A Fistful of Diamonds

Season 1, Episode 8, Aired

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After an embezzling banker / murderer sets up Curry and Heyes to take the fall for his crimes, the boys decide to clear themselves by playing on his greed with a salted diamond field.

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  • One of the better "Alias Smith & Jones" episodes in how it replicates the theme of the bad guys redeeming themselves and persuading other villains to redeem themselves.

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    A conniving bank employee is caught swindling the bank and kills his boss, blows the safe to get the money inside, then blames the robbery on Heyes and Curry. Banker August Binford (John McGiver) quotes the wanted poster descriptions of our heroes in this elaborate frame up and even clobbers himself on the head with a crow-bar to complete the picture. Heyes and Curry set out to clear their names and pull another sting, this time involving a fake diamond mine. With some help for an old pal (Sam Jaffe) they masquerade as diamond miners who want a safe-deposit box at the bank. The shifty banker refuses to sell them one until he knows what they are going to stash in it. They show him the diamonds and his eyes light up. This is another episode where yet another actor (Mike Road)incarnates Sheriff Lom Trevors. The sting itself is no great shakes, but the success that our heroes have in convincing the villain to turn himself in is truly extraordinary. Talk about good citizenship! At the outset of the show, Binford brandishes a gun to kill his boss, but we never see him fire the fatal shot. Ostensibly, our heroes manage to clear their names and at the same time persuade a felon to give himself up based on his own struggle with his conscience.moreless
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    • Goof: Michele Carey who plays Betsy is wearing the same purple dress as the leading lady in 'Six Strangers At Apache Springs'.

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    • Soapy: Boys, I either overestimated bankers or underestimated you.

    • Heyes: (as he and Kid walk off with $50,000 they can't keep) You know something, Kid? We sure picked a fine time to go straight, didn't we? Curry: Heyes, you're reading my mind again. It makes me nervous.

    • Betsy's boyfriend: You want some advice, friend? You'll head back through that door and forget you ever saw anyone in here. Curry: Well, that's pretty good advice. Hope you don't mind if I don't follow it.

    • Curry: (after he's rebuffed by Betsy) You sure that was violins we heard? Heyes: I said it'd be nice romancing her. I didn't say it'd be easy.

    • Heyes: I saw the way she looked at you. You could almost hear the violins. Curry: I did hear violins.

    • Heyes: If you don't mind, we'd like a receipt for those [diamonds]. Binford: Yes, of course. But not for a quarter of a million. Heyes: Just say, "For ten little stones that sparkle and glitter a lot."

    • August Binford: You're an honest man, Charlie, and that's what the world needs more of. But not right at this moment.

    • August Binford: You're an honest man, Charlie, and that's what the world needs more of. But not right at this moment. …………………………………………………………………………………… Soapy: What can I do for you that isn't too expensive or too dangerous? …………………………………………………………………………………… Heyes: It's about our amnesty deal again. Soapy: Don't tell me the governor welshed on you? Heyes: No, but he will if we don't straighten this out. Soapy: (reading from newspaper) "Outlaws Hannibal Heyes and Kid Curry rob Kingsburg Bank. Bank manager killed; bank president injured." I can see how the governor might have a twinge of doubt about you. …………………………………………………………………………………… Heyes: If you don't mind, we'd like a receipt for those [diamonds]. Binford: Yes, of course. But not for a quarter of a million. Heyes: Just say, "For ten little stones that sparkle and glitter a lot." …………………………………………………………………………………… Heyes: I saw the way she looked at you. You could almost hear the violins. Curry: I did hear violins. …………………………………………………………………………………… Curry: (after he's rebuffed by Betsy) You sure that was violins we heard? Heyes: I said it'd be nice romancing her. I didn't say it'd be easy. …………………………………………………………………………………… Betsy's boyfriend: You want some advice, friend? You'll head back through that door and forget you ever saw anyone in here. Curry: Well, that's pretty good advice. Hope you don't mind if I don't follow it. …………………………………………………………………………………… Heyes: (as he and Kid walk off with $50,000 they can't keep) You know something, Kid? We sure picked a fine time to go straight, didn't we? Curry: Heyes, you're reading my mind again. It makes me nervous. …………………………………………………………………………………… Soapy: Boys, I either overestimated bankers or underestimated you.

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