Episode
Wagon Train: The Sister Rita Story
Overview
Leaving the safety of their village, a group of nuns set out to help those Indians in need at a mission. Now Flint must try to help them fight some Ute Indians who don't seem to know the nuns are just there to help them.
Details
- Series
- Wagon Train
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 25
- Air date
- 1959-03-25
- Runtime
- 50 min
Episode context
The Sister Rita Story is Episode 25 in Season 2 of Wagon Train. It aired on 1959-03-25. The runtime is 50 min.
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Episode 24: The Conchita Vasquez Story
Suspecting a hurt girl he finds on the trail is part of a group of bandits, Flint cautiously helps her but soon learns she is all he suspects until her guardian is killed and Flint becomes her only protection.
Episode 26: The Matthew Lowry Story
Matthew Lowry seems timid to everyone especially a bully on the wagon train. Riding upon some cholera sick wagons in a pass, they find out who he really is and why he has been acting this way.
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Episode 22: The Jasper Cato Story
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Episode 28: The Vincent Eaglewood Story
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Episode 21: The Annie Griffith Story
Flint, seeking safe passage through the mountains, is shot and losing consciousness is dragged to a cabin. Nursed back to health, his saviour finds the man who shot him was her husband and Flint had to kill him or be killed.
Episode 29: The Clara Duncan Story
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Episode 20: The Old Man Charvanaugh Story
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Episode 30: The Duke LeMay Story
Duke Le May, an escaped convict, joins the wagon train under an assumed name. When a deputy shows up to arrest him and is killed, Flint is asked to escort him to the nearest fort for trial but he does all he can to prolong that journey.
Episode 19: The Last Man
Scouting for a better pass, Flint finds a mountain man, hungry and half out of his mind. With no memory, his strange behavior may endanger the entire wagon train especially when everyone feels they know who he is.
Episode 31: The Kate Parker Story
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