Frontier is an American Western anthology series that aired on NBC from September 1955, to September 1956. The series de-emphasizes gunplay and focuses on the hazards of the settlement of the American West. It was only the second anthology Western series in television history, having been preceded by Death Valley Days. Frontier aired premiered on September 25, 1955, and ran sporadically in its last five months. Walter Coy narrated the series and starred in occasional episodes, which are dramatizations based on actual events. The program was produced by Worthington Miner.
WritersMorton S. Fine, David Friedkin
Paper Gunman
Sep 25, 1955
A newspaper reporter determined to write articles about famous gunslingers finds that real gunmen are in short supply, so he decides to invent one. He buys a young man who hero-worships Clay Allison a holster and a frock coat and creates a reputation for him as a formidable gunslinger by publishing embellished accounts of exploits.
Tomas And The Widow
Oct 2, 1955
No description available.
A Stillness In Wyoming
Oct 16, 1955
A range war breaks out between the cattle ranchers and the sheepherders in 19th Century Wyoming. The sons of the faction leaders meet and become friends, leading to tragedy when a hired killer of one faction kills one of the boys by mistake.
The Shame Of A Nation
Oct 23, 1955
No description available.
The Founding Of Omaha, Nebraska
Oct 30, 1955
No description available.
The Suspects
Nov 6, 1955
No description available.
King of the Dakotas
Nov 13, 1955
A French expatriate with a reputation as a duelist plans to create a cattle empire in the Dakota territory but runs into opposition from the ranchers he has mistreated.
Cattle Drive to Casper
Nov 27, 1955
A young wife insists on accompanying her husband on a 600-mile cattle drive
Romance of Poker Alice
Dec 11, 1955
No description available.
Ferdinand Meyer's Army
Dec 18, 1955
No description available.
The Long Road To Tucson
Dec 25, 1955
No description available.
The Texicans
Jan 8, 1956
No description available.
Mother Of The Brave
Jan 15, 1956
When ranching proves unprofitable, the Horn family begins a long trek across Western plains enroute to their Native England, but fall prey to a band of Comanche Indians.
The Ten Days Of John Leslie
Jan 22, 1956
No description available.
The Devil And Doctor O'Hara
Feb 5, 1956
No description available.
The Captivity Of Joe Long
Feb 12, 1956
No description available.
The Voyage Of Captain Castle
Feb 19, 1956
No description available.
Assassin
Mar 4, 1956
No description available.
The Hanging At Thunder Butte Creek
Mar 11, 1956
No description available.
The Big Dry
Mar 18, 1956
No description available.
The Ballad Of Pretty Polly
Apr 1, 1956
No description available.
The Well
Apr 8, 1956
No description available.
Salt War
Apr 22, 1956
No description available.
Patrol
Apr 29, 1956
No description available.
A Somewhere Voice
May 6, 1956
No description available.
The Hunted
May 13, 1956
No description available.
Georgia Gold
Jun 10, 1956
No description available.
Out From Texas
Jun 24, 1956
No description available.
The Return Of Jubal Dolan
Aug 26, 1956
No description available.
The Hostage
Sep 9, 1956
No description available.
