This poignant episode features a fabulous cast many people will recognize from other shows. The main characters aside from a wagon train scout and a band of aggressive Utes are Catholic nuns and their Navajo orphans.
When scout Flint McCullough discovers the nuns, they are on a mission of mercy that's in danger of being derailed by Utes who have already destroyed the orphans' village and are determined to kill them, too. They view all Navajo, even children, as mortal enemies.
Complicating the situation, Flint is irrepressibly attracted to Sister Rita (Vera Miles). She is courageous, kind, selfless, loyal, and unaware of her physical beauty. She represents the ideal woman he has harbored in his mind during his lonely travels but has never expected to meet. Adding to the intrigue, she hasn't yet made her perpetual vow.
When all efforts to attain a peaceful resolution have been exhausted, the nuns are prepared to die rather than cede the orphans to the Utes and Flint refuses to abandon the nuns. An attack is imminent, but it won't end like most we expect to see in the old wild west.
When scout Flint McCullough discovers the nuns, they are on a mission of mercy that's in danger of being derailed by Utes who have already destroyed the orphans' village and are determined to kill them, too. They view all Navajo, even children, as mortal enemies.
Complicating the situation, Flint is irrepressibly attracted to Sister Rita (Vera Miles). She is courageous, kind, selfless, loyal, and unaware of her physical beauty. She represents the ideal woman he has harbored in his mind during his lonely travels but has never expected to meet. Adding to the intrigue, she hasn't yet made her perpetual vow.
When all efforts to attain a peaceful resolution have been exhausted, the nuns are prepared to die rather than cede the orphans to the Utes and Flint refuses to abandon the nuns. An attack is imminent, but it won't end like most we expect to see in the old wild west.