"Death Valley Days"
No Gun Behind His Badge (1965)

Director:

Lee Sholem

Guionista:

Robert Hardy Andrews (writer)

Series de televisión:

"Death Valley Days" (1952)

Original Air Date:

25 marzo 1965 (Season 13, Episode 22)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Anthology | Mule Train | American History | True Story | Wild West

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Hail to the Chief

Cast

Leo Gordon	...	Bender
Barry Kelley	...	Prentiss
Shary Marshall	...	Millie
Ronald Reagan	...	Bear River Smith
Michael Witney	...	Stranger

Series Cast

These people are regular cast members. Were they in this episode?

Stanley Andrews

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Host (as The Old Ranger)

Hail to the Chief

A fairly standard episode of the series, introduced by host John Lund, which really only stands out because of the appearance of the future 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan. Reagan plays a former New York cop turned western lawman who comes to town with a reputation of being pretty good with a gun. That's just what the folks in Abilene are expecting. They're disappointed when they discover their new lawman has given up guns and will only use his fists and his wits to keep law and order in their town. Reagan gives his usual standard performance, which is always a little on the wooden side (there's a reason he left acting for politics!) but is helped out by the support of a number of character actors, including Leo Gordon (he played Big Mike McComb on "Maverick") as the town's bad guy. All in all, a quite watchable little episode.