Retreat (26 Mar. 1965)

Army Major, commander of his post, feeling denigrated by the Army, steals the Army's cash on his last day and packages it for Favor to mail to the Major who plans to abscond, but new information causes him to try returning it to Army.

Director:

James Goldstone

Writer:

John Dunkel

Stars:

Eric Fleming, Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Eric Fleming	...	Gil Favor
Clint Eastwood	...	Rowdy Yates (credit only)
Paul Brinegar	...	Wishbone
James Murdock	...	Mushy
Steve Raines	...	Jim Quince
John Anderson	...	Major Cantwell
Steve Ihnat	...	Kaster
Ford Rainey	...	Colonel Hart
John Lasell	...	Captain Wayly
Keith McConnell	...	Sergeant
Jacques Shelton	...	Lieutenant (as Jacque Shelton)
Jan Arvan	...	Surgeon

Storyline

Major Cantwell, who has devoted himself to the Army his entire life, is the commanding officer of an Army outpost, and is about to retire. His life goal was to become a Brigadier General, and had reached Colonel rank, but was demoted to Major due to a record-keeping infraction that he was found guilty of, but was actually innocent. Feeling disgruntled, he steals the $30,000 in Army cash the day before his departure. He put the cash in a package, addressed to himself, for Favor to mail at the nearest town. Cantwell's plan was pick up the cash and remain hidden in Mexico. Unfortunately for Cantwell, enlisted soldier Caster, who was severely punished by Cantwell for drinking on duty, happened to be leaving the Army, joined Favor's trail drive and steals the package from Favor's saddle bags, knowing it is from Cantwell and hoping there is liquor inside. Meanwhile Cantwell, still on duty as commanding officer, gets word that his innocence was established and that he is being promoted to ...

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Western

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 March 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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