The Quest (1976) Episode Guide

The Quest

First aired: May/13/1976
Guest star: Cameron Mitchell (Shadrack Peltzer)

Quentin Baudine thought his entire family had been killed during an Indian raid, but years later he learns that the "White Indian" captured by the Army is his younger brother, and reunited, the brothers set out to find their sister, who is living with the Indians.

1 :01x01 - The Captive

First aired: Sep/22/1976
Writer: Tracy Keenan Wynn
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Guest star: Christopher Connelly (Callender), Russ Tamblyn (Kelly), Susan Dey (Charlotte), Richard Egan (Captain Wilson), Bill Fletcher ((Unknown)), Dennis Cole (Stormer), Royal Dano ((Unknown))

The Baudines rescue Charlotte, a captive white woman from the Indians only to deliver her into an unsympathetic, provincial frontier society.

2 :01x02 - The Buffalo Hunters

First aired: Sep/29/1976
Writer: Paul Savage
Guest star: Ray Young (Meeker), Linda Moon Redfearn (Motaheva'e), John Quade (Neeley), Alex Cord (McWhorley)

The Baudines (Kurt Russell, Tim Matheson) are taken captive by a band of ruthless buffalo hunters.

3 :01x03 - Shanklin

First aired: Oct/13/1976
Guest star: Mariette Hartley (Vay), John Steadman (W6), John Anderson (Harper), Don Meredith (Shanklin), Armando Silvestre (Medina), Michael Vandever (Inman), Ned Romero (Salcedo), Eric Server (Sergeant Rock), Phillip Pine (Gibbs)

A lawman convinces the two brothers to accompany in the pursuit of a dangerous bandit down to his own hideout in Mexico.

4 :01x04 - Day of Outrage

First aired: Oct/27/1976
Guest star: James Keach (Blue), Don Matheson (Unknown), George Gaynes (Gorham), Amanda Blake (Unknown), Pamela Sue Martin (Ginger)

Morgan and Quentin find shelter from a windstorm in a bawdy ranch house run by a strong-willed woman (Amanda Blake).

5 :01x05 - Seventy-Two Hours

First aired: Nov/03/1976
Director: Alf Kjellin
Guest star: Mitch Vogel (Jess), Howard Keel (Shanghai Pierce), Maria Elena Cordero (Sweet Woman), Fran Ryan (Mag Wood), Patti Jerome (Silver Tooth Annie), Jacques Aubuchon (Mayor), Aldo Ray (Chippy), Cameron Mitchell (Marshal Horne)

The Baudines' revel in a cattle town ends abruptly when a drunk accidentally shoots their friend.

6 :01x06 - Prairie Woman

First aired: Nov/10/1976
Guest star: Michael Bell (Dub Dailey), Tom Reese (Sheriff), Jim Davis (Marshall Pullman), Ty Hardin (Tom Kurd), Laraine Stephens (Seba Alcott)

Morgan (Kurt Russell) tracks a killer who knows his sister's whereabouts, while Quentin (Tim Matheson) tends a settler's dying baby.