A travelling show arrives in town, claiming to have guns from famous gunslingers. Of particular interest to young Jeff Sonnett is a gun that supposedly belonged to his infamous father, James. Never having known his father, Jeff convinces his grandfather, Will, to help him find his father, no matter how long it takes. The first stop is a small town where the Sonnetts find a man who lost an arm in a gunfight with James Sonnett and is looking for revenge on anyone with the name Sonnett.
Guest Stars:
J. Pat O'Malley, Claude Akins, Paul Fix, Rex Holman, Perry Cook
An up and coming gunslinger who puts a small bell on his belt for each person he's killed wants to add the Sonnett name to his reputation.
Guest Stars:
Paul Wexler, Ford Rainey, Charles Grodin, Charles Seel
Will and Jeff find a grave marked for James Sonnett in a small Mexican town. James had been protecting the town from bandits,a job that his son and father decide to finish. In the end, it turns out that the grave was only a ruse to throw the bandits off the trail of a wounded James Sonnett, so the search continues.
Guest Stars:
Don Diamond, Jay Novello
Will and Jeff sign on as deputies in order to come to the aid of a wounded sheriff.
Guest Stars:
Charla Doherty, Myron Healey, Wendell Corey, Bartlett Robinson, Hal Baylor
Will and Jeff go to Wyoming to see whether a man scheduled to hang is really Jim Sonnett.
Guest Stars:
Peter Whitney, James Anderson, Paul Richards, Bill Erwin
When Will and Jeff realize Jim is only a day's ride away, they send an urgent wire to convince him to wait for them.
Guest Stars:
Jason Evers, Owen Bush, Sam Melville, Strother Martin
Jeff is wounded in a gunfight and taken in by a family who share a dark secret: one of their sons was killed by James Sonnett. After framing Will for theft, the Father plans to kill Jeff as soon as he can hold a gun. The distraught Mother has other ideas, wanting to keep Jeff as her own son.
Guest Stars:
Virginia Gregg, Jack Nicholson, Bing Russell, Royal Dano, Jack Elam
A bounty hunter takes Jeff and Will prisoner to lure Jim Sonnett to Devil's Fork.
Guest Stars:
James Best, Harry Dean Stanton, Tom Reese
When Will and Jeff land in jail, a beautiful woman puts up the bail and asks them to stay in town.
Guest Stars:
Hank Patterson, Harry Harvey, James Westmoreland, Pitt Herbert, Cosmo Sardo
Will and Jeff stumble upon a wounded man in a ghost town saloon.
Guest Stars:
Bruce Glover, Tom Tully, Stephen McNally, William Smith
A sheriff rounds up a possee to hunt down Jim Sonnett after a dying bank robber wrongly names the gunslinger as his accomplice.
Guest Stars:
Kevin McCarthy, Vaughn Taylor
Jeff wins a prize bull in a shooting contest.
Guest Stars:
R.G. Armstrong
Will and Jeff encounter a woman who claims to be Jeff's mother.
Guest Stars:
Cloris Leachman, Eddie Quillan
When two vengeful brothers take Jeff hostage, Will convinces an old friend to impersonate Jim Sonnett.
Guest Stars:
J.D. Cannon, Dennis Hopper, Robert Karnes, James McCallion
Will helps an old friend convince townspeople to finance and build a house of worship.
Guest Stars:
Joan Blondell, Norman Leavitt, Robert Foulk, Lovyss Bradley, Jonathan Hole
The Sonnets visit a ranch looking for information about Jim, but they uncover a murder instead.
Guest Stars:
Norman Alden, Jean Willes
After two bank robbers wound Will, Jeff pursues them into Apache country.
Guest Stars:
Dennis Cross, Robert J. Wilke
Will and Jeff encounter a man who claims to be Will Sonnett.
Guest Stars:
Bo Hopkins, Edward Andrews
Will and Jeff race to Waco, where Jim Sonnett stands trial for murder.
Guest Stars:
Jason Evers, Don Haggerty, William Smith, Joe Higgins, Perry Cook
Will and Jeff unwittingly stumble upon an outlaw's mountain cabin.
Guest Stars:
Bert Freed, Ann Doran
Will pleads Jeff's case after a lynch mob accuses the boy of murdering a storekeeper.
Guest Stars:
William Schallert, Robert Donner, Dub Taylor, John Alderson, William Phipps
A woman working in a saloon needs the Sonnetts' help when her father decides to come for a visit.
Guest Stars:
Ahna Capri, Jason Wingreen, Bill Quinn, Karl Swenson
Will arranges to meet Jeff in a ghost town saloon, but he ends up getting caught in a hail of rifle bullets instead.
Guest Stars:
Jason Evers
Jeff starts to fall for a young woman who claims that James Sonnett is the father of her infant son.
Guest Stars:
Torin Thatcher, Annette Andre, Greg Mullavey, Don Knight
Will goes undercover for the Cavalry to help stop a gunrunner from selling rifles that may start a new Indian war.
Guest Stars:
Richard Webb, Anthony Caruso, Jim Davis, Denver Pyle