JOHNNY RINGO "Ghost Coach" 1959
JOHNNY RINGO was a western series that ran for 38 episodes during 1959-60. The series starred Don Durant as the title character with Karen Sharpe, Mark Goddard and Terence De Marney as series regulars. The series follows Durant, (Ringo) a former gunfighter who decides to go straight. He becomes the Sheriff in the small town of Velardi in the Arizona Territory. The series was one of several (Rifleman, Wanted Dead or Alive, Shotgun Slade) with a "gimmick gun". Durant carries a special LeMat revolver equipped with a shotgun barrel under the six gun barrel.
This episode is the eighth of the series.
Sheriff Don Durant and his Deputy, Mark Goddard, are returning to Velardi from a prisoner drop at a nearby town. A sudden dust storm brews up and the men seek shelter in an abandoned mine. They get a surprise when they discover an old Union Army coach inside the mine. Inside the coach is a skeleton and papers dating from the Civil War. Durant has the stage brought in and stored at the local livery stable.
He has Deputy Goddard send off a telegram to the War Department about the coach. Several days later, one of the town's people is gunned down in his office. There are no witnesses.
Now an Officer of the US Army arrives about the coach. The man, Carl Benton Reid, says he was in the area and was sent to look after the coach. Another man, John Harmon, is found murdered that night in the livery stable beside the coach. A third man, Philip Pine, is grabbed up as a possible suspect by Durant. The man, Pine, swears he is innocent but wants to leave town. He will not say why he needs to leave. Durant gives Pine a night in jail to cool his heels. Maybe he will talk the next day.
Army man Reid approaches the Deputy, Goddard, and tells him that Sheriff Durant has approved the release of Pine to his custody. Goddard does just that and Reid and Pine ride off. Durant had given no such permission.
Now we find out that Reid has been bumping off all the dead men. He also intends to deep six Pine. The dead men were all Army deserters. Their desertion had caused the death of Reid's son. He intends revenge. Of course Sheriff Durant interrupts Reid's plan. Pine still ends up dead as he tries to bump off both Durant and Reid.
This twisty episode was written by longtime writing duo, William Link and Richard Levinson. The two were the brains behind television series such as, COLUMBO, MANNIX and MURDER SHE WROTE.
The director here was long time serial and b-film helmsman, John English.
JOHNNY RINGO was a western series that ran for 38 episodes during 1959-60. The series starred Don Durant as the title character with Karen Sharpe, Mark Goddard and Terence De Marney as series regulars. The series follows Durant, (Ringo) a former gunfighter who decides to go straight. He becomes the Sheriff in the small town of Velardi in the Arizona Territory. The series was one of several (Rifleman, Wanted Dead or Alive, Shotgun Slade) with a "gimmick gun". Durant carries a special LeMat revolver equipped with a shotgun barrel under the six gun barrel.
This episode is the eighth of the series.
Sheriff Don Durant and his Deputy, Mark Goddard, are returning to Velardi from a prisoner drop at a nearby town. A sudden dust storm brews up and the men seek shelter in an abandoned mine. They get a surprise when they discover an old Union Army coach inside the mine. Inside the coach is a skeleton and papers dating from the Civil War. Durant has the stage brought in and stored at the local livery stable.
He has Deputy Goddard send off a telegram to the War Department about the coach. Several days later, one of the town's people is gunned down in his office. There are no witnesses.
Now an Officer of the US Army arrives about the coach. The man, Carl Benton Reid, says he was in the area and was sent to look after the coach. Another man, John Harmon, is found murdered that night in the livery stable beside the coach. A third man, Philip Pine, is grabbed up as a possible suspect by Durant. The man, Pine, swears he is innocent but wants to leave town. He will not say why he needs to leave. Durant gives Pine a night in jail to cool his heels. Maybe he will talk the next day.
Army man Reid approaches the Deputy, Goddard, and tells him that Sheriff Durant has approved the release of Pine to his custody. Goddard does just that and Reid and Pine ride off. Durant had given no such permission.
Now we find out that Reid has been bumping off all the dead men. He also intends to deep six Pine. The dead men were all Army deserters. Their desertion had caused the death of Reid's son. He intends revenge. Of course Sheriff Durant interrupts Reid's plan. Pine still ends up dead as he tries to bump off both Durant and Reid.
This twisty episode was written by longtime writing duo, William Link and Richard Levinson. The two were the brains behind television series such as, COLUMBO, MANNIX and MURDER SHE WROTE.
The director here was long time serial and b-film helmsman, John English.
