Tales of Wells Fargo
Vignette of a Sinner
TV Flash files “Vignette of a Sinner” as a desk essential hour — Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962) on NBC, season 6, episode 34, aired 1962-06-02, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E34: listed hour 200 of 200 in the Tales of Wells Fargo guide, last listed hour of season 6. It aired 1962-06-02 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Wayfarers” (S06E33). No later hour is listed in this guide.
Essential hour: “Vignette of a Sinner”. Vignette of a Sinner closes 1962: last named circuit, the company cowboy packing away a boom-years top-ten without a toy rifle.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Jim Hardie finds his life's love.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Vignette of a Sinner sit in the Tales of Wells Fargo guide?
S06E34 is listed hour 200 of 200 — last listed hour of season 6, season 6 episode 34.
When did Tales of Wells Fargo S06E34 air?
Vignette of a Sinner aired 1962-06-02 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Robertson's soft-spoken agent on a company assignment. The Wells Fargo badge as case file is the form from week one.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Tales of Wells Fargo made Dale Robertson a soft-spoken company agent on the frontier circuit: procedural structure on the trail, top-ten western of the boom years. Real cowboy credentials instead of gimmicks. In 2026 it is corporate-cowboy justice as weekly form — the Wells Fargo badge as a case file, not just a logo.
The silhouette is a soft-spoken company man on a horse: no gimmick hat, a badge with a payroll, frontier light on a corporate cowboy. Tales of Wells Fargo (NBC, 1957–1962) made Dale Robertson a Wells Fargo agent — Jim Hardie — on the frontier circuit: procedural structure on the trail, top-ten western of the boom years, 200 episodes, six seasons. Frank Gruber and James Brooks. William Demarest as Jeb Gaine, Jack Ging as Beau McCloud in the later, ranch-expanded seasons. Robertson's real cowboy credentials sold…
Filed against
- Dale Robertson as Jim Hardie
Dale Robertson’s host weather on Death Valley Days sold Borax with a western drawl — 1950s catalog frontier anthology, then Tales of Wells Fargo making him a soft-spoken company agent on the trail. TV Flash files him as the cowboy who…
- William Demarest as Jeb Gaine
William Demarest’s Jeb Gaine rode Tales of Wells Fargo as frontier-circuit muscle beside Dale Robertson’s soft-spoken company agent — top-ten western of the boom — then kept My Three Sons’ long-haul household as Uncle Charley while Fred…
- Jack Ging as Beau McCloud
Jack Ging’s Beau McCloud rode Tales of Wells Fargo as company-agent weather on the frontier circuit — procedural structure on the trail, a 1950s western boom hour with cowboy credentials instead of gimmicks. Soft-spoken justice in a…