Four Feather Falls
Four Feather Falls was the third puppet TV show produced by Gerry Anderson for Granada Television. It was based on an idea by Barry Gray, who also wrote the show's music. The series was the first to use an early version of Anderson's Supermarionation puppetry. Thirty-nine 13-minute episodes were produced, broadcast by Granada from February until November 1960. The setting is the late 19th-century fictional Kansas town of Four Feather Falls, where the hero of the series, Tex Tucker, is sheriff. The four feathers of the title refers to four magical feathers given to Tex by the Indian chief Kalamakooya as a reward for saving his grandson: two allowed Tex's guns to swivel and fire without being touched whenever he was in danger, and two conferred the power of speech on Tex's horse and dog. Tex's speaking voice was provided by Nicholas Parsons, and his singing voice by Michael Holliday. The series has never been repeated on British television, but it was released on DVD in 2005.
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Cast
Seasons
1.How It Began
7.025-02-1960Sheriff Tex Tucker arrives in Four Feather Falls.
2.Kidnapped
7.003-03-1960Sheriff Tucker must solve a kidnapping.
3.Pedro Has A Plan
7.010-03-1960Pedro has a great idea, but will it all go wrong?
4.Pedro's Pardon
7.017-03-1960Pedro is pardoned by Tex.
5.A Close Shave
7.024-03-1960Tex Tucker has a close call.
6.Indian Attack
7.031-03-1960Four Feather Falls is attacked by a group of Indians.
7.Sheriff For A Day
7.007-04-1960Tex takes a day off, but who will be the sheriff?
8.Dusty Becomes Deputy
14-04-1960Tex promotes Dusty to the position of deputy sheriff.
9.Gun Runners
21-04-1960Tex encounters a group of gunrunners and it's his job to bring them in.
10.Trouble At Yellow Gulch
28-04-1960Tex experiences a spot of bother at Yellow Gulch.
11.Frame Up
05-05-1960Can Tex discover who really committed the crime?
12.Gold Diggers
12-05-1960Tex encounters some gold diggers.
13.Gold Is Where You Find It
19-05-1960Tex and the gang go looking for gold.
14.Trapped
26-05-1960Tex and the gang become trapped in a dangerous situation, but can they save themselves?
15.The Best Laid Plans
02-06-1960Even the best plans can go wrong.
16.Escort
09-06-1960Pedro and Fernando pose as sheriffs so they can steal a shipment of gold.
17.The Toughest Guy In The West
16-06-1960A reward is offered for the capture of Indian Jack.
18.Chance Of A Ghost
23-06-1960Marvin Jackson is trying to sell the Eureka Silver Mine, but the main buyer, Harman, pays Pedro and Fernando to pretend to be ghosts to bring the price down.
19.Gun Play
30-06-1960Two cattle rustlers challenge Tucker to fight without his magic guns.
20.A Lawman Rides Alone
07-07-1960As Tex prepares to take a criminal to court, Big Ben plans a jail break.
21.Jail Break
14-07-1960Pedro helps Tex capture some criminals in return for the reward money.
22.A Little Bit of Luck
21-07-1960Tex is away visiting family, but in his absence crime runs out of control.
23.Land Grabbers
28-07-1960The Circle Z Ranch is under siege from Morg Fenton and Big Ben, but Tex discovers it is outside his area of juristiction and cannot help defend it.
24.Once a Lawman
04-08-1960With the townspeople unhappy with Tex's dealing of a spate of robberies, Tex turns in his badge.
25.Election Day
11-08-1960Usually Tex is the only one to run for the post of sheriff on election days, but this time Pedro makes a bid for the position.
26.Gun Fight On Main Street
18-08-1960Tex's old friend arrives in town looking for two criminals. Tex helps him, but they end up in a dangerous showdown on Main Street.
27.A Bad Name
25-08-1960Pedro and Fernando steal all of Four Feather Falls' horses and Tex is unable to pursue them until new horses arrive.
28.Horse Thieves
01-09-1960Big Ben needs Tex's help after being falsly accused of stealing cattle.
29.The Ma Jones Story
08-09-1960Ma Jones falls a scam and is almost swindled out of her shop.
30.Bandits Abroad
15-09-1960Fernando bears a striking resemblance to another master criminal, so Pedro comes up with an idea to get the reward money for capturing him.
31.A Cure for Everything
22-09-1960A medicine man arrives in town claiming to have a cure for everything and almost puts Doc Haggerty out of business before he discovers the true source of the medicines.
32.Teething Troubles
29-09-1960Rocky gets toothache but won't let Doc Haggerty remove it.
33.Buffalo Rocky
06-10-1960When several horses are stolen, the only suspects seems to be a buffalo...
34.Safe As Houses
13-10-1960A stranger arrives in town claiming to be able to sell things to people they didn't even know they wanted.
35.First Train Through
20-10-1960The railroad finally comes to Four Feather Falls connecting it to Dallas, however someone keeps sabotaging the tracks.
36.Happy Birthday
27-10-1960The 'fastest and bestest in the westest' arrives in town, worrying Tex that he will attract other gunmen to the town.
37.Fancy Shooting
03-11-1960The townspeople plan a party for Tex's birthday.
38.Ambush
10-11-1960The train from Dallas is robbed of $10,000.
39.Ride 'Em Cowboy
17-11-1960Tex takes part in the rodeo against Silver City's best rider, Bart Stevens.
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