This Wagon Train episode has Arthur Shields and Bob Hopkins keeping in bondage people who just have the misfortune to pass through their little town.
They're forced as slaves to work in a tunnel they are building for a railroad which may or may not come to their area. One of those captured is Flint
McCullough who goes to work in the tunnel with others like Francis McDonald,
John Ashley, and William Schallert.
Another is Charles Aidman who was recently recaptured after an escape and tortured horribly. He's now a weak link in the prisoner ranks.
Shields is a real bottom feeder who styles himself a judge. A recent war was fought over the issue of slavery and involuntary servitude and what these guys are going through is the worst kind of involuntary servitude.
Hopkins is even better as a man who truly loves having the power of life and death over these prisoners. He'd have been a top man at Auschwitz.
Considering what these men went though I'd say they got off light. That kind of dampens the whole story. Still worth watching for Wagon Train fans.
Another is Charles Aidman who was recently recaptured after an escape and tortured horribly. He's now a weak link in the prisoner ranks.
Shields is a real bottom feeder who styles himself a judge. A recent war was fought over the issue of slavery and involuntary servitude and what these guys are going through is the worst kind of involuntary servitude.
Hopkins is even better as a man who truly loves having the power of life and death over these prisoners. He'd have been a top man at Auschwitz.
Considering what these men went though I'd say they got off light. That kind of dampens the whole story. Still worth watching for Wagon Train fans.
