State Trooper is an American crime drama set in the American West of the 1950s, starring Rod Cameron as Lt. Rod Blake, an officer/chief investigator of the Nevada Department of Public Safety. The series aired 104 episodes in syndication from 1956 to 1959.[1][2]
Series overview edit
Episodes edit
Season 1 (1956–57) edit
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Red Badge of Death" | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble | September 25, 1956 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Paperhanger of Pioche" | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble | October 2, 1956 |
| 3 | 3 | "Meeting at Julia's" | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble | October 9, 1956 |
| 4 | 4 | "Jailbreak at Tonopah" | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble | November 28, 1956 |
| 5 | 5 | "The Hills of Homicide" | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble | December 4, 1956 |
| 6 | 6 | "From Here to Molokai" | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble | December 7, 1956 |
| 7 | 7 | "What Price Gloria" | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble | December 11, 1956 |
| 8 | 8 | "Weep No More O'Grady" | Earl Bellamy | Lawrence Kimble | December 12, 1956 |
| 9 | 9 | "Nevada Boy, Pride and Joy" | Don McDougall | Lawrence Kimble | December 18, 1956 |
| 10 | 10 | "One Way to Tahoe" | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble | December 25, 1956 |
| 11 | 11 | "Room Service for 321" | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble | January 1, 1957 |
| 12 | 12 | "The Cash Out" | Don McDougall | Story by : Thomas Walsh Teleplay by : Fenton Earnshaw | January 15, 1957 |
| 13 | 13 | "Trail of the Dead" | Don McDougall | Story by : Leslie MacFarlane Teleplay by : Barry Shipman | January 29, 1957 |
| 14 | 14 | "Rocking Chair Bandit" | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble | February 1, 1957 |
| 15 | 15 | "Coate of Many Colors" | Sidney Salkow | Lawrence Kimble | February 13, 1957 |
| 16 | 16 | "Boulder Joe's Bottle House" | Don McDougall | Lawrence Kimble | February 20, 1957 |
| 17 | 17 | "Who Killed Doc Robbins" | Don McDougall | Lawrence Kimble | February 27, 1957 |
| 18 | 18 | "Buck Fever" | Herschel Daugherty | Lawrence Kimble | March 1, 1957 |
| 19 | 19 | "No Fancy Cowboys" | Don McDougall | James Gunn | March 13, 1957 |
| 20 | 20 | "The Widow Makers" | Boris Segal | Lawrence Kimble | March 22, 1957 |
| 21 | 21 | "Violets on Mt. Rose" | Don McDougall | Lawrence Kimble | March 27, 1957 |
| 22 | 22 | "The Last Stage Robbery" | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble | April 2, 1957 |
| 23 | 23 | "The Silver Duke" | Don McDougall | Story by : Leslie MacFarlane Teleplay by : Barry Shipman | April 10, 1957 |
| 24 | 24 | "Death on the Rock" | Sidney Salkow | Story by : Leo Gordon Teleplay by : Leo Gordon & Fenton Earnshaw | April 17, 1957 |
| 25 | 25 | "Diamonds Come High" | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble | May 1, 1957 |
| 26 | 26 | "The Last War Party" | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble | May 8, 1957 |
| 27 | 27 | "Voice of the Bug" | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble | May 14, 1957 |
| 28 | 28 | "Cinder Jungle" | Richard Irving | Fenton Earnshaw | May 15, 1957 |
| 29 | 29 | "The One That Didn't Get Away" | Richard Irving | Fenton Earnshaw | May 17, 1957 |
| 30 | 30 | "Jail Trail" | Richard Irving | Fenton Earnshaw | May 29, 1957 |
| 31 | 31 | "The Only Girl on Boot Hill" | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble | 1957 |
| 32 | 32 | "No Blaze of Glory" | D. Ross Lederman | Lawrence Kimble | June 12, 1957 |
| 33 | 33 | "Beef ala Murder" | D. Ross Lederman | Lawrence Kimble | June 19, 1957 |
| 34 | 34 | "Ride Til You Die" | Richard Irving | Fenton Earnshaw | June 26, 1957 |
| 35 | 35 | "The Live Shell Game" | D. Ross Lederman | Fenton Earnshaw | August 23, 1957 |
| 36 | 36 | "Out of Line" | D. Ross Lederman | Fenton Earnshaw | September 15, 1957 |
| 37 | 37 | "A Penny Saved" | Stan Shpetner | Lawrence Kimble | September 19, 1957 |
| 38 | 38 | "Madman on the Mountain" | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble | September 22, 1957 |
| 39 | 39 | "Safe on a Boat" | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble | September 29, 1957 |
| 40 | 40 | "Fury on Fremont Street" | D. Ross Lederman | Lawrence Kimble | October 6, 1957 |
Season 2 (1957–58) edit
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 1 | "The Talking Corpse" | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble | December 1, 1957 |
| 42 | 2 | "The Gandy Dancers of Steptoe Valley" | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble | December 15, 1957 |
| 43 | 3 | "The Sound of Death" | John English | Barry Shipman | December 22, 1957 |
| 44 | 4 | "The Dancing Dowager" | John English | Fenton Earnshaw | December 29, 1957 |
