HAVE GUN – WILL TRAVEL: THE HANGING OF ROY CARTER (TV)
Summary
One in this series of Western dramas about Paladin, a principled and cultured gun-for-hire. In this episode, Paladin attempts to delay the hanging of an innocent man until vital evidence can arrive at the state penitentary. Having apprehended a horse thief named Keno, Paladin is accosted by a vigilante posse who wish to lynch the swindler. The posse's leader is Sidney Carter, whose son Roy is to be hanged because of Keno's betrayal. Paladin persuades the stubborn, vengeful father to allow the man to confess and save his son's life. Complications ensue, however, and the confession does not arrive at the penitentiary when Paladin does. When Paladin's plea for additional time draws no mercy from the intractable Warden Bullock, he must take desperate measures to prevent Roy's execution. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: October 4, 1958 9:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:25:50
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: B:13529
- GENRE: Drama, western
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, western
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1957-1963
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Sam Rolfe … Producer, Created by
- Andrew V. McLaglen … Director
- Herb Meadow … Created by
- Gene Roddenberry … Writer
- Johnny Western … Theme Music by
- Richard Boone … Cast, Paladin
- John Larch … Cast, Chaplain Robert April
- Robert Armstrong … Cast, Sidney Carter
- Scott Marlowe … Cast, Roy Carter
- Paul Birch … Cast, Warden Bullock
- Francis J. McDonald … Cast, Jesse
- John Duke … Cast, Keno Smith
- Michael Hinn … Cast, Marshal
- K.L. Smith … Cast, 1st Guard
- Ed Faulkner … Cast, 2nd Guard
- Rusty Westcoatt … Cast, 3rd Guard