7.4/10(49)Loading...#1 - Belle Starr
Season 1 Episode 1
Aired 1/23/1954
Railroad Detective Matt Clark and his assistant Frankie Adams investigate the stealing of a herd of horses belonging to the U. S. Cavalry. They learn that the leader of the outlaws is a woman named Belle Starr.
Director: William Witney
Writer: Maurice Tombragel
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7.2/10(41)Loading...#2 - Billy The Kid
Season 1 Episode 2
Aired 1/30/1954
Matt and Frankie set out on the trail of cattle rustlers led by one of the West's youngest and most notorious outlaws.
Director: William Witney
Writer: Maurice Tombragel
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6.9/10(39)Loading...#3 - Frank And Jesse James
Season 1 Episode 3
Aired 2/7/1954
Railroad detectives Matt Clark and Frankie Adams pursue the vengeful James brothers, Frank and Jesse, who declare war on the law after their young half-brother is killed in a police ambush.
Director: William Witney
Writer: Maurice Tombragel
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#4 - Geronimo
Season 1 Episode 4
Aired 2/14/1954
Railroad detectives Matt Clark and Frankie Adams go after Apache chief Geronimo, who has been identified by Joe Burns, the night watchman of the railroad yards, as the leader of a band of freight-car robbers.
Director: William Witney
Writer: Maurice Tombragel
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#5 - Quantrill And His Raiders
Season 1 Episode 5
Aired 2/21/1954
The U.S. Army calls on Matt Clark (Jim Davis) to help subdue an Indian uprising led by Sioux chief Crazy Horse. Frankie: Mary Castle.
Director: William Witney
Writer: Maurice Tombragel
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#6 - Cattle Kate
Season 1 Episode 6
Aired 2/28/1954
Matt and Frankie head to Sweetwater, Wyoming where major cattle ranches are suffering heavy losses. A woman nicknamed Cattle Kate becomes the focus due the number of livestock she sells despite her small operation.
Director: William Witney
Writer: Milton Raison
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#7 - Sam Bass
Season 1 Episode 7
Aired 3/4/1954
Henry Plummer is elected sheriff of Bannack, Mont., on a law-enforcement ticket---but then he promptly turns to crime. Matt: Jim Davis. Frankie: Mary Castle.
Director: William Witney
Writer: Milton Raison
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#8 - Johnny Ringo
Season 1 Episode 8
Aired 3/11/1954
Matt (Jim Davis) and Frankie join a circus to trap an escaped killer. Frankie: Mary Castle.
Director: William Witney
Writer: N/A
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#9 - The Dalton Gang
Season 1 Episode 9
Aired 3/18/1954
Psychopathic killer Harry Tracy's senseless brutality disgusts even the members of his own gang. Matt: Jim Davis.
Director: William Witney
Writer: N/A
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#10 - Doc. Holliday
Season 1 Episode 10
Aired 3/25/1954
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#11 - The Younger Brothers
Season 1 Episode 11
Aired 4/2/1954
- 7.6/10(25)Loading...
#12 - John Wesley Hardin
Season 1 Episode 12
Aired 4/9/1954
- 7.5/10(24)Loading...
#13 - Joaquin Murietta
Season 1 Episode 13
Aired 4/16/1954
- 7.0/10(21)Loading...
#14 - Tiburcio Vasquez
Season 1 Episode 14
Aired 4/23/1954
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#15 - Chief Crazy Horse
Season 1 Episode 15
Aired 4/30/1954
- 7.2/10(35)Loading...
#16 - Black Bart
Season 1 Episode 16
Aired 5/6/1954
- 7.0/10(27)Loading...
#17 - Henry Plummer
Season 1 Episode 17
Aired 5/13/1954
- 7.4/10(22)Loading...
#18 - Bill Longley
Season 1 Episode 18
Aired 5/20/1954
- 7.2/10(25)Loading...
#19 - Harry Tracy
Season 1 Episode 19
Aired 5/27/1954
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#20 - Wild Bunch Of Wyoming
Season 1 Episode 20
Aired 6/3/1954
Outlaw Butch Cassidy's sense of humor proves his undoing. Matt: Jim Davis. Frankie: Mary Castle.
Director: William Witney
Writer: N/A
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#21 - The Doolin Gang
Season 1 Episode 21
Aired 6/10/1954
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#22 - Little Britches
Season 1 Episode 22
Aired 6/17/1954
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#23 - Black Jack Ketchum
Season 1 Episode 23
Aired 6/24/1954
"Black Jack" Ketchum took Martha Cullen's husband from her and now he has talked her son into joining his gang. Matt: Jim Clark. Frankie: Mary Castle.
Director: William Witney
Writer: N/A
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#24 - Tom Horn
Season 1 Episode 24
Aired 7/1/1954
Matt and Frankie witness a boy's murder, which plunges them into a Wyoming range war. Matt: Jim Davis. Frankie: Mary Castle.
Director: William Witney
Writer: N/A
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#25 - Ben Thompson
Season 1 Episode 25
Aired 7/8/1954
Matt Clark (Jim Davis) and Frankie Adams trail a gunman who started the biggest prairie fire in Texas history as part of a swindle. Frankie: Mary Castle.
Director: William Witney
Writer: N/A
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The Best Episodes of Stories of the Century Season 1
Every episode of Stories of the Century Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Stories of the Century Season 1!
Stories of the Century is a 39-episode Western television series starring Jim Davis that ran in syndication through Republic Pictures between January 23, 1954, and...
Genre:Western
Network:Unknown
Episodes
26
Avg. Rating
7.1
S1
S2
S3
S4
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E2
E3
7.4
7.2
6.9
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Belle Starr" is the best rated episode of "Stories of the Century" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 49 votes. Directed by William Witney and written by Maurice Tombragel, it aired on 1/23/1954. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Billy The Kid".
