The Kate Parker Story (6 May 1959)

The wagon train pushes ahead when one of the passengers has an accident. With only a wagon between two couples, one person decides to leave with money including some gold coins. They have an accident and the storm's only getting worse.

Director:

Tay Garnett

Writers:

Leonard Praskins (teleplay), Howard R. Evans (story)

Stars:

Ward Bond, Robert Horton, Virginia Grey

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Ward Bond	...	Major Seth Adams
Robert Horton	...	Flint McCullough (credit only)
Virginia Grey	...	Kate Parker
Warren Stevens	...	Jonas Parker
Royal Dano	...	Boone Caulder
Robert Fuller	...	Chris Finley
Ruta Lee	...	Evvie Finley
Frank McGrath	...	Charlie Wooster
Terry Wilson	...	Bill Hawks

Storyline

The Finleys are a young couple recently married still in their honeymoon stage while the Parkers are an older unhappily married couple. Chris Finley is a wanted man which Adams knows. Both are on Adams wagon discussing the issue when the Finley wagon has an accident paralyzing Evvie Finley who was driving the wagon. With the Finley wagon destroyed, they put her in the Parker wagon but are afraid to move her. Due to worry about snow the wagon train goes on to the next town leaving the Finleys and Parkers to wait for help to return. Kate Parker has a considerable sum of money with her. Her husband had been planning to leave her so he takes the money, wagon, and Kate leaving the Finleys stranded alone. A branch knocks out Jonas allowing Kate to escape but she falters in the cold snow. Jonas leaves with the money on foot the next day. Mountain man Boone Caulder rescues Kate. Kate soon learns Boone is an uneducated but wise man especially about men and women. Adams returns the next day ...

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Plot Keywords:

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Genres:

Drama | Western

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 May 1959 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Republic Studios - 4024 Radford Avenue, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Revue Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

Drop the gun or I'll roll her!

It's fun to see these old episodes and how much they managed to squeeze into an hour show. The insides of those wagons are as roomy as a hotel suite. Warren Stevens plays a total loser whose greed for gold finally sinks him. Ruta Lee and Virginia Grey are the actresses in this story and don't really look like trail riders, and that's OK. I'd gladly be the prospector living alone in the wilderness if I could find a total babe (Virginia Grey) lying outside my cabin and needing saved. Special thanks to Wooster for having appropriate medication handy in the middle of nowhere. Overall a good episode of a somewhat typical story on Wagon Train