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The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Overview
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin is an American children's television program. Beginning in October 1954 until May 1959, 166 episodes originally aired on ABC television network. It starred child actor Lee Aaker as Rusty, a boy orphaned in an Indian raid, who was being raised by the soldiers at a US Cavalry post known as Fort Apache. He and his German shepherd dog, Rin Tin Tin, helped the soldiers to establish order in the American West. Texas-born actor James Brown appeared as Lieutenant Ripley "Rip" Masters. Co-stars included veteran actor Joe Sawyer and actor Rand Brooks from Gone with the Wind fame.
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Seasons
Season 1 (1954)
No overview available.
34 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Meet Rin Tin Tin
1954-10-15Episode 2: Wolf Cry
1954-10-22Episode 3: Rin Tin Tin in the Flaming Forest
1954-10-29Rusty and a new boy at the fort have a hard time getting along.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 4: Rin Tin Tin and the Raging River
1954-11-05Episode 5: The Killer Cat
1954-11-12Episode 6: The Education of Corporal Rusty
1954-11-19Episode 7: Rin Tin Tin and the Apache Chief
1954-11-26Rusty's little friend Susan persuades him to leave Fort Apache and witness an Indian uprising.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 8: Rin Tin Tin, Outlaw
1954-12-03Episode 9: The Outcast of Fort Apache
1954-12-10Episode 10: Rin Tin Tin and the Ancient Mariner
1954-12-17Episode 11: Rin Tin Tin and the Raw Recruit
1954-12-24Episode 12: Blood Brothers
1954-12-31Episode 13: Rin Tin Tin and the Gold Bullion
1955-01-07Episode 14: Rin Tin Tin and the Sacred Lance
1955-01-14Episode 15: Rin Tin Tin and the Shifting Sands
1955-01-21Episode 16: Rusty Plays Cupid
1955-01-28Episode 17: Rin Tin Tin and the Medicine Man
1955-02-04Episode 18: Rin Tin Tin and the Babe in the Woods
1955-02-11Episode 19: Rin Tin Tin and the Eagle's Nest
1955-02-18Episode 20: Rusty Resigns from the Army
1955-02-25Episode 21: The Legacy of Sean O'Hara
1955-03-04Episode 22: Rin Tin Tin and the Barber of Seville
1955-03-11Episode 23: Rin Tin Tin and the Blushing Brides
1955-03-18Episode 24: The Guilty One
1955-03-25Episode 25: Rin Tin Tin and the Magic Box
1955-04-01Episode 26: Rin Tin Tin and the Bandit Kingdom
1955-04-08Episode 27: Rin Tin Tin and the Printer's Devil
1955-04-15Episode 28: Rin Tin Tin and the Dead Man's Gold
1955-04-22Episode 29: Rin Tin Tin and the Ghost Town
1955-04-29Episode 30: O'Hara Gets Busted
1955-05-06Episode 31: Rin Tin Tin and the Bounty Hunters
1955-05-13Episode 32: Farewell to Fort Apache
1955-05-20Episode 33: Rin Tin Tin and the Lost Scotchman
1955-05-27Episode 34: Rin Tin Tin and the Lonesome Road
1955-06-03
Season 2 (1955)
No overview available.
