A father threatens to kill the two drifters who have been plaguing his daughter.A father threatens to kill the two drifters who have been plaguing his daughter.A father threatens to kill the two drifters who have been plaguing his daughter.
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- Marian Clark
- John Meston(uncredited)
- Norman MacDonnell(uncredited)
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Really Bad & Pointless
Fintan Meyler, who had come from Ireland to become an actress, plays the Mexican girl Chavela, who is being harassed by the same two cowboys on three separate occasions. On their last attempt to seduce Chavela, she runs into the woods and falls and hurts her head. The cowboys had just earlier clubbed her father, played by Simon Oakland, into unconsciousness. So it can be presumed that they had their way with the also unconscious Chavela. They certainly did not run to Doc Adams to get help.
While I tried to like this episode, the first problem was that Fintan Meyler seems to be doing a traditional "Old Country" Italian accent. I had to check the title of the episode, I thought it was Luigi's Daughter, or Giuseppi's Daughter, not Miguel's Daughter. Simon Oakland is pretty bad too. When Dillon asks his name at the beginning of the episode, Oakland responds "MIG- GOO -EL" which means he did not even try to figure out how Spanish people pronounce Miguel, which is MEE-GELLE. It was pretty bad to watch him mis-pronounce his own name.
I loved Simon Oakland in Kolchak, the Night Stalker, but here he gives his character no human dimensions. He just acts like a robot saying several times "I must kill to defend my honor," and similar traditional Old School macho-Father remarks. No doubt he was just reading his lines, but he gave them no human feeling, no Fatherly passion, nothing.
After Miguel & Chavela are attacked for the third time, Dillon takes one of the men into jail. No mention is ever made as to whether or not he went to trial or was convicted, or what his sentence was. The second villain, played by Ed Nelson, gets away, and Matt Dillon can't find him.
After a couple of weeks, Miguel brings the dead body of Nelson to the Marshal's Office. Dillon never asks if the would-be rapist was shot in a gun-fight, or anything else. He just arrests Miguel on the spot. It seems like Miguel should have gotten cut some slack considering that the two cowboys attacked his home, attacked him, and tried to rape his daughter. But Matt Dillon takes the hard line against a minority character. I doubt he would have done the same thing if it had been one of the Anglo town locals. Overall, this episode is pretty bad for a lot of reasons.
While I tried to like this episode, the first problem was that Fintan Meyler seems to be doing a traditional "Old Country" Italian accent. I had to check the title of the episode, I thought it was Luigi's Daughter, or Giuseppi's Daughter, not Miguel's Daughter. Simon Oakland is pretty bad too. When Dillon asks his name at the beginning of the episode, Oakland responds "MIG- GOO -EL" which means he did not even try to figure out how Spanish people pronounce Miguel, which is MEE-GELLE. It was pretty bad to watch him mis-pronounce his own name.
I loved Simon Oakland in Kolchak, the Night Stalker, but here he gives his character no human dimensions. He just acts like a robot saying several times "I must kill to defend my honor," and similar traditional Old School macho-Father remarks. No doubt he was just reading his lines, but he gave them no human feeling, no Fatherly passion, nothing.
After Miguel & Chavela are attacked for the third time, Dillon takes one of the men into jail. No mention is ever made as to whether or not he went to trial or was convicted, or what his sentence was. The second villain, played by Ed Nelson, gets away, and Matt Dillon can't find him.
After a couple of weeks, Miguel brings the dead body of Nelson to the Marshal's Office. Dillon never asks if the would-be rapist was shot in a gun-fight, or anything else. He just arrests Miguel on the spot. It seems like Miguel should have gotten cut some slack considering that the two cowboys attacked his home, attacked him, and tried to rape his daughter. But Matt Dillon takes the hard line against a minority character. I doubt he would have done the same thing if it had been one of the Anglo town locals. Overall, this episode is pretty bad for a lot of reasons.
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- Warlock72
- Mar 31, 2020
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- Stage 5 & Stage 6, Paramount Sunset Lot, 5800 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, California, USA(Dodge City Western Street)
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- Runtime30 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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