Yancy Derringer

Name: S01:E26 - Fire on the Frontier
Genre: Western
Released: 1959-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 26 min 9 s
Cast: Jock Mahoney, Kevin Hagen, X Brands, Kelly Thordsen, Noreen Nash

Season 1 Episode 26 - Fire on the Frontier

1959 · 27 min

TV-PG

Western

When renegades attack peaceful Pawnee villages, Pahoo, Yancy and Colorado Charlie travel to Washington, D.C. with John Colton's letter of introduction in an attempt to enforce the terms of the Tablecreek Treaty made with the tribe. An administrator of the War Department, along with his gunrunning crony, attempt to obstruct Pahoo's mission by taking political, social, and violent steps against him.

Subtitles: English

Starring:Jock Mahoney Kevin Hagen X Brands Kelly Thordsen Noreen Nash Dan Tobin Regina Gleason

Directed by:Richard Sale

S01:E01 - Return to New Orleans

After receiving an urgent telegram from an old flame, Yancy returns to New Orleans only to discover that his family plantation, Waverly, has been turned into a gambling den. Aside from being pursued by some angry gamblers, Yancy learns John Colton, the City Administrator of New Orleans, wants to make a deal with him to reconstruct the plantation.

S01:E02 - Gallatin Street

Charged with cleaning up crime on the notorious Gallatin Street, Yancy finds himself against his best enemy, vice lord Toby Cook, owner of the Jumping Jack casino. However, Yancy hides an explosive trick up his sleeve - the tiny, noble sea captain of a ship crammed with the latest invention from Sweden. Backing up the unlikely duo is the silent, lethal Pahoo.

S01:E03 - Ticket to Natchez

When Yancy is asked to assist a U.S. Marshall in the river transport of $200,000 in Army payroll greenbacks, a charming young beauty by the name of Billie Jo James persuades Yancy to take her along up the river. When the ship is robbed, Yancy and Pahoo must protect the money, but it seems that the robbers have other plans.

S01:E04 - An Ace Called Spade

When a tombstone and funeral wreath are delivered to Administrator Colton, Yancy has 24 hours to prevent Colton being killed by the South's ace duelist, Spade Stuart. Meanwhile Colton is in an especially vulnerable situation as he is busy focusing on impressing a beautiful visitor from Boston to whom he has become smitten with!

S01:E05 - A Bullet for Bridget

Colton asks Derringer to investigate a freighter recently arrived from China, suspecting smuggling is involved. When Derringer learns that 13 passengers and crew died at sea during it's voyage to New Orleans, he takes a closer look at its passengers, particularly a cute Irish lass, a cousin of Madame Francine, who booked passage to America to find a husband.

S01:E06 - The Belle From Boston

New Orleans' underworld conspires to rub out administrator Colton right when Colton's sister Agatha finally arrives on a visit. Yancy expected a Boston battle-ax, but he's smitten with her charm and wit. Colton has a heavy workload, fending off crime czar Lance Carter, and wowing Agatha with his Reconstruction wizardry, while building a romantic blockade between her and Yancy.

S01:E07 - The Loot From Richmond

Mr. Proctor, a friend of the Derringer family, is sent to New Orleans with a message from a former general in the Civil War. But before he is able to relay the message to Yancy, Mr. Proctor is assassinated, leaving Yancy to uncover the mystery behind the Confederate half dollar Mr. Proctor was carrying when he died.

S01:E08 - The Saga of Lonesome Jackson

Yancy investigates counterfeit money that's being passed throughout the French Quarter. His investigation brings him into contact with Lonesome Jackson, a miner who recently struck in rich & seeking a wife. The Treasury Department suspects Jackson because of the large bankroll he's carrying, but Yancy believes that the miner is being set up as a patsy by the real counterfeiters.

