The Rebel (1959)

Name: The Rebel
Genre: Western
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Nick Adams

Western

After the end of the Civil War, a former Confederate Army private roams the Wild West, and, as a rogue drifter, gets involved in helping out various settlers threatened by various bad guys... THE REBEL is a 76-episode American western television series starring Nick Adams that debuted on the ABC network from 1959 to 1961. The Rebel was one of the few Goodson-Todman Productions outside of their game show ventures. Beginning in December 2011, The Rebel reruns began to air Saturday mornings on Me-TV.

IMDb rating: 7.8 (788 votes)
Episode average: 7.7 -0.1 vs IMDb
Seasons: 2
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Nick Adams Johnny Yuma

Seasons

Season 1 (1959)

7.72 avg 36 episodes 8.1 → 7.3 26 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Johnny Yuma	8.1	151
2	Judgment	7.7	98
3	Yellow Hair	7.8	80
4	Vicious Circle	7.7	72
5	Panic	8.3	77
6	The Scavengers	7.9	70
7	School Days	7.4	67
8	Dark Secret	8.3	61
9	Misfits	8.1	59
10	In Memoriam	8.2	72
11	The Vagrants	7.8	56
12	Gun City	6.4	61
13	The Death of Gray	8.0	65
14	Angry Town	8.0	57
15	Gold Seeker	7.5	52
16	Glory	7.4	54
17	The Unwanted	7.5	51
18	The Crime	7.9	48
19	Noblesse Oblige	7.9	62
20	Land	8.1	48
21	He's Only a Boy	8.2	56
22	Take Dead Aim	7.6	51
23	The Rattler	8.0	55
24	You Steal My Eyes	8.0	57
25	Fair Game	7.9	72
26	Unsurrendered Sword	7.3	51
27	The Captive of Temblor	7.3	50
28	Blind Marriage	7.4	54
29	Absolution	7.2	51
30	A Grave for Johnny Yuma	7.8	55
31	In Memory of a Son	7.8	55
32	Paint a House with Scarlet	7.6	51
33	Grant of Land	7.8	57
34	Night on a Rainbow	7.6	56
35	Lady of Quality	7.2	53
36	The Earl of Durango	7.3	55

Season 2 (1960)

7.59 avg 40 episodes 8.2 → 7.8 26 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Johnny Yuma at Appomattox	8.2	63
2	The Bequest	8.2	53
3	The Champ	7.7	50
4	The Waiting	8.4	64
5	To See the Elephant	6.7	50
6	Deathwatch	7.2	47
7	Run, Killer, Run	7.6	56
8	The Hunted	7.8	58
9	The Legacy	8.1	56
10	Don Gringo	7.2	45
11	Explosion	7.9	46
12	Vindication	7.9	53
13	The Scalp Hunter	7.5	50
14	Berserk	7.2	46
15	The Hope Chest	7.7	51
16	The Liberators	7.5	44
17	The Guard	7.8	48
18	The Promise	7.7	39
19	Jerkwater	7.8	51
20	Paperback Hero	7.5	43
21	The Actress	7.0	42
22	The Threat	7.5	47
23	The Road to Jericho	7.8	49
24	The Last Drink	7.2	41
25	The Burying of Sammy Hart	7.4	43
26	The Pit	7.3	42
27	Shriek of Silence	7.8	44
28	Two Weeks	7.6	44
29	Miz Purdy	8.1	52
30	The Ballad of Danny Brown	7.4	43
31	The Proxy	7.3	39
32	Decision at Sweetwater	7.6	49
33	Helping Hand	8.0	43
34	The Uncourageous	7.4	41
35	Mission--Varina	7.9	42
36	The Calley Kid	7.4	41
37	Ben White	7.3	43
38	The Found	6.7	42
39	The Hostage	7.5	38
40	The Executioner	7.8	41

The Rebel (1959)

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