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In a rather odd episode for a Zane Grey show, the program begins outside a saloon where a gunfight takes place and the only thing we know is that one of the gunmen was killed. The next scene takes us to another saloon where a man (Tex Ritter) is singing about a dead outlaw named Dan Case, when in walks a man that appears to be the same person that was killed at the beginning of the show. Strange things are afoot in the western town.

With the song playing throughout the episode, it is clear that the man in the saloon is suppose to be the person, Dan Case, that was killed in the gunfight. And as the song verse goes 'looking for his soul' as he lives in this town for a day, always looking at the clock, and meets a number of people in town that includes two different type of women and also a young buck that challenges the mysterious man to a gunfight. We get the feeling that we may see Dan Case die twice in one episode. But there is a twist to this tale.

For a unique episode for the series, the show turned out to be a interesting story that kept the viewer on the end of their seat to the very end. With good acting and a exciting story, the show was one of the better episode we have seen this season. Good watch.

This little one-act by a guy who sold two story ideas in his brief career incorporates a little of 1973's "High Plains Drifter," a little of the mythological "Flying Dutchman" & a little "Twilight Zone."

I'm not spilling the beans & saying how - you gotta watch.

It does feature a 54-year old gunfighter Dick Powell, who did not really look as though he was really into it. He was a tad too old but he was one of the show's producers as one-fourth of Four Star Productions.

He's in love with a favorite of mine: Beautiful 35-year-old Cathy O' Donnell and those incredibly sad eyes. Who's in love with older guy Dick. It's always wonderful seeing Cathy O'Donnell, who, sadly, died way too young of cancer, in 1970 when she was only 46.

Also on board is Nick Adams, who seemingly wore a envy & an unfortunate chip on his shoulder through his adult life - and who died in 1968 of a probably suicide when was only 36.

Nick was never a very good actor and he often stunk - and he had about 20 TV show appearances on his resume by the time he did this one.

So, it's hard to recall a actor doing a more unbelievable downing of a shot of whiskey during a poker game. You wanna tell a decent of good actor from a hack: Watch how they drink something, be it a glass of milk or a cup of coffee, a sip of beer at the bar - and downing a shot of whiskey. Nick Adams' attempt here was a hack trying to be "a dramatic actor" and it looked as fake as can be!

Overall, this was not a great episode.