The BEST episodes of Yancy Derringer
Every episode of Yancy Derringer ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Yancy Derringer!
Yancy Derringer (Jock Mahoney) gets involved in adventures in New Orleans after the end of the Civil War. Besides being a gambler, Derringer also worked as a troubleshooter for city administrator John Colton (Kevin Hagen). He was assisted in his endeavors by a Pawnee sidekick (X Brands).
#1 - Return to New Orleans
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/1958
Yancy wins enough money playing poker to pay for his return home to New Orleans. The losing players decide to rob him of his winnings, but he escapes on a riverboat.
#2 - Two of a Kind
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/1/1959
Yancy and Pahoo are framed for a series of crimes, and now face execution.
#3 - Duel at the Oaks
Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/9/1959
Yancy is sentenced to hang for killing a man in a duel.
#4 - The Wayward Warrior
Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/16/1959
Trying to stop some gun smugglers, Yancy has a run-in with a boxing champion and a re-match with a female river pirate.
#5 - Outlaw at Liberty
Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 5/7/1959
Yancy is at a loss to figure out what's going on when a marshal he knows charges an old wartime friend with murder.
#6 - Gallatin Street
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/1958
Yancy helps a sea captain who was cheated out of his money in a dive on notorious Gallatin Street.
#7 - Ticket to Natchez
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/23/1958
City administrator Colton entrusts Yancy with an army payroll that is to be taken to Natchez on Yancy's riverboat, the Sultana, but robbers have other plans.
#8 - A Bullet for Bridget
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/6/1958
An Irish girl visitng New Orleans decides that Yancy is to be her future husband.
#9 - The Saga of Lonesome Jackson
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/27/1958
A wealthy but lonely man who has come to New Orleans looking for a wife asks Yancy to help him.
#10 - An Ace Called Spade
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/30/1958
Yancy is relieved to find that a newspaper story about administrator Colton's death is premature, but fears that Colton will be the victim of trickery in an upcoming duel.
#11 - The Belle from Boston
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/1958
After administrator Colton hangs a member of an outlaw gang, the others decide to take revenge on his visiting sister.
#12 - Memo to a Firing Squad
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/1958
An army officer with vengeance on his mind tries to stop a presidential pardon from reaching a man who is scheduled to die before a firing squad.
#13 - The Fair Freebooter
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/15/1959
Yancy must deal with a female pirate whose gang has stolen a valuable necklace from representatives of the Mexican government.
#14 - Collector's Item
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/26/1959
To assist a woman in her crusade to provide a home for the city's orphans, Yancy comes up with a scheme that requires the aid of photography pioneer Matthew Brady.
#15 - Thunder on the River
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/12/1959
Yancy decides to help a fellow riverboat owner whose fleet is being sabotaged by rivals trying to corner the market on river traffic.
#16 - Longhair
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/5/1959
When famed General George Armstrong Custer visits New Orleans, Yancy discovers that he is being stalked by an Indian seeking revenge for a past wrong.
#17 - The Louisiana Dude
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/26/1959
Winning a half interest in a silver mine while visiting Virginia City, Yancy discovers that his new partner is a beautiful woman.
#18 - Hell and High Water
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/19/1959
A landowner comes up with a risky scheme to protect her property when it is threatened by flood waters.
#19 - Panic in Town
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/12/1959
With a serial killer loose in New Orleans and the authorities seemingly powerless, a group of vigilantes decides to take action before any more prominent women are murdered.
#20 - A Game of Chance
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/5/1959
Yancy suspects foul play when a lottery winner dies before she can collect.
#21 - Mayhem at the Market
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/22/1959
Merchants are in such fear for their lives that Yancy gets no cooperation in his attempt to break a new protection racket.
#22 - Nightmare on Bourbon Street
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/8/1959
A mysterious mad bomber steals explosives and threatens to blow up the entire city of New Orleans.
#23 - Old Dixie
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/25/1958
Villains go after Yancy's dog after Yancy's father dies leaving a note that only the dog knows where the family pre-war fortune is buried.
#24 - Marble Fingers
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/18/1958
Yancy tries to find out who's responsible for recent grave robberies.
#25 - Three Knaves from New Haven
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/1958
Shop owners receive threats of violence if they refuse to sell their property to three strangers.
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