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The Ride

Episode Number: 84    Season Num: 3    First Aired: January 21, 1962    Prod Code: n/a
Adam witnesses the murder of the station manager, by two men who hold up the station, while waiting for a stagecoach. The two men who commit the crime are wearing burlap bags over their heads, but Adam is sure that he recognizes one of them. The man has an alibi, as two women claim to have seen him in Virginia City the morning of the robbery, at a time everyone believes is too soon after the murder for it to have been possible to travel from the station to town. Adam does not believe the alibi and sets out to prove the man guilty.

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Writer: Ward Hawkins
Director: Don McDougall
Star: Dan Blocker (Eric "Hoss" Cartwright (1959-1972)),  Lorne Greene (Ben Cartwright),  Pernell Roberts (Adam Cartwright (1959-1965)),  Michael Landon (Joseph "Little Joe" Francis Cartwright)
Recurring Role: Ray Teal (Sheriff Roy Coffee),  Hal Baylor (Arch Stewart),  Chubby Johnson (Toby Barker)
Guest Star: Bob Harris (),  Jan Merlin (Bill Enders),  Grace Gaynor (Mary Enders)

Notes

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A. Earl Hedrick is credited as Earl Hedrick. (edit)
Featured Cartwright: Adam (edit)

Quotes

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Roy: And I'm also gonna say, if people would leave the sheriff's work to the sheriff, I think we would all be a lot better off. (edit)
Adam: C'mon Pa. Of course I know I'm human. I make mistakes...but not this time. (edit)

Trivia

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Saloon of choice: The Nugget (edit)
Ben smokes a pipe in this episode. (edit)
Adam owns shares in a mining claim with Bill Enders and two other people. (edit)

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At a stage waystation, Adam is present when two masked men rob the station of the strongbox. In the process, he witnesses one of them, who he recognizes, murder the station manager. The killer has an alibi, so Adam sets out to prove he committed the cri
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Episode: The Ride
Season Number: 3
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