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The Best Episodes of Tales of Wells Fargo Season 1

Every episode of Tales of Wells Fargo Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Tales of Wells Fargo Season 1!

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Jim Hardie helps Wells Fargo agents battle the bad guys.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Tales of Wells Fargo Season 1 Episode 1 - The Thin Rope
    8.2/10(148 votes)

    #1 - The Thin Rope

    S1:E1

    Jim Hardie is assigned to ride shotgun on a stagecoach that was held up carrying a valuable cargo of gold, but has to contend with a driver who thinks he can handle any outlaws he meets with all by himself.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 1 Episode 2 - The Hasty Gun
    7.8/10(135 votes)

    #2 - The Hasty Gun

    S1:E2

    Aging, honest Marshall Ogburn shoots an unarmed suspect in heat of a violent burglary of a Wells Fargo bank and is fired. Jim is sent to investigate the robbery and try to recover the stolen money. It may lead to more than the money.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 1 Episode 3 - Alder Gulch
    7.7/10(99 votes)

    #3 - Alder Gulch

    S1:E3

    In Montana the only men getting rich are the outlaws stealing it off Wells Fargo stagecoaches and freight wagons. Hardie goes undercover to the town of Alder Gulch to try to infiltrate the outlaw gang operating in the area and.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 1 Episode 4 - The Bounty
    7.8/10(105 votes)

    #4 - The Bounty

    S1:E4

    Jim is sent to Moose Creek, Canada to identify the corpse of an outlaw only he has seen but the man was killed with a shotgun blast to the face making him hard to identify. In addition, a woman there claims the body is that of her brother.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 1 Episode 5 - A Time to Kill
    7.9/10(103 votes)

    #5 - A Time to Kill

    S1:E5

    A son of a dead man accused of robbing a Wells Fargo stage discovers an empty strong box in the attic of his farmhouse. The boy is still convinced that his father has been falsely accused and hopes Jim Hardie finds the real culprits.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 1 Episode 6 - Shotgun Messenger
    8.2/10(116 votes)

    #6 - Shotgun Messenger

    S1:E6

    A rich gold strike in Pleasant Valley has the Wells Fargo Co. setting up a new stagecoach run linking the boom town with San Francisco. Hardie over the objections of the branch manager selects the son of a disgraced Wells Fargo employee.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 1 Episode 7 - The Lynching
    7.9/10(114 votes)

    #7 - The Lynching

    S1:E7

    After meeting a Basque sheepherder new to the U.S. who speaks no English with his brother on a stage, Hardie learns on a return trip he is about to be lynched when a town's hard cases accuse him of abduction of a young girl.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 1 Episode 8 - Renegade Raiders
    8.2/10(105 votes)

    #8 - Renegade Raiders

    S1:E8

    Jim goes undercover as a trainee for Wells Fargo to try and find out who is supplying renegade Indians with the guns they are using on their murderous raids. Something is strange with the Cheyenne stealing money for which they have no use.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 1 Episode 9 - Rio Grande
    7.7/10(99 votes)

    #9 - Rio Grande

    S1:E9

    Hardie picks up a valuable shipment in Matamoras, Mexico and isn't pleased when a dude and beautiful woman insist on becoming passengers with him on the route he will use to deliver the money to Laredo fighting Mexican bandits all the way.

    Director:Sidney Salkow
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 1 Episode 10 - Sam Bass
    7.6/10(131 votes)

    #10 - Sam Bass

    S1:E10

    Sam Bass and his gang have a hideout in Texas so secluded that no lawman has ever located it. From this stronghold they strike repeatedly. Jim is ordered to infiltrate the gang so that he can learn where Bass's gang holes up between raids.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 1 Episode 11 - The Hijackers
    7.6/10(88 votes)

    #11 - The Hijackers

    S1:E11

    Hardie's vacation is cut short when a stage disappears crossing the Rocking Horse Hills badlands. He backtracks its route and finds it left with a wealthy man's son and the young man's fiancee who are missing but no money was on the stage.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 1 Episode 12 - Stage to Nowhere
    7.5/10(88 votes)

    #12 - Stage to Nowhere

    S1:E12

    While transporting Dan Lingle to stand trial for robbery and murder, Hardie's stagecoach is attacked by the outlaw's gang. Among the passengers on the coach are Lingle's estranged wife and son and the outlaw determines to stand with them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 1 Episode 13 - Jesse James
    7.5/10(116 votes)

    #13 - Jesse James

    S1:E13

    When a Wells Fargo train shipment is robbed in Missouri, Jesse James and his gang are suspected. Jim Hardie disguises himself as a photographer and attempts to locate the money and the outlaws who killed his friend on the train.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Tales of Wells Fargo Season 1 Episode 14 - The Silver Bullets
    7.7/10(102 votes)

    #14 - The Silver Bullets

    S1:E14

    In Rainbow's End, a mining town, Wells Fargo agent Roy Fulton was killed and $15,000 disappeared. Jim Hardie goes there to investigate. He goes undercover taking a job as a guard at the roulette table where Fulton was killed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Thin Rope" is the best rated episode of "Tales of Wells Fargo" season 1. It scored 8.2/10 based on 148 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/18/1957. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Hasty Gun".