Trackdown

Trackdown

1957
Trackdown
Trackdown

Trackdown

7.9 | en | Western

Trackdown is an American Western television series starring Robert Culp that aired on CBS between 1957 and 1959. More than seventy episodes of this series were produced by Dick Powell's Four Star Television and filmed at the Desilu-Culver Studio. The series was itself a spin-off of Powell's anthology series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater.

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EP39  Quiet Night in Porter
Sep. 23,1959
Quiet Night in Porter

Chad Winter, the owner of the general store, finds an old woman in his store after closing then two men walk in and shoot him. Hoby has to find out who killed him.

EP38  Blind Alley
Sep. 16,1959
Blind Alley

Rufus Cole shoots Mike Hardesty off his horse on the trail. Hoby who had been trailing Rufus for six weeks comes along to save Mike but he has lost his sight.

EP37  Back to Crawford
Sep. 09,1959
Back to Crawford

Hoby returns home to Crawford to help his sister Nora after she sends him a telegram that somebody has been threatening her and because he gets a telegram from town drunk Fred Sales to come home quick because his sister is going to die.

EP36  Inquest
Sep. 02,1959
Inquest

Hoby is helping Sheriff Lee look into a murder. But the widow, the doctor and even the sheriff have motives with none helpful in finding the killer.

EP35  Toss-Up
May. 20,1959
Toss-Up

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EP34  The Unwanted
May. 13,1959
The Unwanted

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EP33  The Vote
May. 06,1959
The Vote

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EP32  The Gift Horse
Apr. 29,1959
The Gift Horse

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EP31  The Eyes of Jerry Kelso
Apr. 22,1959
The Eyes of Jerry Kelso

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EP30  The Trick
Apr. 15,1959
The Trick

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EP29  False Witness
Apr. 08,1959
False Witness

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EP28  The Protector
Apr. 01,1959
The Protector

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EP27  Stranger in Town
Mar. 25,1959
Stranger in Town

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EP26  Fear
Mar. 18,1959
Fear

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EP25  Hard Lines
Mar. 11,1959
Hard Lines

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EP24  The Threat
Mar. 04,1959
The Threat

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EP23  The Gang
Feb. 25,1959
The Gang

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EP22  The Samaritan
Feb. 18,1959
The Samaritan

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EP21  The Feud
Feb. 11,1959
The Feud

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EP20  Terror
Feb. 04,1959
Terror

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EP19  Bad Judgment
Jan. 28,1959
Bad Judgment

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EP18  McCallin's Daughter
Jan. 02,1959
McCallin's Daughter

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EP17  Every Man a Witness
Dec. 26,1958
Every Man a Witness

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EP16  Guilt
Dec. 19,1958
Guilt

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EP15  The Kid
Dec. 12,1958
The Kid

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EP14  Three-Legged Fox
Dec. 05,1958
Three-Legged Fox

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EP13  Day of Vengeance
Nov. 28,1958
Day of Vengeance

A young man seeks the person who killed his brother. The truth is not what he expected.

EP12  Sunday's Child
Nov. 21,1958
Sunday's Child

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EP11  Deadly Decoy
Nov. 14,1958
Deadly Decoy

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EP10  The Schoolteacher
Nov. 07,1958
The Schoolteacher

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EP9  The Avenger
Oct. 31,1958
The Avenger

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EP8  Tenner Smith
Oct. 24,1958
Tenner Smith

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EP7  Matter of Justice
Oct. 17,1958
Matter of Justice

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EP6  Trapped
Oct. 10,1958
Trapped

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EP5  A Stone for Benny French
Oct. 03,1958
A Stone for Benny French

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EP4  The Set-Up
Sep. 26,1958
The Set-Up

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EP3  Chinese Cowboy
Sep. 19,1958
Chinese Cowboy

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EP2  Outlaw's Wife
Sep. 12,1958
Outlaw's Wife

The town's women want Hoby to make an outlaw's wife (who just returned to Porter) leave town.

EP1  Killer Take All
Sep. 05,1958
Killer Take All

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Released: 1957-10-04 | Released Producted By: CBS , Four Stars Productions Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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Trackdown is an American Western television series starring Robert Culp that aired on CBS between 1957 and 1959. More than seventy episodes of this series were produced by Dick Powell's Four Star Television and filmed at the Desilu-Culver Studio. The series was itself a spin-off of Powell's anthology series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater.

