Railroad detective Matt Clark roams the west, tracking down outlaws and bandits who are preying on the railroad.Railroad detective Matt Clark roams the west, tracking down outlaws and bandits who are preying on the railroad.Railroad detective Matt Clark roams the west, tracking down outlaws and bandits who are preying on the railroad.
- Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win total
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- TriviaMuch of the action consisted of footage lifted from various westerns produced by Republic Pictures over the years. Republic produced this series through its subsidiary, Hollywood Television Service.
- Quotes
Matt Clark: I don't care how right a man is. As soon as he picks up a gun, he's wrong from the start!
- ConnectionsReferences The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949)
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Pseudo-Anthology series
This is an interesting series that takes real life people (Jesse James, John Wesley Hardin, etc)...and dramatizes part of their real story with a continuing series character taking part in that story. Railroad Detective "Matt Clark" -- takes a role in tracking down famous outlaws from the Old West in stories that are at least partly based on the true accounts. In that sense, it's almost an anthology series, and as someone else pointed out, this odd structure poses some timeline conflicts with the real events, but it's a fun series with plenty of action to satisfy a western-hungry 1950's audience -- and it still holds up pretty well 55 years later. Clark cuts a powerful figure in his western gear as he goes up against some of history's baddest baddies. And his girl-sidekick Frankie is quite a dish. If you're a western fan, be sure to check it out if you have a chance.
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- khathaway1
- Jun 10, 2009
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- Legends of the Old West
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- Runtime30 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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By what name was Stories of the Century (1954) officially released in Canada in English?
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