The Californians

📊 Series Specifications

Network NBC
Episode Runtime ~30 min
Total Seasons 2
Total Episodes 69
Original Language EN

The Californians (1957)

⭐ 2.9 / 5 (5 votes) 🎬 2 Seasons 📼 69 Episodes 🏷️ Western, Drama 📡 Ended
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Synopsis

San Franciscans during the goldrush of the 1850s attempt to maintain law and order in their wild city. Newly arrived Matthew Wayne becomes sheriff, then marshal, and organizes the city police force while expressing interest in the young widow Fanzler and sparring with attorney Pitt. Adam Kennedy appears as Dion Patrick, an Irish newspaperman who helps the local vigilante committee.

Seasons & Episodes

E1 The Vigilantes Begin

Arriving in San Francisco in search of gold, Dion Patrick is almost shanghaied to China.

E2 All That Glitters

A gold prospector is about to be hung for attempting to take back money from a dishonest poker player he thinks cheated him.

E3 The Noose

Vigilantes disagree on whether to try to lynch a man accused of robbing Dion Patrick.

E4 The Avenger

When a reporter is murdered, Dion sets out to seek vengeance.

E5 The Search for Lucy Manning

Rev. Spangler tries to help a young girl involved with notorious outlaws.

E6 The Lost Queue

Thugs try to stop a group of Chinese immigrants from settling in the territory.

E7 The Regulators

To silence witnesses against their boss, outlaws kidnap McGivern's wife, Martha.

E8 Man from Boston

Jack is shot by a renegade, and Dion tries desperately to get a doctor to help him.

E9 The Barber's Boy

The Vigilantes are helped by a boy in their struggle to capture the vicious Regulators.

E10 The Magic Box

Martin Donovan plays the deadly game of politics the only way he knows how to.

E11 Little Lost Man

The vigilantes try to handle the problem of juvenile delinquency in San Francisco.

E12 Strange Quarantine

Eastern doctor's attempts to prevent a smallpox epidemic gets hampered.

E13 Truce of the Tree

A fight for tolerance and brotherhood in San Francisco by Lord Charlie.

E14 The PO 8

Patrick and McGivern look for a gold shipment stolen by a poetic bandit.

E15 The Coward

The cowardly justice of the peace must face outlaw Blackie Stuart.

E16 Panic on Montgomery Street

Banker Seth Woods implements a plan to prevent a threatened run on the bank.

E17 China Doll

Dion Patrick gets into a poker game with unusual stakes while trailing a killer.

E18 Mr. Valejo

Don Mariano Valejo is suspected of leading raids on Yankee settlements.

E19 The Alice Pritchard Case

A plot to blackmail Alice Pritchard is uncovered, but the blackmailer is killed.

E20 The Man from Paris

A Parisian couturier is ridiculed for his "unmanly" profession.

E21 The Duel

A series of duels is costing San Francisco some prominent citizens.

E22 Sorley Boy

McGivern promotes a fight between Sorley Boy McDonald and the champion of England.

E23 Gentleman from Philadelphia

Marshal Matt Wayne looks for the men who killed his business partner.

E24 The Marshal

Outlaws murder Father Holzer when he takes in a youngster who was helping them.

E25 Death by Proxy

A Chinese laundryman confesses to a murder to get money for his family.

E26 The Street

Matt unknowingly appoints a man hired to kill him as a policeman.

E27 J. Jimmerson Jones, Inc.

Matt Wayne investigates the robbery of $50,000 from prospector J Jimmerson Jones.

E28 Skeleton in the Closet

After a blackmailer is found murdered, his victims become prime suspects.

E29 Pipeline

Doc Haley tangles with the owner of the water company regarding impure water.

E30 The Foundling

Matt thinks twice before arresting Alonzo Hicks. Later, when Alonzo is in jail, Matt has to care for his wild son.

E31 Second Trial

Matt investigates the suspicious death of a prominent citizen.

E32 The Inner Circle

While investigating a murder, Matt uncovers a crime syndicate.

E33 The Golden Bride

A prospector promises a girl her weight in gold if she marries him.

E34 Murietta

Mexican-American hostility stands in the way of a young girl's love.

E35 Shanghai Queen

Matt almost lands at the bottom of the bay while trying to catch a gang of shanghaiing sailors.

E36 Bridal Bouquet

Dolph Parker finds himself getting more than what he bargained for after importing a woman from the East to be his bride.

E37 Golden Grapes

A family feud involves Matt when the son is accused of robbery.

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