Original title
Johnny Ringo
Released
10/2/1959
Origin country
US
Genre
Western
Production companies
Four Stars Productions
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
1
Number of episodes
38
Johnny Ringo is an American Western television series starring Don Durant that aired on CBS from October 1, 1959, until June 30, 1960. It is loosely based on the life of the notorious gunfighter and outlaw Johnny Ringo, also known as John Peters Ringo or John B. Ringgold, who tangled with Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and Buckskin Franklin Leslie.
Ringo tires of his life as a gunfighter and becomes Sheriff of a lawless Arizona town known as Velardi. He hires the town drunk as deputy, who repays Ringo's faith in him when the chips are down.
A little girl comes into Cason's general store to buy a gun. The child says her father has been murdered and she's going to find his killer.
Posing as a condemned killer, Johnny Ringo is locked up with four other men in death row. Ringo's job is to determine which of the four is innocent.
Two brothers are out to kill Ringo and avenge a third brother who was killed by Johnny in a gunfight.
The town bank refuses to lend Wes Tymon money to provide medical attention for his wife. When Mrs. Tymon dies, Wes goes gunning for the town banker.
Mamie Murphy, Broken Wagon's hard-bitten saloon-keeper, is accused of murder. She telegraphs Johnny Ringo to save her.
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