The Loner

Total Seasons :1Total Episodes : 26

The Loner is an American western series that ran for less than one season on CBS from 1965 to 1966, under the alternate sponsorship of Philip Morris and Procter & Gamble.

Episodes(26)

An Echo of Bugles

1. An Echo of Bugles

A swaggering gunfighter targets an aging Confederate veteran, and Colton steps in to deal with the bully.

Air Date : 1965-09-18

The Vespers

2. The Vespers

Sworn to avenge his brother's death, a hoodlum comes gunning for a small town's local minister. When Colton arrives to warn his old friend and ex-soldier, he finds the man unwilling to resort to violence to protect himself and his pregnant wife.

Air Date : 1965-09-25

The Lonely Galico Queen

3. The Lonely Galico Queen

A dance hall girl mistakes Colton for her mail-order bridegroom.

Air Date : 1965-10-02

The Kingdom of McComb

4. The Kingdom of McComb

Unable to perform the deed themselves, a group of religious colonists attempt to recruit Colton to kill a powerful landowner trying to evict them.

Air Date : 1965-10-09

One of the Wounded

5. One of the Wounded

Colton tries to help a Union army veteran left mute and immobile by the psychological horrors of war.

Air Date : 1965-10-16

The Flight of the Artic Tern

6. The Flight of the Artic Tern

Colton becomes involved in a romantic triangle when he saves a friend's bride-to-be from a runaway horse.

Air Date : 1965-10-23

Widow on the Evening Stage

7. Widow on the Evening Stage

Following the murder of a man during an Indian attack, Colton witnesses a town's prejudice towards the man's Indian widow.

Air Date : 1965-10-30

The House Rules at Mrs. Wayne's

8. The House Rules at Mrs. Wayne's

While trying to defend his wife's honor, a friend of Colton is killed... and Colton is torn between seeking justice and keeping his word to turn the other cheek.

Air Date : 1965-11-06

The Sheriff of Fetterman's Crossing

9. The Sheriff of Fetterman's Crossing

Colton has second thoughts after accepting the position of deputy to the dubious sheriff of a sleepy Montana town.

Air Date : 1965-11-13

The Homecoming of Lemuel Stove

10. The Homecoming of Lemuel Stove

Colton befriends a Union soldier who returns from war to find that his father has been lynched by bigots.

Air Date : 1965-11-20

Westward, the Shoemaker

11. Westward, the Shoemaker

When a well-intentioned immigrant is stripped of his nest egg in a rigged card game, Colton takes on the con artist.

Air Date : 1965-11-27

The Oath

12. The Oath

When a doctor proves to be as full of whiskey as he is of self-pity, Colton must perform an emergency appendectomy on a young gunfighter.

Air Date : 1965-12-04

Hunt the Man Down

13. Hunt the Man Down

Colton is drafted to help a posse hunt down a seemingly harmless recluse.

Air Date : 1965-12-11

Escort for a Dead Man

14. Escort for a Dead Man

A man who deserted from the Army wants Colton to escort him back to his fort.

Air Date : 1965-12-18

The Ordeal of Bud Windom

15. The Ordeal of Bud Windom

A murder suspect's son makes life difficult for Colton when the boy tries to clear his father's name.

Air Date : 1965-12-25

To the West of Eden

16. To the West of Eden

While traveling across the desert to deliver horses to their new owner, Colton reluctantly agrees to escort a young woman across the arid land.

Air Date : 1966-01-01

Mantrap

17. Mantrap

Colton becomes the target of an assassin when he is the sole witness to a robbery and murder.

Air Date : 1966-01-08

A Little Stroll to the End of the Line

18. A Little Stroll to the End of the Line

Colton neither likes nor respects the man he has been deputized to protect: a rabble-rousing preacher who fears death from an ex-convict.

Air Date : 1966-01-15

The Trial in Paradise

19. The Trial in Paradise

Colton provides the defense in a kangaroo court trial of a former Union Army officer.

Air Date : 1966-01-22

A Question of Guilt

20. A Question of Guilt

In the darkness Colton kills an intruder, and discovers the man is an Army Lieutenant.

Air Date : 1966-01-29

The Mourners for Johnny Sharp (1)

21. The Mourners for Johnny Sharp (1)

While a young gunman lies dying in a cave, a ruthless man waits outside hoping to get his hands on the boy's loot. (Part 1 of 2)

Air Date : 1966-02-05

The Mourners for Johnny Sharp (2)

22. The Mourners for Johnny Sharp (2)

Following the late Johnny Sharp's instructions, Colton arranges for the four people closest to the gunman to meet at the undertaker's parlor. (Part 2 of 2)

Air Date : 1966-02-12

Incident in the Middle Of Nowhere

23. Incident in the Middle Of Nowhere

Colton encounters a little girl riding his horse â€” which was stolen from Colton during the stagecoach robbery in which he was shot and left for dead.

Air Date : 1966-02-19

Pick Me Another Time to Die