History Series / FrontierCircus

* LameExcuse: In "Mighty Like Rogues", ConMan Georgie Jukes claims to have a bad back that prevents him doing any heavy work.

Set in the Southwest during the late 1800's, ''Frontier Circus'' was a cross between a circus drama and a traditional Western, and starred Creator/ChillWills, John Derek and Richard Jaeckel. The T & T Circus, operated by Colonel Casey Thompson (Wills), traveled from town to town in a wagon train. Ben Travis (Derek) was the straw boss who supervised the workmen, and Tony Gentry (Jaeckel) was the advance man, who scouted likely stopping places for the circus.

Set in the Southwest during the late 1800's, ''Frontier Circus'' was a cross between a circus drama and a traditional Western, and starred Chill Wills, John Derek and Richard Jaeckel. The T & T Circus, operated by Colonel Casey Thompson (Wills), traveled from town to town in a wagon train. Ben Travis (Derek) was the straw boss who supervised the workmen, and Tony Gentry (Jaeckel) was the advance man, who scouted likely stopping places for the circus.

* EgomaniacHunter: Duke Felix Otway in "The Race". He travels the world trophy hunting. He also regards himself as a'[[TheCollector hunter of men]]', which is what sets the plot in motion.

** Happens to Ben again in "The Daring Durandos". The lead female flyer of the circus's new aerialist act is an old sweetheart of his from his days in urope.

* FeudingFamilies: The circus gets caught in the middle of a centuries old feud between two families, the [=MacDuffs=] and the [=MacNeils=], in "The Clan [=MacDuff=]". ben and Tony have to work out how to get the couples together 9while avoiding getting hitched themselves).

* QuarantineWithExtremePrjudice: In "Incident at Pawnee Gun", Casey is travelling with a chimpanzee believed to have TheBlackDeath. Lawmen quarantine Casey and the other patrons to the saloon, and shoot at anyone who tries to leave. Later, panicked townsfolk attempt to burn down the saloon with Casey and the others still inside.

* NewOldFlame: Ben encounters one in "The Good Fight". She is now the widow of a CattleBaron who is attempting to drive out a peaceful religious community so she can take their land.

* EgomaniacHunter: Duke Felix Otway in "The Race". He travels the world trophy hunter. He also regards himself as a'[[TheCollector hunter of men]]', which is what sets the plot in motion.

* EgomaniacHunter: Duke Felix Otway in "The race". He travels the world trophy hunter. He also regards himself as a'[[TheCollector hunter of men]]', which is what sets the plot in motion.

* EgomaniacHunter: Duke Felix Otway in "The race". He travels the world trophy hunter. He also regards himself as a'[[TheCollector hunter of men]', which is what sets the plot in motion.

* EverythingsLouderWithBagpipes: In "The Clan [=MacDuff=]", the patriarch of the eponymous clan arrives at the circus playing his bagpipes, which spooks the animals. Ben and Tony get in a fight with his sons-in-law in attempt to get him to stop.

* ScarpiaUltimatum: In "Naomi Champagne", {{Bandito}} leader Don Diego tells Naomi he will release Ben and the other prisoners if Naomi agrees to marry me. He goes so far as to have Ben [[WhatADrag dragged behind a horse]] in order to force her hand.

* StarCrossedLovers: Two pairs of star-crossed lovers feature in the FeudingFamilies plot of "The Clan [=MacDuff=]".

* FeudingFamilies: The circus gets caught in the middle of a centuries old feud between two families, the [=MacDuffs=] and the [=MacNeils=], in "The Clan [=MacDuff=]".

* FeudingFamilies: The circus gets caught in the middle of a centuries old feud between two families, the [=MacDuffs=] and the [=MacNeils=], in "The Clan [=MacDuff=]".