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The Executioners

Episode Number: 1    Season Num: 1    First Aired: September 19, 1962    Prod Code: n/a
Ne'er-do-well Tom Newcombe is publicly hanged for murdering a woman because the local school teacher, Celia Ames (Colleen Dewhurst), refuses to alibi him. A mysterious man, Paul Taylor (Hugh O'Brien), comes to town, signs on to work as a Shiloh Ranch hand and begins romancing Celia. However, his odd behaviour begins to raise the suspicions of Judge Garth and the local Sheriff who wonder about the motives of the stranger.

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Writer: David Friedkin, Morton Fine
Director: David Friedkin
Star: Doug McClure (Trampas),  James Drury (The Virginian),  Gary Clarke (Steve Hill [1-2]),  Pippa Scott (Molly Wood [1]),  Lee J. Cobb (Judge Henry Garth [1-4]),  Roberta Shore (Betsy Garth [1-3]),  Jan Stine (Eddie - Ranch Hand [1])
Guest Star: Colleen Dewhurst (Celia Ames),  Jeane Wood (The Woman),  Audrey Swanson (The Mother),  Hugh O'Brian (Paul Taylor/Newcombe),  Tony Maxwell (The Boy),  Arnold Lessing (The Cowboy Guitarist),  John Larch (Sheriff Neil Brady),  John Francis (The Onlooker),  Richard Bull (Doctor),  Barry Brooks (The Grave Digger)

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Betsy Garth has a birthday party in this episode and it is revealed she is 15 years old. (edit)
All of the regulars appear in this episode as do semi-regulars/recurring co-stars Molly Wood (Pippa Scott) and, until she became listed as a star later in the series, Betsy Garth (Roberta Shore). (edit)
This episode, and in fact all entries up to and including episode 14, do not give the title of that entry in the opening sequences. The titles are only given beginning with episode 15: "Duel at Shiloh". (edit)
Beginning with this episode and continuing throughout season 1, any individuals appearing in an episode considered guest stars or stars of special note are listed in the opening credits just after the series stars are shown rather than in the opening sequences of the episodes. In later entries these guest stars are listed in the opening sequences of the episodes themselves. (edit)

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