Broken Arrow (Season 1)

Broken Arrow is a Western series which ran on ABC-TV in prime time from 1956 through 1958 on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. Eastern time. Repeat episodes were shown by ABC on Sunday afternoons during the 1959–60 season. Selected repeats were then shown once again in prime time during the summer of 1960.

  • Poster for The Mail Riders

    The Mail Riders (Episode 1)

    Air date: 1956-09-25

    Runtime: 30 min

  • Poster for Battle at Apache Pass

    Battle at Apache Pass (Episode 2)

    Air date: 1956-10-02

    Runtime: 30 min

  • Poster for Indian Agent

    Indian Agent (Episode 3)

    Air date: 1956-10-09

    Runtime: 30 min

  • Poster for The Captive

    The Captive (Episode 4)

    Air date: 1956-10-23

    Runtime: 30 min

  • Poster for Passage Deferred

    Passage Deferred (Episode 5)

    Air date: 1956-10-30

    Runtime: 30 min

  • Poster for Medicine Men

    Medicine Men (Episode 6)

    Air date: 1956-11-13

    Runtime: 30 min

  • Poster for Hermano

    Hermano (Episode 7)

    Air date: 1956-11-20

    Overview: A young Indian working as a scout for the Army is struggling between his loyalty to the Army and his loyalty to his brother, a member of Geronimo's renegade Indians.

  • Poster for Caged

    Caged (Episode 8)

    Air date: 1956-11-27

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: A sideshow owner schemes to turn an Indian into his star attraction. Jeffords: John Lupton. Cochise: Michael Ansara. Cheewaukee: Eugene Iglesias.

  • Poster for Return from the Shadows

    Return from the Shadows (Episode 9)

    Air date: 1956-12-04

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: A lieutenant once lured five Indians into a murderous trap. Now he faces the only one who escaped---Cochise (Michael Ansara). Haskell: Robert Cornthwaite.

  • Poster for Cry Wolf

    Cry Wolf (Episode 10)

    Writer: Warren Wilson

    Air date: 1956-12-11

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: A youngster reports that he saw a camel, a dinosaur---and a murder. Jeffords: John Lupton. Cochise: Michael Ansara. Ramon: Ricky Vera.

  • Poster for The Conspirators

    The Conspirators (Episode 11)

    Air date: 1956-12-18

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Jeffords heads for San Francisco when a Government clothing order is sidetracked. Terry: Angie Dickinson. Emperor Norton: Florenz Ames.

  • Poster for The Raiders

    The Raiders (Episode 12)

    Air date: 1956-12-25

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Area commodity providers conduct raids which turn deadly disguised as Aravaipa Apaches to foment conflict and draw military into the area and so gain profit from the increased presence of troops.

  • Poster for Apache Massacre

    Apache Massacre (Episode 13)

    Air date: 1957-01-01

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: White settlers attack an Indian village in reprisal for Geronimo's raids. Jeffords: John Lupton. Cochise: Michael Ansara. Griffin: Hal Smith.

  • Poster for The Rescue

    The Rescue (Episode 14)

    Air date: 1957-01-08

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: The Mexican Army aids Jeffords' search for Geronimo. Jeffords: John Lupton. Cathy: Kathleen Nolan. Cochise: Michael Ansara.

  • Poster for Apache Dowry

    Apache Dowry (Episode 15)

    Writer: David T. Chantler

    Air date: 1957-01-15

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: A theft of horses as a wedding gift for a tribeswoman by one of Cochise's braves imperils peace with the Chiricahua and the relationship of Jeffords and Cochise.

  • Poster for The Trial

    The Trial (Episode 16)

    Air date: 1957-01-22

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Quarry: an Indian brave suspected of shooting a woman. Jeffords: John Lupton. Cochise: Michael Ansara. Hawkins: Damian O'Flynn. Walters: Philip Van Zandt.

  • Poster for The Missionaries

    The Missionaries (Episode 17)

    Air date: 1957-01-29

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Against Jeffords' advice, a brother and sister wish to take an Apache boy back east to be given a white man's education.

