| Colt .45 |
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| ABC Network |
| 1957-1960 |
| Drama |
| 30 Minutes |
Wayde Preston as Christopher Colt, a gun salesman who, in
reality, was a government undercover agent sent into the field to
track down wanted felons in the 1880s. Chris kept a US Marshal's badge under his
shirtsleeve if he needed to prove his true identity.
Chris Colt is actually the nephew of Sam Colt, who invented the
Colt revolver. Using a set of samples (which he won't sell), Chris sells his
guns for $20 each. Orders are sent to the Colt Patent Firearms
Company in Hartford, Connecticut. Customers receive their firearms in
six weeks. Chris' gun belt prominently displays an image of a broncin' colt,
a symbol of the Colt Company.
Eventually, Christopher's cousin, Sam Colt, Jr. (Donald May)
arrived on the scene and shared Chris' role as a gun
salesman/undercover agent.
Listen to Theme Song
Theme Song Lyrics
(written by Hal Hopper & Douglas
Heyes)
There was a gun that won the west.
There was a man among the best.
The fastest gun or man alive.
A lightning bolt when he drew that Colt...45.
He carried the message of law and of order,
Into a wicked land.
With a Colt single action Army revolver
Blazing from either hand.
There was the right, there was the wrong.
The gun was quick, the man was strong.
And peace was made when they arrive,
A lightning bolt when he drew that Colt...45.
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Wayde Preston
as Christopher Colt |
Donald May
as Sam Colt, Jr. |
Memorabilia
TRIVIA NOTE: Both Wayde Preston and
Donald May appeared together on episode "Phantom Trail
("03/13/1960).
The beginning of each episode Chris Colt (and later Sam Colt, Jr.) spells
out the title of the show by firing six bullets at the screen.
The Colt frontier pistol was given the nickname of the "Peacemaker"
and the "Gun That Won the West" because it quickly settled many
difficulties in the early days of the American West, especially in
Texas. The Colt was prominently featured on the series.
The Colt .45 was designed by Samuel Colt (1814-1862). His revolving
breech pistol patented in England in 1835-36 was one of the standard
small arms of the world in the last half of the 19th century.
Colt's Paterson model was used effectively by the Texas Rangers
during the state's fight for independence from Mexico.
In 1855, Colt built the world's largest private armory in Hartford,
Connecticut. His single-action Peacemaker model Army revolver
introduced in 1873 became the most famous sidearm of the West.
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