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REBEL, THE: MIZ PURDY (TV)

Summary

One in this series of western dramas about the adventures of Johnny Yuma, an ex-confederate soldier who wanders the American frontier during the years following the Civil War. A gang of bank robbers are fleeing the law and they murder those who will not aid them. Johnny discovers three of their latest victims and pursues their trail. He stops at a house and looks around for the owner. He is knocked unconscious from behind, and awakens to find himself chained to an anvil. The lady of the house, named Elizabeth Purdy, stands over him with a rifle, believing that he is one of the bank robbers. Johnny attempts to explain himself but she is still suspicious of him and will not release him. That night, Elizabeth brings Johnny food. She has read his journal and seems less antagonistic towards him. She frequently mentions her husband, who has joined a posse searching for the bank robbers. One of the robbers arrives at the house and attempts to kill Elizabeth. However, Johnny manages to drag himself to the door and stabs the man to death with his own knife. Johnny realizes that the other robbers will be coming and convinces Elizabeth to release him. The leader of the robbers arrives at Elizabeth's house and asks for supplies. Like Johnny, he is an ex-Confederate soldier, yet Johnny refers to him as a "pig." After a tense conversation, Elizabeth makes him empty his canteen and leave. Johnny and Elizabeth retreat into the house and lay low; Johnny believes the robbers will return at dawn and they spend time talking to each other. The robbers return and start firing into the house's windows; Johnny and Elizabeth retaliate. After a heated exchange of fire and one final charge from the leader, the robbers are dead and Johnny escapes with nothing but an injured hand. The episode ends as Elizabeth tends to Johnny's wounds. Commercials deleted.

Details

  • NETWORK: ABC
  • DATE: April 2, 1961 9:00 PM
  • RUNNING TIME: 0:30:00
  • COLOR/B&W: B&W
  • CATALOG ID: B:41829
  • GENRE: Drama, western
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, western
  • SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1959-1961
  • COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

  • Andrew J. Fenady … Producer, Created by, Theme Music by
  • David Victor … Associate Producer
  • Bernard McEveety Jr. … Director
  • Nick Adams … Created by
  • Harry Julian Fink … Writer
  • Richard Markowitz … Music by, Theme Music by
  • Johnny Cash … Theme Music by
  • Nick Adams … Cast, Johnny Yuma
  • Jason Evers … Cast, George Tess
  • Patricia Breslin … Cast, Elizabeth Purdy
  • Ken Mayer … Cast, Preacher
  • Ross Sturlin … Cast, Mexican
  • Red Morgan … Cast, Jack Tarr
  • Bill Foster … Cast, Mountain Man
  • Gloria Moreland … Cast, Woman