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Yancy Derringer: Season 1

34 episodes Premiered Oct 2, 1958 Updated Jul 21, 2026
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Episodes

S1·E1

Return to New Orleans

Oct 2, 1958 · 30 min

Yancy wins enough money playing poker to pay for his return home to New Orleans. The losing players decide to rob him of his winnings, but he escapes on a riverboat.

S1·E2

Gallatin Street

Oct 9, 1958 · 30 min

Yancy helps a sea captain who was cheated out of his money in a dive on notorious Gallatin Street.

S1·E3

Ticket to Natchez

Oct 23, 1958 · 30 min

City administrator Colton entrusts Yancy with an army payroll that is to be taken to Natchez on Yancy's riverboat, the Sultana, but robbers have other plans.

S1·E4

An Ace Called Spade

Oct 30, 1958 · 30 min

Yancy is relieved to find that a newspaper story about administrator Colton's death is premature, but fears that Colton will be the victim of trickery in an upcoming duel.

S1·E5

A Bullet for Bridget

Nov 6, 1958 · 30 min

An Irish girl visitng New Orleans decides that Yancy is to be her future husband.

S1·E6

The Belle from Boston

Nov 13, 1958 · 30 min

After administrator Colton hangs a member of an outlaw gang, the others decide to take revenge on his visiting sister.

S1·E7

The Loot from Richmond

Nov 20, 1958 · 30 min

A messenger is sent to New Orleans by a former general in the Civil War, but is killed before he can reveal what happened to a fortune that was taken from Richmond, Virginia.

S1·E8

The Saga of Lonesome Jackson

Nov 27, 1958 · 30 min

A wealthy but lonely man who has come to New Orleans looking for a wife asks Yancy to help him.

S1·E9

Memo to a Firing Squad

Dec 4, 1958 · 30 min

An army officer with vengeance on his mind tries to stop a presidential pardon from reaching a man who is scheduled to die before a firing squad.

S1·E10

Three Knaves from New Haven

Dec 11, 1958 · 30 min

Shop owners receive threats of violence if they refuse to sell their property to three strangers.

S1·E11

Marble Fingers

Dec 18, 1958 · 30 min

Yancy tries to find out who's responsible for recent grave robberies.

S1·E12

Old Dixie

Dec 25, 1958 · 30 min

Villains go after Yancy's dog after Yancy's father dies leaving a note that only the dog knows where the family pre-war fortune is buried.

S1·E13

Two of a Kind

Jan 1, 1959 · 30 min

Yancy and Pahoo are framed for a series of crimes, and now face execution.

S1·E14

Nightmare on Bourbon Street

Jan 8, 1959 · 30 min

A mysterious mad bomber steals explosives and threatens to blow up the entire city of New Orleans.

S1·E15

The Fair Freebooter

Jan 15, 1959 · 30 min

Yancy must deal with a female pirate whose gang has stolen a valuable necklace from representatives of the Mexican government.

S1·E16

Mayhem at the Market

Jan 22, 1959 · 30 min

Merchants are in such fear for their lives that Yancy gets no cooperation in his attempt to break a new protection racket.

S1·E18

A Game of Chance

Feb 5, 1959 · 30 min

Yancy suspects foul play when a lottery winner dies before she can collect.

S1·E19

Panic in Town

Feb 12, 1959 · 30 min

With a serial killer loose in New Orleans and the authorities seemingly powerless, a group of vigilantes decides to take action before any more prominent women are murdered.

S1·E20

Hell and High Water

Feb 19, 1959 · 30 min

A landowner comes up with a risky scheme to protect her property when it is threatened by flood waters.

S1·E21

The Louisiana Dude

Feb 26, 1959 · 30 min

Winning a half interest in a silver mine while visiting Virginia City, Yancy discovers that his new partner is a beautiful woman.

S1·E22

Longhair

Mar 5, 1959 · 30 min

When famed General George Armstrong Custer visits New Orleans, Yancy discovers that he is being stalked by an Indian seeking revenge for a past wrong.

S1·E23

Thunder on the River

Mar 12, 1959 · 30 min

Yancy decides to help a fellow riverboat owner whose fleet is being sabotaged by rivals trying to corner the market on river traffic.

S1·E24

The Gun That Murdered Lincoln

Mar 19, 1959 · 30 min

Yancy is arrested on a charge of high treason. His crime: selling John Wilkes Booth the gun that killed President Abraham Lincoln. While Derringer is held in solitary confinement,

S1·E25

Collector's Item

Mar 26, 1959 · 30 min

To assist a woman in her crusade to provide a home for the city's orphans, Yancy comes up with a scheme that requires the aid of photography pioneer Matthew Brady.

S1·E26

Fire on the Frontier

Apr 2, 1959 · 30 min

Yancy's Indian friend Pahoo becomes an important element in efforts to prevent a war with the Pawnee tribes.

S1·E27

Duel at the Oaks

Apr 9, 1959 · 30 min

Yancy is sentenced to hang for killing a man in a duel.

S1·E28

The Wayward Warrior

Apr 16, 1959 · 30 min

Trying to stop some gun smugglers, Yancy has a run-in with a boxing champion and a re-match with a female river pirate.

S1·E29

A State of Crisis

Apr 30, 1959 · 30 min

With the city of New Orleans plagued by counterfeit money, General Hugh Morgan arrives in New Orleans with orders promoting John Colton to a post in Washington and giving Morgan co

S1·E30

Outlaw at Liberty

May 7, 1959 · 30 min

Yancy is at a loss to figure out what's going on when a marshal he knows charges an old wartime friend with murder.

S1·E31

V as in Voodoo

May 14, 1959 · 30 min

Yancy tries to combat superstition when the city is terrorized by a mysterious voodoo priestess.

S1·E32

The Quiet Firecracker

May 21, 1959 · 30 min

Yancy's good friend, Miss Mandarin, is accused of smuggling opium into the city inside firecrackers.

S1·E33

Gone But Not Forgotten

May 28, 1959 · 30 min

A friend of Yancy's comes to visit from Virginia City, with news that his silver mine is doing well, but that there is a gravestone in the cemetery with Yancy's name on it.

S1·E34

Two Tickets to Promontory

Jun 4, 1959 · 30 min

On a train trip to a celebration of the completion of the transcontinental railroad, Yancy discovers a saboteur.