8.2/10122 votes#1 - The Thin Rope
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/18/1957
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10117 votes
#2 - The Hasty Gun
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/25/1957
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1083 votes
#3 - Alder Gulch
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/8/1957
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1088 votes
#4 - The Bounty
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/15/1957
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1089 votes
#5 - A Time to Kill
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/22/1957
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/10102 votes
#6 - Shotgun Messenger
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/7/1957
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1099 votes
#7 - The Lynching
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/13/1957
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1089 votes
#8 - Renegade Raiders
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/20/1957
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1087 votes
#9 - Rio Grande
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/3/1957
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: N/A
- 7.6/10115 votes
#10 - Sam Bass
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/10/1957
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1076 votes
#11 - The Hijackers
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/17/1957
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1077 votes
#12 - Stage to Nowhere
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/24/1957
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10102 votes
#13 - Jesse James
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 7/1/1957
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1087 votes
#14 - The Silver Bullets
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/8/1957
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
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!
Jim Hardie helps Wells Fargo agents battle the bad guys.
Genres:WesternDrama
Network:NBC
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 122 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/18/1957. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Hasty Gun".