As of July 2026, Wagon Train Season 5 aired in 1961 with 37 episodes — streaming now on Philo. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Wagon Train Season 5

1961 37 Episodes Western · Drama ⭐ 7/10

Wagon Train Season 5 is currently streaming on and , and it uses the format for more than just a visual hook. Across 1 season, the show has had time to find its rhythm and keep it. 30 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. John McIntire's voice work is a big part of what makes it distinctive. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

Whatever else is competing for your attention this week, Wagon Train Season 5 is worth clearing space for. The look of Wagon Train Season 5 gets people in the door, but the writing is what keeps them there. Season 5 of Wagon Train includes 37 episodes. It aired from September 1961 to June 1962. This season stars John McIntire, Robert Horton and Denny Miller. John McIntire and Robert Horton lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1961. The animation style is distinctive enough to be immediately recognisable, but it is the writing underneath that keeps viewers coming back for more. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Genuinely enjoyable for a wide range of viewers, Wagon Train Season 5 treats animation as a delivery mechanism, not a limitation. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. John McIntire brings more to the role than the format usually demands. A harder one to justify skipping than to start.

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🎬 Wagon Train Season 5 — Episode Guide

E1
The Captain Dan Brady Story
1961-09-27
Captain Dan Brady, a colorful, boisterous and well known veteran frontier scout who is famous throughout the East, is demanding to be taken on as trail scout. Hale faces a dilemma as he will lose a Government mail contract that is necessary to finance the wagon train if he doesn't hire Brady. But he...
E2
The Kitty Albright Story
1961-10-04
Kitty Albright is a registered nurse who's stagecoach is attacked and destroyed. Flint agrees to let her use her new skill on the wagon train. She quickly becomes disturbed at the lack of hygiene and health in general around the train.
E3
The Maud Frazer Story
1961-10-11
Maud Frazer takes command of her wagon train after all the men are killed. Flint tries to dissuade Maud from going through hostile Indian country where there is gold.. She proceeds anyway but is forced to change plans.
E4
The Selena Hartnell Story
1961-10-18
Selena Hartnell joins the train after bandits attack her wagon. Later, she reveals she is a bounty hunter looking for William Barrett, a murderer on the run. It turns out that Barrett is Will Cottrell, the leader of pacifists on the train.
E5
The Clementine Jones Story
1961-10-25
Clementine Jones is in the process of being thrown out of a town when a bank robbery occurs. One of the fugitives ends up joining the wagon train on the same wagon as one of the bank robbers is trying to escape on.
E6
The Jenna Douglas Story
1961-11-01
Jenna Douglas is found by scouts for the wagon train. She appears to have been a victim of a scavenger attack and is adopted by the train. As time goes on people on the train begin to have doubts about her story and her mental state.
E7
The Artie Matthewson Story
1961-11-08
Duke finds Flint's dying foster mother who asks Flint to check on her real son Artie who she hasn't seen in five years and has a reputation for getting into trouble with the law. Flint finds him on the right side of the law - or is he.
E8
The Mark Miner Story
1961-11-15
Mark Miner and his younger brother Matthew join the wagon train after making it appear their own wagon has broken down. The passengers of the train enjoy Mark's guitar and singing, but soon items and money begin disappearing. What they don't realize is that the two brothers want to frame Duke Shanno...
E9
The Bruce Saybrook Story
1961-11-22
Lord Bruce Saybrook, London millionaire, takes his brother, wife and employee out west on a hunting trip hoping to repair his relationships. They run into hostile Indians. During the ensuing battle, everyone's the true character comes out.
E10
The Lizabeth Ann Calhoun Story
1961-12-06
Lizabeth Ann Calhoun meets the wagon train staff as they stop for supplies. She asks permission to join the train so she can avoid the advances of a young man she claims is in love with her, however his real motives may be very different.
E11
The Traitor
1961-12-13
Flint McCullough's involvement in a horse-stealing operation proves that he's ""gone bad."" Reluctantly, Chris Hale sentences him to 20 lashes and permanent banishment from the wagon train. Bill Hawks refuses to flog his friend so the punishment's administered by Sgt. Oakes from nearby Fort Henderso...
E12
The Bettina May Story
1961-12-20
Bettina May leads three generations of her family across the plains. Other members of the wagon train as well as some family members become concerned with her over bearing nature and the level of control she exerts on the family.
E13
Clyde
1961-12-27
Charlie's life undergoes an epiphany when he finds an injured buffalo and the animal befriends him. He takes the buffalo, who he calls Clyde, into the wagon train as a pet. Others, however, don't appreciate the trouble the creature causes.
E14
The Martin Onyx Story
1962-01-03
A man finds a corpse that looks remarkably like himself. On an impulse he takes on the persona of the dead man only to find he was a living legend of west and had made a lot of enemies along the way.
E15
The Dick Pederson Story
1962-01-10
Overwhelmed girl takes on her father's responsibility as man of the house after he passes. She cares for her pregnant mother and 5 sisters and is suspicious of a young drifter who joins the train and pays too much attention to the girls.
E16
The Hobie Redman Story
1962-01-17
When three wagons are late in the desert, Chris sends Duke to find them and bring them to the wagon train as the train cannot wait for them. It may be a suicide mission due to water holes drying up and the missing people's personal issues.
E17
The Malachi Hobart Story
1962-01-24
An old con man trys to fleece the wagon train members of money by pretending to be a preacher trying to raise funds to build a church. He is outfoxed by Duke but redeems himself by aiding a dying woman.
E18
The Dr. Denker Story
1962-01-31
Bill spots a young boy alone on the trail. He passes out but they later learn he can't talk but that he saw his dad killed by strangers for no apparent reason. Later, they run into Dr. Denker taking musical instruments to California.
E19
The Lonnie Fallon Story
1962-02-07
Cowboy Lonnie Fallon is in love with Kathy Jennings---but her strict father forbids the relationship.
E20
The Jeff Hartfield Story
1962-02-14
Jeff Hartfield becomes concerned when his sister Jenny begins dating Dallas who threatens him with an orphanage at journey's end. Jeff takes off but Dallas follows with deadly intent, believing Jeff knows the location of $30,000.

🎭 Cast of Wagon Train Season 5

John McIntire
John McIntire
Christopher Hale
Robert Horton
Robert Horton
Flint McCullough
Denny Miller
Denny Miller
Duke Shannon
Frank McGrath
Frank McGrath
Charlie Wooster
Terry Wilson
Terry Wilson
Bill Hawks

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