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Fifty Rifles

Episode Number: 54    Season Num: 2    First Aired: March 10, 1966    Prod Code: 8425
Cashiered British Army officer William Blount steals a shipment of 50 rifles and plans to trade them to the hostile Shawnee in return for a tract of land.

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Writer: Raphael Hayes
Director: John Florea
Star: Ed Ames (Mingo),  Robert Logan (Jericho Jones),  Dal McKennon (Cincinnatus),  Patricia Blair (Rebecca Boone),  Fess Parker (Daniel Boone),  Darby Hinton (Israel Boone)
Guest Star: Barbara Pepper (Mrs. Shanks),  George J.Lewie (Indian Chief),  Henry Wilcoxon (William Blount),  William Mims (Scraps),  Christopher Dark (Kashita),  Tom Fadden (Mr. Shanks)

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Except for the names of the characters, the script for this episode is exactly the same as the one used in Season One's Lac Duquesne. (edit)
This episode marked the final appearance by Robert Logan as Jericho Jones on the series. (edit)
Henry Wilcoxon was a veteran British actor who enjoyed a long career in film and TV beginning in the 1930's. Cecil B. DeMille quite often employed Wilcoxon and he appeared in such DeMille films as Samson and Delilah and The Greatest Show on Earth. (edit)

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Shanks (to Blount): You sure talk funny. (edit)
Jericho (to Daniel about Israel): You're raisin' a fiend here. (edit)
Shanks: What about our own cabin?
Rebecca: If Dan doesn't get those rifles back you won't be needing one. None of us will. (edit)
Blount: The way you distrust me, Daniel, and to think we were friends. Comrades. (edit)
Blount (to Daniel about Mingo and Jericho): My but your friends are bloodthirsty. (edit)

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