38 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Rin Tin Tin and the Bugle Call
1955-09-09A new bugler, soon to retire from the Fort, hopes his bugling skills may save the troops from an Indian ambush, with the help of Rinty and Rusty,
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 2: Rin Tin Tin Meets Shakespeare
1955-09-16Episode 3: Rin Tin Tin and the Wild Stallion
1955-09-232 wild stallions, one good and one bad, battle it out for control of a herd of horses.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 4: Rusty Volunteers
1955-09-30Episode 5: Rin Tin Tin and the Poor Little Rich Boy
1955-10-07Episode 6: Rin Tin Tin and the White Buffalo
1955-10-14Episode 7: Rin Tin Tin Meets Mister President
1955-10-21Episode 8: Rin Tin Tin and the Iron Horse
1955-10-28Episode 9: Rin Tin Tin and the Connecticut Yankee
1955-11-04Episode 10: Higgins Rides Again
1955-11-11Episode 11: Boone's Wedding Day
1955-11-18Episode 12: Rusty Goes to Town
1955-11-25Episode 13: Rin Tin Tin and the Lost Patrol
1955-12-02Episode 14: Rin Tin Tin and the Star Witness
1955-12-09Episode 15: Rin Tin Tin and the Last Chance
1955-12-16Episode 16: Rin Tin Tin and the Christmas Story
1955-12-23Episode 17: Rin Tin Tin and the Indian Burial Grounds
1955-12-30Episode 18: Rin Tin Tin and the Missing Heir
1956-01-13Episode 19: Rusty's Romance
1956-01-20Episode 20: Rin Tin Tin and the Tin Soldier
1956-01-27Episode 21: Rin Tin Tin and the Big Top
1956-02-03Episode 22: Rusty's Bank Account
1956-02-10Episode 23: Rin Tin Tin Meets O'Hara's Mother
1956-02-17Episode 24: Rin Tin Tin and the Return of the Ancient Mariner
1956-02-24Episode 25: The Failing Light
1956-03-02Episode 26: Rusty's Mystery
1956-03-09Episode 27: The Third Rider
1956-03-16Episode 28: Rusty Surrenders
1956-03-23Episode 29: Rin Tin Tin and the Rainmaker
1956-03-30Episode 30: Scotchman's Gold
1956-04-06Episode 31: Attack on Fort Apache
1956-04-13Episode 32: Rin Tin Tin and Homer the Great
1956-04-20Episode 33: Rinty Finds a Bone
1956-04-27Episode 34: Rin Tin Tin Meets Mister Nobody
1956-05-04Episode 35: Rin Tin Tin and the Circle of Fire
1956-05-11A father, mother and son are transporting a shipment of guns to the west coast by order of an Indian agent who gets arrested for being corrupt. The family has no idea that an Indian tribe is going to ambush them and steal the guns.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 36: Hubert Goes West
1956-05-18Episode 37: Rin Tin Tin and the Lost Treasure
1956-05-25Episode 38: Rin Tin Tin and the Second Chance
1956-06-01
Season 3 (1956)
No overview available.
40 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Forward Ho!
1956-09-07Episode 2: Rin Tin Tin and the Witch of the Woods
1956-09-14Episode 3: Sorrowful Joe
1956-09-21Sterling Holloway guests stars as Sorrowful Joe. It seems everything bad that could happen, does so whenever he's around.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 4: Rin Tin Tin and the Return of the Chief
1956-09-28Episode 5: Silent Battle
1956-10-05Episode 6: Yo-o Rinty
1956-10-12Episode 7: Rin Tin Tin and the White Wolf
1956-10-19Episode 8: Return of Rin Tin Tin
1956-10-26Episode 9: Boone's Grandpappy
1956-11-02Episode 10: The Lost Puppy
1956-11-09Episode 11: Presidential Citation
1956-11-16Episode 12: Wagon Train
1956-11-23Episode 13: Fort Adventure
1956-11-30Episode 14: Rin Tin Tin and the Invaders
1956-12-14Episode 15: Racing Rails
1956-12-28Episode 16: Higgins' Last Stand
1957-01-04Four gunmen threaten the life of an old friend of Rusty and Rip Masters.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 17: The Indian Hater
1957-01-11Episode 18: Rin Tin Tin Meets the Southern Colonel
1957-01-18Episode 19: The Warrior's Promise
1957-01-25Episode 20: Sorrowful Joe Returns
1957-02-01Episode 21: The Lieutenant's Lesson
1957-02-08Episode 22: The Swedish Cook
1957-02-15Episode 23: Rusty Gets Busted
1957-02-22Episode 24: O'Hara's Gold
1957-03-01Episode 25: O'Hara Gets Culture
1957-03-08Episode 26: The Frame-Up
1957-03-15Episode 27: Boone's Commission
1957-03-22Episode 28: The Silent Witness
1957-03-29Episode 29: Indian Blood
1957-04-05A half-breed who has worked with the army for 10 years tries to convince the men of Fort Apache that his tribe isn't responsible for recent raids on villages.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 30: The Old Soldier
1957-04-12Episode 31: Stagecoach Sally
1957-04-19Episode 32: Bitter Medicine
1957-04-26Episode 33: Corporal Carson
1957-05-03Episode 34: Hubert's Niece
1957-05-10Episode 35: O'Hara Gets Amnesia
1957-05-17Episode 36: Along Came Tubbs
1957-05-24Episode 37: Swanson's Choice
1957-05-31Episode 38: The Gentle Kingdom
1957-06-07Episode 39: The Swapper
1957-06-14Episode 40: The Old Man of the Mountain
1957-06-21
Season 4 (1957)
No overview available.