| 45 | 5 | "Diamonds in the Rough" | John English | Fenton Earnshaw | January 3, 1958 |
| 46 | 6 | "Cable Car to Tombstone" | Tom Gries | Lawrence Kimble | January 12, 1958 |
| 47 | 7 | "The Perilous Picnic" | John English | Barry Shipman | January 19, 1958 |
| 48 | 8 | "Grudge Race" | Tom Gries | Fenton Earnshaw | January 26, 1958 |
| 49 | 9 | "The Doll Who Couldn't Sleep" | Stan Shpetner | Lawrence Kimble | February 9, 1958 |
| 50 | 10 | "Death on Wheels" | Stan Shpetner | Fenton Earnshaw | February 16, 1958 |
| 51 | 11 | "Full Circle" | Tom Gries | Story by : John Draft Teleplay by : John Draft & Fenton Earnshaw | February 16, 1958 |
| 52 | 12 | "Dangerous Honeymoon" | John English | Barry Shipman | February 23, 1958 |
| 53 | 13 | "The Case of the Happy Dragon" | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble | March 1, 1958 |
| 54 | 14 | "Sweetheart of Sigmund Kaye" | Stan Shpetner | Lawrence Kimble | March 8, 1958 |
| 55 | 15 | "Wild Green Yonder" | John English | Fenton Earnshaw | March 15, 1958 |
| 56 | 16 | "The Widow Makers" | Boris Sagal | Lawrence Kimble | March 22, 1958 |
| 57 | 17 | "Mystery Sniper" | John English | Barry Shipman | March 29, 1958 |
| 58 | 18 | "710 Hysteria Street" | Boris Sagal | Lawrence Kimble | April 6, 1958 |
| 59 | 19 | "Crisis at Comstock" | John English | Barry Shipman | April 13, 1958 |
| 60 | 20 | "Kitchen Kill" | John English | Story by : Jonathan Craig Teleplay by : Lawrence Kimble | April 20, 1958 |
| 61 | 21 | "Stay Lost Little Girl" | John English | Barry Shipman | April 27, 1958 |
| 62 | 22 | "Firebug" | John English | Barry Shipman | May 4, 1958 |
| 63 | 23 | "312 Vertical" | Richard Irving | Fenton Earnshaw | May 11, 1958 |
| 64 | 24 | "The Last Waltz" | Boris Sagal | Lawrence Kimble | May 18, 1958 |
| 65 | 25 | "No, My Darling Daughter" | John English | Barry Shipman | June 1, 1958 |
| 66 | 26 | "Key to a Killer" | Lawrence Dobkin | Fenton Earnshaw | June 22, 1958 |
| 67 | 27 | "Joker's Dead" | Lawrence Dobkin | Barry Shipman | July 14, 1958 |
| 68 | 28 | "The Winnemucca Weskit" | John English | Lawrence Kimble | July 21, 1958 |
| 69 | 29 | "You Can't Run Forever" | Boris Sagal | Fenton Earnshaw | July 28, 1958 |
| 70 | 30 | "Sweet & Gentle, Ltd." | John English | Lawrence Kimble | August 18, 1958 |
| 71 | 31 | "Hardrock Man" | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble | September 10, 1958 |
Season 3: 1959 edit
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | 1 | "Prettiest Dress in Goldfield" | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble | January 1, 1959 |
| 73 | 2 | "What's Mine is Mine" | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble | January 8, 1959 |
| 74 | 3 | "Larceny and Old Ace" | John English | Lawrence Kimble | January 15, 1959 |
| 75 | 4 | "Lonely Valley" | Ray Nazarro | Barry Shipman | January 29, 1959 |
| 76 | 5 | "Fiddle Dee Dead" | Ray Nazarro | Ken Pattus | February 19, 1959 |
| 77 | 6 | "Inherit a Bullet" | Boris Sagal | Lawrence Kimble | March 3, 1959 |
| 78 | 7 | "The Man from Solitary" | Earl Bellamy | Lawrence Kimble | March 10, 1959 |
| 79 | 8 | "Hard Money, Soft Touch" | Earl Bellamy | Lawrence Kimble | March 17, 1959 |
| 80 | 9 | "Carson City Kitty" | Richard Irving | Barry Shipman | March 24, 1959 |
| 81 | 10 | "The Judas Tree" | William Witney | Barry Shipman | April 2, 1959 |
| 82 | 11 | "The Choker" | Signey Salkow | Barry Shipman | April 9, 1959 |
| 83 | 12 | "The Case of the Barefoot Girl" | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble | April 16, 1959 |
| 84 | 13 | "Let 'Em Eat Smoke" | William Witney | Lawrence Kimble | April 23, 1959 |
| 85 | 14 | "The Patient Skeleton" | William Witney | Lawrence Kimble | April 30, 1959 |
| 86 | 15 | "Pistols for Two" | William Witney | Lawrence Kimble | May 7, 1959 |
| 87 | 16 | "While Jerome Burned" | William Witney | Ken Pettus | May 14, 1959 |
| 88 | 17 | "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" | William Witney | Barry Shipman | May 18, 1959 |
| 89 | 18 | "So Early in the Mourning" | William Witney | Lawrence Kimble | May 21, 1959 |
| 90 | 19 | "Love on the Rocks" | William Witney | Stephen Kandel | May 28, 1959 |
| 91 | 20 | "And Baby Makes Two" | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble | June 4, 1959 |
| 92 | 21 | "Everything Else is Bridgeport" | Harve Foster | Steven Thornley | June 11, 1959 |
| 93 | 22 | "The Girl on Cloud Nine" | Richard Irving | Lawrence Kimble | June 25, 1959 |
| 94 | 23 | "Another Chance" | John English | Fenton Earnshaw & Scott Littleton | July 2, 1959 |
| 95 | 24 | "The Woman Who Cried Wolf" | John English | Barry Shipman | August 6, 1959 |
References edit
- ^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present. New York: Penguin Books. p. 789. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8. Retrieved May 28, 2021.