Stories of the Century ran in syndication between January 23, 1954, and March 11, 1955.

Jim Davis portrayed the role of fictitious Southwestern Railroad detective Matt Clark. Davis also did narration for each episode. Mary Castle co-starred in twenty-six episodes as Clark’s attractive assistant, Frankie Adams. Castle left the program and was replaced by Kristine Miller who appeared in fourteen episodes as Margaret Jones, or "Jonesy".

In 1955, Stories of the Century became the first western to win an Emmy Award in the then category of "Western or Adventure Series". One of its competitors was The Roy Rogers Show

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