The Best Episodes of Tales of Wells Fargo Season 5

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.9/10(59 votes)

   #1 - Day of Judgment

   S5:E19/5/1960

   Jim Hardie is on the trail of Eli Fisher but first he must contend with a strange looking man on his own trail. They are both after Fisher so when they trap Fisher in an abandoned town, Jim is as scared of the other man as he is Fisher.

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   8.0/10(55 votes)

   #2 - Angry Town

   S5:E29/12/1960

   Jim Hardie is after the Utah Kid who stole $20,000 from Wells Fargo. He tracks down the Kid's horse to a farmer who tells Jim that he was there last night when the Utah Kid was hung by a posse for killing a local man - Mr. Warren.

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   7.9/10(56 votes)

   #3 - Doc Dawson

   S5:E39/19/1960

   Jim Hardie is led to southern Utah while looking for Wells Fargo Driver Ed Matton. Jim and the local sheriff find the freight wagon overturned and Ed's body. The only stolen freight is a dental chair and supplies found with Jim's parole.

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   8.0/10(55 votes)

   #4 - The Kinfolk

   S5:E49/26/1960

   Jim Hardie is on the trail of Len Lassiter for killings and robbery in Texas as it leads to Arizona where Jim finds a body near a town where over half the residents are Lassiters and Len lost his cousin to the new Marshal before he left.

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   8.1/10(56 votes)

   #5 - A Study in Petticoats

   S5:E510/17/1960

   Jack Hardie is on a stage guarding a package for Jake Hoover insured for $10,000. He is with two female passengers and a renown gunfighter. An attempt is made on the stage but rebuffed. However, the owner's daughter wants to relieve Jim.

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   8.3/10(54 votes)

   #6 - All That Glitters

   S5:E610/24/1960

   Jim Hardie is sent by Wells Fargo to investigate the theft of $50,000. The catch is that they do not know when or where the money was stolen. Jim must first determine those answers. He is suspicious as the Marshal is the best safe cracker.

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   8.0/10(50 votes)

   #7 - Run for the River

   S5:E711/7/1960

   Jim Hardie is escorting prisoner Ira Kyle to Santa Fe for trial when they stop in Red Bluff overnight. Jim quickly learns Ira is hated in Red Bluff when the marshal attacks Ira. However, Pop Kyle says Ira didn't commit the murder they say.

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   8.1/10(53 votes)

   #8 - Leading Citizen

   S5:E811/14/1960

   Jim Hardie is on the road looking for a missing stage coach and six horses in Texas near the Mexican border. In San Tomas he spots the stage coach sitting in town and a group of outlaws many of whom Jim has sent to prison in the past.

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   7.7/10(63 votes)

   #9 - The Killing of Johnny Lash

   S5:E911/21/1960

   When a man dies owing Wells Fargo, Jim Hardie is sent to dispose of a saloon provided as collateral for the loan. Just before he arrives the manager, Johnny Lash, is killed and then there is an attempt on Jim's life as well.

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    7.3/10(49 votes)

    #10 - The Wade Place

    S5:E1011/28/1960

    Jim Hardie is given information about a future robbery by a saloon woman wanting revenge. However, the Wells Fargo station to be held up is in disarray and being straightened out by another employee who doesn't see eye to eye with Jim.

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    8.4/10(59 votes)

    #11 - Jeff Davis' Treasure

    S5:E1112/5/1960

    Jim Hardie is forced to kill the man, Amos Birely, who can lead him to $100,000 in gold stolen by the man and three others years earlier. However, a friend unexpectedly provides Jim with a new lead to the buried gold involving three men.

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    8.2/10(66 votes)

    #12 - The Bride and the Bandit

    S5:E1212/12/1960

    Jim Hardie is on the trail of an holdup man when he arrives in a town where the agent is awaiting a bride to be. She arrives on the stage which has been held up but her knowledge of the incident goes beyond simply being a witness to it.

