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  • Wagon Train The Christopher Hale Story (Season 4, Episode 25)
  • TV Episode | 60 min | Western

Wagon Train

The Christopher Hale Story (Season 4, Episode 25)
TV Episode | 60 min | Western

Flint meets Chris Hale alone on the prairie. Hale has just found his entire family massacred by Indians, and Flint asks him to join the wagon train. However, the company that owns the wagon train has hired a new wagonmaster, Jud Benedict. ...See moreFlint meets Chris Hale alone on the prairie. Hale has just found his entire family massacred by Indians, and Flint asks him to join the wagon train. However, the company that owns the wagon train has hired a new wagonmaster, Jud Benedict. Benedict is a ruthless and brutal tyrant who puts time above all other considerations, and does not care how many people are left behind or even die in the process of heading to the final destination as soon as possible. He has also hired unscrupulous gunmen to enforce this goal by brutalizing slower people, or anyone who stands up to him. It is revealed that Hale has also been a wagonmaster, but has retired from the job and does not ever want such a responsibility again. Still, people on the train are looking to Hale to stand up to Benedict. Written by anonymous See less
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Updated Mar 15, 1961

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Mar 15, 1961 (United States)

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25 cast members
Name Known for
Ward Bond
Major Seth Adams (credit only) Major Seth Adams (credit only)   See fewer
Robert Horton
Flint McCullough Flint McCullough   See fewer
John McIntire
Christopher Hale Christopher Hale   See fewer
William Demarest
Mr. Hennessey Mr. Hennessey   See fewer
Lee Marvin
Jud Benedict Jud Benedict   See fewer
Frank McGrath
Charlie Wooster Charlie Wooster   See fewer
Terry Wilson
Bill Hawks Bill Hawks   See fewer
L.Q. Jones
Lenny Lenny   See fewer
Nancy Rennick
Mrs. Stevens Mrs. Stevens   See fewer
Claire Carleton
Mrs. Hennessey Mrs. Hennessey   See fewer
Wesley Lau
Stevens Stevens   See fewer
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
Wash (as 'Red' Morgan) Wash (as 'Red' Morgan)   See fewer
Gabrielle des Enfants
Bonnie Stevens Bonnie Stevens   See fewer
Art Felix
Wagon Train Member (uncredited) Wagon Train Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Lloyd Ford
Wagon Train Member (uncredited) Wagon Train Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Joe Garcio
Wagon Train Member (uncredited) Wagon Train Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Leonard P. Geer
Fred (uncredited) Fred (uncredited)   See fewer
Chick Hannan
Wagon Train Member (uncredited) Wagon Train Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Reed Howes
Wagon Train Member (uncredited) Wagon Train Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Kermit Maynard
Wagon Train Member (uncredited) Wagon Train Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Lillian O'Malley
Wagon Train Member (uncredited) Wagon Train Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Phil Schumacher
Wagon Train Member (uncredited) Wagon Train Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Ted Smile
Wagon Train Member (uncredited) Wagon Train Member (uncredited)   See fewer
George Sowards
Wagon Train Member (uncredited) Wagon Train Member (uncredited)   See fewer
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