S4.E9

The Colter Craven Story

Name: The Colter Craven Story
Genre: Western
Released: 1960-11-23
Duration: 53 min
Rating: 8.2
Cast: Ward Bond, Robert Horton, Frank McGrath

Episode aired Nov 23, 1960
TV-PGTV-PG
53m

IMDb RATING

8.2/10

146

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Western

Dr. Craven feels he can't perform surgery any longer. When he joins the wagon train and his services are desperately needed, he realizes he may be wrong after Major Adams gives him a history... Read allDr. Craven feels he can't perform surgery any longer. When he joins the wagon train and his services are desperately needed, he realizes he may be wrong after Major Adams gives him a history lesson.Dr. Craven feels he can't perform surgery any longer. When he joins the wagon train and his services are desperately needed, he realizes he may be wrong after Major Adams gives him a history lesson.

IMDb RATING

8.2/10

146

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Director
- John Ford
Writer
- Tony Paulson
Stars
- Ward Bond
- Robert Horton(credit only)
- Frank McGrath

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Anna Lee and Carleton Young in Wagon Train (1957)

Ward Bond and Carleton Young in Wagon Train (1957)

Ward Bond and Ken Curtis in Wagon Train (1957)

Ward Bond and Frank McGrath in Wagon Train (1957)

Anna Lee and Cliff Lyons in Wagon Train (1957)

Ward Bond and Terry Wilson in Wagon Train (1957)

Ward Bond, Frank McGrath, and Terry Wilson in Wagon Train (1957)

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Trivia
This episode marked the first time that John Wayne played General William Tecumseh Sherman. He would play him again in the Civil War sequence of How the West Was Won (1962).

Connections
Edited from Wagon Master (1950)

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8/10

Another Piece of the Origin Story

One very interesting fact here: Willis Bouchey, Anna Lee, Ken Curtis and Carleton Young who all appear in this episode were all also in the 1959 John Ford film "The Horse Soldiers". That's got to be some weird coincidence.

Without giving away any spoilers, this is a critical-for-fans piece of the Wagon Train story line. A lot happens here that reflects on later episodes. And a lot about the philosophy of the major gets aired as well. All this and an historic figure appears. Watch it.

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