Alias Smith & Jones
This show ran for 3 seasons, Jan 1971 - Jan 1973. Condisering I wasn't even BORN till Dec 1972 don't even ask me how I remember this show, but I do. I remember not liking when Hayes was suddenly someone else. I remember that my Mom was in LOVE (love, lust; what's the diff?) with Peter Duel's character and thought Ben Murphy was cute, too. I'm just kinda curious as to HOW I know this and actively remember this series. Weird.
Hannibal Heyes and Kid Curry, two successful and popular outlaw cousins in the old West, decide it´s time to go straight. The problem is that the governor just can´t give them amnesty right away, they have to prove that they deserve it. And in the meantime they will still be wanted. Hunting them is everybody, from sheriffs to bounty hunters, to posses and ordinary people. Hannibal Heyes/Joshua Smith is the thinker, the poker player and the optimist, while Kid Curry/Thaddeus Jones is the quick-drawing worrier who sometimes is a bit slow. Together they are Smith and Jones...On New Year's Eve, 1971, Peter Duel died from a gunshot wound to the head. The death was officially ruled suicide. Duel was fighting an alcohol addiction (he had been convicted of DWI), had been drinking that night, and was depressed over his legal problems and the state of his career, feeling that Alias Smith and Jones was hardly his best work. The runaway success of Alias Smith abd Jones led to a grueling schedule for the actors, as cast and crew worked overtime to produce more episodes to keep up with public demand, and this may also have played a part. The role of Hannibal Heyes was filled within only a few hours by Roger Davis, who had originally done the voice-overs in the opening credits, but the show´s popularity sank steadily - as did the interest for Western shows in general, and the series was canceled in January 1973.
| 1: Alias Smith and Jones (90 min.) | 16: The Day They Hanged Kid Curry (90 min.) | 39: The Long Chase |
| 2: The McCreedy Bust | 17: How to Rob a Bank in One Hard Lesson | 40: High Lonesome Country |
| 3: Exit from Wickenburg | 18: Jailbreak at Junction City | 41: The McCreedy Feud |
| 4: Wrong Train to Brimstone | 19: Smiler with a Gun | 42: The Clementine Ingredient |
| 5: The Girl in Boxcar #3 | 20: The Posse That Wouldn't Quit | 43: Bushwack! |
| 6: The Great Shell Game | 21: Something to Get Hung About | 44: What Happened at the XST? |
| 7: Return to Devil's Hole | 22: Six Strangers at Apache Springs | 45: The Ten Days That Shook Kid Curry |
| 8: A Fistful of Diamonds | 23: Night of the Red Dog | 46: The Day the Amnesty Came Through |
| 9: Stagecoach Seven | 24: The Reformation of Harry Briscoe | 47: The Strange Fate of Conrad Meyer Zulick |
| 10: The Man Who Murdered Himself | 25: Dreadful Sorry, Clementine | 48: McGuffin |
| 11: The Root of It All | 26: Shootout at Diablo Station | 49: Witness to a Lynching |
| 12: The Fifth Victim | 27: The Bounty Hunter | 50: Only Three to a Bed |
| 13: Journey from San Juan | 28: Everything Else You Can Steal | |
| 14: Never Trust an Honest Man | 29: Miracle at Santa Marta | |
| 15: The Legacy of Charlie O'Rourke | 30: 21 Days to Tenstrike | |
| 31: The McCreedy Bust: Going, Going, Gone! | ||
| 32: The Man Who Broke the Bank at Red Gap | ||
| 33: The Men That Corrupted Hadleyburg | ||
| 34: The Biggest Game in the West | ||
| 35: Which Way to the OK Corral? | ||
| 36: Don't Get Mad, Get Even | ||
| 37: What's in It for Mia? | ||
| 38: Bad Night in Big Butte | ||