McClure's carefree entrance is iconic: Trampas slowly rides uphill with a leg lazily crossed over his saddle horn and idly whistling a tune. Trouble awaits though the closer he gets to childhood chum Jason Crowder. The manipulative bunco artist Crowder (played diabolically well by Burr DeBenning) is so egotistical that his real joy derives more from the power and control he can exert through his con scheme than the money he can swindle. Talkative drama doesn't have a great deal going for it apart from the performances of McClure, DeBenning and Susan Oliver as Crowder's loyal, miserable wife, but it's enough. Husky Scott Brady, former star of "Shotgun Slade," a bottom-feeder from the heyday of western series, plays Crowder's ramrod.
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An old friend gone wrong
bkoganbing7 November 2019
This Virginian story has Trampas going to Nebraska to visit an old childhood friend. He gets an unwelcome reception because old friend Burr DeBenning has
people looking to kill him.
DeBenning and Doug McClure do catch up. But there are folks who do want to kill DeBenning and eventually McClure finds out why. DeBenning is in the midst of a massive swindle and wife Susan Oliver is in on it most reluctantly.
DeBenning has quite a gift of gab and is one pathological liar, he's almost frightening in his powers to take in people.
DeBenning really owns this episode.
DeBenning and Doug McClure do catch up. But there are folks who do want to kill DeBenning and eventually McClure finds out why. DeBenning is in the midst of a massive swindle and wife Susan Oliver is in on it most reluctantly.
DeBenning has quite a gift of gab and is one pathological liar, he's almost frightening in his powers to take in people.
DeBenning really owns this episode.
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