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COLLECTION · Series · 1965

Branded

Branded is an American Western series which aired on NBC from 1965 through 1966, sponsored by Procter & Gamble in its Sunday night 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time period, and starred Chuck Connors as Jason McCord, a United States Army Cavalry captain who had been drummed out of the service following an unjust accusation of cowardice.

Source: TMDB
* 6.8 (18)WesternUnited States · Canada
Creators
Larry Cohen
Countries
United States · Canada
Studios
NBC · Sentinel Productions · Madison Productions · Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions
Runtime
30 min/ep
Age rating
TV-G
Release
24/01/1965
Score
6.8 / 10 (18)
Where to watch
Streaming
PhiloPhilo
Seasons and episodes
Season 1
Season 1
16 episodes · 1965
Episode 1. Survival
1965-01-24 · 30 min

Jason McCord comes to the aid of a man, Jed Colbee, who he finds on foot and near death in the desert. Colbee tell Jas of his wife Sally & his daughter Jessie... who will be five in three days and how important it is for his ""Survival""…

Episode 2. The Vindicator
1965-01-31 · 30 min

""What happened at 'Bitter Creek'?"" That's what Ned Travis - a newspaper reporter from the New York Herald wants to know. His editor sent him west to do a story on Jason McCord. He searches out the widow of Lt. John Pritchett who was…

Episode 3. The Test
1965-02-07 · 30 min

While on his way to Sioux Falls.....Jason unintentionaly involves a Catholic priest in a deadly encounter with four drunken Comanches. Jason ends up killing three of the four Comanches. But he is upset when this strange does not take…

Episode 4. The Rules of the Game
1965-02-14 · 30 min

As Jas arrives in the town of Mckinley.....he sees someone he knew from the past. Elsie Brown - a saloon girl from Carson City. Now - Elsie Baron - a dressmaker. She remembers the ""tall man"" and reminds him that he owes a her a favor…

Episode 5. The Bounty
1965-02-21 · 30 min

While standing at the bar in a saloon, some cowboy comes up behind Jas and paints a yellow streak down his back. A fight breaks out amongst Jas and the Starrett brothers. Another cowboy by the name of Johnny Dolan steps in and helps…

Episode 6. Leap Upon Mountains...
1965-02-28 · 30 min

While passing by a cemetary; Jas notices a Quaker lady kneeling over a grave. While talking to Mrs. Cooper; some riders approach them and give her a rough time. Jas tangles with a man by the name of Karp and beats him. The Man in…

Episode 7. Coward Step Aside
1965-03-07 · 30 min

A young deputy (Johnny Crawford) is ordered by a gang of thieves to surrender the town so they can rob the bank. Because of a silver strike in a nearby town, all that's left of the town is a deputy, a one-legged bartender and the senior…

Episode 8. The Mission (1)
1965-03-14 · 30 min

Jason McCord is asked to return to Washington at the request of an old flame whose father happens to carry some influence. It seems that a number of people in various businesses want to have the treaty negotiated by General Reed vacated…

Episode 9. The Mission (2)
1965-03-21 · 30 min

McCord manages to meet with and infiltrate the Mexican bandits under the command of a rogue Mexican General. Jason convinces the bandits that his knowledge of military procedure will give them an edge in their most audacious atack yet;…

Episode 10. The Mission (3)
1965-03-28 · 30 min

McCord turns on the Mexican bandits as they try to steal the gold from the Army fort. Unfortunately, the Commanding Officer recognizes McCord and decides that the coward of Bitter Creek deserves hanging as much as the others. Despite…

Episode 11. The First Kill
1965-04-04 · 30 min

McCord pays a call on the family of a Confederate officer he was forced to kill in battle during the war. The father hasn't taken the loss of his first son very well, taking it out on his younger son in the form of perpetual…

Episode 12. Very Few Heroes
1965-04-11 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 13. One Way Out
1965-04-18 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 14. That the Brave Endure
1965-04-25 · 30 min

West Point Cadet Bain faces expulsion for making statements that support McCord's actions at Bitter Creek. Taking his outstanding record into account, the Academy gives Bain one month to re-consider his opinion. If he doesn't tender an…

Episode 15. Taste of Poison
1965-05-02 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 16. Price of a Name
1965-05-23 · 30 min

Jason and his friend Roy ride into a town after working on a long cattle drive. Miss Benson hires McCord as a supervisor for her expanding ranch but when Jason begins his new job, he finds a number of men waiting to rough him up. As the…

Season 2
Season 2
32 episodes · 1965
Episode 1. Judge Not
1965-09-12 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 2. Now Join the Human Race
1965-09-19 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 3. Mightier than the Sword
1965-09-26 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 4. I Killed Jason McCord
1965-10-03 · 30 min

