Kung Fu
Shaolin monk Kwai Chang Caine is on the run after he killed the Chinese Emperor's nephew after that coward killed his teacher in cold blood with a gun. He flees to America to escape retaliation, and to search for his half-brother in order to settle down in this new land. However, in his travels in the Wild West, he cannot help but continually run into trouble from desperadoes and other ruffians as they oppress the innocent, while bounty hunters pursue the price on his head. Against this, he has his skill of Kung Fu martial arts, which proves to be devastatingly effective in this gun-dominated land.
- 1972-1975
- 3 seasons
- ABC
- Action & Adventure, Drama
- TV-PG
Shaolin monk Kwai Chang Caine is on the run after he killed the Chinese Emperor's nephew after that coward killed his teacher in cold blood with a gun. He flees to America to escape retaliation, and to search for his half-brother in order to settle down in this new land. However, in his travels in the Wild West, he cannot help but continually run into trouble from desperadoes and other ruffians as they oppress the innocent, while bounty hunters pursue the price on his head. Against this, he has his skill of Kung Fu martial arts, which proves to be devastatingly effective in this gun-dominated land.
Season 3 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1974 - 1975
Episode 1
Blood of the Dragon: Part 1
Sat, Sep 14, 1974 60 mins
Kwai Chang Caine is stalked by two deadly adversaries: The Order of the Avenging Dragon--who act as guardians to the Royal Household of Imperial China and have sworn to avenge the death of the royal nephew--and by Sara Kingsley, the matriarch of a ranching empire, who considers Caine's insistent probing into her family's background a threat to her existence.
Episode 2
Blood of the Dragon: Part 2
Sat, Sep 14, 1974 60 mins
The life of Kwai Chang Caine is threatened by two deadly forces--by the Chinese assassins sent to America by the Order of the Avenging Dragon and by Sara Kingsley, a matriarch of a ranching family with a sinister secret.
Episode 3
A Small Beheading
Sat, Sep 21, 1974 60 mins
A swashbuckling sea captain and his wife involve Caine in a macabre plot to return him to China and certain death.
Episode 4
This Valley of Terror
Sat, Sep 28, 1974 60 mins
A journey to mysterious Indian burial grounds -- and into the frightening recesses of the human mind -- awaits Caine when he encounters a young woman who has escaped from an insane asylum.
Episode 5
The Predators
Sat, Oct 5, 1974 60 mins
A charge of attempted murder spurs Caine to invade the lair of vicious killers and kidnap the only man who can clear him.
Episode 6
My Brother, My Executioner
Sat, Oct 12, 1974 60 mins
Kwai Chang Caine continues his search for his American half-brother, only to learn that Danny Caine is being drawn into a shootout by an ambitious gunfighter.
Episode 7
Cry of the Night Beast
Sat, Oct 19, 1974 60 mins
A mystical revelation compels Kwai Chang Caine to protect a buffalo calf whose life force is supernaturally linked to a young, expectant mother.
Episode 8
The Devil's Champion
Fri, Nov 1, 1974 60 mins
An incredible battle of good vs. evil looms as Caine confronts the Prince of Darkness to save the life of Master Kan.
Episode 9
The Garments of Rage
Fri, Nov 8, 1974 60 mins
Disciple opposes master when Caine takes a stand against a renegade Shaolin priest terrorizing a railroad company in America to avenge his nephew's death.
Episode 10
Besieged: Death on Cold Mountain
Fri, Nov 15, 1974 60 mins
Caine (DAVID CARRADINE) leads an attack against a Chinese warlord who threatens to destroy the Shaolin temple unless a young, novice nun is surrendered to his passion. First part of a two-part episode that concludes with Besieged: Cannon at the Gates
Episode 11
Besieged: Cannon at the Gates
Fri, Nov 22, 1974 60 mins
Caine's love for the intended bride of a Chinese warlord is overshadowed by the warrior's threat to destroy the Shaolin temple where she has sought refuge. Second part of a two-part episode that begins with Besieged: Death on a Cold Mountain.
Episode 12
The Demon God
Fri, Dec 13, 1974 60 mins
Kwai Chang Caine--both the boy and the man --confront the menace of death in a bizarre mystery of the supernatural.
Episode 13
The Vanishing Image
Fri, Dec 20, 1974 60 mins
Death comes in three forms when Caine confronts a killer from China, a dying photographer and an Indian youth threatened by the death of his own spirit.
Episode 14
A Lamb to the Slaughter
Sat, Jan 11, 1975 60 mins
Caine (David Carradine) is forced to repay a family debt of honor--by teaching a peaceful man how to kill!
Episode 15
The Forbidden Kingdom
Sat, Jan 18, 1975 60 mins
The dramatic events that forced Shaolin priest Kwai Chang Caine to flee China unfold again as Caine relives his desperate attempt to escape the Emperor's revenge.
Episode 16
One Step to Darkness
Sat, Jan 25, 1975 60 mins
Kwai Chang Caine enters the spirit world to exorcise a demon and save a woman from the horrors of drug addiction.
Episode 17
Battle Hymn
Sat, Feb 8, 1975 60 mins
Two vagabond musicians join Caine in an unusual adventure about a search for a boyhood dream that leads to murder.
Episode 18
Barbary House
Sat, Feb 15, 1975 60 mins
Caine becomes a Barbary Coast prizefighter in an effort to locate his brother before he's killed.
Episode 19
Flight to Orion
Sat, Feb 22, 1975 60 mins
Indians, desert killers and a Barbary Coast overlord menace Caine as he continues to search for his brother.
Episode 20
The Brothers Caine
Sat, Mar 1, 1975 60 mins
Kwai Chang Caine's long search for Danny Caine comes to an end in a deserted mine where his brother is waiting to kill him.
Episode 21
Full Circle
Sat, Mar 8, 1975 60 mins
Brothers Kwai Chang and Danny Caine stand shoulder to shoulder in a fight for their lives as they try to reunite their family.
Episode 22
The Thief of Chendo
Sat, Mar 29, 1975 60 mins
Kwai Chang Caine (DAVID CARRADINE) enlists the aid of the Prince of Thieves to restore a Chinese Duke to his royal throne.
Episode 23
Ambush
Fri, Apr 4, 1975 60 mins
Kwai Chang Caine (DAVID CARRADINE) assists blind preacher Serenity Johnson (JOHN CARRADINE) to swindle the most dangerous man in Arizona.
Episode 24
The Last Raid
Sat, Apr 26, 1975 60 mins
Kwai Chang Caine (DAVID CARRADINE) comes to the aid of a black family and a white family whose sons are kidnapped by a renegade Confederate Army officer.