Undercover federal marshal John Carruthers is suspected by the local sheriff, Jake, of stealing the town’s payroll, but his suspicions are sidelined when young Betty Mason announces that her father, an important businessman, has been murdered. Without him, supplies will not reach town, and homesteaders will starve. When town leader Malgrove offers to buy the locals out, John and Jake get suspicious and uncover a land-grabbing conspiracy.

Chris Morrell (John Wayne), the guardian of half-Indian girl Nina, is helping her find her missing white father, so she can cash in on her late mother's oil lease. Meanwhile outlaw Sam Black is after the girl and her father as well, looking to steal the oil lease for himself. Along the way, he meets a lady who's the sister of Jim Moore, another bad hombre who's in cahoots with Sam Black, and an old friend who takes in Nina and helps Chris locate her...

Loner U.S. Marshal John Travers foils the hold-up of a stagecoach, rescuing young woman Anita Matlock from the clutches of the crooks and helping her back to town. But there, the sheriff is gunned down by bandits, so Travers starts investigating and connects the murder to a gang led by an unidentified bandit known as the Shadow, who's been running the town ragged for some time. Travers then makes it his mission to restore order to the town and bring...

Mike and Maggie, on a road trip with their daughter and family dog, take a wrong turn in Texas and become trapped at a weird lodge inhabited by a polygamous pagan cult. They soon find themselves in the middle of a power struggle between caretaker Torgo, cult leader The Master, and two warring factions of the Master's wives. As the family tries to escape, the worshipers of Manos decide their fate..

Gunn is called in by Lt. Jacoby to deal with a psychotic bomber who has escaped from a mental institution and is threatening to cause major damage unless the mayor kills himself.

Carolyn secretly goes to the Old House to investigate and makes a startling discovery.

Cornel Wilde has a car accident while traveling through Springfield. The person who hit his car just happens to be a client of Jim Anderson. Due to a mix up with Jim's secretary, Cornel Wilde shows up at the Anderson home. While waiting for Jim to arrive home, the rest of the family falls all over Cornel. Margaret invites him to stay to dinner and he agrees much to the excitement of all the Andersons! When Jim returns home he discovers that the gentleman...

For a school project, Cissy wants to write a story about Mr. French. She starts following him and finds out what he does every Thursday.

Leroy saves the day when an escaped tiger falls into his not-so-capable hands with a little help from Doris.

A racketeer is beaten to death and a woman hires Gunn to find out if her old flame, a Korean War hero,was responsible. Lt. Jacob knows the man,who has been an out-patient for being manic-depressive for years. Meanwhile, a fellow mobster is worried he may be blamed for the kill and wants to force Gunn to clear his name.