  • Poster for The Challenge

    The Challenge (Episode 18)

    Air date: 1957-02-05

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Cochise arranges a peace conference with Geronimo. Cochise: Michael Ansara. Chato: Anthony Caruso. Jeffords: John Lupton. Toweega: Christopher Dark.

  • Poster for Doctor

    Doctor (Episode 19)

    Air date: 1957-02-12

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: A Chiricahua man who has just completed medical school finds himself lacking acceptance of both Apache and white populations while the injury of Chiricahua and white playmates exacerbates the predicament.

  • Poster for Powder Keg

    Powder Keg (Episode 20)

    Air date: 1957-02-19

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: When a retired Apache hating general visits the territory as a now Washington official and is shot by an unrequited love, an Apache brave is blamed by the biased settlers.

  • Poster for Legacy of a Hero

    Legacy of a Hero (Episode 21)

    Air date: 1957-02-26

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: The son of a storekeeper who was killed by white reservation poachers when defending an Apache brave is captured and held for ransom when he pursues the poachers.

  • Poster for Rebellion

    Rebellion (Episode 22)

    Air date: 1957-03-05

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Apaches blame a malaria outbreak on neighboring settlers. Jeffords: John Lupton. Cholano: John Beradino.

  • Poster for Ghost Face

    Ghost Face (Episode 23)

    Air date: 1957-03-12

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: During a harsh winter, Jeffords is compelled to use his own means to provide food for the reservation and keep the peace while an army officer and government agencies delay the delivery of promised provisions .

  • Poster for Johnny Flagstaff

    Johnny Flagstaff (Episode 24)

    Air date: 1957-03-19

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: The Apaches fight a Government official's efforts to push them off their land. Jeffords: John Lupton. Cochise: Michael Ansara. Flagstaff: James Craig.

  • Poster for The Desperado

    The Desperado (Episode 25)

    Air date: 1957-03-26

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Jeffords tries to spring a murder suspect from Cochise's custody. Younger: Paul Richards. Jeffords: John Lupton. Cochise: Michael Ansara.

  • Poster for Fathers and Sons

    Fathers and Sons (Episode 26)

    Air date: 1957-04-02

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: A former general schemes to push the Indians off their land. Jeffords: John Lupton. Cochise: Michael Ansara.

  • Poster for Quarantine

    Quarantine (Episode 27)

    Air date: 1957-04-09

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Jeffords and Cochise head for the Mexican border in pursuit of a boy and his herd of infected cattle. Jeffords: John Lupton. Cochise: Michael Ansara. Teeahbay: Eugene Martin. Harrison: Clancy Cooper.

  • Poster for Ordeal

    Ordeal (Episode 28)

    Air date: 1957-04-16

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Cochise and Jeffords trap a killer, then lose their horses in the desert. Taggert: John Larch. Jeffords: John Lupton. Cochise: Michael Ansara.

  • Poster for The Assassin

    The Assassin (Episode 29)

    Writer: Sam Peckinpah

    Air date: 1957-04-23

    Runtime: 30 min

  • Poster for The Archaeologist

    The Archaeologist (Episode 30)

    Air date: 1957-04-30

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Two archaeologists prowl the reservation recording Indian customs. Jeffords: John Lupton. Cochise: Michael Ansara. Morgan: Arthur Hanson. Regis: Anthony Eustrel. Katena: Richard Hale. Nogalo: Alex Montoya.

  • Poster for Apache Girl

    Apache Girl (Episode 31)

    Air date: 1957-05-07

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: An Indian girl is hampered in her efforts to get an education. Marsheela: Donna Martell. Cochise: Michael Ansara. Jeffords: John Lupton. Pete: Jan Merlin.

  • Poster for The Broken Wire

    The Broken Wire (Episode 32)

    Air date: 1957-05-14

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: A chief's son is being framed for arson and murder. Rano: Buzz Henry. Kotoy: George J. Lewis. Jeffords: John Lupton. Tim: James Dobson. Bobo: John Doucette.

  • Poster for Attack on Fort Grant

    Attack on Fort Grant (Episode 33)

    Air date: 1957-05-21

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Cochise and Jeffords join forces to thwart Geronimo's attack plans. Cochise: Michael Ansara. Jeffords: John Lupton. Geronimo: Charles Horvath. Louise: Mae Clark.

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