Original title
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Released
10/15/1954
Origin country
US
Genre
Family, Western
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
5
Number of episodes
164
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin is an American children's television program. Beginning in October 1954 until May 1959, 166 episodes originally aired on ABC television network. It starred child actor Lee Aaker as Rusty, a boy orphaned in an Indian raid, who was being raised by the soldiers at a US Cavalry post known as Fort Apache. He and his German shepherd dog, Rin Tin Tin, helped the soldiers to establish order in the American West. Texas-born actor James Brown appeared as Lieutenant Ripley "Rip" Masters. Co-stars included veteran actor Joe Sawyer and actor Rand Brooks from Gone with the Wind fame.
Rusty and a new boy at the fort have a hard time getting along.
Rusty's little friend Susan persuades him to leave Fort Apache and witness an Indian uprising.
A new bugler, soon to retire from the Fort, hopes his bugling skills may save the troops from an Indian ambush, with the help of Rinty and Rusty,
2 wild stallions, one good and one bad, battle it out for control of a herd of horses.
A father, mother and son are transporting a shipment of guns to the west coast by order of an Indian agent who gets arrested for being corrupt. The family has no idea that an Indian tribe is going to ambush them and steal the guns.
Sterling Holloway guests stars as Sorrowful Joe. It seems everything bad that could happen, does so whenever he's around.
Four gunmen threaten the life of an old friend of Rusty and Rip Masters.
A half-breed who has worked with the army for 10 years tries to convince the men of Fort Apache that his tribe isn't responsible for recent raids on villages.
After all the Indian tribes in the Fort Apache area sign a peace treaty, the War Department orders the fort closed. All the men leave on furlough while waiting for reassignment. Then the Comanche Chief, Okoma, takes over the fort and joins forces with Chief Black Cloud to raid the surrounding territory. Major Swenson is ordered to retake Fort Apache.
Marshal Higgins and his deputy, Kid Hooker, start courting a charming widow. Hooker, who was once a desperado, decides to surrender his badge and return to a life of crime when he fears Higgins may marry the lady.
Sergeant O'Hara takes Rinty and Rusty with him on a gold-mining expedition to an abandoned gold mine. There they run into three desperadoes who have just robbed a bank.
Rip Masters' brother, Bill is helping direct a herd of cattle to market. His foreman wants to go Apache lands risking a break in the peace treaty. Bill is able to make a deal with the Indians so the herd can proceed through.
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