Shotgun Slade
Shotgun Slade is an American western television series starring Scott Brady that aired seventy-eight episodes in syndication from October 24, 1959, until 1961. Created by Frank Gruber, the stories were written by John Berardino, Charissa Hughes, and Martin Berkeley. The series was filmed in Hollywood by Revue Studios. The pilot for Shotgun Slade aired earlier in 1959 on CBS's Schlitz Playhouse.
Seasons & Episodes
E1The Missing Train
Oct 24, 1959
Slade is hired to locate a train car with $1 million in coins that disappeared into thin air.
E2The Salted Mine
Nov 18, 1959
Alice Batson hires Slade, a private detective, to determine whether she has been swindled in her purchase of a worthless mine. (Pilot for the series. This production appeared on Schlitz Playhouse of Stars)
E3Too Smart to Live
Oct 31, 1959
E4Barbed Wire, Keep Out
Nov 5, 1959
E5Mesa of Missing Men
Nov 16, 1959
E7Freight Line
Nov 14, 1959
A freight-liner needs to renew its contract in order to stay in business. Several accidents have put the renewal in jeopardy. Slade is called in to put a stop to the "accidents."
E11Treasure Trap
Dec 12, 1959
E28A Flower for Jenny
Apr 29, 1960
Slade serves as bodyguard to primadonna performer Jenny DuPree, who is receiving death threats and a dwindling number of roses from an assassin who bills himself as her "ultimate admirer."
E30Crossed Guns
May 13, 1960
A hook-handed gunslinger nursing a grudge lures Slade to Grover's Bend for a showdown with his fast-drawing young protégé, Billy.
E31Sudden Death
May 20, 1960
E32The Spanish Box
May 21, 1960
E33Backtrack
May 28, 1960
E34Ring of Death
Jun 3, 1960
An unscrupulous young woman devises a cruel plan to cash in on her fiance's recent cattle sale. Scott Brady, Bethel Leslie, H.M. Wynant, Richard Crane.
E36A Flower on Boot Hill
Jun 11, 1960
Two escaped convicts, a grieving woman, and a widowed doctor who faithfully lays flowers on his wife's grave are among the seemingly incongruous elements factoring into Slade's investigation of a baffling bank robbery.
E37The Charcoal Bullet
Jul 1, 1960
An alcoholic drifter is the only witness to a bank robbery. Scott Brady. Eli: Ned Glass. Peggy: Jacqueline Holt.
E38Lost Gold
Jul 5, 1960
Storyline
Shotgun Slade is an American western television series starring Scott Brady that aired seventy-eight episodes in syndication from October 24, 1959, until 1961. Created by Frank Gruber, the stories were written by John Berardino, Charissa Hughes, and Martin Berkeley. The series was filmed in Hollywood by Revue Studios. The pilot for Shotgun Slade aired earlier in 1959 on CBS's Schlitz Playhouse.
