Alias Smith and Jones
“This is the story of two pretty good bad men.”
Overview
Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from 1971 to 1973. It stars Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes and Ben Murphy as Jedediah "Kid" Curry, a pair of cousin outlaws trying to reform. The governor offers them a conditional amnesty, as he wants to keep the pact under wraps for political reasons. The condition is that they will still be wanted— until the governor can claim they have reformed and warrant clemency.
Cast & Characters
Ben Murphy
Jed 'Kid' Curry (alias Thaddeus Jones)
Roger Davis
Hannibal Heyes (alias Joshua Smith)
Episodes
1. Alias Smith and Jones
Two non-violent bandits begin to feel the inroads of high technology and decide to try and earn a pardon from the Governor of Wyoming.
2. The McCreedy Bust
Smith and Jones become the pawns of two greedy ranchers who have a running feud about the ownership of a Roman bust.
3. Exit from Wickenburg
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.
4. Wrong Train to Brimstone
Heyes and Curry gain passage on a train that is full of Bannerman detectives who are setting a trap for them and their gang
5. The Girl in Boxcar #3
10.0Curry gets involved with a runaway girl riding the rails as he tries to deliver $50,000 to a town 400 miles away.
6. The Great Shell Game
8.0Heyes seems to be reverting to his old thieving ways when he sets up a pretty young woman to lose $10,000 in a phony horse betting operation.
7. Return to Devil's Hole
An outlaw leader faces a dilemma; he must decide who is telling the truth, Heyes' lady friend or the man she's trying to kill.
8. A Fistful of Diamonds
After an embezzling banker / murderer sets up Curry and Heyes to take the fall for his crimes, the boys try to clear themselves by playing on his greed with a salted diamond field.
9. Stagecoach Seven
A stationmaster battles for his own interests against a band of outlaws.
10. The Man Who Murdered Himself
While Curry drives a wagonload of dynamite across rugged country, Heyes hires on as a guide for two Englishmen searching for a tribe of giant redheaded Indians rumored to have lived in the area of Devil's Hole.
11. The Root of It All
Smith and Jones retrieve a letter for a young lady and wind up searching for a buried Army payroll.
12. The Fifth Victim
The guys become involved with a friendly rancher in a not-so-friendly poker game.
13. Journey from San Juan
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.
14. Never Trust an Honest Man
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.
15. The Legacy of Charlie O'Rourke
A saloon entertainer and a special agent suspect that Heyes and Curry's interest in a condemned robber is the same as their own; a rumored fortune in stolen buried gold.