8.1/1044 votesLoading...#1 - Fire on the Frontier
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 4/2/1959
Yancy's Indian friend Pahoo becomes an important element in efforts to prevent a war with the Pawnee tribes.
Director: Richard Sale
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1053 votesLoading...
#2 - Hell and High Water
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/19/1959
A landowner comes up with a risky scheme to protect her property when it is threatened by flood waters.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1042 votesLoading...
#3 - The Wayward Warrior
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/16/1959
Trying to stop some gun smugglers, Yancy has a run-in with a boxing champion and a re-match with a female river pirate.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1051 votesLoading...
#4 - The Belle from Boston
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/1958
After administrator Colton hangs a member of an outlaw gang, the others decide to take revenge on his visiting sister.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1032 votesLoading...
#5 - Two Tickets to Promontory
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 6/4/1959
On a train trip to a celebration of the completion of the transcontinental railroad, Yancy discovers a saboteur.
Director: Richard Sale
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1064 votesLoading...
#6 - Gallatin Street
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/1958
Yancy helps a sea captain who was cheated out of his money in a dive on notorious Gallatin Street.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1055 votesLoading...
#7 - Ticket to Natchez
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/23/1958
City administrator Colton entrusts Yancy with an army payroll that is to be taken to Natchez on Yancy's riverboat, the Sultana, but robbers have other plans.
Director: Richard Sale
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1057 votesLoading...
#8 - An Ace Called Spade
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/30/1958
Yancy is relieved to find that a newspaper story about administrator Colton's death is premature, but fears that Colton will be the victim of trickery in an upcoming duel.
Director: Richard Sale
Writer: Richard Sale
- 7.7/1045 votesLoading...
#9 - The Loot from Richmond
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/20/1958
A messenger is sent to New Orleans by a former general in the Civil War, but is killed before he can reveal what happened to a fortune that was taken from Richmond, Virginia.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1043 votesLoading...
#10 - Panic in Town
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/12/1959
With a serial killer loose in New Orleans and the authorities seemingly powerless, a group of vigilantes decides to take action before any more prominent women are murdered.
Director: Richard Sale
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1042 votesLoading...
#11 - Collector's Item
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/26/1959
To assist a woman in her crusade to provide a home for the city's orphans, Yancy comes up with a scheme that requires the aid of photography pioneer Matthew Brady.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1037 votesLoading...
#12 - A State of Crisis
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/30/1959
With the city of New Orleans plagued by counterfeit money, General Hugh Morgan arrives in New Orleans with orders promoting John Colton to a post in Washington and giving Morgan command of the city.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1044 votesLoading...
#13 - The Saga of Lonesome Jackson
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/27/1958
A wealthy but lonely man who has come to New Orleans looking for a wife asks Yancy to help him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1039 votesLoading...
#14 - Three Knaves from New Haven
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/1958
Shop owners receive threats of violence if they refuse to sell their property to three strangers.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1041 votesLoading...
#15 - Two of a Kind
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/1/1959
Yancy and Pahoo are framed for a series of crimes, and now face execution.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1041 votesLoading...
#16 - Nightmare on Bourbon Street
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/8/1959
A mysterious mad bomber steals explosives and threatens to blow up the entire city of New Orleans.
Director: Richard Sale
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1043 votesLoading...
#17 - The Fair Freebooter
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/15/1959
Yancy must deal with a female pirate whose gang has stolen a valuable necklace from representatives of the Mexican government.
Director: Richard Sale
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1044 votesLoading...
#18 - Mayhem at the Market
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/22/1959
Merchants are in such fear for their lives that Yancy gets no cooperation in his attempt to break a new protection racket.
Director: Richard Sale
Writer: Richard Sale
- 7.6/1044 votesLoading...
#19 - The Night the Russians Landed
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/29/1959
A visiting Russian noble appears to have become a target for murder.
Director: Richard Sale
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1038 votesLoading...
#20 - Thunder on the River
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/12/1959
Yancy decides to help a fellow riverboat owner whose fleet is being sabotaged by rivals trying to corner the market on river traffic.
Director: Richard Sale
Writer: Richard Sale
- 7.6/1035 votesLoading...
#21 - The Quiet Firecracker
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 5/21/1959
Yancy's good friend, Miss Mandarin, is accused of smuggling opium into the city inside firecrackers.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1031 votesLoading...
#22 - Gone But Not Forgotten
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 5/28/1959
A friend of Yancy's comes to visit from Virginia City, with news that his silver mine is doing well, but that there is a gravestone in the cemetery with Yancy's name on it.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1040 votesLoading...
#23 - Memo to a Firing Squad
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/1958
An army officer with vengeance on his mind tries to stop a presidential pardon from reaching a man who is scheduled to die before a firing squad.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1050 votesLoading...
#24 - Old Dixie
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/25/1958
Villains go after Yancy's dog after Yancy's father dies leaving a note that only the dog knows where the family pre-war fortune is buried.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1040 votesLoading...
#25 - A Game of Chance
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/5/1959
Yancy suspects foul play when a lottery winner dies before she can collect.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Yancy Derringer
Every episode of Yancy Derringer ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Yancy Derringer!
Yancy Derringer is an American Western series
Genres:WesternAction & Adventure
Network:CBS
Best Episodes Summary
"Fire on the Frontier" is the best rated episode of "Yancy Derringer". It scored 8.1/10 based on 44 votes. Directed by Richard Sale and written by N/A, it aired on 4/2/1959. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Hell and High Water".