Colt .45
Colt .45

Colt .45

1957 3 Seasons 67 Episodes ⭐ 6.7 Western

Colt .45 is an American Western series which aired on ABC between October 1957 and September 1960. Christopher Colt was apparently a gun salesman but was in fact a government agent tracking down notorious bad guys. The half-hour program is loosely based on the 1950 Warner Bros. film of the same name, starring Randolph Scott. Colt .45 was part of the William T. Orr-produced array of westerns which Warner produced for ABC in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Colt .45 is an American Western series which aired on ABC between October 1957 and September 1960. Christopher Colt was apparently a gun salesman but was in fact a government agent tracking down notorious bad guys. The half-hour program is loosely based on the 1950 Warner Bros. film of the same name, starring Randolph Scott. Colt .45 was part of the William T. Orr-produced array of westerns which Warner produced for ABC in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Judgment Day

Gun salesman Christopher Colt arrives in Cottonwood, Arizona, ready to sell his new line of guns, but a young missionary

EP 2

A Time to Die

Escorting a prisoner across the desert, Chris is waylaid by the outlaw's cohorts. Now it's a fight for survival when he

EP 3

The $3,000 Dollar Bullet

A wanted man Chris is after gets shot down in a saloon after he shoots another man. Three men then try to claim the rewa

EP 4

Gallows at Granite Gap

Chris captures the notorious outlaw The Comanche Kid in Granite Gap. The townspeople are bound and determined to hang hi

EP 5

Small Man

Chris finds a seemingly mild mannered tenderfoot who always wins when he finds himself in a gunfight.

EP 6

Final Payment

When the government finds itself in a case of fraud, Chris goes undercover in an attempt to find the culprits and to exp

EP 7

One Good Turn

When bandits raid and terrorize a small Mexican village, Chris comes to help quell the attacks of violence and terror.

EP 8

Last Chance

While on a hunting trip with a fellow lawman, Chris encounters a woman who claims to have been a witness to a murder.

EP 9

Young Gun

A young man buys a gun from Chris. The only problem with that is he soon learns that the boy is out for retribution agai

EP 10

Rebellion

While checking into a secessionist plot, Chis find very little until he finds a mysterious symbol on a Mexican peso, his

EP 11

The Gypsies

Chris attempts to smooth things out between a Lawman and his girlfriend when she runs off with a Gypsy leader.

EP 12

Sign in the Sand

Chris joins forces with a government agent to guard an Army payroll shipment.

EP 13

Mirage

Chris once again finds himself helping a small Mexican village from Army renegade raiders.

EP 14

Blood Money

Chris finds himself in a tight spot when an outlaw agrees to turn himself in provided the reward money goes to his girlf

EP 15

Dead Reckoning

To learn about a huge robbery plot, Chris goes undercover as an outlaw in hopes of infiltrating the suspected gang.

EP 16

Decoy

Mexican outlaws raid cargoes of federal firearms.

EP 17

Rare Specimen

Undercover government agent Chris Colt is wounded during a train robbery. A woman passenger uses a piece of needlework t

EP 18

Mantrap

A government agent brings down outlaws with help from the celebrated Colt revolver that his father invented.

EP 19

Ghost Town

Directed by Lee Sholem and Written by Nelson Nye Lee Sholem and James Gunn

EP 20

The Golden Gun

Frank Wilson, a notorious gunfighter, arrives in town to see his son, who has changed his name because he's ashamed of h

EP 21

Circle of Fear

Chris is forced to be the hero when a stagecoach is attacked by Indians.

EP 22

Split Second

Turned into a vicious gunslinger by his wife's murder, a marshal finds the killer.

EP 23

Point of Honor

Chris mistakes a female doctor for an outlaw.

EP 24

The Deserters

Chris Colt trails a number of deserters from an Army post to learn why they deserted.

EP 25

The Manbuster

A bitter young man is tempted to become an outlaw, then he unknowingly aids Chris colt in his search for a gang of bank

EP 26

Long Odds

Chris helps a dismissed sheriff clear his name.

EP 1

The Escape

No sooner has Chris turned a prisoner over to the Army than a girl uses Chris to get the man freed.

EP 2

Dead Aim

Chris Colt trails a bounty-hunter straight to a murder.

EP 3

The Magic Box

Chris needs a photographer's help to clear a condemned Indian.

EP 4

The Confession

A rancher seems eager to confess to a stage robbery.

