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Death Is To Write About

Western

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May 28, 1959

When a British writer arrives in Tombstone to gather material for a series about the American West, he tags along with Sheriff Hollister and a prisoner as they travel to Yuma prison. But the journalist is devising a dangerous plot.

Full Episodes

Season 2, 13 episodes

Sheriff Hollister rides to collect a prisoner, but the prisoner breaks jail before he arrives. The prisoner saves Hollister from an Apache ambush. But soon Hollister must pit his courage and fast gun against two desperate men.

26m Mar 12, 1959

Marked For Murder,

Sheriff Hollister (Pat Conway) decides to go undercover to prevent editor Claibourne (Richard Eastham) from being murdered by a hitman who has been hired by a vengeful, local rancher whom the editor once helped to send to prison.

26m Mar 19, 1959

Payroll To Tombstone,

As Clay watches the arrival of the stage from Tucson, a shooting down the street diverts his attention, and a $30,000 army payroll is stolen from a cavalry captain on the stage. Wounded and disarmed, he's forced into a battle to solve the crime.

26m Mar 26, 1959

Day Of The Amnesty,

General amnesty follows the shooting of young Les Tanner by hired killers. Hollister (Pat Conway) cannot arrest the gunmen because of amnesty but he prevents a new flare-up of the feud by arresting the victim's brother who is out for revenge.

26m Apr 2, 1959

Young Mark Thompson shoots an old miner in the back, robs him, and flees. Sheriff Hollister trails him to his mother's home in Paradise. In order to expose the son's true character to his faithful mother, Hollister must put his own life on the line.

26m Apr 9, 1959

The Black Diamond,

Against a background of sudden death and romance, Hollister comes to grips with beautiful young widow Sarah Curtice and her band of gunmen. Clay's efforts to combat their expanding crime wave provoke a dramatic showdown with Sarah's hired guns.

26m Apr 16, 1959

The Man From Brewster Flats,

When Chris Anderson confesses to Sheriff Hollister that Brewster Flat's Sheriff Binns and his deputy were in on a robbery, Sheriff Hollister 'cuts himself in' to the deal to force a showdown among the thieves and expose a double cross.

26m Apr 23, 1959

Convicted of murder, Sam Carver (Lee Van Cleef) escapes the custody of Deputy Marshal Bledsoe thanks to some rowdy conventioneers aboard the train. Jumping off, he heads to Tombstone Territory where he takes refuge at Hendrick's ranch.

26m Apr 30, 1959

Warrant For Death,

Sheriff Clay Hollister rides the stage to Laramie with a court order concerning a murder indictment against a man named Rowan. Clay finds that his fellow passengers include Rowan himself (under an alias) and a hired gun paid to kill the Sheriff.

27m May 7, 1959

Surrender At Sun Glow,

Harvey Logan and his gunfighters take over the town of Sunglow and have themselves on a spree. Notified that the telegraph line to Sunglow is dead, Sheriff Hollister and editor Claibourne ride over to investigate and are trapped and thrown into jail.

26m May 14, 1959

Grave Near Tombstone,

Hollister hears a distant shot but finds nothing to explain it. When Nancy Cooley arrives in Tombstone looking for her uncle who cannot be found, the sheriff solves the riddle of his disappearance and saves Nancy from becoming a gunman's victim.

26m May 21, 1959

Death Is To Write About,

When a British writer arrives in Tombstone to gather material for a series about the American West, he tags along with Sheriff Hollister and a prisoner as they travel to Yuma prison. But the journalist is devising a dangerous plot.

26m May 28, 1959

Red Terror Of Tombstone,

The great fire of 1881 nearly wiped out the town. As a result, Tombstone is in danger of losing its status as County Seat to nearby Benson, leading to a feud over the matter. Hollister's guns must right a wrong when fire mysteriously strikes again.

25m Oct 8, 1959