"The Big Valley" Hunter's Moon (TV Episode 1968) Poster

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(1968)

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8/10
Peter Breck performance is excellent in this interesting story
kfo949428 November 2012
A beautiful young girl, Juliet, is in a terrible relationship with a very jealous man named Ben Dawes. He is so insane that he believes his wife is cheating anytime he is away. When he sees someone riding away on a horse with a white mane, he kidnaps three men riding such a horse. And one of them happens to be Nick Barkley.

Nick is thrown into a cellar with two other men named Bodkins and Gandy. Ben Dawes is a rich landowner and basically does what he pleases. Now he wants to know who was with his wife or all three will hang. So Gandy and Bodkins team up and advised that Nick admitted being with his wife. The two men are released and Nick is waiting hanging.

But with the help of Juliet, Nick is able to escape. But it will not be easy. Ben controls the entire valley and puts a $100 bounty on anyone that kills Nick Barkley. With Nick and Juliet out in the woodlands they begin talking and even begin to appreciate each other.

With Ben and his gang closing in on Nick and Juliet it will not be long before the viewer will change their opinion of the cast. A secret will be revealed which will result in ruined lives.

A very nice episode and well played. Peter Breck is again wonderful as Nick who finally sees that sometimes it is better to let things go than hold on too tight.
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6/10
Chocolate Palomino and a trophy wife
bkoganbing31 May 2016
Nick Barkley is believed by many to be the toughest man in TV western history. Lots of evidence for that throughout the run of The Big Valley. But he's up against a man who will stop at nothing if he believes that someone's been out stepping with his wife.

Lawrence Dobkin is the man in question here and he's the kind of man who is not easy to convince. The man he suspects is known to ride a chocolate palomino and poor Peter Breck rides one of those horses when he comes to Dobkin's town on business.

These are the problems when you marry a younger woman. Dobkin spent his youth building his Ponderosa and marries late in life to beautiful and very desirable Susan O'Connell. If you're subject to the green eyed monster you will have many an Iago encouraging said monster in your life.

An interesting episode. Especially to see how the Iago and Desdemona work out in this story.
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