EP 5

The Man Who Loved Lincoln

Colt is hired as bodyguard to actor Edwin Booth, brother of the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.

EP 6

The Sanctuary

A sheriff complicates Chris's hunt for a killer.

EP 7

The Saga of Sam Bass

Posing as a jailbird, Chris engineers a break to learn where loot has been hidden.

EP 8

Amnesty

Billy the Kid is offered amnesty by the governor, but a cynical sheriff raises Billy's doubts.

EP 9

The Pirate

Sent to regain Federal money stolen by a pirate, Chris ends up a prisoner on board the pirate's ship.

EP 10

Law West of the Pecos

Colt must defend his client---and himself---against a frame-up.

EP 11

Don't Tell Joe

Chris tries to keep a gunman from framing a marshal for murder.

EP 12

Return to El Paso

Chris finds the rifles he was to have impounded---after they're auctioned off to a rancher.

EP 13

Night of Decision

Leonard Nimoy plays Luke Reid, a robber who betrayed his men, and now has Chris Colt on his trail.

EP 1

Queen of Dixie

A counterfeiting ring makes things hot for Chris on a gambling boat

EP 2

The Reckoning

Chris is after killers in the desert. Father Knox: Jack Mather. Hicks: Joe di Reda. Gibson: Buzz Martin.

EP 3

The Devil's Godson

Adam West plays Doc Holliday, baiting a trap for a killer.

EP 4

The Rival Gun

Hunting a missing shipment, Chris clashes with a man who sells guns to hostile Indians

EP 5

The Hothead

Troy Donahue plays a bank clerk framed by outlaws.

EP 6

A Legend of Buffalo Bill

Chris meets Buffalo Bill and writer Ned Buntline (Lindsay Workman)---and a gang of hijackers.

EP 7

Yellow Terror

Colt uses panic about a yellow-fever epidemic to find a murderer.

EP 8

Tar and Feathers

Chris is assigned to protect a French diplomat touring the West.

EP 9

Alias Mr. Howard

Sam's on the trail of an outlaw but he doesn't know it's Jesse James.

EP 10

Calamity

Colt escorts a woman doctor and smallpox vaccine to Deadwood during an Indian uprising.

EP 11

Under False Pretenses

Sam, after the pair who robbed a stagecoach, finds one of them on the trail---dead. Mills: Tim Graham. Julie: Suzanne Ll

EP 12

Impasse

Sam and a soldier are carrying a military payroll and mistakenly turn it over to three bandits disguised as cavalry troo

EP 13

Arizona Anderson

Posing as a gambler, Sam puts on the pressure to locate stolen Government money.

EP 14

The Cause

Sam has to cope with Mexican rebels to retrieve a renegade colonel for the Government.

EP 15

Phantom Trail

The Colt boys work to nab cattle rustlers---with Sam posing as a killer eager to kill Chris.

EP 16

Breakthrough

Chris tries to stop highwaymen from taking a gold-laden stagecoach.

EP 17

Chain of Command

Colt risks a court-martial when he refuses to follow orders. Colt: Wayde Preston.

EP 18

Alibi

While Chris investigates an alleged murderer's innocence, the prisoner disappears.

EP 19

Absent Without Leave

A colonel accuses his lieutenant son of cowardice.

EP 20

Strange Encounter

Escorting two killers to jail, Chris comes upon injured men---and one of his prisoners is a doctor.

EP 21

Trial by Rope

Chris takes on a woman whose word is judge and jury combined.

EP 22

The Gandy Dancers

Sam's latest cause: helping immigrant workers who are being blackmailed by outlaws.

EP 23

Martial Law

A gambler and Sam can't seem to come to terms on Sam's crusade to clean up the town.

EP 24

Attack

The Sioux own ore-rich land - but miners are determined to take it over.

EP 25

Bounty List

Sam and a bounty hunter are after the same men. Sam wants them alive, but the bounty hunter just wants the cash.

EP 26

Appointment in Agoura

The Sanger family vows revenge on Ben Thompson after he shoots the youngest member in self defense. It's up to the Colt

EP 27

Showdown at Goldtown

A paroled ex-convict is to drive a gold-laden stage---which his enemy plans to rob.

EP 28

The Trespasser

Mike O'Tara is determined to avenge the murder, by a soldier, of his Indian wife.

Popular Cast

Wayde Preston
Wayde Preston
Christopher Colt