6.9/1036 votes#1 - Joey Finds A Friend
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/15/1955
Jim owns a wild stallion called Fury that none of his ranch hands can tame - except young orphan Joey. When the stallion is injured by one of the ranchers, Joey runs away to help the wounded steed. Jim and his friend Helen find him in the nick of time, saving Fury's life. Jim adopts Joey as his son, and so begins a lifetime of adventure for Fury at the Broken Wheel Ranch.
Director: Ray Nazarro
Writer: Lillie Hayward
- 6.9/1025 votes
#2 - Killer Stallion
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/22/1955
A wild stallion is menacing all of the local ranches and freeing their horses. Neighbouring rancher Charlie Stevens thinks that Fury is to blame, but Joey has seen the white renegade stallion and must find it, because Charlie wants Fury dead for something he had no part in.
Director: Oscar Rudolph
Writer: Arthur Browne Jr., Nat Tanchuck
- 6.8/1024 votes
#3 - The Horse Coper
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/29/1955
Jim has to sell some horses or lose the ranch. Pigott, the horse coper (dealer) offers to buy Fury but Jim says he is nor for sale. Later, when Joey wants to show Pigott the tricks that Fury can do, Pigott tricks Joey into being on free government land. Pigott then claims Fury and tries to get away.
Director: Nathan Juran
Writer: Tom Kilpatrick, Melvin Levy
- 7.2/1027 votes
#4 - Joey Goes Hunting
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/5/1955
Joey gets a rifle and goes hunting with Pete. What they find is trouble in the form of an escaped criminal.
Director: Oscar Rudolph
Writer: Hugh King
- 7.0/1025 votes
#5 - Scorched Earth
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/12/1955
There is a drought. Joey becomes a junior Ranger and tries to protect a couple of hunters from starting a forest fire.
Director: Nathan Juran
Writer: Arthur Browne Jr., Nat Tanchuck
- 6.1/1029 votes
#6 - Joey's Dame Trouble
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/19/1955
When Fury is smitten by a white mare, young Joey's jealousy gets the better of him, and he lets the horses escape into the wild! With Helen's help, Joey brings them back!
Director: Ray Nazarro
Writer: Robert B. Bailey
- 6.7/1021 votes
#7 - Joey and the Gypsies
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/26/1955
Local ranchers think that gypsies are stealing horses. Then Fury is rustled which leads to the truth.
Director: Harold Daniels
Writer: Melvin Levy
- 6.7/1025 votes
#8 - Joey's Father
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/3/1955
A stranger arrives claiming to be Joey's real father, threatening to separate the boy from Fury. Jim must act quickly to stop the impostor.
Director: Ray Nazarro
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1019 votes
#9 - Joey Saves The Day
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/1955
A Social Worker comes to check up on Joey and Jim. Joey and Fury save a man from a rattle snake bite by fetching the doctor.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1015 votes
#10 - The 4-H Story
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/17/1955
Joey wants to enter his lamb in the 4-H Club Livestock Show. Frankie Watson is also entering a lamb. Joey learns a lesson about sportsmanship.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1017 votes
#11 - Junior Rodeo
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/24/1955
Joey signs up to ride in the Junior Rodeo. But he's up against the local champion, Ty Jones (played by Sammy Ogg). Jim, Pete, and Fury help Joey learn to ride a bucking bronco.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1017 votes
#12 - Ghost Town
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/31/1955
Bank robbers stash their loot at a local ghost town. Fury saves Joey and Frankie from the robbers.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1018 votes
#13 - The Hobo
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/7/1956
A hobo gets a job as a ranch hand at the Broken Wheel Ranch. Fury gets sick and the hobo, who's really a veterinarian on the run from the law, has to decide whether to help Fury and get caught or just walk away.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1015 votes
#14 - Tungsten Queen
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/14/1956
Hank Enos was running a local tungsten mine. After he breaks his leg, he recuperates at the the Broken Wheel Ranch. Joey and Hank catch some claim jumpers at the mine and Fury has to rescue them.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1016 votes
#15 - Joey Sees It Through
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/21/1956
The Newtons babysit Betsy, a spoiled young girl whose mother is marrying Jim's friend Bill. Betsy misses her dad, who was killed in the Korean War. Betsy's grief, anger, and hatred of Bill make her stay with the Newtons a trying time.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1016 votes
#16 - Stolen Fury
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/28/1956
Rustlers hit the Broken Wheel Ranch. Pete and Joey try and rescue Fury, but Fury ends up rescuing them.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1016 votes
#17 - The Choice
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/4/1956
A wealthy gentleman rancher and his wife want to buy Fury. Fury's not for sale, declares Jim, but his resolve weakens when Joey suffers a head injury that will leave him blind unless he undergoes an immediate $5,000 surgery.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1016 votes
#18 - The Boy Scout Story
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/11/1956
Joey joins the Boy Scouts of America, but Joey's friend Buzz thinks scouting is kid's stuff. Joey and Fury set out into the woods to show Buzz that scouting can make men out of boys.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1029 votes
#19 - Search For Joey
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/18/1956
After a rabid dog bites Joey in the schoolyard, Jim and Fury must race against time to get him treated.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1017 votes
#20 - The Miracle
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/25/1956
Jim's old friend Val Benton visits the Broken Wheel Ranch. Benton is a rodeo cowboy confined to a wheelchair following an accident, but Joey, who idolizes Benton, is convinced a miracle will allow Benton to walk again.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1017 votes
#21 - The Test
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/3/1956
Joey befriends a new boy in school, but the friendship is discouraged by the boy's demanding father who requires his son to spend all of his free time studying in order to excel in school.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1016 votes
#22 - Fury Runs To Win
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/10/1956
The Broken Wheel's mortgage holder wants to own Fury and convinces Joey to enter him into a winner-take-all horse race where Fury himself is the prize. An Irish hobo happens along and helps train Joey and Fury for their big race.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/109 votes
#23 - Timber
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/17/1956
Jim takes Joey to go visit an old friend Tom Skobee who runs a logging camp. Tom is being plagued with sabotage. Jim investigates and with the help of Fury, catches the bad guy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1010 votes
#24 - Wonder Horse
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/24/1956
Joey, Pete, and Fury go to the carnival to see the Wonder Horse. Two of the carnival hands think they can make a lot of money with Fury so they steal him, but Joey catches them and saves Fury.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1010 votes
#25 - Pirate Treasure
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/31/1956
Joey and Frankie are playing pirates down by the river. They meet a real pirate (Alan Hale Jr.) with a treasure chest full of silver and gold items. The man turns out to be a thief instead of a pirate. Fury saves Joey and Frankie.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Fury Season 1
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Fury is an American western television series that aired on NBC from 1955 to1960. It stars Peter Graves as Jim Newton, who operates the Broken...
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Network:NBC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Joey Finds A Friend" is the best rated episode of "Fury" season 1. It scored 6.9/10 based on 36 votes. Directed by Ray Nazarro and written by Lillie Hayward, it aired on 10/15/1955. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Killer Stallion".