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Story by IRVING RUBINE Directed by LESLIE H. MARTINSON Guest Cast
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Dan & his prisoners  |
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Story by IRVING RUBINE Directed by LESLIE H. MARTINSON Guest Cast
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Dan & his prisoners |
This episode of Lawman is a decent enough story, but completely generic. It was one of those Warner Bros. scripts that could have been shopped around to any of their shows. The best proof of this is that during the television writers strike, "The Oath" was filmed as an episode of Colt .45, ["Strange Encounter" 4-26-60] with very little change in the dialogue. [Change the stagecoach to an airplane and it could have become an episode of one of Warner's detective shows. Maybe it did.] When the episode was shown as Colt .45, the name "W. Hermanos" [W. Brothers] was added to the writing credits. During the strike, writers doctored scripts using this pseudonym so the writers union wouldn't fine them.
Dan Troop |
Menke |
The Doctor |
The jail wagon leaves Laramie |
In the Lawman version, Dan and Johnny are taking big-mouth cold-blooded killer Menke to be hanged and Dr. Brewer to serve a 10-year sentence in a civilian prison for killing a man he says was "bothering" his wife. In the Colt .45 version, Wayde Colt is taking big-mouth, cold-blooded killer Mannix to be hanged and Dr. Craig to a military prison to serve a 10-year term.
Chris Colt |
Mannix & the Doctor |
The jail wagon leaves the fort |
In Lawman, 20 miles outside of Evanson, Dan and Johnny come across a stagecoach with a missing wheel. The passengers include Lola a beautiful blonde dancehall girl, a young soldier's wife who can't be moved because she is having a baby, Eggles a self-important politician/landowner who tries to order Dan around, and a stage driver whose injured arm must get medical attention in town immediately. Against the wishes of Eggles, Dan releases the doctor to tend to the injured driver and birthing mother.
Johnny & Dan 20 miles from Evanson |
The injured & the self-important |
The blonde |
The expectant mother |
In Colt .45, 20 miles outside of Evanson, Colt and his sergeant driver come across a military wagon which has been overturned in an Indian attack. The passengers include a beautiful blonde of questionable background, a young shotgun guard who can't be moved because his shattered rib might pierce a lung, a self-important General who tries to order Colt around and a wagon driver whose injured arm must get medical attention in town immediately. Against the wishes of the General, Colt releases the doctor to tend the wounded.
The Sergeant & Colt 20 miles from Evanson |
The injured & the self important |
The blonde |
The injured boy |
In Lawman, Johnny takes the jail wagon into town with the injured driver, leaving Dan and the others to fix the stage. Menke asks Lola for water then grabs and kisses her. He wants her to get a file out of the toolbox to help him escape. She refuses While the men are fixing the stage, Menke gets a gun and enlists the doctor to help him escape. Dan reminds the doctor of his oath. The doctor gives Menke a good whack with a big wrench and all is well. The doctor admits that his wife was not resisting the man who was after her. Eggles agrees to use his influence to help the doctor.
Johnny drives to town |
Failed charm |
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In Colt .45 the sergeant takes the jail wagon into town with the injured driver, leaving Colt and the others to fix the military wagon. Mannix asks Jeannie for water then grabs and kisses her. He wants her to help him escape. She refuses. While the men are fixing the wagon, Mannix gets a gun and enlists the doctor to help him escape. Colt reminds the doctor of his oath. The doctor gives Mannix a good whack with a wrench. The doctor admits his wife wasn't struggling against the man he killed. The General agrees to use his influence to help the doctor.
Failed charm |
Gets a gun |
The doctor to the rescue |
NiteOwl Review: Not a particularly distinguished episode. For the Lawman completist only.
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