The Empty Sleeve (2 Apr. 1965)

When the herd refuses to drink or cross a river, Favor sends for a vet and a one-armed man shows up wanting drover job. Rowdy learns the cattle need salt and the new hand knows where to find it nearby. However, he doesn't want to go there.

Director:

Jus Addiss

Writer:

Louis Vittes

Stars:

Eric Fleming, Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Eric Fleming	...	Gil Favor
Clint Eastwood	...	Rowdy Yates
Paul Brinegar	...	Wishbone
Sheb Wooley	...	Pete Nolan
Steve Raines	...	Jim Quince
Rocky Shahan	...	Joe Scarlet
Robert Cabal	...	Hey Soos
Everett Sloane	...	Sam Butler
Burt Douglas	...	Tom Cowan
Richard Davalos	...	Will Butler (as Dick Davalos)
John Pickard	...	Sheriff
David Manley	...	Ralston
Don Kennedy	...	Wade
Nancy Rennick	...	Jenny Conway

Storyline

The dying cattle won't cross the river or drink water because they are not thirsty because they lack salt in their diet because they have been traveling over and eating burnt-out grass. Tom Cowan, a newly hired one-armed drover tells Favor that there is an old rock salt mine at Murtry, owned by the local banker. Favor orders Cowan and some of the drovers to travel to Murtry to get the salt to feed the cattle. Cowan demurs, but Favor orders him to go along. We soon learn the reason for his reluctance: 10 years ago Cowan had just married Jenny Conway, local girl at Murtry. He robbed the local bank of $100 to buy a wedding trip, was caught by the law, but the despotic, controlling banker (Everett Sloane) offered him this deal which he accepted: go free, take $500, never return, and join the Army (at time of the Civil War) in the name of the banker's son. Cowan lost his arm in the war and had a letter sent stating that he died in the war, so as not to be a burden on Jenny, who knew ...

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Western

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 April 1965 (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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