THE RIFLEMAN – The Prisoner - 1961
This episode is number 101 of the run. Chuck Connors headlines this 1958 to 1963 western series that ran for 168 episodes. Connors is a world class hand with a Winchester rifle. This of course ends up getting him in no end of trouble
Two men wearing old weather beaten Confederate Army uniforms, ride into North Fork one afternoon. The men, John Dehner and Adam Williams stop in their tracks when they see Chuck Connors. They have spent the last 15 years since the end of the Civil War, hunting Connors.
Connors had been in charge of a Union Army detail that had escorted Dehner, Williams and other captured Confederate soldiers to a Union Prison camp. The camp turned out to be the worst ran camp in the Union. Only 1 in 5 survived. Officer Dehner and Sgt Williams had sworn revenge on the man, Connors, who had delivered them to the hellhole.
Dehner and Williams scout around outside town and find an out of the way spot hidden in some rocks. They spend the next several days constructing a small prison with a stout wooden cage.
The next afternoon the two pay a visit to the Connors' ranch. A gun barrel laid forcefully against Connors' head makes him rather cooperative. When Connors comes to, he finds himself locked in the small wooden cage. The not all quite right in the head, Dehner explains the reason for Connor's present predicament.
Nothing about how the war is long over or that Connors had nothing to do with running the prison camp, impresses Dehner. He intends to keep Connors locked up. They throw him the scraps from their dinner and get a good laugh out it. Mixed in with the food scraps is a piece of bone. Connors carefully sharpens the bone on the rocks under his cage.
After several days, the two, Dehner and Williams let down their guard a bit and Connors strikes. When Williams approaches the cage to give Connors some water, Connors moves fast and slips the sharpened bone into William side. He grabs up Williams' six gun and blasts Dehner as he rushes over to see what is wrong.
Connors frees himself from the cage and takes the bodies into North Fork to Sheriff Paul Fix.
A quick and nasty episode handled with his usual style, by director, Joseph H. Lewis.
This episode is number 101 of the run. Chuck Connors headlines this 1958 to 1963 western series that ran for 168 episodes. Connors is a world class hand with a Winchester rifle. This of course ends up getting him in no end of trouble
Two men wearing old weather beaten Confederate Army uniforms, ride into North Fork one afternoon. The men, John Dehner and Adam Williams stop in their tracks when they see Chuck Connors. They have spent the last 15 years since the end of the Civil War, hunting Connors.
Connors had been in charge of a Union Army detail that had escorted Dehner, Williams and other captured Confederate soldiers to a Union Prison camp. The camp turned out to be the worst ran camp in the Union. Only 1 in 5 survived. Officer Dehner and Sgt Williams had sworn revenge on the man, Connors, who had delivered them to the hellhole.
Dehner and Williams scout around outside town and find an out of the way spot hidden in some rocks. They spend the next several days constructing a small prison with a stout wooden cage.
The next afternoon the two pay a visit to the Connors' ranch. A gun barrel laid forcefully against Connors' head makes him rather cooperative. When Connors comes to, he finds himself locked in the small wooden cage. The not all quite right in the head, Dehner explains the reason for Connor's present predicament.
Nothing about how the war is long over or that Connors had nothing to do with running the prison camp, impresses Dehner. He intends to keep Connors locked up. They throw him the scraps from their dinner and get a good laugh out it. Mixed in with the food scraps is a piece of bone. Connors carefully sharpens the bone on the rocks under his cage.
After several days, the two, Dehner and Williams let down their guard a bit and Connors strikes. When Williams approaches the cage to give Connors some water, Connors moves fast and slips the sharpened bone into William side. He grabs up Williams' six gun and blasts Dehner as he rushes over to see what is wrong.
Connors frees himself from the cage and takes the bodies into North Fork to Sheriff Paul Fix.
A quick and nasty episode handled with his usual style, by director, Joseph H. Lewis.
