This episode plays out very much like the typical Western show of this period. The difference is that Gene Berry, Daren McGavin, & Ellen Corby are better casting than many westerns on TV after this.
The show does and excellent job of building tension of a gun fight and then destroying the tension. One of Don Medfords two directing efforts in this series. While the build up at the end is very good, this show pulls something which would keep the series fresher than most even when the episode was not the best.
When the gun fight never happens, & the men leave, Hitchcock smugly comes on the screen and observes "That was a bit of a disappointment, wasn't it? Both men did die later that day- of food poisoning because she (Corby) wasn't a very good cook." This bit of Hitches touch was part of what made this series special. You could never be quite sure what he would do at the end of the show, & in this case he put a clever topper on it.
The show does and excellent job of building tension of a gun fight and then destroying the tension. One of Don Medfords two directing efforts in this series. While the build up at the end is very good, this show pulls something which would keep the series fresher than most even when the episode was not the best.
When the gun fight never happens, & the men leave, Hitchcock smugly comes on the screen and observes "That was a bit of a disappointment, wasn't it? Both men did die later that day- of food poisoning because she (Corby) wasn't a very good cook." This bit of Hitches touch was part of what made this series special. You could never be quite sure what he would do at the end of the show, & in this case he put a clever topper on it.