The Gentle Sword

Name: The Gentle Sword
Genre: Western
Released: 1960-11-07
Duration: 25 min
Rating: 8.5
Cast: Lorna Thayer, Tom Reese, Robert Montgomery Jr.

Episode aired Nov 7, 1960
TV-PGTV-PG
25min

S9.E7

Noted frontier explorer John Fremont is in gold rush California and finds himself in a contentious mining dispute. As the situation threatens to turn violent the future presidential candidat... Read allNoted frontier explorer John Fremont is in gold rush California and finds himself in a contentious mining dispute. As the situation threatens to turn violent the future presidential candidate has the support of his faithful wife Jessie.Noted frontier explorer John Fremont is in gold rush California and finds himself in a contentious mining dispute. As the situation threatens to turn violent the future presidential candidate has the support of his faithful wife Jessie.

8.5/10

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Lorna Thayer

Jessie Fremontas Jessie Fremont

Tom Reese

Blasteras Blaster

Robert Montgomery Jr.

Douglas Foxas Douglas Fox

Karen Green

Lilyas Lily

Bryan Russell

Frankas Frank

John Clifford

Charlesas Charles

Roy Engel

John C. Fremontas John C. Fremont

Stanley Andrews

Old Rangeras Old Ranger

John Barton

Townsmanas Townsman
(uncredited)

John George

Townsmanas Townsman
(uncredited)

Herman Hack

Townsmanas Townsman
(uncredited)

I. Stanford Jolley

Burnleyas Burnley
(uncredited)

Frank Mills

Townsmanas Townsman
(uncredited)

Jack Tornek

Townsmanas Townsman
(uncredited)

Michael Vallon

Winstonas Winston
(uncredited)

Max Wagner

Townsmanas Townsman
(uncredited)

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Genre
- Western
Certificate
- TV-PG
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Trivia
In 1847, John Fremont paid $3,000 ($98,000 in 2021) for 70 square miles in the Sierra foothills, near Yosemite (California's non-Native American population was approximately 14,000 in 1848, therefore did not have a great demand for land). The previous owner had purchased the land on a "floating grant," and the property boundaries were not precisely fixed. Fremont's mining problems arose because it was difficult to figure if his mines were on his own property or on public land; additionally, squatters moved onto his land looking for gold. The Supreme Court eventually ruled in Fremont's favor in 1856.