunt and his family.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/1024 votes#22 - Goodbye Five Hundred Pesos
Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 3/3/1960
In the years after California's conquest, an Army commander grapples with hostile citizens.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1028 votes#23 - Forbidden Wedding
Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 3/17/1960
A couple face opposition to their marriage: the governor of California, whom the woman once rejected.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/1024 votes#24 - One Man Tank
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 3/17/1960
Prospector "Dutch" Charley Koehn (John Bleifer)searches for gold for many years, but never finds any. He decides to settle down and buys a goat farm...and strikes it rich when he finds gold on the property.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/1029 votes#25 - The Man on the Road
Season 8 Episode 25 - Aired 3/30/1960
John Raitt plays a drifter who befriends a boy whose father has been jailed for horse theft.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Death Valley Days Season 8
Every episode of Death Valley Days Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Death Valley Days Season 8!
Death Valley Days is an American radio and television anthology series featuring true stories of the old American West, particularly the Death Valley area. Created...
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Season 8 Ratings Summary
"Olvera" is the best rated episode of "Death Valley Days" season 8. It scored 7.9/10 based on 26 votes. Directed by Daniel Dare and written by N/A, it aired on 10/1/1959. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, ""Gates Ajar" Morgan".