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The Fleeing Nuns

Episode Number: 117    Season Num: 5    First Aired: October 24, 1968    Prod Code: 3007
Daniel and Mason Pruitt try to aid two nuns who are actually a French noblewoman and her maid. They are fleeing a pair of nasty French revolutionaries who intend to return them to their homeland for a date with the guillotine.

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Writer: Irve Tunick, Patricia Falkenhagen
Director: William Wiard
Star: Fess Parker (Daniel Boone)
Guest Star: Ollie O'Toole (Toy Merchant),  Maurice Marsac (Boucher),  Richard Angarola (Monet),  Marcel Hillaire (Pelletier),  Brioni Farrell (Louise),  Kathleen Freeman (Berthe),  Jim McMullan (Mason Pruitt),  William Phipps (Horn)

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One of the "fleeing nuns" is revealed to be the daughter of Count de Rochambeau who had commanded French troops on American soil during the American Revolution. Rochambeau himself would appear as a character in the Season 6 episode The Sunshine Patriots. (edit)

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Mason (about Pelletier): Are all traders alike? He's as long-winded as Cincinnatus. (edit)
Daniel (about Boucher and Monet): What'd they want?
Mason: Religious guidance.
Daniel: You're a fine one to ask. (edit)
Mason: Well, that's what they say about Daniel Boone--eyes in the back of his head. (edit)
Louise: Why didn't you send us both with them, Monsieur Boone?
Daniel: To tell you the truth, I'd rather have the Lord on our side than theirs. (edit)
Mason: Dan'l, I don't like bein' made a fool of.
Daniel: Well now, you're doin' pretty good all by yourself. (edit)

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As was stated in this episode, Count de Rochambeau, who had commanded French troops on American soil during the American Revolution, was arrested during the French Revolution. However, he managed to escape the guillotine. (edit)

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