THE LONER- "An Echo of Bugles" – 1965 This is episode one of the 1965-66 western series, THE LONER. It stars Lloyd Bridges as an ex Union Cavalry officer who heads out west after the Civil War.
It is a month after the end of the civil war and Bridges rides into a small Texas town. He stops at the saloon for a beer. Inside he finds a young man of 17, Tony Bill, verbally abusing an old crippled veteran of the Confederacy.
Bridges watches quietly till Bill starts beating on the man, Whit Bissell. He steps in to stop Bill. Bridges roughs the youth up a bit and forces him to give Bissell an apology. A furious Bill challenges Bridges to a duel. The time is set for an hour later.
Bridges agrees and sips his beer. He then thinks back to the last battle of the war he was in. He had killed a young Confederate soldier literally minutes before hearing the war was over.
Bridges meets Bill at the appointed time for the gunfight. He is quicker off the mark and wounds the lad in the shoulder. He helps bandage the lad and tells him to grow up. The next man he picks a fight with might kill him. He then heads off again on his trek westward.
Not bad at all in my humble opinion.
The director was Alex March. The series was created by the great, Rod Serling. Serling also wrote this particular episode.
The score was by Gerry Goldsmith.
Also in the cast are John Hoyt, Lou Krugman, Mike Mortensen and James B. Sikking. (b/w)
It is a month after the end of the civil war and Bridges rides into a small Texas town. He stops at the saloon for a beer. Inside he finds a young man of 17, Tony Bill, verbally abusing an old crippled veteran of the Confederacy.
Bridges watches quietly till Bill starts beating on the man, Whit Bissell. He steps in to stop Bill. Bridges roughs the youth up a bit and forces him to give Bissell an apology. A furious Bill challenges Bridges to a duel. The time is set for an hour later.
Bridges agrees and sips his beer. He then thinks back to the last battle of the war he was in. He had killed a young Confederate soldier literally minutes before hearing the war was over.
Bridges meets Bill at the appointed time for the gunfight. He is quicker off the mark and wounds the lad in the shoulder. He helps bandage the lad and tells him to grow up. The next man he picks a fight with might kill him. He then heads off again on his trek westward.
Not bad at all in my humble opinion.
The director was Alex March. The series was created by the great, Rod Serling. Serling also wrote this particular episode.
The score was by Gerry Goldsmith.
Also in the cast are John Hoyt, Lou Krugman, Mike Mortensen and James B. Sikking. (b/w)