Incident of Iron Bull (3 Oct. 1963)

Rowdy hires a Comanche who "supposedly" returns their remuda. Favor returns with Colonel Macklin who wiped out the Comanches. Macklin and Clanton, a drover, have problems with any Comanche leading to bigger issues for Favor and the drovers

Director:

Christian Nyby

Writer:

Carey Wilber

Stars:

Eric Fleming, Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Eric Fleming	...	Gil Favor
Clint Eastwood	...	Rowdy Yates
Paul Brinegar	...	Wishbone
James Murdock	...	Mushy
Steve Raines	...	Jim Quince
Rocky Shahan	...	Joe Scarlet
Robert Cabal	...	Hey Soos
William R. Thompkins	...	Toothless (as William Thompkins)
James Whitmore	...	Colonel John Macklin
Michael Ansara	...	Joseph
Richard X. Slattery	...	Clanton
Judson Pratt	...	Sergeant Grogan
Ralph Moody	...	Yellow Elk

Storyline

Colonel Macklin, a famous Indian fighter, and his Sergeant buddy have joined Favor's cattle drive as all are headed the same way. Macklin is noted for a famous war-ending victory over the Indians. A drover on the drive, Clanton, also has an unbridled hatred of the Indians. Going against orders, the drover shoots an Indian lad who was just showing off. The Indians sneak into camp at night and silently kill Clanton. They are also intent on breaking the peace treaty and killing all the drovers if they do not hand over Macklin. The reason is that Macklin is guilty of a major atrocity. He defied army orders and attacked the Indians, who were under a flag of peace, killing 245 women, children and old men (no warriors were there). Macklin's rationale was that the Indians would never keep the peace under any circumstances, so he had to resort to "ethnic cleansing" -- killing all children and female "breeders!" Macklin's madness had reached the point that he was being discharged from the Army ...

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Western

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 October 1963 (USA)

Filming Locations:

CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

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