The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca

In 1958, Walt Disney Studios released a television miniseries entitled The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca and starring Robert Loggia in the title role. Special edition of American Cowboy magazine. Page 28: "Walt Disney, the only producer of 1950s TV Westerns to focus on minority issues, powerfully told the full story of Baca's career in a ten-episode mini-series for ABC between 1958-1960, starring Robert Loggia. The title The Nine Lives of Elfago Baca, played off the hero's nickname 'El Gato,' the cat." Significant is the care Disney took to depict the famous siege in as authentic a manner as possible, given the known details. Among those who appeared in the series were Skip Homeier, Raymond Bailey, and I. Stanford Jolley. Episodes of the series were later edited into a movie titled Elfego Baca: Six Gun Law, which was released in 1962.
The theme song's tag line was, "And the legend was that / Like el gato, "the cat" / Nine lives had Elfego Baca."
==Serials==
# 	Title 	Airdate 	Writer(s) 	Director(s) 	Summaries
01	The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca 	October 3, 1958 	Norman Foster 	Norman Foster 	Wherever this man went--there was trouble. Death stalked him at every turn. Elfego Baca is "The man who couldn't be killed!" Incredible...but every astounding incident actually happened.
02	Four Down and Five Lives to Go 	October 17, 1958 	Norman Foster 	Norman Foster 	Elfego is so feared by the bad guys that as sheriff and asks them all to turn themselves in, they almost all do so. Later he is badly injured trying to catch a murderer, and he realizes that being sheriff is not what he is cut out to do.
03	Elfego Baca: Lawman or Gunman 	November 28, 1958	Maurice Tombragel 	Christian Nyby 	Elfego tries to defend a rancher whose land is in danger of being stolen by a crooked judge. He is able to overcome capture by the crooks, and escapes just in time to prove his friend the rightful owner of the land.
04	Law and Order, Incorporated 	December 12, 1958	Maurice Tombragel 	Christian Nyby 	As a new partner in his law firm, Elfego must try to save the land of a friend whose deeds have been stolen from the archives in Santa Fe. The local banker seems to be one of the crooks.
05	Elfego Baca, Attorney at Law 	February 6, 1959 	Maurice Tombragel 	Christian Nyby 	Elfego becomes a lawyer, and with his first case, he is to defend an accused thief. He discovers the man is being framed, eventually discovering that the real thief is the local deputy.
06	The Griswold Murder 	February 20, 1959	Maurice Tombragel 	Christian Nyby 	Elfego defends a rancher who has been unjustly accused of murder. It is up to Elfego to track down the real murderer, and in doing so, he wins his first case in Santa Fe.
07	Elfego Baca: Move Along, Mustangers 	November 13, 1959	Maurice Tombragel 	George Sherman 	Elfego is asked to help the Mustangers, who wants to settle in the area but is being harassed by the local ranchers. When the son of a rancher is captured, the sheriff resigns rather than jail him, and Elfego has to become the law in town.
08	Elfego Baca: Mustang Man, Mustang Maid	November 20, 1959	Maurice Tombragel 	George Sherman 	Elfego continues to help the Mustangers who are being persecuted by the town. After the cattlemen cause a stampede through the Mustangers' crops, Elfego manages to capture the ringleaders and peace comes to the area.
09	Elfego Baca: Friendly Enemies at Law 	March 18, 1960 	Barney Slater 	William Beaudine	Attorney Elfego Baca is called on to investigate Rawls Kettrick, a powerful cattle baron. Rawls is accused of trafficking in stolen cattle but proclaims his innocence. As Baca looks into the case the list of suspects grows.
10	Elfego Baca: Gus Tomlin Is Dead 	March 25, 1960 	Fred Freiberger, Arthur E. Orloff	William Beaudine	Elfego travels to Granite searching for Gus Tomlin. He discovers that Tomlin is still living but is being protected by the town because he saved it from a typhoid epidemic. Elfego decides to help the town protect the now honest man.
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Tumblr mxbeb8KXOm1qhcrb0o1 1280.jpg|Walt Disney dressed as a sheriff to open the program
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==Sources==
Category:Multi-part episodes
Category:Walt Disney anthology series episodes