7.4/1048 votes#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
7.1/1039 votes#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
6.9/1038 votes#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
- 6.9/1032 votes
#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
- 6.9/1031 votes
#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
- 7.6/1031 votes
#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
- 7.3/1029 votes
#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
- 6.8/1035 votes
#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
- 7.0/1030 votes
#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
- 6.4/1028 votes
#10 - Doc. Holliday
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/25/1954
No description available
Director: William Witney
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1024 votes
#11 - The Younger Brothers
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/2/1954
No description available
Director: William Witney
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1025 votes
#12 - John Wesley Hardin
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/9/1954
No description available
Director: William Witney
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1024 votes
#13 - Joaquin Murietta
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/16/1954
No description available
Director: William Witney
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1021 votes
#14 - Tiburcio Vasquez
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 4/23/1954
No description available
Director: William Witney
Writer: N/A
- 6.3/1023 votes
#15 - Chief Crazy Horse
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 4/30/1954
No description available
Director: William Witney
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1035 votes
#16 - Black Bart
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 5/6/1954
No description available
Director: William Witney
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1027 votes
#17 - Henry Plummer
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 5/13/1954
No description available
Director: William Witney
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1022 votes
#18 - Bill Longley
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 5/20/1954
No description available
Director: William Witney
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1025 votes
#19 - Harry Tracy
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/27/1954
No description available
Director: William Witney
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1026 votes
#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
- 7.3/1023 votes
#21 - The Doolin Gang
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 6/10/1954
No description available
Director: William Witney
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1029 votes
#22 - Little Britches
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 6/17/1954
No description available
Director: William Witney
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1030 votes
#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
- 7.5/1028 votes
#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
- 6.8/1023 votes
#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
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!
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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 48 votes. Directed by William Witney and written by Maurice Tombragel, it aired on 1/23/1954. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Billy The Kid".