Paladin has captured Joselto Kincaid, an alleged fugitive killer, and is bringing him in for a trial. Needing a brief stop before boarding a train, Paladin stops over in a town for the night. While there, four local thugs bored in a no horse town decide to hang Kincaid. Their first attempt is foiled by Ray Remy, local older, overweight sheriff who also runs the town bar. After overpowering Paladin, the men take Kincaid, but before he can be hung, Kincaid hurls imprecations at Joe Culp. Culp loses his temper and shoots Kincaid and then rifle butts Paladin's right hand.
When Paladin recovers, he goes after the men. Culp draws on Paladin and the result baffles Remy. How? Paladin tells Remy guns are his tools. But now there are still three others to capture. Paladin will offer them a choice: put cuffs on and be brought to trial or die.
This is a rare two-episode Paladin which means there is more time to develop character and plot. The production set is bleaker than usual setting up a shadowy backdrop for this morality play: the struggle to determine is it justice or revenge we see before us.
Well done episode(s) featuring a young Sydney Pollack who was an actor before becoming an Oscar winning director. Pollack makes a good bad man indicating he might have matured into a fine actor.
When Paladin recovers, he goes after the men. Culp draws on Paladin and the result baffles Remy. How? Paladin tells Remy guns are his tools. But now there are still three others to capture. Paladin will offer them a choice: put cuffs on and be brought to trial or die.
This is a rare two-episode Paladin which means there is more time to develop character and plot. The production set is bleaker than usual setting up a shadowy backdrop for this morality play: the struggle to determine is it justice or revenge we see before us.
Well done episode(s) featuring a young Sydney Pollack who was an actor before becoming an Oscar winning director. Pollack makes a good bad man indicating he might have matured into a fine actor.
