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(1965)

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7/10
Money laundering in the west
bkoganbing29 November 2016
Our Rover Boy Texas Rangers are tracking down the infamous Jamison gang who have taken refuge in a nasty lawless town called Arillo. There's a town banker there played by Woodrow Parfrey who is in cahoots with those Jamisons headed by Donnelly Rhodes. He's done a bit of old west style money laundering, converting stolen loot to gold bullion and burying it on a farm the bank has title to.

But Parfrey never figures on Julie Harris, widow woman with two small kids just taking over the farm. That bullion is there for the claiming if she finds it.

Bruce Dern is in this episode as well playing one of the gang who is cooperating with the Rangers.

There's a nice saloon brawl with the Rangers cleaning house in Arillo. Funniest however is poor Neville Brand trying to hold up Julie Harris's wagon while William Smith and Peter Brown take their own sweet time about repairing the wheel. Brand's expressions are priceless. Worth seeing the episode alone for them.
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5/10
Southern Hospitality with Julie Harris
wes-connors4 October 2008
The outlaw "Jamison Gang", led by Donnelly Rhodes (as Bob), sends Bruce Dern (as Durkee) to scout out for Laredo's Rangers. They rightly fear the Rangers will interfere with their plans to pick up a wealth of silver, buried under a farm. Instead of scouting, Mr. Dern turns informer. Rangers Reese (Neville Brand), Chad (Peter Brown), and Joe (William Smith) are sent out, by Parmalee (Philip Carey), to confront the Jamison Gang. Along the way, the meet widow Julie Harris (as Annamay), who also wants to claim the silver-enhanced farm…

Ms. Harris is a charming guest star, working very well with Mr. Brand; in fact, the entire guest cast is exceptional.

This episode, which aired fourth in the first season, should have been the series premiere. It features an abundance of the series' hallmarks: humor and action. And, the characterization either lacking or ill-chosen in earlier episodes begins to form. Reese is noted to have "led on" two women, with undelivered promises of marriage; this figures, later, into the plot, and conveys the "rule" about the Rangers remaining single. The most interesting bit of characterization occurs when, early in the episode, Chad's lady-killing reputation is confirmed; skirting the network censors, Brown is discreetly shown being interrupted during a sexual encounter.

***** Rendezvous at Arillo (10/7/65) Harvey Hart ~ Neville Brand, Julie Harris, Peter Brown
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