Eric Fleming, Clint Eastwood, Sheb Wooley.

Follows the adventures of Texas ranchers taking three thousand cattle to market.

Incident of the tumbleweed wagon (1/9/59): Trail Boss Gil Favor and chief assistant Rowdy Yates share camp with lawmen who are taking prisoners to their trials. When a break for freedom fails, Gil and Rowdy are saddled with the task of bringing the outlaws to justice.

Incident at Alabaster Plain (1/16/59): A water stop at a mission promises a delightful break for Gil, Rowdy and the other hands on the cattle drive when they are invited to a wedding. The fun is interrupted when Mastic, the bandit brother of the bride, returns to extort money from his father and forces a deadly showdown.

Incident with an executioner (1/23/59): Gil and Rowdy encounter a stagecoach accident and discover that a lone horseman is menacing the travelers, a professional killer named Jardin. When the travelers join the cattle drive, Gil brings the situation to an exciting climax when he challenges Jardin to disclose his mission.

Incident of the widowed dove (1/30/59): Gil sees his crew of cattle drovers indulging in a shatteringly violent day-off in a tough little frontier town. Before Gil can restore discipline, Rowdy has gotten himself involved with a dance hall girl and the gun-happy town marshal.

Incident on the edge of madness (2/6/59): A Southern aristocrat's half-crazed scheme to set up a new Confederate empire has entranced the drovers and left Gil and Rowdy without men to finish the drive. When they attempt to get the men back, they discover a beautiful-but-ruthless woman behind the plan.

Incident of the power and the plow (2/13/59): While accepting an offer to rest their animals, Gil and Rowdy learn that Jed Reston, a cattle and land baron, has the entire community under his thumb. The stubborn Reston nearly starts an Indian uprising to teach his son a lesson and Gil must intervene to stave off the attack.

Incident at Barker Springs (2/20/59): Gil and Rowdy find themselves involved in a man's crusade for revenge after his brother, one of the trail hands, is shot to death by a ruthless gang. Gil and Rowdy decide to join the brother, take on the gang and avenge the slaying.

Incident west of Lano (2/27/59): Four sisters are stranded and promised protection by Gil and Rowdy until they reach safe territory. However, when a river crossing is contested by a group of gun-heavy hide traders, Gil must settle the matter in a face-to-face duel with a hired killer.

Incident of the town in terror (3/6/59): A life-threatening epidemic strikes the herd, and Gil gets rebuffed by the fear-stricken citizens of a nearby town when he asks for help. When Rowdy contracts the same disease, only the daughter of the local pharmacist is brave enough to aid the cattlemen.

Incident of the golden calf (3/13/59): Gil and Rowdy find themselves victims of an unusual scheme by a rival trail boss to deprive them of their herd at give-away prices. Brother Bent joins the drive, but refuses to disclose his past beyond a few cryptic references to the Biblical story of the golden calf.

Incident of the coyote weed (3/20/59): Gil and Rowdy find their cattle drive the target of a vicious gang of bandits who make the plains their stalking ground. The cattle drivers are faced with the double problem of countering an expected bloody attack by the outlaws and holding together their panicked crew.

Incident of the Chubasco (4/3/59): Jefferson Devereaux, an aged tyrant, is searching for his young wife, who has fled the loveless marriage and taken refuge with the cattle drive. Devereaux halts the drive and when Gil refuses to surrender the girl, the drive is threatened by the dreaded Chubasco wind which will destroy everything in sight.

Incident of the curious street (4/10/59): Gil and Rowdy leave the drive to hunt a few strays and stumble upoon a woman and her daughter being held prisoner in an abandoned town. When the outlaw holding them is discovered, Gil and Rowdy find themselves in a deadly game of hide and seek as they try to rescue the two women.

Incident of the dog days (4/17/59): While facing the grueling bone-dry plains, Gil and Rowdy must battle thirst and the deadly pace that plagues the unhappy cattle drovers. A young outlaw, Johnny Camber, decides to settle a blood-feud with one of the fellow trail hands.

Incident of the calico gun (4/24/59): While crossing a desert valley, Gil and Rowdy encounter a cabin in flames and its only survivor, young Jenny Watson. The pretty girl stirs up trouble as Rowdy and a bitter trail hand vie for her attention.

Incident of the misplaced Indians (5/1/59): While scouting a campsite, Rowdy stumbles upon a cabin, littered with dead Indians around it. Inside, he finds Amelia Spaulding

Incident of fear in the streets (5/8/59): Gil and Rowdy leave the herd to find a doctor for Pete Nolan who has been gored by a steer. When they arrive at a town, they find it held prisoner by Jed Mason trying to avenge the lynching of his youngest son, accused of murder.

Incident below the Brazos (5/15/59): On the trail, Gil and Rowdy are met by a group of defiant farmers armed with rifles who tell the herders to stay clear. However, a lightning storm causes a stampede and a farmer is killed, which leads the widow into a savage lust for revenge.

Incident of the dry drive ((5/22/59): With the cattle in danger of dying from thirst, Gil and Rowdy face the added threat from aging tyrant Jess Hode, who harbors a bitter resentment towards the cattle drovers. With a show of force, Jess denies them access to an abundant water supply.

Incident of the Judas trap (6/5/59): Under attack by wolves, Gil and Rowdy seek help from local rancher Medrina Wilcox. During the battle that follows, a series of murders occur and one of the cattle drovers is charged with the crimes.

Incident in no man's land (6/12/59): Gil and Rowdy investigate a series of explosions that threaten to stampede the cattle and find a nearby prison where the inmates are working with dynamite. They stage a daring prison escape and threaten the cattle drive unless Gil surrenders his horses for the escape.

Incident of the burst of evil (6/26/59): The crew of the cattle drive captures a wild-looking man stalking their camp. The man gasps out a story about escaping from a band of Comancheros who plan to attack the herd.

Incident of the Roman candles (9/25/59 second season): Gil, Rowdy and Pete find a young boy armed with Roman candles who lies about being orphaned by an Indian massacre. Pete tries to return the boy to his home, unaware of the boy's mission to save his father from three killers who are waiting to ambush him.

Not rated.

DVD.

Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.