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The Best Episodes of Colt .45 Season 1

Every episode of Colt .45 Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Colt .45 Season 1!

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Colt .45 is an American Western series which aired on ABC between October 1957 and September 1960. Christopher Colt was apparently a gun salesman but was in fact a government agent tracking down notorious

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Colt .45 Season 1 Episode 9 - Young Gun
    8.5/10(31 votes)

    S1:E9

    A young man buys a gun from Chris. The only problem with that is he soon learns that the boy is out for retribution against the man who killed his father during a bank job.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writers:Joel Rapp, William Driskill

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  2. Colt .45 Season 1 Episode 15 - Dead Reckoning
    8.3/10(25 votes)

    S1:E15

    To learn about a huge robbery plot, Chris goes undercover as an outlaw in hopes of infiltrating the suspected gang.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Colt .45 Season 1 Episode 4 - Gallows at Granite Gap
    8.0/10(28 votes)

    S1:E4

    Chris captures the notorious outlaw The Comanche Kid in Granite Gap. The townspeople are bound and determined to hang him, but an elderly woman believes that the Kid is her long-long son.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Colt .45 Season 1 Episode 5 - Small Man
    8.0/10(27 votes)

    S1:E5

    Chris finds a seemingly mild mannered tenderfoot who always wins when he finds himself in a gunfight.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Colt .45 Season 1 Episode 17 - Rare Specimen
    8.0/10(17 votes)

    S1:E17

    Undercover government agent Chris Colt is wounded during a train robbery. A woman passenger uses a piece of needlework to patch up his bullet-torn jacket, and this piece of fabric provides a valuable clue later on.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Colt .45 Season 1 Episode 18 - Mantrap
    8.0/10(21 votes)

    S1:E18

    A government agent brings down outlaws with help from the celebrated Colt revolver that his father invented.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Colt .45 Season 1 Episode 1 - Judgment Day
    7.8/10(36 votes)

    S1:E1

    Gun salesman Christopher Colt arrives in Cottonwood, Arizona, ready to sell his new line of guns, but a young missionary gets on his case for helping contribute to the culture of violence in the west.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Colt .45 Season 1 Episode 13 - Mirage
    7.8/10(20 votes)

    S1:E13

    Chris once again finds himself helping a small Mexican village from Army renegade raiders.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Colt .45 Season 1 Episode 23 - Point of Honor
    7.8/10(23 votes)

    S1:E23

    Chris mistakes a female doctor for an outlaw.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Colt .45 Season 1 Episode 2 - A Time to Die
    7.7/10(35 votes)

    S1:E2

    Escorting a prisoner across the desert, Chris is waylaid by the outlaw's cohorts. Now it's a fight for survival when he finds himself without a horse, food or water.

    Director:Edward Bernds
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  11. Colt .45 Season 1 Episode 12 - Sign in the Sand
    7.7/10(23 votes)

    S1:E12

    Chris joins forces with a government agent to guard an Army payroll shipment.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Colt .45 Season 1 Episode 16 - Decoy
    7.7/10(18 votes)

    S1:E16

    Mexican outlaws raid cargoes of federal firearms.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Colt .45 Season 1 Episode 20 - The Golden Gun
    7.7/10(24 votes)

    S1:E20

    Frank Wilson, a notorious gunfighter, arrives in town to see his son, who has changed his name because he's ashamed of his father. It's not long before Frank Sr. is forced to kill a challenger in a gunfight, after which he collapses. It turns out that he's terminally ill and hasn't long to live, and has come to town to leave his son a golden gun and a map to the spot where he has hidden %50,000 in stolen loot.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Colt .45 Season 1 Episode 7 - One Good Turn
    7.6/10(21 votes)

    S1:E7

    When bandits raid and terrorize a small Mexican village, Chris comes to help quell the attacks of violence and terror.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Colt .45 Season 1 Episode 25 - The Manbuster
    7.6/10(19 votes)

    S1:E25

    A bitter young man is tempted to become an outlaw, then he unknowingly aids Chris colt in his search for a gang of bank robbers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Colt .45 Season 1 Episode 10 - Rebellion
    7.5/10(21 votes)

    S1:E10

    While checking into a secessionist plot, Chis find very little until he finds a mysterious symbol on a Mexican peso, his only clue.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Colt .45 Season 1 Episode 11 - The Gypsies
    7.4/10(22 votes)

    S1:E11

    Chris attempts to smooth things out between a Lawman and his girlfriend when she runs off with a Gypsy leader.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Colt .45 Season 1 Episode 21 - Circle of Fear
    7.4/10(21 votes)

    S1:E21

    Chris is forced to be the hero when a stagecoach is attacked by Indians.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Colt .45 Season 1 Episode 8 - Last Chance
    7.3/10(24 votes)

    S1:E8

    While on a hunting trip with a fellow lawman, Chris encounters a woman who claims to have been a witness to a murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Colt .45 Season 1 Episode 14 - Blood Money
    7.3/10(20 votes)

    S1:E14

    Chris finds himself in a tight spot when an outlaw agrees to turn himself in provided the reward money goes to his girlfriend who needs the money for a procedure to save her life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Colt .45 Season 1 Episode 22 - Split Second
    7.3/10(18 votes)

    S1:E22

    Turned into a vicious gunslinger by his wife's murder, a marshal finds the killer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Colt .45 Season 1 Episode 3 - The $3,000 Dollar Bullet
    7.2/10(30 votes)

    S1:E3

    A wanted man Chris is after gets shot down in a saloon after he shoots another man. Three men then try to claim the reward for the criminal. Chris pretends to be the dead man's friend, but things get tense when someone in town recognizes him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Colt .45 Season 1 Episode 19 - Ghost Town
    7.1/10(25 votes)

    S1:E19

    Directed by Lee Sholem and Written by Nelson Nye Lee Sholem and James Gunn

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Colt .45 Season 1 Episode 26 - Long Odds
    7.1/10(21 votes)

    S1:E26

    Chris helps a dismissed sheriff clear his name.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Colt .45 Season 1 Episode 6 - Final Payment
    7.0/10(27 votes)

    S1:E6

    When the government finds itself in a case of fraud, Chris goes undercover in an attempt to find the culprits and to expose their plot.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Young Gun" is the best rated episode of "Colt .45" season 1. It scored 8.5/10 based on 31 votes. Directed by Walter Grauman and written by Joel Rapp, William Driskill, it aired on 12/13/1957. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Dead Reckoning".