A drifter robs McCord,stealing his horse. When he strolls into a saloon looking for trouble, the bandit winds up getting killed. After finding a letter addressed to Jason in the dead man's belonings, the town turns the young man who…

Episode 5. The Bar Sinister
1965-10-10 · 30 min

McCord gets caught up in a land use battle revolvoing around the seemingly orphaned son of an old friend. When the boy's estranged Uncle shows up to take the boy and the land rights he now owns, it's up to McCord to get the boy's Indian…

Episode 6. Seward's Folly
1965-10-17 · 30 min

McCord is paid to survey the newly acquired US possession of Alaska, where he finds evidence of gold and oil in abundance. But others want to steal the report to monopolize the find for themselves.

Episode 7. Salute the Soldier Briefly
1965-10-24 · 30 min

McCord saves a man who claims to have witnessed the massacre at Bitter Creek. The witness agrees to testify to the Army that McCord didn't run out on the battle but something about the story doesn't seem to ring true for Jason.

Episode 8. The Richest Man in Boot Hill
1965-10-31 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 9. Fill No Glass for Me (1)
1965-11-07 · 30 min

Another flashback episode, McCord stops off at the grave of a friend and remembers the incident that brought them together. Both captured by Indians, the Chief makes the coward and the Black soldier fight to the death.

Episode 10. Fill No Glass for Me (2)
1965-11-14 · 30 min

Macon and McCord are forced to fight to the death.

Episode 11. The Greastest Coward on Earth
1965-11-21 · 30 min

McCord's skills as a fighter cause him to turn down an offer from P.T. Barnum. Barnum uses McCord's name and the massacre at Bitter Creek as the basis for his new Wild West Show, which irritates McCord. To get Barnum to drop the Bitter…

Episode 12. $10,000 for Durango
1965-11-28 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 13. Romany Roundup (1)
1965-12-05 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 14. Romany Roundup (2)
1965-12-12 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 15. A Proud Town
1965-12-19 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 16. The Golden Fleece
1966-01-02 · 30 min

McCord is picked up by a group of soldiers who say they will try him not only for cowardice in the deadly Indian raid that killed everyone but him, but for complicity in planning it! However, the action is a ruse set up by President…

Episode 17. The Wolfers
1966-01-09 · 30 min

McCord happens across a young Indian woman and a dead companion while traveling. He tries to help the women only to run afoul of a trio of wolf trappers, one of whom has taken the Indian as his own. Classic 60's Bruce Dern psycho…

Episode 18. This Stage of Fools
1966-01-16 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 19. A Destiny Which Made Us Brothers
1966-01-23 · 30 min

McCord in awakened by a messenger from President Grant, bearing a bottle of whiskey. McCord remembers a chance meeting during the Civil War with the future President when they were both captured by Confederate soldiers.

Episode 20. McCord's Way
1966-01-30 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 21. Nice Day for a Hanging
1966-02-06 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 22. Barbed Wire
1966-02-13 · 30 min

A feud between two wealthy and powerful ranchers reaches a new level when one of them (McCord's friend) imports barbed wire from the East and plans to use it to fence in his herd. The other rancher, believing in the open range and…

Episode 23. Yellow for Courage
1966-02-20 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 24. Call to Glory (1)
1966-02-27 · 30 min

Jason McCord is sent undercover by the President to gain information on a potential Presidential bid by General George Armstrong Custer. Because McCord and Custer are old Academy buddies, President Grant hopes that Jason can uncover…

Episode 25. Call to Glory (2)
1966-03-06 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 26. Call to Glory (3)
1966-03-13 · 30 min

The crisis averted and Custer's political ambitions quelled for now, McCord and Custer part ways as Custer tells his friend he is on his way to a place called Little Big Horn.

Episode 27. The Ghost of Murietta
1966-03-20 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 28. The Assassins (1)
1966-03-27 · 30 min

McCord returns to Washington once again only to find himself in the middle of a plot to assassinate the President. McCord discovers the plot only to wind up unconscious and captured by the assassins.

Episode 29. The Assassins (2)
1966-04-03 · 30 min

McCord escapes his captors after finding out that the President will be poisoned by a performer at a costume party that night. Jason runs into Ashley and knocks him out, taking his costume and invitation. McCord saves the President in…

Episode 30. Headed for Doomsday
1966-04-10 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 31. Cowards Die Many Times
1966-04-17 · 30 min

No synopsis

Episode 32. Kellie
1966-04-24 · 30 min

No synopsis

Cast by season
Chuck Connors
Chuck Connors
Captain Jason McCord
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