The WORST episodes of Yancy Derringer

Every episode of Yancy Derringer ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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).

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#1 - Two Tickets to Promontory

Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 6/4/1959

On a train trip to a celebration of the completion of the transcontinental railroad, Yancy discovers a saboteur.

Directors: Richard Sale
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#2 - Gone But Not Forgotten

Season 1 - Episode 33 - Aired 5/28/1959

A friend of Yancy's comes to visit from Virginia City, with news that his silver mine is doing well, but that there is a gravestone in the cemetery with Yancy's name on it.

Writer: Richard Sale
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#3 - The Quiet Firecracker

Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 5/21/1959

Yancy's good friend, Miss Mandarin, is accused of smuggling opium into the city inside firecrackers.

Directors: Boris Sagal
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#4 - V as in Voodoo

Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 5/14/1959

Yancy tries to combat superstition when the city is terrorized by a mysterious voodoo priestess.

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#5 - A State of Crisis

Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/30/1959

With the city of New Orleans plagued by counterfeit money, General Hugh Morgan arrives in New Orleans with orders promoting John Colton to a post in Washington and giving Morgan command of the city.

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#6 - The Gun That Murdered Lincoln

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/19/1959

Yancy is unjustly accused of having provided the weapon used by presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth.

Directors: Richard Sale
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5.67
3 votes

#7 - The Night the Russians Landed

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/29/1959

A visiting Russian noble appears to have become a target for murder.

Directors: Richard Sale
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3 votes

#8 - 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.

Directors: Richard Sale
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#9 - 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.

Directors: Richard Sale
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3 votes

#10 - 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.

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3 votes

#11 - 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.

Directors: Richard Sale
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#12 - 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.

Directors: Richard Sale
Writer: Richard Sale
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#13 - 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.

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#14 - 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.

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#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.

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#16 - 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.

Directors: Richard Sale
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#17 - Fire on the Frontier

Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/2/1959

Yancy's Indian friend Pahoo becomes an important element in efforts to prevent a war with the Pawnee tribes.

Directors: Richard Sale
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#18 - 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.

Directors: Richard Sale
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#19 - 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.

Directors: Richard Sale
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3 votes

#20 - Marble Fingers

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/18/1958

Yancy tries to find out who's responsible for recent grave robberies.

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3 votes

#21 - 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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5 votes

#22 - The Loot from Richmond

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/20/1958

A messenger is sent to New Orleans by a former general in the Civil War, but is killed before he can reveal what happened to a fortune that was taken from Richmond, Virginia.

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5 votes

#23 - 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.

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6 votes

#24 - 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.

Directors: Richard Sale
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6.43
7 votes

#25 - 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.

Directors: Richard Sale
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