26 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Return to Fort Apache
1957-09-20After all the Indian tribes in the Fort Apache area sign a peace treaty, the War Department orders the fort closed. All the men leave on furlough while waiting for reassignment. Then the Comanche Chief, Okoma, takes over the fort and joins forces with Chief Black Cloud to raid the surrounding territory. Major Swenson is ordered to retake Fort Apache.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 2: The Courtship of Marshal Higgins
1957-09-27Marshal Higgins and his deputy, Kid Hooker, start courting a charming widow. Hooker, who was once a desperado, decides to surrender his badge and return to a life of crime when he fears Higgins may marry the lady.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 3: Rusty's Reward
1957-10-04Episode 4: A Look of Eagles
1957-10-11Episode 5: The Last Navajo
1957-10-18Episode 6: Mother O'Hara's Marriage
1957-10-25Episode 7: Hostage of War Bonnet
1957-11-01Episode 8: Rodeo Clown
1957-11-08Episode 9: Rusty's Strategy
1957-11-15Episode 10: Frontier Angel
1957-11-22Episode 11: The Hunted
1957-12-06Episode 12: White Chief
1957-12-13Episode 13: Boundary Busters
1957-12-20Episode 14: Rin Tin Tin and the River Chase
1958-01-10Sergeant O'Hara takes Rinty and Rusty with him on a gold-mining expedition to an abandoned gold mine. There they run into three desperadoes who have just robbed a bank.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 15: Top Gun
1958-01-24Episode 16: Tomahawk Tubbs
1958-02-07Episode 17: The New C.O.
1958-02-14Episode 18: Pritikin's Predicament
1958-02-21Episode 19: Rusty's Remedy
1958-02-28Episode 20: Spanish Gold
1958-03-07Episode 21: Bitter Bounty
1958-03-14Episode 22: Sorrowful Joe's Policy
1958-03-21Episode 23: Border Incident
1958-03-28Episode 24: Wind-Wagon McClanahan
1958-04-04Episode 25: Rin Tin Tin and the Secret Weapon
1958-04-11Episode 26: Brave Bow
1958-04-18
Season 5 (1958)
No overview available.
26 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The General's Daughter
1958-09-19Episode 2: Escape to Danger
1958-09-26Episode 3: Decision of Rin Tin Tin
1958-10-03Episode 4: The Foot Soldier
1958-10-10Episode 5: Rusty's Opportunity
1958-10-17Episode 6: Running Horse
1958-10-24Episode 7: The Cloudbusters
1958-10-31Episode 8: Deadman's Valley
1958-11-07Episode 9: Grandpappy's Love Affair
1958-11-14Episode 10: The Epidemic
1958-11-21Episode 11: The Best Policy
1958-12-05Episode 12: Miracle of the Mission
1958-12-12Episode 13: Star of India
1959-01-02Episode 14: The Misfit Marshal
1959-01-09Episode 15: Old Betsy
1959-01-16Episode 16: Stagecoach to Phoenix
1959-01-23Episode 17: Major Mockingbird
1959-01-30Episode 18: The Matador
1959-02-06Episode 19: The Accusation
1959-02-13Episode 20: Royal Recruit
1959-02-20Episode 21: The Devil Rides Point
1959-02-27Episode 22: Pillajohn's Progress
1959-03-06Episode 23: The Ming Vase
1959-03-13Episode 24: Apache Stampede
1959-03-20Rip Masters' brother, Bill is helping direct a herd of cattle to market. His foreman wants to go Apache lands risking a break in the peace treaty. Bill is able to make a deal with the Indians so the herd can proceed through.
Runtime: 30 min
