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The Stranger

Episode Number: 24    Season Num: 1    First Aired: February 27, 1960    Prod Code: n/a
Ben's past catches up with him, when an inspector from New Orleans arrives in Virginia City. It seems Ben is wanted in New Orleans for murder and must go back to face trial. This puts an end to Ben's run to become governor. Joe decides that it's up to him to set the inspector straight and to make sure that his father doesn't go back to New Orleans.

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Writer: Leonard Heideman
Story: Oliver Crawford
Director: Christian Nyby
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: Hal Baylor (Tom Cole),  Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing),  Robert Foulk (Sheriff Brady)
Guest Star: Lloyd Nolan (Inspector Charles Leduque),  Donald Foster (Albert Gibbons),  Joan Staley (Dixie),  Charles Tannen (Clerk),  Arthur Shields (),  Elizabeth York (),  Jomarie Pettitt (),  Hank Worden (Station Attendant)

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A. Earl Hedrick was credited as Earl Hedrick. (edit)

Quotes

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Charles: (to Ben) Oh why not? You're a rich man. You have sons. You've loved women and been loved by them. (edit)
Ben: Truth is something that always comes back at you, isn't it? (edit)

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Featured Cartwrights: Ben and Joe (edit)
Some of what Marie Cartwright (Joe's mother) did before she met Ben is hinted at. Ben states that he didn't care what Marie did before she met him because he loved her and that was all that mattered. (edit)

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A police officer from New Orleans comes to Virginia City, looking for Ben. He claims Ben is wanted on a charge of murder for a crime committed just before Ben left New Orleans with Joe's mother, his new wife, to return to the Ponderosa.
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