The Loner

1965
The Loner

Seasons & Episodes

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EP1 An Echo of Bugles Sep 18, 1965

A swaggering gunfighter targets an aging Confederate veteran, and Colton steps in to deal with the bully.

EP2 The Vespers Sep 25, 1965

Sworn to avenge his brother's death, a hoodlum comes gunning for a small town's local minister. When Colton arrives to warn his old friend and ex-soldier, he finds the man unwilling to resort to violence to protect himself and his pregnant wife.

EP3 The Lonely Galico Queen Oct 02, 1965

A dance hall girl mistakes Colton for her mail-order bridegroom.

EP4 The Kingdom of McComb Oct 09, 1965

Unable to perform the deed themselves, a group of religious colonists attempt to recruit Colton to kill a powerful landowner trying to evict them.

EP5 One of the Wounded Oct 16, 1965

Colton tries to help a Union army veteran left mute and immobile by the psychological horrors of war.

EP6 The Flight of the Artic Tern Oct 23, 1965

Colton becomes involved in a romantic triangle when he saves a friend's bride-to-be from a runaway horse.

EP7 Widow on the Evening Stage Oct 30, 1965

Following the murder of a man during an Indian attack, Colton witnesses a town's prejudice towards the man's Indian widow.

EP8 The House Rules at Mrs. Wayne's Nov 06, 1965

While trying to defend his wife's honor, a friend of Colton is killed... and Colton is torn between seeking justice and keeping his word to turn the other cheek.

EP9 The Sheriff of Fetterman's Crossing Nov 13, 1965

Colton has second thoughts after accepting the position of deputy to the dubious sheriff of a sleepy Montana town.

EP10 The Homecoming of Lemuel Stove Nov 20, 1965

Colton befriends a Union soldier who returns from war to find that his father has been lynched by bigots.

EP11 Westward, the Shoemaker Nov 27, 1965

When a well-intentioned immigrant is stripped of his nest egg in a rigged card game, Colton takes on the con artist.

EP12 The Oath Dec 04, 1965

When a doctor proves to be as full of whiskey as he is of self-pity, Colton must perform an emergency appendectomy on a young gunfighter.

EP13 Hunt the Man Down Dec 11, 1965

Colton is drafted to help a posse hunt down a seemingly harmless recluse.

EP14 Escort for a Dead Man Dec 18, 1965

A man who deserted from the Army wants Colton to escort him back to his fort.

EP15 The Ordeal of Bud Windom Dec 25, 1965

A murder suspect's son makes life difficult for Colton when the boy tries to clear his father's name.

EP16 To the West of Eden Jan 01, 1966

While traveling across the desert to deliver horses to their new owner, Colton reluctantly agrees to escort a young woman across the arid land.

EP17 Mantrap Jan 08, 1966

Colton becomes the target of an assassin when he is the sole witness to a robbery and murder.

EP18 A Little Stroll to the End of the Line Jan 15, 1966

Colton neither likes nor respects the man he has been deputized to protect: a rabble-rousing preacher who fears death from an ex-convict.

EP19 The Trial in Paradise Jan 22, 1966

Colton provides the defense in a kangaroo court trial of a former Union Army officer.

EP20 A Question of Guilt Jan 29, 1966

In the darkness Colton kills an intruder, and discovers the man is an Army Lieutenant.

EP21 The Mourners for Johnny Sharp (1) Feb 05, 1966

While a young gunman lies dying in a cave, a ruthless man waits outside hoping to get his hands on the boy's loot. (Part 1 of 2)

EP22 The Mourners for Johnny Sharp (2) Feb 12, 1966

Following the late Johnny Sharp's instructions, Colton arranges for the four people closest to the gunman to meet at the undertaker's parlor. (Part 2 of 2)

EP23 Incident in the Middle Of Nowhere Feb 19, 1966

Colton encounters a little girl riding his horse — which was stolen from Colton during the stagecoach robbery in which he was shot and left for dead.

EP24 Pick Me Another Time to Die Feb 26, 1966

Colton is accused of slaying a sheriff.

EP25 The Burden of the Badge Mar 05, 1966

A group of reformed criminals deputize Colton to defend and protect them.

EP26 To Hang a Dead Man Mar 12, 1966

Colton joins a sheriff in search of a town's destroyers.
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Synopsis

The Loner is an American western series that ran for less than one season on CBS from 1965 to 1966, under the alternate sponsorship of Philip Morris and Procter & Gamble.

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  • Top Credited Cast
Lloyd Bridges as William Colton