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Have Gun - Will Travel: Season 4, Episode 7The Tender Gun (22 Oct. 1960)Paladin gets a letter from the sheriff of Arroyo asking him to come help remove a covey of gunslinging water moccasins. The sheriff's nephew referred him and says he is just the man. His reward will be pretty interesting too. Director:Andrew V. McLaglen |
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Title: The Tender Gun (22 Oct 1960)
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| Jeanette Nolan | ... |
Sheriff Maude J. Smuggly
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Lou Antonio | ... |
Ted Greive
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Yates
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Herbert Patterson | ... |
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| Don Keefer | ... |
Corcoran - Gun Drummer
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Paladin gets a letter from the sheriff of Arroyo asking him to come help remove a covey of gunslinging water moccasins. The sheriff's nephew referred him and says he is just the man. His reward will be pretty interesting too.
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An entry like this is, I suppose, a matter of taste. It's done tongue-in-cheek with Nolan playing her crotchety sheriff lady in pretty broad fashion. She manages some comedic charm; at the same time, the normally masterful Paladin appears somewhat flummoxed by her aggressive manner. Still, there's not much plot while the gunplay appears thrown-in for action's sake. Then too, the opening scene with the persistent salesman appears to be educating reviewers on what a shotgun is, as though viewers don't already know.
The entry's mainly a showcase for the versatile Nolan. To me at least, it's episodes like this, elevating character over plot, that suggest the writers are running out of ideas and that the series' best years are behind it.