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Trackdown: Season 1

32 episodes Premiered Oct 4, 1957 Updated Jul 20, 2026
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Episodes

S1·E2

Law in Lampasas

Oct 11, 1957 · 30 min

Hoby, passing through Lampasas, involves himself when the whole town seems intent on the legal lynching of what he thinks is an innocent man.

S1·E7

Alpine, Texas

Nov 15, 1957 · 30 min

Hoby rides into Alpine, Texas looking for a friend. He finds instead a hatred for the Texas Rangers-- and the entire town sides against him to drive him out.

S1·E11

The Town

Dec 13, 1957 · 30 min

S1·E13

The Reward

Jan 3, 1958 · 30 min

Hoby tracks down a missing florist with a rare orchid, who may hold the key to missing bank money and three fugitive bank robbers.

S1·E14

The Farrand Story

Jan 10, 1958 · 30 min

Hoby tracks the murderer of a married man who may have been ready to leave his wife for another woman.

S1·E18

The Young Gun

Feb 7, 1958

Hoby is dispatched to Del Rio to investigate a bank robbery. He poses as a criminal to trick one of the bank robbers to lead him to the the rest of the gang and the money.

S1·E21

The Bounty Hunter

Mar 7, 1958 · 30 min

Nick Adams and Michael Landon as bad-guy brothers

S1·E22

The Judge

Mar 14, 1958 · 30 min

Hoby is forced to arrest the wild son of a local judge for murder, the kid telling him all the while he'll never stand trial.

S1·E24

The Boy

Mar 28, 1958 · 30 min

S1·E26

The Winter Boys

Apr 11, 1958 · 30 min

Hoby has to nursemaid a witness from El Paso who's in hiding until the big murder trial in three weeks.

S1·E27

The Mistake

Apr 18, 1958 · 30 min

Hoby gets on the bad side of town when he assists in freeing what he thinks is an innocent man. However, once acquitted, the killer admits his guilt only to the Ranger and makes hi

S1·E28

The Deal

Apr 25, 1958 · 30 min

Hoby has to deal with a notorious outlaw/killer who is holding a runaway town boy for ransom.

S1·E29

The Jailbreak

May 2, 1958 · 30 min

Hoby has to deal with a jailbreak-- except the cowboy doesn't leave-- he takes three hostages and tries to work a trade-- them for the Ranger!

S1·E31

The Brothers

May 16, 1958 · 30 min

Twins (both played by Steve McQueen) change identities to confuse Hoby.

S1·E32

The Governor

May 23, 1958 · 30 min

Hoby has to contend with a murder in a small town the day before the arrival of the Governor for the dedication of a new school-- and the victim was an undercover Texas Ranger.