I.just saw this on the GRIT Network. I have to say this episode of Zane Grey Theatre surprised me. Why? Spoilers ahead. Anyone who has ever seen Dan Duryea in anything knows he is almost always a bad guy, has few friends ( like in 6 Black Horses)), usually dies ( again like in 6 Black Horses) and especially (with the possible exception of The Twlight Zone ( as Al Denton)), he never gets gets the girl. Here although far from perfect ( he is a drunk (ike Al Denton)), he becomes heroic and ends up with Constance Towers, who because of how he saved her from the indians, sees the type of man he can be and invites him to go to Kentucky with her ( and he accepts). A must see for Duryea fans.
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Old desert rat
bkoganbing18 April 2017
In this two person drama for the Zane Grey Theater, Dan Duryea plays an old desert rat who comes across an abandoned Confederate fort in the Southwest. Not all was taken from the fort especially a good store of liquor.
But also arriving is Constance Towers playing another southern woman as she did in The Horse Soldiers. She's got a mission to get to other Confederate exiles across the Mexican border with a Gatling gun, the better to aid the South to rise again.
I won't go into the rest of the story, but the half hour drama attempts to recapture the Humphrey Bogart-Katharine Hepburn type African Queen chemistry. Duryea is always an interesting character player for me, but he and Towers just ain't Bogey and Kate.
But also arriving is Constance Towers playing another southern woman as she did in The Horse Soldiers. She's got a mission to get to other Confederate exiles across the Mexican border with a Gatling gun, the better to aid the South to rise again.
I won't go into the rest of the story, but the half hour drama attempts to recapture the Humphrey Bogart-Katharine Hepburn type African Queen chemistry. Duryea is always an interesting character player for me, but he and Towers just ain't Bogey and Kate.
An uninteresting story.
kfo94945 January 2016
In this dull offering, Henry Hanley is riding in the rural west when he comes across an old Confederate fort that appears abandon. Hanley searches only to find no person but behold, he finds a keg of liquor. Suddenly, a covered wagon roars into the fort that is occupied by a female, Beth Woodfield, and a dead Confederate General. They were transporting a new type of gun, Gatling Gun, to Mexico where they would give to the former Rebels to continue fighting for the cause.
Beth talks the drunk Hanley into helping her transport the gun through Indian territory to get the guns to the Rebels. Along the way they run into trouble and misfortune but through the problems develop a relationship.
Looking at the content of the show, it says that this was an idea for a new series and a platform for Dan Duryea. The only good thing about the show was that this poor story was not picked up for a series. To be honest all the episode did was introduce two characters with little fanfare. An uninteresting tale that never seemed to gel.
Beth talks the drunk Hanley into helping her transport the gun through Indian territory to get the guns to the Rebels. Along the way they run into trouble and misfortune but through the problems develop a relationship.
Looking at the content of the show, it says that this was an idea for a new series and a platform for Dan Duryea. The only good thing about the show was that this poor story was not picked up for a series. To be honest all the episode did was introduce two characters with little fanfare. An uninteresting tale that never seemed to gel.
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