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Daniel Boone

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Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone's companion Yadkin in season one only. Dallas McKennon portrayed innkeeper Cincinnatus. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor as Josh Clements during the 1968–1970 seasons. Actor and former NFL football player Rosey Grier made regular appearances as Gabe Cooper in the 1969 to 1970 season. The show was broadcast "in living color" beginning in fall 1965, the second season, and was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.

Created by:
Borden Chase
Cast:
Fess Parker, Ed Ames, Patricia Blair, Darby Hinton
Language:
English
Country:
United States of America
Network:
NBC

Episode guide

Seasons

6 available

Season 5

Episodes

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Episode 1

Be Thankful for the Fickleness of Women

1968-09-19 · 60m

Josh buys a pretty bondservant, then may have to marry her when she falls for him.

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Episode 2

The Blackbirder

1968-10-03 · 60m

A bounty hunter seeking a naval deserter is tricked into capturing Boone s friend Gideon as an escaped slave.

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Episode 3

The Dandy

1968-10-10 · 60m

Daniel agrees to a request of a friend to take his son, whom he regards as spoiled and irresponsible, and teach him the ways of the wilderness and learn something more manly than the painting the young man seems most interested in. Daniel and the young man both get more than they were bargaining for in the process.

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Episode 4

The Fleeing Nuns

1968-10-24 · 60m

On the way to New Orleans, Boone and a friend help two nuns, then learn one is an aristocrat fleeing the French Revolution.

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Episode 5

The Plague That Came to Ford's Run

1968-10-31 · 60m

Josh returns to his hometown to visit a friend but finds the community a wreck and his friend missing.

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Episode 6

The Bait

1968-11-07 · 60m

A woman and her boyfriend rob Boone's stagecoach and steal his tax money.

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Episode 7

Big, Black and Out There

1968-11-14 · 60m

A former slave, adopted by Indians, terrorizes and robs Boonesborough.

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Episode 8

Flag of Truce

1968-11-21 · 60m

An Army general plans to use Boone as bait in a trap for the frontiersman s friend, a Wyandot chief.

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Episode 9

The Valley of the Sun

1968-11-28 · 60m

While on a hunting trip with Daniel, Josh Clements meets mad collector Sir Hubert and is then held prisoner in a cavern filled with treasures of the Aztec sun god.

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Episode 10

The Patriot

1968-12-05 · 60m

John Gist had gone to Canada rather than fight the British. Now, after American independence, he wants to come back and live again on his land. Daniel is caught in the middle trying to help his friend against those who see him as a traitor.

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Episode 11

The Return of Sidewinder

1968-12-12 · 60m

Highwaymen - known as "buckaroos" - are robbing people around Boonesborough. After the British offer a rich reward for their capture, Daniel discovers the man responsible is an old adversary from a time when he and Mingo were robbed.

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Episode 12

Minnow for a Shark

1969-01-02 · 60m

Israel finds himself in the middle of a plot by a British Commodore to use a box of gold to find a thief, who may or may not be his friend, the one-armed Capt. Jack.

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Episode 13

To Slay a Giant

1969-01-09 · 60m

Gideon is accused of murdering Cyrus Blake and his revenge minded brother, Enoch, is determined to hang him now rather than wait for a trial.

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Episode 14

A Tall Tale of Prater Beasely

1969-01-16 · 60m

Prater Beasley is a teller of tall tales, but Israel and a disabled friend decide to follow him to see the mythical bear he talks about. Beasley may be just what the disabled boy, caught between an overprotective mother and an overly macho father, really needs.

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Episode 15

Copperhead Izzy

1969-01-30 · 60m

Israel is abducted and forced to live with a group of street urchins who work as pickpockets. With Daniel away on business, Rebecca and her uncle Brian have to find Israel and rescue the other children.

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Episode 16

Three Score and Ten

1969-02-06 · 60m

An elderly man, who has worn out his welcome in town with his tall tales, takes up residence with the Shawnee, who enjoy his stories immensely. However, they are more interested in his wagonload of rifle parts and have plans for their use.

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Episode 17

Jonah

1969-02-13 · 60m

Josh inherits a section of land and a slave to teach him how to farm. When two men show up in Boonesborough, one with a reputation as a fighter, Josh, who has no interest in farming, sets up a bout between the man and Jonah, who fought for Josh's uncle at one time, and risks his land. When Jonah refuses to fight, Josh must take his place and try to win the bet.

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Episode 18

Bickford's Bridge

1969-02-20 · 60m

Boone has orders from the Army to blow up bridges along the western frontier to prevent a British attack. When he reaches the last bridge he is blocked by a farmer who must keep it open in order to transport his autumn harvest.

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Episode 19

A Touch of Charity

1969-02-27 · 60m

To help out Jimmy McGill, a penniless young man swindled in a land deal, Daniel offers him a piece of land to be paid for over time. When Amos Brown's daughter Charity, betrothed to another, is attracted to Jimmy, Brown forbids her to see him and moves up her wedding to a local man. To claim Charity before she weds the other man, McGill decides to make a fortune overnight.

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Episode 20

For Want of a Hero

1969-03-06 · 60m

On their way back home Daniel and his family plan to stop at a fort for the night. When they arrive they find it has been destroyed by Indians with only a few survivors. The surviving soldiers seem to be hiding some kind of secret.

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Episode 21

Love and Equity

1969-03-13 · 60m

In a semi-comic episode, Prater Beasley is called back to Boonesborough to get rid of a ground squirrel problem. Unfortunately, his methods get him into trouble, as he gets accused of fraud and even witchcraft.

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Episode 22

The Allies

1969-03-27 · 60m

Daniel and friends Mason and Cully are on a mission to stop an alliance between the British and the Chickasaw and Choctaw. To do this they plan to blow up a gorge on the route the British are taking, but on their way their horses are stolen by a vagabond family of three. When they catch the trio they decide to take them along, though they're not sure they can trust the crafty patriarch of the clan.

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Episode 23

A Man Before His Time

1969-04-03 · 60m

A fugitive is being tracked through the woods where he is killed in a confrontation. The man's only son is now an orphan and, after Daniel takes him back to town, plots revenge against them.

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Episode 24

For a Few Rifles

1969-04-10 · 60m

A man believes he has purchased land in Shawnee territory, but Daniel is certain that the Shawnee did not have anything to do with selling the land. When they go to meet the chief to try to work something out, he says he will give the man the land if the tribe gets twenty rifles. When Daniel refuses this offer, he finds out that Israel has been taken hostage in exchange for the rifles. While being held Israel meets a crippled and bitter Shawnee youth.

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Episode 25

Sweet Molly Malone

1969-04-17 · 60m

Sgt. Malone is a hard drinking, pipe smoking veteran of the war. The Sgt. is also a woman, which puts her at odds with the town folk. Rebecca decides she needs a man and matches her with a peddler who once fought with the Hessians.

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Episode 26

A Pinch of Salt

1969-05-01 · 60m

While on a surveying mission for the Continental Congress, Daniel and David get caught in the middle of a dispute between two women and a man bent on destroying their salt mine operation.

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Cast

Fess Parker

Fess Parker

Daniel Boone

Ed Ames

Ed Ames

Mingo

Patricia Blair

Patricia Blair

Rebecca Boone

Darby Hinton

Darby Hinton

Israel Boone

Dal McKennon

Dal McKennon

Cincinnatus

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