Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1955)

Adventure · Western

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon is an American action adventure northwestern television series based on the radio drama Challenge of the Yukon. It was initially broadcast in color on CBS across three seasons from September 29, 1955 to September 25, 1958. Richard Simmons stars as Sergeant William Preston, who patrols the Yukon Territory in search of renegades and outlaws, during the time of the Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890s.

IMDb rating: 7.5 (432 votes)
Seasons: 3
Streaming (US): Pure Flix · The Roku Channel
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Dick Simmons Sergeant William Preston

Seasons

Season 1 (1955)

7.56 avg 33 episodes 7.8 → 7.2 30 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Vindication of Yukon King	7.8	29
2	Rebellion in the North	7.4	27
3	Trouble at Hogback	7.6	27
4	Incident at Gordon Landing	7.2	26
5	Bad Medicine	7.1	25
6	Hidden Gold	7.6	24
7	Last Mail from Last Chance	7.7	28
8	The Assassins	8.2	21
9	Golden Gift	7.3	23
10	Cry Wolf	7.8	21
11	Girl from Vancouver	7.5	22
12	Treasure of Fifteen Mile Creek	7.1	19
13	The Boy Nobody Wanted	6.8	20
14	The Mad Wolf of Lost Canyon	7.6	21
15	One Bean Too Many	6.8	30
16	Crime at Wounded Moose	7.1	28
17	Dog Race	7.5	30
18	Phantom of Phoenixville	7.6	29
19	Trapped	7.7	22
20	Justice at Goneaway Creek	7.6	28
21	Skagway Secret	7.8	26
22	Relief Train	7.8	27
23	Totem Treasure	7.5	20
24	One Good Turn	7.6	21
25	The Cache	7.7	21
26	Cinderella of the Yukon	8.1	18
27	Gold Fever	7.8	19
28	The Fancy Dan	7.5	19
29	The Coward	7.8	19
30	Father of the Crime	8.1	19
31	Remember the Maine	7.7	19
32	Love and Honor	8.0	17
33	All Is Not Gold	7.2	19

Season 2 (1956)

7.44 avg 23 episodes 7.1 → 8.2 30 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Limping King	7.1	24
2	The Rookie	7.7	24
3	Pack Ice Justice	7.2	20
4	Revenge	8.1	19
5	Littlest Rookie	7.8	19
6	Lost Patrol	7.3	24
7	King of Herschel Island	7.7	22
8	Ghosts of the Anvils	7.3	22
9	Eye of Evil	7.4	18
10	Luck of the Trail	7.7	21
11	Return Visit	7.1	17
12	The Tobacco Smugglers	7.8	18
13	Turnabout	7.4	16
14	Emergency on Scarface Flat	7.7	17
15	The Williwaw	7.4	18
16	Border Action	7.4	16
17	The Black Ace	7.9	17
18	Scourge of the Wilderness	6.8	21
19	Blind Justice	7.4	18
20	The Stolen Malamute	7.3	15
21	The Devil's Roost	7.0	17
22	Ten Little Indians	6.5	16
23	Underground Ambush	8.2	18

Season 3 (1957)

7.34 avg 22 episodes 7.1 → 7.5 30 min avg

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Old Ben's Gold	7.1	15
2	The Rebel Yell	6.9	17
3	The Mark of Crime	7.6	17
4	Storm the Pass	7.2	14
5	Old Faithful	7.4	16
6	The Skull in the Stone	7.1	14
7	Ghost Mine	6.8	20
8	The Jailbreaker	7.9	15
9	Out of the Night	7.1	14
10	Three Men in Black	7.1	13
11	Lost River Roundup	7.9	16
12	The Old Timer	7.7	13
13	Battle at Bradley's	6.6	14
14	The Generous Hobo	7.8	14
15	Follow the Leader	7.6	19
16	Gold Rush Patrol	7.0	13
17	Grizzly	7.7	17
18	The Diamond Collar	7.7	17
19	Escape to the North	7.2	17
20	Outlaw in Uniform	7.1	13
21	Boy Alone	7.4	15
22	The Criminal Collie	7.5	18

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1955)

Cast

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