Frontier

1955 – 1956
Ended
Western
~28m / ep
1 season
7.5/10

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.

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E1. 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.
E2. Tomas And The Widow
Oct 2, 1955
E3. 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.
E4. The Shame Of A Nation
Oct 23, 1955
E5. The Founding Of Omaha, Nebraska
Oct 30, 1955
E6. The Suspects
Nov 6, 1955