

The Loner
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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The Loner with Lloyd Bridges - Three clips
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.An Echo of Bugles
18-09-196526mA swaggering gunfighter targets an aging Confederate veteran, and Colton steps in to deal with the bully.
- Ep 2
2.The Vespers
25-09-196526mSworn 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 unwillin...
- Ep 3
3.The Lonely Galico Queen
02-10-196526mA dance hall girl mistakes Colton for her mail-order bridegroom.
- Ep 4
4.The Kingdom of McComb
09-10-196526mUnable to perform the deed themselves, a group of religious colonists attempt to recruit Colton to kill a powerful landowner trying to evict them.
- Ep 5
5.One of the Wounded
16-10-196526mColton tries to help a Union army veteran left mute and immobile by the psychological horrors of war.
- Ep 6
6.The Flight of the Artic Tern
23-10-196526mColton becomes involved in a romantic triangle when he saves a friend's bride-to-be from a runaway horse.
- Ep 7
7.Widow on the Evening Stage
30-10-196526mFollowing the murder of a man during an Indian attack, Colton witnesses a town's prejudice towards the man's Indian widow.
- Ep 8
8.The House Rules at Mrs. Wayne's
06-11-196526mWhile 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.
- Ep 9
9.The Sheriff of Fetterman's Crossing
13-11-196526mColton has second thoughts after accepting the position of deputy to the dubious sheriff of a sleepy Montana town.
- Ep 10
10.The Homecoming of Lemuel Stove
20-11-196526mColton befriends a Union soldier who returns from war to find that his father has been lynched by bigots.
- Ep 11
11.Westward, the Shoemaker
27-11-196526mWhen a well-intentioned immigrant is stripped of his nest egg in a rigged card game, Colton takes on the con artist.
- Ep 12
12.The Oath
04-12-196526mWhen 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.
- Ep 13
13.Hunt the Man Down
11-12-196526mColton is drafted to help a posse hunt down a seemingly harmless recluse.
- Ep 14
14.Escort for a Dead Man
18-12-196526mA man who deserted from the Army wants Colton to escort him back to his fort.
- Ep 15
15.The Ordeal of Bud Windom
25-12-196526mA murder suspect's son makes life difficult for Colton when the boy tries to clear his father's name.
- Ep 16
16.To the West of Eden
01-01-196626mWhile traveling across the desert to deliver horses to their new owner, Colton reluctantly agrees to escort a young woman across the arid land.
- Ep 17
17.Mantrap
08-01-196626mColton becomes the target of an assassin when he is the sole witness to a robbery and murder.
- Ep 18
18.A Little Stroll to the End of the Line
15-01-196626mColton neither likes nor respects the man he has been deputized to protect: a rabble-rousing preacher who fears death from an ex-convict.
- Ep 19
19.The Trial in Paradise
22-01-196626mColton provides the defense in a kangaroo court trial of a former Union Army officer.
- Ep 20
20.A Question of Guilt
29-01-196626mIn the darkness Colton kills an intruder, and discovers the man is an Army Lieutenant.
- Ep 21
21.The Mourners for Johnny Sharp (1)
05-02-196626mWhile 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)
- Ep 22
22.The Mourners for Johnny Sharp (2)
12-02-196626mFollowing 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)
- Ep 23
23.Incident in the Middle Of Nowhere
19-02-196626mColton 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.
- Ep 24
24.Pick Me Another Time to Die
26-02-196626mColton is accused of slaying a sheriff.
- Ep 25
25.The Burden of the Badge
05-03-196626mA group of reformed criminals deputize Colton to defend and protect them.
- Ep 26
26.To Hang a Dead Man
12-03-196626mColton joins a sheriff in search of a town's destroyers.
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