DANIEL BOONE – My Name is Rawls -1965
This is the 33rd episode of the long running 1964-70 series about the life of American frontiersman and explorer, Daniel Boone. The lead is played by Fess Parker. Also in the mix are, Ed Ames, Patricia Blair, Veronica Cartwright and Darby Hinton.
Trappers are coming into Fort Boonesborough telling tales about being robbed of their pelts. The culprit is described as a large Negro man. The thief, Rafer Johnson, never hurts anyone during these robberies, but always tells the victims, that his name is Rawls.
Fess Parker decides to put a stop to the man's actions. He takes a bunch of prime pelts and heads out on the trail. Sure enough, after he beds down for the night, Rafer Johnson sneaks into the camp and grabs up the furs. Parker is up like a jack-rabbit and the fight is on. The two large gentlemen exchange a bevy of fists with neither getting the upper hand. It takes the assistance of Cherokee scout, Ed Ames, to subdue the man. Ames just happened to be travelling the same trail.
We now discover that Johnson is an escaped slave. He is robbing trappers of their goods trying to get enough cash to buy passage back to Africa. He trades the stolen goods to a group of crooked traders led by Michael Conrad.
Conrad and his crew are well known to the locals as a bunch of thieving lowlife scum. Parker offers to set Johnson free, and help him with his passage in return for helping capture Conrad and his gang. Johnson refuses to help anyone take away another's freedom.
Conrad and his gang have found out about Parker putting the grip on Johnson. This does not sit well with the gang as Johnson is their main source of stolen goods. Conrad has several of his men head to Parker's cabin where they kidnap his daughter, Veronica Cartwright.
Conrad and his bunch now offer to trade Cartwright for Johnson. Parker says to Johnson that the deal is up to him. Parker will not trade anyone against their will. Johnson is impressed with this and decides to now help Parker and Cherokee Ames.
Johnson leads the men to Conrad's hideout for the exchange. Needless to say there is a full scale donnybrook involved before the issue is settled. Cartwright is returned to her family and the villains are disposed of.
Rafer Johnson was an Olympic champion in decathlon at the 1960 Rome games.
This is an entertaining episode with plenty of action to move the story along. Veteran big screen director, George Sherman, could do stuff like this in his sleep. He was equally adept at film noir and westerns. The noir, include, LARCENY, THE SLEEPING CITY, SPY HUNT and THE RAGING TIDE. His westerns, include, RELENTLESS, BLACK BART, RED CANYON, COMANCHE TERRITORY, TOMAHAWK, WAR ARROW, DAWN AT SOCORRO, COMANCHE, LAST OF THE FAST GUNS and the John Wayne feature, BIG JAKE. (Colour)
This is the 33rd episode of the long running 1964-70 series about the life of American frontiersman and explorer, Daniel Boone. The lead is played by Fess Parker. Also in the mix are, Ed Ames, Patricia Blair, Veronica Cartwright and Darby Hinton.
Trappers are coming into Fort Boonesborough telling tales about being robbed of their pelts. The culprit is described as a large Negro man. The thief, Rafer Johnson, never hurts anyone during these robberies, but always tells the victims, that his name is Rawls.
Fess Parker decides to put a stop to the man's actions. He takes a bunch of prime pelts and heads out on the trail. Sure enough, after he beds down for the night, Rafer Johnson sneaks into the camp and grabs up the furs. Parker is up like a jack-rabbit and the fight is on. The two large gentlemen exchange a bevy of fists with neither getting the upper hand. It takes the assistance of Cherokee scout, Ed Ames, to subdue the man. Ames just happened to be travelling the same trail.
We now discover that Johnson is an escaped slave. He is robbing trappers of their goods trying to get enough cash to buy passage back to Africa. He trades the stolen goods to a group of crooked traders led by Michael Conrad.
Conrad and his crew are well known to the locals as a bunch of thieving lowlife scum. Parker offers to set Johnson free, and help him with his passage in return for helping capture Conrad and his gang. Johnson refuses to help anyone take away another's freedom.
Conrad and his gang have found out about Parker putting the grip on Johnson. This does not sit well with the gang as Johnson is their main source of stolen goods. Conrad has several of his men head to Parker's cabin where they kidnap his daughter, Veronica Cartwright.
Conrad and his bunch now offer to trade Cartwright for Johnson. Parker says to Johnson that the deal is up to him. Parker will not trade anyone against their will. Johnson is impressed with this and decides to now help Parker and Cherokee Ames.
Johnson leads the men to Conrad's hideout for the exchange. Needless to say there is a full scale donnybrook involved before the issue is settled. Cartwright is returned to her family and the villains are disposed of.
Rafer Johnson was an Olympic champion in decathlon at the 1960 Rome games.
This is an entertaining episode with plenty of action to move the story along. Veteran big screen director, George Sherman, could do stuff like this in his sleep. He was equally adept at film noir and westerns. The noir, include, LARCENY, THE SLEEPING CITY, SPY HUNT and THE RAGING TIDE. His westerns, include, RELENTLESS, BLACK BART, RED CANYON, COMANCHE TERRITORY, TOMAHAWK, WAR ARROW, DAWN AT SOCORRO, COMANCHE, LAST OF THE FAST GUNS and the John Wayne feature, BIG JAKE. (Colour)
