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ALIAS SMITH AND JONES
Western (1971-1973)

Hannibal Heyes (Joshua Smith) - Peter Deuel (1971-1972) Hannibal Heyes (Joshua Smith) - Roger Davis (1972-1973) Jed "Kid" Curry (Thaddeus Jones) - Ben Murphy Clementine Hale - Sally Field Burl Ives - Mac McCreedy Narrator - Roger Davis

Glen A. Larson and Jo Swerling created and produced this series about two bank robbers who were granted possible reprieves from the governor if they could stay crime-free for a year. Under new aliases, the ex-bandits spent most of the series' run evading the grasps of various bounty hunters, posses, and seedy ex-partners. They never did get their pardon. At age 31, the show's star Deuel was found dead in his Hollywood apartment of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot. Roger Davis, who had been serving as narrator, was quickly recast and finished the role of Joshua Smith for the remainder of the series.

Episodes Known To Be In Existence
(listed in alphabetical order):

EXIT FROM WICKENBURG
Air Date: 1-28-71
Guests: Susan Strasberg, Pernell Roberts, Mark Lenard, Slim Pickens, Ford Rainey
Synopsis: Someone's trying to get the guys out of a town where they are helping a widow run from the saloon left to her by her late husband, but they can't figure out who's doing it or why.

GIRL IN BOXCAR NUMBER THREE
Air Date: 2-11-71
Guests: Heather Menzies, John Larch, Jack Garner, Claudia Bryar, Royal Dano, Conlan Carter, Michael Carr, Alan Hale, Sandy Ward
Synopsis: Curry gets involved with a runaway girl riding the rails as he tries to deliver $50,000 to a town 400 miles away.

JOURNEY FROM SAN JUAN
Air Date: 4-8-71
Guests: Claudine Longet, Nico Minardos, Susan Oliver
Synopsis: Smith and Jones balance a Mexican bandit and pretty saloon owner while they gather a herd of wild cattle as a cover for other activities.

McCREEDY BUST
Air Date: 1-21-71(premiere episode)
Guests: Burl Ives, Cesar Romero, Edward Andrews
Synopsis: Smith and Jones become the pawns of two greedy ranchers who have a running feud about the ownership of a Roman bust.

MEN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG
Air Date: 1-27-72
Guests: J.D. Cannon, Wally Cox, Sheree North, Dave Garroway, Andy Devine
Synopsis: The capture of Heyes and Curry represents pay dirt for a poor prospector and his family.

NEVER TRUST AN HONEST MAN
Air Date: 4-15-71
Guests: Severn Darden, Robert Donner, Marj Dusay
Synopsis: The boys return a fortune in jewels to a railroad magnate, who promptly sets a posse after them when he learns the gems are fake.

POSSE THAT WOULDN'T QUIT
Air Date: 10-14-71
Guests: Vera Miles, Cindy Eilbacher, Lisa Eilbacher, Charles H. Gray
Synopsis: After being chased for weeks by a posse, Heyes and the Kid hide out on a ranch where a nice but poor family lives. They become idols of sorts for the two daughters, and quickly learn to like all of them.

SMILER WITH A GUN
Air Date: 10-7-71
Guests: Will Geer, Harry Lauter, Colby Chester, Barbara Stuart
Synopsis: Heyes and the Kid meet two men at a carnival - one of them a gold digger, the other a fast-drawing cowboy with a big smile. The gold digger likes the three of them, and makes them an offer. If they come with him and work in his mine, they can share the gold between the four of them.

STAGECOACH SEVEN
Air Date: 3-11-71
Guests: Keenan Wyan, Steve Ihnat, John Kellogg, L.Q. Jones, Dana Elcar, Randolph Mantooth, Mitzi Hoag
Synopsis: A stationmaster battles for his own interests against a band of outlaws.

TWENTY-ONE DAYS TO TENSTRIKE
Air Date: 1-6-72
Guests: Walter Brennan, Steve Forrest, Glenn Corbett, Joe Haworth, Pernell Roberts, Harry Harvey, Sr., Dick Cavett, Robert Colbert, Linda Marsh, Richard Wright, Paul Schott
Synopsis: The guys join a cattle drive and Kid Curry finds himself accused of murder again.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR MIA
Air Date: 2-24-72
Guests: Ida Lupino, Buddy Ebsen, George Robotham, Sallie Shockley
Synopsis: A female casino owner runs a crooked game, and nearly kills Heyes and the Kid for trying to point that out. They wind up in the care of a man and his daughter. After hearing their story of how the casino owner destroyed the man´s newspaper, and how he now dabbles in new techniques for printing, Heyes gets an idea of how to use the woman´s greed to their advantage - by pretending to be able to print their own bills.