The Manhunter Season 1 Episodes

Episode 0

Pilot

Tue, Feb 26, 1974

1934: Ex-marine Dave Barrett returns from army service in China to his family farm outside of Cleary, Idaho. When gangster Frank Clinger and his gang rob the local bank killing a friend of Dave's, he sets out in pursuit.

Episode 1

The Ma Gantry Gang

Wed, Sep 11, 197460 mins

Ma Gantry, the iron-willed matriarch of a crime family whose business is robbing trains, and definitely gives Dave a run for his money!

Episode 2

The Man Who Thought He Was Dillinger

Wed, Sep 18, 197460 mins

Dave Barrett becomes the "eyes" of a former federal agent blinded in a raid on a gang hideout.

Episode 3

The Baby-Faced Killers

Fri, Sep 20, 197460 mins

Dave Barrett's search for a missing farm boy leads to a gang of youthful bank robbers whose hideout is an orphanage and who show surprising skill in planning their crimes.

Episode 4

Death on the Run

Wed, Oct 2, 197460 mins

A criminal and his gang spring a member of the gang who's in police custody because he was the one who hid the money from one of their jobs. But the man is shot in the process so they take him to a nearby doctor. Dave brings in his father who was in an accident. The criminal holds them there till the doctor can work on his man. But someone is trying to make sure the man doesn't live.

Episode 5

Trackdown

Wed, Oct 9, 197460 mins

A killer bank robber gets away with a strongbox full of gold, but loses it as he heads for his backwoods hideout and an explosive family feud.

Episode 6

Terror from the Skies

Wed, Oct 16, 197460 mins

Dave Barrett fights a dangerous battle for his life when he attempts to solve a bizarre cattle-rustling scheme in which helpless cowboys are gunned down from the air and their stock herded by a small plane.

Episode 7

The Doomsday Gang

Wed, Oct 23, 197460 mins

Dave Barrett pursues a gang led by a bomb-throwing defrocked minister, when he is hired by a union official to find the real criminals responsible for the murder and robbery for which his men are being falsely accused.

Episode 8

The Deadly Brothers

Wed, Oct 30, 197460 mins

A muckraking reporter is captured and tortured into revealing where he has hidden evidence proving state graft payoffs.

Episode 9

The Trunk Murders

Wed, Nov 6, 197460 mins

Dave is upset by the murder of a friend from his Marine service and investigates the circumstances. He learns his buddy was involved in a theatrical troupe which is staging a comeback of former star Clara.

Episode 10

Jackknife

Wed, Nov 13, 197460 mins

Hired to trap a brutal truck hijacking gang, Dave Barrett takes to driving a big rig, only to find himself on a ride for his life when his brakes are sabotaged.

Episode 11

The Carnival Story

Wed, Nov 20, 197460 mins

Dave Barrett's search for the missing daughter of a small town couple takes him to a carnival where he suspects unwary girls are being trapped into white slavery by the owner.

Episode 12

The Lodester Ambush

Wed, Dec 4, 197460 mins

Dave Barrett is transporting one of the Hobson brothers to face justice. But in a small town Barrett is ambushed by Hobson''s vicious sibling. Barrett and his prisoner take refuge with the townfolk afraid to help.

Episode 13

A.W.O.L. to Kill

Wed, Dec 11, 197460 mins

Dave tracks a boyhood friend, a man who has turned into a desperate killer intent on punishing the men who raped and murdered his wife.

Episode 14

Flight to Nowhere

Wed, Dec 18, 197460 mins

A man who was ruined in the stock market crash of 1929 attempts to rejoin the ranks of the well-to-do by heisting a fortune in jade from a jewelry store.

Episode 15

Web of Fear

Wed, Jan 1, 197560 mins

A young woman sees the murder of a grand jury witness and becomes a target for the killers.

Episode 16

Day of Execution

Wed, Jan 15, 197560 mins

A daring gang, working with military precision, steals an Army tank and kills a good friend of Dave Barrett, who sets out in pursuit unaware the tank is to be used in an epochal jailbreak.

Episode 17

Man in a Cage

Wed, Jan 22, 197560 mins

Sent to a brutal prison on trumped-up charges, Dave escapes from the encampment with a fellow prisoner, and they find themselves pursued by the crooked warden and his assistants.

Episode 18

The Seventh Man

Wed, Jan 29, 197560 mins

Episode 19

The Wrong Man

Wed, Feb 5, 197560 mins

Barrett goes after a gangster who's life is in danger because of double crossing some of his partners.

Episode 20

The Death Watch

Wed, Feb 19, 197560 mins

Barrett investigates when his good friend Paul Tate is critically injured in a blast; he meets a beautiful woman, Liz Butler, who is convinced that the bomb was meant to eliminate her.

Episode 21

To Kill a Tiger

Wed, Feb 26, 197560 mins

A flamboyant Governor who's running for re-election hires Dave to protect him from an elusive assassin. The candidate fancies himself as a 'man of the people' and refuses to curtail his personal appearances, making Dave's job all the more difficult.

Episode 22

Trial by Terror

Wed, Mar 5, 197560 mins

A psychotic man just out of prison blames Barrett for his incarceration and kidnaps his father James to exact his revenge.