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Lawman (1958) Season 4 Episode 20

The Tarnished Badge

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AIRED: 1/28/62

Dan, Johnny, and their posse are set up all over Laramie awaiting the arrival of Jess Bridges and his gang. Dan used to be the deputy when Bridges was the marshal. However, along the way Bridges turned from lawman to criminal. Bridges is wounded during the impending shootout, but he and his men manage to escape. The posse splits up to try to find them, and Johnny gets captured by Bridges. This leads to a battle of wits between Dan's mentor, and Dan's apprentice.moreless

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Dan, Johnny, and their posse are awaiting the arrival of Jess Bridges and his gang. Dan used to be the deputy when Bridges was the marshal. However, along the way Bridges went from lawman to criminal. Bridges is wounded, but escapes and captures Johnny.moreless

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By dbrown2009, Jan 04, 2011

Although they've done similar episodes where one of Dan's mentors has turned criminal, this one had a different twist on it. Instead of Dan matching wits with his former mentor, this time it was Johnny going against him. It was quite the battle of wits between Bridges, who we don't find out until the closing credits has the first name of Jess, and Johnny. Johnny tries all sorts of techniques that he learned from Dan to try and get Bridges to turn himself in, but Bridges was the one who taught those techinques to Dan. They did try to give Bridges some redeeming quality in that he protected Johnny from getting shot by the other two members of his gang. There was a really cool visual at the beginning of the episode during the shootout in Laramie. I liked how they had the crooks escape by riding their horses through the front door of the saloon, and then out the back. That was very clever. The thing that I was surprised by was that Dan was not more involved in the episode. Although its Dan's former boss, this is really a Johnny episode.moreless
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John Russell	Marshal Dan Troop
Peter Brown	Deputy Marshal Johnny McKay

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Lon Chaney Jr.	Jess Bridges	Guest Star
Marshall Reed	Jake	Guest Star
Jack Searl	Slick	Guest Star

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- Although his character's first name is never used in the episode, Lon Chaney Jr. is listed in the closing credits as Jess Bridges.
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