Bearcats!

1971 - 1971

The Devil Wears Armor

16th September 1971

Episode 1

Thieves steal an army tank and use it to start robbing banks along the Mexican border.

Ground Loop at Spanish Wells

23rd September 1971

Episode 2

Hank and Johnny are assigned to investigate a series of raids against Mexican towns along the border. They come to suspect that German troops who are disguising themselves as American soldiers are committing these attacks in order to instigate a war between the US and Mexico.

Dos Gringos

30th September 1971

Episode 3

A Mexican revolutionary is in the US raising funds for his efforts to overthrow the Mexican government. The Mexican army sends an officer to the US to kill him.

The Feathered Serpent

7th October 1971

Episode 4

Hank and Johnny travel to a small town that has been taken over by a band of would-be revolutionaries.

The Hostage

14th October 1971

Episode 5

Ex-convict Joe Bascom kidnaps a priest from the town that hanged his father, and demands that the citizens there hang one of their own in return for the priest's life.

Conqueror's Gold

28th October 1971

Episode 6

A female newspaper reporter hires Johnny and Hank to rescue a priest and a group of Indians who are being held hostage at an archaeological dig by thieves who are looking for buried treasure.

Blood Knot

4th November 1971

Episode 7

Johnny and Hank come into a town that is having problems with its oil wells being sabotaged, and the residents are blaming Indians from a nearby village for the damage. The two try to find out who's behind the sabotage before the angry townspeople attack the village and start an Indian war.

Assault on San Saba

11th November 1971

Episode 8

A prison in Texas is taken over by a German military intelligence officer, who believes that the inmates would provide a fertile ground for recruiting saboteurs. Hank and Johnny have to come up with a plan to break into the prison and stop the German.

Bitter Flats

18th November 1971

Episode 9

Johnny and Hank butt heads with a ruthless rancher while searching for a friend's son, who vanished while engaged in a secret mission for the army.

Tiger, Tiger

25th November 1971

Episode 10

Hank puts himself out as bait to catch a mercenary saboteur who is destroying medical supplies being shipped to the Allies in Europe.

The Big Guns

2nd December 1971

Episode 11

A renegade army colonel steals some heavy artillery in order to destroy a convoy of explosives headed for England.

The Return of Estaban

23rd December 1971

Episode 12

Hank and Johnny call on their old friend Raoul Esteban to help prevent a gang from destroying a mining town.

Man in a Cage

30th December 1971

Episode 13

Hank and a candidate for governor are kidnapped, and Johnny is forced to rely on an ex-convict to help find them.

Top Cast

Rod Taylor•Dennis Cole

Western Action & Adventure

Bearcats! is an American television series broadcast on the CBS television network during the Fall 1971 television season. It starred Rod Taylor and Dennis Cole as troubleshooters in the period before America entered World War I. Bearcats! was produced by Filmways Inc.. It was co-produced by Rodlor, Rod Taylor's production firm.

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