Season 1 • Episode 26
LatestColton joins a sheriff in search of a town's destroyers.
The Loner is an American western series that ran for less than one season on CBS from 1965 to 1966, under the alternate sponsorship of Philip Morris and Procter & Gamble.
Writing
Serling's philosophical monologues in a Stetson.
Acting
Lloyd Bridges carries weary gravitas effortlessly.
Creator
Rod Serling
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Serling fought CBS constantly; they wanted more gunfights, he wanted character studies. He lost.
This flopped between Gunsmoke and Bonanza precisely because it refused their formula—too literary for 1965 prime time.
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