Custer Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Sabers in the Sun

First aired: Sep/06/1967
Writer: Samuel A. Peeples
Director: Sam Wanamaker
Guest star: Rodolfo Acosta (Satanta), Mary Ann Mobley (Ann Landry), William Mims (Ezra Tyman)

Lt. Col. George A. Custer arrives at Fort Hays to take command of the 7th Cavalry. After being whipped into shape they ride to the rescue of General Terry and the 5th Cavalry against Crazy Horse and a band of Kiowas who possess double barreled shotguns sold to them by a renegade white trader in exchange for gold.

2 :01x02 - Accused

First aired: Sep/13/1967
Writer: Al C. Ward
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Guest star: Jack Hogan (Sgt. Mason), James Daly (John Rudford), Chris Robinson (Lt. Tim Rudford)

Custer and the 7th Cavalry are forced to conduct a rescue expedition into the Black Hills when a lieutenant who hates Custer disobeys his orders.

3 :01x03 - Glory Rider

First aired: Sep/20/1967
Writer: Jack Turley
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Guest star: Ralph Meeker (Kermit Teller)

Custer and the 7th Cavalry must help deliver cattle for a man who holds all soldiers in contempt.

4 :01x04 - To the Death

First aired: Sep/27/1967
Writer: Samuel A. Peeples
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Guest star: George Sawaya (Lu-kah), Richard O'Brien (Jocko Maloney), Pamelyn Ferdin (Irena Maloney), Larry Pennell (Yellow Hawk), Morgan Jones (Lieutenant), Hick Hills (Trooper Rio), Art Lund (Sgt. John Tuvey)

Custer is assigned to track down a Native American prisoner who escaped from Army custody.

5 :01x05 - Massacre

First aired: Oct/04/1967
Writer: Dan Mainwaring
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Guest star: Arthur Franz (Grey Fox/Bledsoe), Philip Carey (Benton Conant), Jan Arvan (Jake Halsey)

Custer and his troops are assigned to take a secret shipment through hostile Native American territory.

6 :01x06 - War Lance and Saber

First aired: Oct/11/1967
Writer: Shimon Wincelberg
Director: Norman Foster
Guest star: James Craig (guest star), R. G. Armstrong (guest star), Bob Beck (guest star)

When Custer and Crazy Horse are both captured by Blackfeet who are hostile to both whites and the Sioux, the two enemies must work together in order to escape and stay alive.

7 :01x07 - Suspicion

First aired: Oct/18/1967
Writer: John Dunkel
Director: Alex March
Guest star: Pierre Jalbert (Auguste), Robert Loggia (Lt. Carlos Moreno), Paul Petersen (Lt. Grule)

A half-Kiowa officer is suspected of being a spy trying to thwart the efforts of making the Arapaho tribe allies.

8 :01x08 - Breakout

First aired: Nov/01/1967
Writer: Shimon Wincelberg
Director: László Benedek
Guest star: Gene Evans (Dedricks), Ray Walston (Ned Quimbo), Burr deBenning (Uvalde), Kathleen Nolan (Nora Moffett)

After a period of leave, Custer takes a stagecoach back to Fort Hays that is menaced by both outlaws and hostile Native Americans.

9 :01x09 - Desperate Mission

First aired: Nov/08/1967
Writer: Warren Douglas
Director: László Benedek
Guest star: Charles Dierkop (Matt Ryker), Darren McGavin (Jeb Powell), Billy Gray (Billy Nixon), Lloyd Bochner (James Stanhope)

Custer tries to halt the spread of smallpox amongst the Pawnee tribe.

10 :01x10 - Under Fire

First aired: Nov/15/1967
Writer: Samuel A. Peeples, Arthur Browne, Jr.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Guest star: John Nealson (Trooper Trimble), James McCallion (Jason Talbert), John Cliff (Charlie Miller), William Windom (Samson)

A renegade scout who hates Custer cuts a deal with Sioux chief Crazy Horse. In return for gold, he'll lead Custer into an ambush.

11 :01x11 - Death Hunt

First aired: Nov/22/1967
Writer: Richard H. Bartlett, Steve McNeil
Director: Leo Penn
Guest star: William Smith (Tall Knife), Barbara Hale (Melinda Terry), Patricia Harty (Mrs. Peverley)

A detachment of the 7th Cavalry ends up killing a peaceful Cheyenne hunting party. This event puts a Cheyenne chief and a female reporter after Custer's scalp.

12 :01x12 - Blazing Arrows

First aired: Nov/29/1967
Writer: Wanda Duncan, Robert Duncan
Director: Christian Nyby
Guest star: Rodd Redwing (Brave Dog), Adam Williams (Sgt. Carhew), Hal Lynch (Captain Hagen), Rory Calhoun (Zebediah Jackson), Stacy Harris (John Glixton)

Custer escorts a survey party through a settlement of former Confederates who aren't very happy to see a former Union foe in their midst.

13 :01x13 - Dangerous Prey

First aired: Dec/06/1967
Writer: Richard Sale
Director: Leo Penn
Guest star: Robert Doyle (Lt. Lamey), Albert Salmi (Colonel Charrington), Donnelly Rhodes (War Cloud)

Custer and two other officers match wits with a dangerous Native American warrior at a remote relay station.

14 :01x14 - Spirit Woman

First aired: Dec/13/1967
Writer: William Blinn
Director: László Benedek
Guest star: Chick Casey (Ira), Agnes Moorehead (Watoma), Christopher Milo (Sioux Brave), Eugene Martin (Young Sioux), Read Morgan (Medicine Man), James Whitmore (Eldo)

Custer tries to protect a Sioux mystic woman from both white and Native American enemies.

15 :01x15 - The Gauntlet

First aired: Dec/20/1967
Writer: Shimon Wincelberg
Director: Don Richardson
Guest star: Dennis Patrick (Fian MacDarmuld), Edward Mulhare (Sean Redmond), Barbara Rush (Brigid O'Rourke), Brett Pearson (Deavy)

Custer is given the task of stopping a band of Irish fanatics who are plotting to invade Canada.

16 :01x16 - The Raiders

First aired: Dec/27/1967
Writer: Shimon Wincelberg
Director: Norman Foster
Guest star: Yvonne DeCarlo (Vanessa Ravenhill), Jeff Scott (Blue Antelope), Henry Beckman (Claude Ostler), Peter Adams (Major Benteen)

Custer enlists the aid of some Kiowas to help him discover the parties responsible for a series of wagon train raids.

17 :01x17 - Pursued

First aired: Unaired
Writer: John Dunkel
Director: Leo Penn
Guest star: Dub Taylor (Trader), Pilar Seurat (Red Moon Woman), Earl Holliman (Dan Samuels), Hank Patterson (Trapper), Felice Orlandi (Roan Horse)

Custer goes in pursuit of a scout who escaped from Army custody after being convicted of theft and killed a trooper while making his bid for freedom.