Episode
Wagon Train: The Luke Grant Story
Overview
Luke Grant is found wandering the desert with one wish on his mind - kill me! Turned over to the wagon train by some friendly Chiracawa Indians, they slowly discover his identity and that there are Apaches on the war path and nearby.
Details
- Series
- Wagon Train
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 34
- Air date
- 1960-06-01
- Runtime
- 50 min
Episode context
The Luke Grant Story is Episode 34 in Season 3 of Wagon Train. It aired on 1960-06-01. The runtime is 50 min.
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Thinking he is not welcome by the white man or his people, an educated Chiracua Indian returns to find prejudices among both of them and must find a way to overcome all of them before it is too late.
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Episode 36: The Sam Livingston Story
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Episode 31: The Countess Baranof Story
Countess Baranof is desperate to get to Alaska to claim her family fortune, and with no horses she applies her considerable charms on Flint. But she's not the one Flint should worry about, as her bodyguard has a more sinister agenda.
Episode 37: The Shadrack Bennington Story
Shadrack Bennington has been a cavalier of the open road, not wanting to be tied down until he joins the wagon train, heading for San Francisco and a future even he couldn't anticipate.
Episode 30: Trial for Murder (2)
When the deceased's wife arrives, the people on the wagon train learn that the murdered man has a dark past, and this could be a case of Cain & Abel - or perhaps something or someone in the dead-man's past came home-to-roost.
Episode 29: Trial for Murder (1)
When a well thought of member of the wagon train is found dead, Adams needs to prevent mob rule and make sure a lawful trial takes place. The accused who was not well liked is found passed out with the rifle used in the murder.
Episode 28: The Amos Gibbon Story
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Episode 27: The Jonas Murdock Story
Out of meat and low on food, the wagon train must not kill any wildlife or all will face the wrath of the local Indians. The one holdout is Jonas Murdock who has always lived outside the rules and doesn't consider a rabbit an issue.
Episode 26: The Maggie Hamilton Story
When their daughter runs away from the wagon train, the Hamiltons hire Flint to bring her back. With renegades in the area, he soon discovers how spoiled Maggie really is and they still manage to make it back in one piece.
Episode 25: The Joshua Gilliam Story
Bill and the Major find a man lying hurt, a meal for the buzzards. When he meets an innocent woman on the wagon train who has an inheritance waiting for her, he shows other skills besides being just a schoolteacher and her mother is wary.