S01:E09 - Memo to a Firing Squad

Yancy assists in transporting a Presidential pardon intended to save a Southerner who sided with the Union army from an unjust death sentence. However, his delivery is derailed by army officer with vengeance in his heart who attempts to carry out the execution anyway. Now Yancy must find a way to ease the last vestiges of the Civil War before someone dies!

S01:E10 - Three Knaves From New Haven

Yancy investigates when several shopkeepers along Duquense Street pay twice as much for what their property is worth, & are subsequently robbed & murdered. He learns that a projected railroad spur is to be built to the waterfront through that shopping district and unscrupulous Northerners plan to use illegal means to grab all the available real estate before the project is officially announced.

S01:E11 - Marble Fingers

Derringer is falsely accused of complicity in a waterfront property theft. Administer Colton manages to get Matthew Younger to drop the charges, but Yancy discovers the accuser may be throwing charges around to conceal the real perpetrators. His investigations lead him to a waterfront dive and its grave-robbing habitués.

S01:E12 - Old Dixie

Christmas in New Orleans may not be particularly festive in the Derringer household this year. Nancy learns his Uncle, a government engraver, has been murdered & the plates for the new hundred-dollar bill has disappeared. While Yancy searches for the murderer, his old hound-dog Dixie shows up at his family home proving to be the only one who can lead Yancy to where the family treasure is buried.

S01:E13 - Two of a Kind

Yancy learns that there are two men impersonating him and Pahoo, running wild around New Orleans, and committing crimes for which he and Pahoo are being charged. A vengeance-seeking woman is convinced these imposters have stolen her family fortune, leaving it up to Yancy and Pahoo to clear their names and track down the real criminals.

S01:E14 - Nightmare on Bourbon Street

A madman steals ten cases of dynamite from the city arsenal and announces his intention of reducing New Orleans to rubble. As explosions rock the city, Yancy, Colton, and Captain Fry attempt to track down the bomber. A beautiful widow visiting town claims to be a witness to the explosion, but Yancy is suspicious of her motives.

S01:E15 - The Fair Freebooter

River pirates, led by the beautiful Coco LaSalle, attacks and robs Yancy's boat, stealing a diamond necklace belonging to the Mexican government. In order to recover the necklace, Yancy makes a deal with LaSalle and escorts her to the masked ball for Mardi Gras.

S01:E16 - Mayhem at the Market

Miss Duval's servant is killed trying to prevent her flower stand from being destroyed after a protection racket threatens to gain control of the French Market. In utter fear for their lives, the merchants refuse to step forward to Administrator Colton with an official accusation. Yancy and Pahoo decide to help the stall owners battle the thugs.

S01:E17 - The Night the Russians Landed

Yancy & Pahoo rescue Grand Duke Alexis, the hard-partying heir to the Russian throne, from a band of assassins. Colton agrees that the best chance to keep the Grand Duke safe is to rent Madame Francine's gambling club for the evening, but Francine's girls begin to wonder how safe they are from the Russian heir's roving eye!

S01:E18 - A Game of Chance

The winner of New Orleans' $100,000 lottery is murdered before she can collect. The lottery administrator is convinced he was the target of the gunmen. Yancy plots to force the killer to reveal who hired him by rounding up the Bourbon Street riffraff to act as a lynch mob and scare the truth out of the killer.

S01:E19 - Panic in Town

A caped clown pummeling ladies for their locks of hair panics New Orleans. The authorities are utterly powerless against the maniac, causing a vigilante mob to form! This league led by a carpetbagger from Providence, targets Yancy's activities too. Yancy along with Pahoo must pursue the clown-masked madman while protecting the women in French Quarter.

S01:E20 - Hell and High Water

With the Mississippi River rising towards a record flood, the only thing that could save New Orleans would be to punch a hole in a levee up-river. Such an action would inundate Lady Charity's new plantation & she isn't willing to allow it! Yancy and Colton try to negotiate, but Lady Charity refuses to budge and instead turns to escaped convict, Rogue Donovan, to protect her land.