True stories of the Arizona rangers around 1900. A member of the notorious Wild Bunch bandit gang escapes from Ranger Clint Travis' custody, resulting in his being fired. Furious, Travis sets out to take on the whole gang and salvage his career and reputation. Director: Reg Browne Writer: Buckley Angell Tristram Coffin as Capt. Tom Rynning Kelo Henderson as Ranger Clint Travis Norma Ward as Mary Bender Initially broadcast October 20, 1957. 26 Men is a an American western television series about the Arizona Rangers, an elite group commissioned in 1901 by the legislature of the Arizona Territory and limited, for financial reasons, to twenty-six active members. Russell Hayden was the producer of the series and the co-composer of the theme song. The series aired between October 15, 1957 and June 30, 1959, for a total of 78 episodes.