Episode
Wagon Train: The Vittorio Bottecelli Story
Overview
The King orders his womanizing nephew to San Francisco. He joins the wagon train but causes the Major problems as the husbands are complaining but he may have lost his heart to someone who understands.
Details
- Series
- Wagon Train
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 11
- Air date
- 1959-12-16
- Runtime
- 50 min
Episode context
The Vittorio Bottecelli Story is Episode 11 in Season 3 of Wagon Train. It aired on 1959-12-16. The runtime is 50 min.
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Episode 10: The Danny Benedict Story
He says his name is Tom Smith but a young man Major Adams meets on the trail refuses to join the wagon train and won't say why. When he does find out he meets an old friend and why the boy is so tortured.
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Almost Christmas eve, the wagon train deals with a happy time, the perils that go with hostile Indians and a little lost boy who may have already been captured by those same hostiles.
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Episode 7: The Cappy Darrin Story
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Episode 16: The Marie Brandt Story
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