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The Best Episodes of Tales of Wells Fargo Season 5

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Network:NBC

Every episode of Tales of Wells Fargo Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Tales of Wells Fargo Season 5!

Jim Hardie helps Wells Fargo agents battle the bad guys.
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  • Jeff Davis' Treasure
    8.4/10(51)
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    #1 - Jeff Davis' Treasure

    Season 5 Episode 11

    Aired 12/5/1960

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Repentant Outlaw
    8.4/10(46)
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    #2 - The Repentant Outlaw

    Season 5 Episode 35

    Aired 5/29/1961

    When Jim Hardie stops in Mesa City with an Army payroll, he finds his friend Doc Dawson is there practicing dentistry and medicine without a license again. A wounded outlaw kidnaps Doc to remove a bullet letting Doc overhear their plans.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Bitter Vengeance
    8.4/10(50)
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    #3 - Bitter Vengeance

    Season 5 Episode 37

    Aired 6/12/1961

    The Martin family is in disarray. Wells Fargo is closing its station there, Ben Martin has taken to drinking, and Sarah is still short $60 needed to pay off their mortgage. Wounded Jim Hardie arrives with neighbor Joe Snyder under arrest.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Dowry
    8.4/10(54)
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    #4 - The Dowry

    Season 5 Episode 39

    Aired 7/10/1961

    Bertram La Tour has requested Wells Fargo send Jim Hardie personally to escort his dowry of $200,000 and his granddaughter Michelle Bovarde to Baton Rouge where she is to be married. However, Jim is unaware why this is being done.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • All That Glitters
    8.3/10(48)
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    #5 - All That Glitters

    Season 5 Episode 6

    Aired 10/24/1960

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • That Washburn Girl
    8.2/10(83)
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    #6 - That Washburn Girl

    Season 5 Episode 21

    Aired 2/13/1961

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Lobo
    8.2/10(58)
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    #7 - The Lobo

    Season 5 Episode 32

    Aired 5/8/1961

    Sam Horne, wanted by Wells Fargo for robbery and murder, is wounded in a gunfight while taking his daughter to his brother to start school. The robbed agent Hi Walker offers Jim Hardie $10,000 out of his own pocket, to bring Horne in dead.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Gunman's Revenge
    8.2/10(51)
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    #8 - Gunman's Revenge

    Season 5 Episode 34

    Aired 5/22/1961

    Outlaw Rocky Nelson has been released from prison early and he has four names on a list he aims to eliminate for sending him to prison. The list includes Jim Harde who is on his way to warn and protect the others involved.

    Director: Lewis R. Foster

    Writer: Lewis R. Foster

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  • A Study in Petticoats
    8.1/10(50)
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    #9 - A Study in Petticoats

    Season 5 Episode 5

    Aired 10/17/1960

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Bride and the Bandit
    8.1/10(54)
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    #10 - The Bride and the Bandit

    Season 5 Episode 12

    Aired 12/12/1960

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Fraud
    8.1/10(59)
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    #11 - Fraud

    Season 5 Episode 24

    Aired 3/13/1961

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Kinfolk
    8.0/10(48)
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    #12 - The Kinfolk

    Season 5 Episode 4

    Aired 9/26/1960

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Run for the River
    8.0/10(44)
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    #13 - Run for the River

    Season 5 Episode 7

    Aired 11/7/1960

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Leading Citizen
    8.0/10(48)
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    #14 - Leading Citizen

    Season 5 Episode 8

    Aired 11/14/1960

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Barefoot Bandit
    8.0/10(51)
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    #15 - The Barefoot Bandit

    Season 5 Episode 19

    Aired 1/30/1961

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Prince Jim
    8.0/10(61)
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    #16 - Prince Jim

    Season 5 Episode 26

    Aired 3/27/1961

    Jim Hardie finds an overturned stage with two survivors: a drummer who had $5,000 stolen and a little girl who lost the doll given to her by her mom before she died. With the driver dead, the doll and the drummer's memory are his clues.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Remittance Man
    8.0/10(53)
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    #17 - The Remittance Man

    Season 5 Episode 27

    Aired 4/3/1961

    Jim Hardie is on the trail of an outlaw who he finds shot dead by a bounty hunter and he has lost the $10,000 he stole in a craps game. The winner refuses to return the money as he needs it to pay his debts back in England.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Moment of Glory
    8.0/10(52)
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    #18 - Moment of Glory

    Season 5 Episode 31

    Aired 5/1/1961

    Jim Hardie is riding on the stage to Calico where the agent Mr. Bennett is reporting problems. Making things more difficult for Jim is Grandpa Bridger who not only likes to tell whoppers to impress his grandson Pete but acting them out.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Angry Town
    7.9/10(47)
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    #19 - Angry Town

    Season 5 Episode 2

    Aired 9/12/1960

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Frightened Witness
    7.9/10(53)
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    #20 - Frightened Witness

    Season 5 Episode 14

    Aired 12/26/1960

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Has-Been
    7.9/10(52)
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    #21 - The Has-Been

    Season 5 Episode 17

    Aired 1/16/1961

    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.

    Director: N/A

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  • Escort to Santa Fe
    7.8/10(51)
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    #22 - Escort to Santa Fe

    Season 5 Episode 13

    Aired 12/19/1960

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Town Against a Man
    7.8/10(46)
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    #23 - Town Against a Man

    Season 5 Episode 18

    Aired 1/23/1961

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Lady Trouble
    7.8/10(47)
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    #24 - Lady Trouble

    Season 5 Episode 30

    Aired 4/24/1961

    Jim Hardie is summoned by upper management to a station to meet a very important customer. Agatha Webster bought a large mining operation so she wants to investigate the protection provided by Wells Fargo but she may be the biggest issue.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • A Quiet Little Town
    7.8/10(43)
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    #25 - A Quiet Little Town

    Season 5 Episode 36

    Aired 6/5/1961

    Jim Hardie arrives in Warburg four weeks after his buddy Sheriff Dave Prescott is killed. He is there to find the killer but finds Wade Cather is the new sheriff. Wade tries to convince Jim to leave town so he can solve the murder himself.

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Jeff Davis' Treasure" is the best rated episode of "Tales of Wells Fargo" season 5. It scored 8.4/10 based on 51 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/5/1960. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Repentant Outlaw".