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The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

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The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters is an American western television series based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Robert Lewis Taylor. The show aired on ABC in the 1963-1964 television season and was produced by MGM Television. The series introduces Dan O'Herlihy as a charming Scotsman of the frontier, Dr. Sardius McPheeters. As with many such charmers, Doc is missing something commonsense-wise. Fortunately his 12-year-old son, Jaimie (Kurt Russell), makes up for it by being as sharp as Daddy is gullible. The production is slick, authentic and brisk.

Sep 29, 19631 seasons26 episodesEndedEN

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Dan O'Herlihy

Dr. Sardius McPheeters

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Kurt Russell

Jamie McPheeters

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Charles Bronson

Linc Murdock

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Meg Wyllie

Mrs. Kissel

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Michael Witney

Buck Coulter

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Mark Allen

Matt Kissel

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Seasons

Season 1

26 episodes

Premiered Sep 15, 1963

Episodes

1–6 of 26

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Ep 1

The Day of Leaving

Sep 15, 1963

Jaimie is chased by his father's creditors while traveling on a riverboat. After falling overboard, he is then captured and held for ransom by a pair of rascals.

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Ep 2

The Day of the First Trail

Sep 22, 1963

This episode concerns a gun-happy youth who kills an Indian woman.

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Ep 3

The Day of the First Suitor

Sep 29, 1963

The Beaver Company stops at Whiskey springs during a July Fourth celebration, and Jenny receives her first marriage proposal from a young stranger.

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Ep 4

The Day of the Golden Fleece

Oct 6, 1963

Special guest star James Whitmore plays Foxy Smith, a swindler (with a heart of gold) holed up in a cave hiding from Indians who want his scalp. Jaimie offers to help him.

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Ep 5

The Day of the Last Bugle

Oct 13, 1963

The wagon train finds an entire Army regiment wiped out by Indians, except for a wounded young lieutenant, and Coulter wonders how he alone was able to survive the attack.

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Ep 6

The Day of the Skinners

Oct 20, 1963

A girl runs away from a band of buffalo skinners and seeks shelter with the wagon train. The ruthless leader of the skinners demands her return, but Coulter refuses. Then an old nemesis of Doc and Jaimie comes upon the skinners' camp and offers to get the girl for them---and hopes to get his revenge in the process.

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