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John T. Ryan AMONG THE MOST popular subjects to center a Western on has long been stories of the highly storied Texas Rangers, incidentally, who were the first State Police department in the Country. We can and will name several series that find their roots in the organization.STARTING WITH THE most fundamental and ancestral to all is THE LONE RANGER; which started out with the cold blooded massacre of a troop of Rangers. The sole survivor becomes the one who dons the mask. TALES OF THE Texas RANGERS, like the previously mentioned series was a kiddie show its origin on the radio also. We even have WALKER, Texas RANGER in more recent times.SO, SOMEWHERE IN the middle, circa 1957-59, we were presented with, for our approval, TRACKDOWN. It starred a young Robert Culp as Ranger Hoby Gillman. He was sullen, humorless and all business. Mr. Culp played him that way to a tee, creating for us the impression that this was his own true personality.THE SERIES' OPENING sported the Flag of the Texas Rangers vigorously blowing across our smallish, B & W TV screens. It was accompanied with opening theme, which we have long since forgotten. We do seem to recall that there was an announcer doing opening voice over.EACH AND EVERY week, Ranger Gillman was out somewhere in solo force, looking for those who were wanted for previous High Misdemeanors and Felonies. In short, the Ranger was serving Arrest Warrants. HJe served many and did it far and wide.OF PARTICULAR INTEREST is one episode which co-featured a Bounty Hunter, who struck an alliance with Hoby. This Boiunty Hunter was Josh Randall, portrayed by Steve McQueen. This is the most significant episode in the series; for it served as the Pilot for McQueen's starring in WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE.NOW SCHULTZ, DON'T them network execs move in mysterious ways?
rcbrammer Trackdown, Wanted Dead or Alive, Gunsmoke, and Have Gun, Will Travel were my favorite television westerns during the 1950s. I have the DVDs of the last three but can no record of Trackdown being available? Hoby Gillman is as an important part of my memory as Josh Randall, Matt Dillon, and Paladin. I remember being glued in front of the television set on Saturday night with my family all around, turning the rabbit ears in JUST the right direction to get the least amount of "snow". A bowl full of popcorn and a bottle of Dr.Pepper by my side, I rode the range with all of my idols. Through the miracle of cable and a DVD player I can experience this feeling once again and it's wonderful! Trackdown was on for three seasons, as I recall. Does anyone know if it's available?
Allen J. Duffis (sataft-2) This show's character was a major departure for standard western characterizations of the late 1950's. And the individual solely responsible for that swing in characterization was the series star, Robert Culp.Culp played the show's lead character, Texas Ranger Hobey Gillman, as a hip, cool dude; somewhat reminiscent of the then running top rated detective series, Peter Gunn.Culp gave the character a cool walk 'hip-diddy' walk, and spoke his lines as though he'd taken his responses off the top of his head and, basically, without any thought whatsoever before doing so. He was even cool when someone had the drop on him, or when he outdrew the bad guy. He was just plain 'cool'.Robert Culp sharpened this image during his tenure in his first television starring role and vehicle. He then deftly transferred it, intact, to the character Kelly Robinson in the 1965 TV espionage hit, "I Spy." In that top rated series in which he starred with acting newcomer Bill Cosby, to this day, many fans of the show felt that it was Culp's acting demeanor that gave the show it's real appeal. Unfortunately, Cosby's being the first Black in a television series in a lead role, stole the show from him. Cosby became the viewer draw.Culp was initially hired to be the 'lead' star in the series, but in the last three years of its run, Cosby was the everyone talked about even though, clearly, he was not the veteran or polished actor Cosby was.In the final two years, Cosby was even paid more for his participation than Culp was, which did not come out until some ten or more years after the series ended.Regardless, the series was a good one for its time, even though now quite dated to a younger generation who know little of and care less about the 'Cold War' period of history.
Virgil_Hilts_1964 This, along with Wanted Dead or Alive, was one of the better written and scripted of the routine weekly western TV dramas that glutted late 1950s TV.Robert Culp was unique in his character of Hobie Gilman. Gilman looked for the moral justice behind each situation he found himself in. It was not just 30 minutes of chase 'em and shoot 'em.Interestingly, Steve McQueen got his first shot at a TV series by playing Josh Randall on an episode of Track Down. His spin off series Wanted Dead or Alive was also a unique series, and launched another great actor's career.By today's standards, yes, most of the 1950s westerns were formulaic. But if you have the time to catch a group of them for comparison, Track Down stands out. Culp is a great actor, as subsequently shown in every piece of work he did later on.