Alias Smith and Jones (1971)

Name: Alias Smith and Jones
Genre: Western
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Ben Murphy, Roger Davis

Western

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.

IMDb rating: 7.6 (2,821 votes)
Episode average: 7.8 ↑ +0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 3
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1971)

7.86 avg 15 episodes 7.7 → 7.8 52 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Alias Smith and Jones	7.7	559
2	The McCreedy Bust	8.1	141
3	Exit from Wickenburg	8.1	141
4	Wrong Train to Brimstone	8.3	135
5	The Girl in Boxcar #3	7.7	124
6	The Great Shell Game	7.7	118
7	Return to Devil's Hole	7.2	106
8	A Fistful of Diamonds	8.2	114
9	Stagecoach Seven	8.1	117
10	The Man Who Murdered Himself	7.6	109
11	The Root of It All	7.9	105
12	The 5th Victim	7.8	102
13	Journey from San Juan	7.6	101
14	Never Trust an Honest Man	8.1	102
15	The Legacy of Charlie O'Rourke	7.8	95

Season 2 (1971)

7.98 avg 23 episodes 6.8 → 7.1 61 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Day They Hanged Kid Curry	6.8	124
2	How to Rob a Bank in One Hard Lesson	7.9	91
3	Jailbreak at Junction City	8.3	89
4	Smiler with a Gun	8.4	97
5	The Posse That Wouldn't Quit	8.6	113
6	Something to Get Hung About	8.2	95
7	Six Strangers at Apache Springs	7.7	90
8	Night of the Red Dog	8.7	107
9	The Reformation of Harry Briscoe	7.7	78
10	Dreadful Sorry Clementine	8.4	95
11	Shootout at Diablo Station	8.2	90
12	The Bounty Hunter	8.3	102
13	Everything Else You Can Steal	8.1	84
14	Miracle at Santa Marta	7.7	92
15	21 Days to Tenstrike	8.4	96
16	The McCreedy Bust: Going, Going, Gone	8.5	92
17	The Man Who Broke the Bank at Red Gap	8.1	77
18	The Men That Corrupted Hadleyburg	8.6	95
19	The Biggest Game in the West	7.7	86
20	Which Way to the O.K. Corral?	7.2	88
21	Don't Get Mad, Get Even	7.4	72
22	What's in It for Mia?	7.5	72
23	Bad Night in Big Butte	7.1	75

Season 3 (1972)

7.37 avg 12 episodes 7.8 → 7.0 63 min avg

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Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Long Chase	7.8	75
2	High Lonesome Country	7.4	62
3	The McCreedy Feud	7.3	69
4	The Clementine Ingredient	7.5	71
5	Bushwack!	7.1	63
6	What Happened at the XST?	7.3	61
7	The Ten Days That Shook Kid Curry	7.2	68
8	The Day the Amnesty Came Through	7.2	64
9	The Strange Fate of Conrad Meyer Zulick	7.4	57
10	McGuffin	7.7	71
11	Witness to a Lynching	7.5	62
12	Only Three to a Bed	7.0	69

Alias Smith and Jones (1971)

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