Tales of Wells Fargo (1957)

Name: Tales of Wells Fargo
Genre: Western
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Dale Robertson

Western

Jim Hardie helps Wells Fargo agents battle the bad guys.

IMDb rating: 7.9 (1,584 votes)
Episode average: 7.8 -0.1 vs IMDb
Seasons: 6
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 6 seasons indexed

Cast

Dale Robertson Jim Hardie

Seasons

Season 1 (1957)

7.79 avg 14 episodes 8.1 → 7.7 30 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Thin Rope	8.1	157
2	The Hasty Gun	7.8	143
3	Alder Gulch	7.7	107
4	The Bounty	7.8	107
5	A Time to Kill	7.9	107
6	Shotgun Messenger	7.9	120
7	The Lynching	7.8	117
8	Renegade Raiders	8.2	110
9	Rio Grande	7.7	103
10	Sam Bass	7.7	136
11	The Hijackers	7.6	89
12	Stage to Nowhere	7.5	92
13	Jesse James	7.6	122
14	The Silver Bullets	7.7	105

Season 2 (1957)

7.70 avg 38 episodes 7.9 → 7.8 30 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Belle Star	7.9	108
2	Two Cartridges	7.7	88
3	Apache Gold	7.8	90
4	John Wesley Hardin	7.9	91
5	The Target	7.8	91
6	The Feud	7.7	86
7	Billy the Kid	7.5	92
8	The Auction	7.5	90
9	Hank Aka Chips	7.9	90
10	Man in the Box	7.7	82
11	The Kid	8.1	103
12	Barbary Coast	7.5	76
13	Ride with the Killer	7.5	46
14	The Inscrutable Man	8.1	46
15	The General	7.3	83
16	Laredo	7.4	82
17	The Witness	7.9	75
18	Doc Bell	8.1	95
19	Stage West	7.5	86
20	Hoss Tamer	6.0	104
21	Hide Jumpers	7.6	78
22	The Walking Mountain	7.6	77
23	Bill Longley	7.8	116
24	The Prisoner	7.6	77
25	Dr. Alice	7.6	80
26	The Sooners	7.8	73
27	Alias Jim Hardie	7.6	75
28	The Johnny Ringo Story	7.7	76
29	The Newspaper	8.0	75
30	Special Delivery	8.0	72
31	Deadwood	7.6	77
32	The Gun	7.5	66
33	The Reward	7.8	77
34	The Pickpocket	8.2	86
35	Scapegoat	8.1	73
36	The Renegade	7.8	77
37	The Break	7.6	61
38	The Sniper	7.8	72

Season 3 (1958)

7.82 avg 39 episodes 8.0 → 7.5 30 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Gambler	8.0	74
2	The Manuscript	7.5	69
3	White Indian	7.7	82
4	The Golden Owl	7.6	75
5	Faster Gun	7.9	66
6	Butch Cassidy	8.3	99
7	End of the Trail	7.5	71
8	A Matter of Honor	7.9	66
9	The Most Dangerous Man Alive	8.3	84
10	The Gunfighter	8.2	66
11	The Deserter	7.9	62
12	The Killer	8.0	71
13	The Counterfeiters	7.7	72
14	Cow Town	8.0	67
15	The Happy Tree	7.2	75
16	The Dealer	7.4	65
17	Showdown Trail	7.9	79
18	Luke Frazer	7.9	56
19	Wild Cargo	8.1	78
20	The Cleanup	7.8	64
21	Fort Massacre	7.6	73
22	The Town That Wouldn't Talk	7.8	69
23	Lola Montez	7.9	75
24	The Branding Iron	7.8	71
25	The House I Enter	7.6	68
26	The Legacy	8.2	77
27	The Rawhide Kid	7.8	76
28	Toll Road	7.8	74
29	The Tired Gun	7.8	68
30	Terry	7.9	62
31	The Last Stand	7.8	63
32	Bob Dawson	8.0	65
33	The Tall Texan	7.8	65
34	Doc Holliday	7.8	73
35	Kid Curry	7.7	55
36	The Little Man	8.0	59
37	The Daltons	8.0	59
38	The Bounty Hunter	7.5	63
39	Clay Allison	7.5	57

Season 4 (1959)

