This is one of the top episodes of Wagon Train for a few reasons.
It involves first of all a very cruel aristocrat and her even crueler servant.
The woman manipulates through her beauty, and totally uses and abuses a married man on the train.
There are some twists that I don't want to spoil. Suffice to say, the woman, servant, and married man embark away from the train, and Flint follows.
Some twists you aren't likely to see coming.
What makes this especially great and risk taking is that Ward Bond was "star material", and yet he was willing to demean himself in character in a way that is the most taboo in movies and TV, when he scoffs at Seward's folly of buying Alaska.
That, in itself, showed great moxie, to be willing to risk star status and fan appreciation by not acting like one was always perfect in matters of political correctness. Ward Bond deserves special honor for this, because as a star, he could've refused to do this and had Wilson or McGrath do it instead, but he took it upon himself. Kudos to Bond.
It involves first of all a very cruel aristocrat and her even crueler servant.
The woman manipulates through her beauty, and totally uses and abuses a married man on the train.
There are some twists that I don't want to spoil. Suffice to say, the woman, servant, and married man embark away from the train, and Flint follows.
Some twists you aren't likely to see coming.
What makes this especially great and risk taking is that Ward Bond was "star material", and yet he was willing to demean himself in character in a way that is the most taboo in movies and TV, when he scoffs at Seward's folly of buying Alaska.
That, in itself, showed great moxie, to be willing to risk star status and fan appreciation by not acting like one was always perfect in matters of political correctness. Ward Bond deserves special honor for this, because as a star, he could've refused to do this and had Wilson or McGrath do it instead, but he took it upon himself. Kudos to Bond.
