The Best Episodes of Nichols

A retired soldier tired of guns returns to his family homestead in Arizona only to be forced to assume the position of local sheriff.

Director: Frank Pierson

Writer: Frank Pierson

A bandit gang rides in from Mexico in search of a dentist for its leader.

Director: Frank Pierson

Writer: Shimon Wincelberg

An Indian claims the Ketchams' land.

Director: Frank Pierson

Writer: Theodore J. Flicker

Nichols welcomes a would-be actress to town, while Ketcham is infuriated by a booksmart lawman.

Director: Paul Bogart

Writer: William Wood

Two aging gunfighters are pressured into a final showdown.

Director: Frank Pierson

Writer: Shimon Wincelberg

Ketcham angers the Apaches when he tries to force a brave to end his hunt for a prize buck.

Director: William Wiard

Writer: Shimon Wincelberg

Nichols and Ketcham hire second-rate mercenaries for an attack on an outlaw stronghold.

Director: Frank Pierson

Writer: George Kirgo

A baseball game between a visiting Army team and the town's team becomes a betting event.

Director: Peter Tewksbury

Writer: Bud Freeman

Ketcham is made a deputy and promptly abuses his authority.

Director: Peter Tewksbury

Writer: Gene L. Coon

An earthquake traps Nichols in a cellar with an Army vet and his mule while looters rampage around them.

Director: Gerd Oswald

Writer: Jack Curtis

An old bandit has his eye on one last prize: a money train.

Director: Ivan Dixon

Writer: Juanita Bartlett, Ken Kolb

A jealous boyfriend and his hulking brothers are after Nichols when he flirts with a temptress.

Director: Frank Pierson

Writer: Buck Houghton

A man comes to town looking to kill Ruth's fiance, who hasn't told her everything about his past.

Director: Gerald Mayer

Writer: Benjamin Masselink

A black fugitive hits town with a vengeful former cellmate close behind.

Director: John Badham

Writer: Frank Pierson, William Wood

Nichols races a con artist uncle to find a hidden stash of money.

Director: Ivan Dixon

Writer: Juanita Bartlett

Thieves mistake Nichols for a top safecracker and force him into their latest crime.

Director: John Badham

Writer: Benjamin Masselink

A con artist talks the townspeople into investing in a gold mine.

Director: Ivan Dixon

Writer: Juanita Bartlett, Frank Telford

Nichols and a daredevil pilot search for killers.

Director: Ivan Dixon

Writer: Buck Houghton, Robert Foster

Nichols sets out to catch Jesse James and collect the reward.

Director: William Wiard

Writer: James L. Henderson, Samuel Roeca

Nichols is forced into the ring with a professional boxer.

Director: William Wiard

Writer: Marion Hargrove, Gilbert Ralston

An accused killer escapes when Nichols is distracted by a barking dog.

Director: Anton Leader

Writer: Bud Freeman

Nichols and his pilot friend team up once more, this time to rescue a kidnapped girl.

Director: Frank Pierson

Writer: Robert Foster

When Nichols is killed, his identical brother comes to town to avenge his murder.

Director: Jeremy Kagan

Writer: Juanita Bartlett

After twenty years in a school back east Bertha's daughter is coming to town. Bertha plans to close down and become "respectable" during her daughter's visit, but instead Nichols convinces her to let him run her place while she's "gone".

Director: Robert Butler

Writer: Juanita Bartlett