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    7.8/10(61 votes)

    #13 - Escort to Santa Fe

    S5:E1312/19/1960

    Jim Hardie has been sent by Wells Fargo to escort a stage coach from El Paso to Santa Fe. A Major Barkley is being sent from a nearby fort with instructions on why Jim is needed and the importance of the trip according to a letter.

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    8.0/10(59 votes)

    #14 - Frightened Witness

    S5:E1412/26/1960

    Jim Hardie is sent in to ensure the trial of Walt Corbin is successful. He murdered a 20 year old Wells Fargo employee. His gang is pressuring the two farmers who are witnesses to not testify. One is killed and the other one is wavering.

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    7.6/10(60 votes)

    #15 - Border Renegades

    S5:E151/2/1961

    Jim Hardie is sent by Wells Fargo to investigate the smuggling of guns via Wells Fargo to the Texas - Mexico border where there have been problems. After stopping a freight wagon, he thinks he has found where the guns are going.

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    8.0/10(64 votes)

    #16 - Captain Scofield

    S5:E161/9/1961

    Jim Hardie is after the same man the Army is after for desertion. Two soldiers who say they are looking for the man are not who they say they are. Plus, unknown to everyone the man they are searching for can't remember anything about them.

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    8.0/10(64 votes)

    #17 - The Has-Been

    S5:E171/16/1961

    Jim Hardie is riding shotgun guard on a stage that has to make an unscheduled stop to pick up a gold shipment from the Army. Riding on board are three passengers including a famous singer whose memory is slipping since his wife's death.

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    8.0/10(57 votes)

    #18 - Town Against a Man

    S5:E181/23/1961

    Jim Hardie arrives with a wedding gift for his friend Tony Crandall only to find he is dead and buried. Plus no one knew he was going to get married or to who. Jim has inherited the ranch and he suspects Tony's death was not an accident.

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    8.1/10(62 votes)

    #19 - The Barefoot Bandit

    S5:E191/30/1961

    Jim Hardie is sent to Bonanza Flats when the safe is robbed and an employee is killed. The suspect seems obvious as there was a bare footprint left and the money was bets on a fight with a barefoot fighter seen leaving the area.

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    7.8/10(73 votes)

    #20 - The Hand That Shook the Hand

    S5:E202/6/1961

    An incoming stage has problems with a drunken, violent passenger. Hardie struggles to remove him. Soon, they realize he is heavyweight boxing champion John L. Sullivan, and they've delayed him on his journey to an important match.

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    8.3/10(88 votes)

    #21 - That Washburn Girl

    S5:E212/13/1961

    Wells Fargo agent Jim Hardie becomes involved with a woman Wells Fargo agent, Nora Washburn whose brother, Tom Washburn, has become engaged to the daughter, Ruby Coe, of a former outlaw Jonas Coe.

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    7.7/10(56 votes)

    #22 - The Diamond Dude

    S5:E222/27/1961

    Jim Hardie is sent to escort jeweler Leroy Finch and a shipment of diamonds to San Francisco. Finch new to the west runs into a customer from New York, Bodie Seaton who Jim does not trust. For once Jim may be in the wrong.

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    7.2/10(56 votes)

    #23 - A Show from Silver Lode

    S5:E233/6/1961

    Jim Hardie is summoned to Silver Lode when a dog insured with Wells Fargo for $20,000 is lost. Actress Pearl Harvey won't perform without him as she claims he is part of her act. Hardie finds the dog but learns the dog didn't escape.

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    8.1/10(68 votes)

    #24 - Fraud

    S5:E243/13/1961

    Jim Hardie is sent to the town of Still River to investigate a $20,000 insurance claim. When he arrives the local agent can't be found. Jim breaks into the office where he finds the agent dead in what looks like an apparent suicide.

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    7.8/10(59 votes)

    #25 - Stage from Yuma

    S5:E253/20/1961

    Jim Hardie goes undercover as Clint Carpenter to stop a Wells Fargo robbery involving Bud Peirce. He is able to infiltrate the gang but his plans hit a snag when a woman involved tells him she recognizes him and he wants to protect her.

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