Samson the Great

Season 3, Episode 10, Aired
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A boxing promoter arrives in Laramie with "Samson the Great," a champion prizefighter. A number of local men pay for a chance to fight Samson in the hope of winning $50 but Samson easily defeats each of them. Samson then settles himself in the local saloon, becoming increasingly obnoxious and abusive. When Deputy McKay intervenes, Samson beats him up. Marshal Troop, to get Samson out of town, then challenges him to a fight and manages to defeat him after a brutal, bare-knuckle brawl.moreless
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  • Prize fighter Samson the Great arrives in Laramie looking to put on exhibitions against the town's best. Samson is rude and obnoxious to everyone. Finally, Dan's had enough in steps into the ring with him.moreless

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    By dbrown2009, Oct 27, 2010 Report Abuse
    This was a story about someone getting to full of themselves and needing a comeuppance. Mickey Simpson did a great job here of making Samson as rude and obnoxious as possible, where even I wanted see someone beat him down. After he attacked Johnny, it was kind of neat to see Lily grab a gun, and shoot at Samson. Then Dan has enough and steps into the ring. You can't normally tell it with the shirt he wears, but John Russell had some guns back then. He also had that farmer's tan going. The brawl was really good between Dan and Samson. Poor Lily, she just couldn't watch. Even Johnny looked like he was getting a little squeamish. Thankfully Dan won. I liked the scene with the manager and Samson at the end, where Samson asked what hit me, and the manager says, "Justice." The closing was funny with Lily and Johnny laughing at poor Dan, whose face was so swollen, he couldn't even drink a cup of coffee.moreless

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    • TV westerns often used a boxing match to show off the brawny physiques of their leading men. While John Russell didn't do many "beefcake" scenes in "Lawman," he looks good here (at about age 39) in an extended bare-chested sequence. Edit

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    • Lily asks Dan, "Why don't you just run him out of town?" Dan, disgusted with the man, says, "I don't want to just run him out of town." Leaving unsaid, "I want to beat the living daylights out of him." Edit
    • Samson (Taunting Marshal Troop concerning their boxing match): Maybe you're afraid of getting a little blood all over that pretty badge of yours. Edit

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