7.84 avg 37 episodes 8.1 → 8.3 30 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Young Jim Hardie	8.1	73
2	Desert Showdown	7.8	66
3	The Warrior's Return	8.2	66
4	The Jackass	8.1	72
5	The Stage Line	8.1	65
6	The Train Robbery	8.0	62
7	Double Reverse	8.1	71
8	Tom Horn	7.9	66
9	The Quiet Village	7.8	66
10	Home Town	7.8	67
11	End of a Legend	7.7	66
12	Return of Doc Bell	7.9	60
13	Woman with a Gun	8.0	71
14	Long Odds	7.6	62
15	Wanted: Jim Hardie	7.7	63
16	Relay Station	7.5	61
17	Cole Younger	7.6	62
18	The Easterner	7.8	71
19	The Governor's Visit	8.0	66
20	The Journey	8.0	66
21	The Canyon	7.7	59
22	Red Ransom	7.3	64
23	The English Woman	7.7	62
24	Forty-Four Forty	7.6	72
25	The Late Mayor Brown	7.6	79
26	Black Trail	7.7	71
27	The Great Bullion Robbery	7.9	64
28	The Outlaw's Wife	7.7	62
29	The Town	7.5	60
30	The Trading Post	7.8	68
31	Dead Man's Street	8.2	81
32	Threat of Death	7.9	67
33	Dealer's Choice	7.8	60
34	Pearl Hart	7.9	69
35	Vasquez	7.9	61
36	Kid Brother	7.8	72
37	Man for the Job	8.3	63

Season 5 (1960)

7.91 avg 39 episodes 7.9 → 8.1 30 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Day of Judgment	7.9	63
2	Angry Town	7.9	60
3	Doc Dawson	7.8	60
4	The Kinfolk	8.0	59
5	A Study in Petticoats	8.0	60
6	All That Glitters	8.3	57
7	Run for the River	7.9	56
8	Leading Citizen	8.1	58
9	The Killing of Johnny Lash	7.7	67
10	The Wade Place	7.3	53
11	Jeff Davis' Treasure	8.4	64
12	The Bride and the Bandit	8.2	69
13	Escort to Santa Fe	7.8	66
14	Frightened Witness	7.9	64
15	The Border Renegade	7.6	63
16	Captain Scofield	8.0	65
17	The Has-Been	8.0	66
18	Town Against a Man	8.0	61
19	The Barefoot Bandit	8.1	66
20	The Hand That Shook the Hand	7.8	77
21	That Washburn Girl	8.3	93
22	The Diamond Dude	7.6	60
23	A Show for Silver Lode	7.2	60
24	Fraud	8.1	72
25	Stage from Yuma	7.8	63
26	Prince Jim	8.1	71
27	The Remittance Man	8.0	65
28	The Jealous Man	7.4	58
29	Something Pretty	7.5	60
30	Lady Trouble	7.8	57
31	Moment of Glory	8.1	65
32	The Lobo	8.2	74
33	Rifles for Red Hand	7.2	67
34	Gunman's Revenge	8.1	64
35	The Repentant Outlaw	8.4	61
36	A Quiet Little Town	7.8	59
37	Bitter Vengeance	8.2	65
38	John Jones	7.9	53
39	The Dowry	8.1	68

Season 6 (1961)

7.67 avg 34 episodes 7.7 → 8.5 55 min avg

Rebound

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Casket 7.3	7.7	74
2	The Dodger	7.4	68
3	Treasure Coach	7.8	62
4	Death Raffle	8.3	63
5	Tanoa	7.3	52
6	Mr. Mute	7.6	56
7	Jeremiah	7.8	55
8	A Fistful of Pride	7.5	65
9	Defiant at the Gate	7.7	58
10	Man of Another Breed	7.4	56
11	Kelly's Clover Girls	7.8	62
12	A Killing in Calico	7.9	54
13	New Orleans Trackdown	7.9	52
14	Trackback	7.8	46
15	Moneyrun	6.9	48
16	Return to Yesterday	6.5	46
17	Reward for Gaine	7.7	47
18	Assignment in Gloribee	7.4	59
19	Incident at Crossbow	7.3	51
20	Portrait of Teresa	7.2	47
21	Hometown Doctor	8.0	60
22	The Traveler	7.9	52
23	Winter Storm	7.9	58
24	Chauncey	7.8	63
25	Who Lives by the Gun	8.0	50
26	To Kill a Town	7.5	50
27	End of a Minor God	8.0	54
28	Remember the Yazoo	7.8	55
29	The Angry Sky	7.1	47
30	Royal Maroon	7.6	58
31	The Gold Witch	7.9	52
32	Don't Wake a Tiger	7.3	51
33	The Wayfarers	8.6	54
34	Vignette of a Sinner	8.5	66