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(1957)

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9/10
One of the better episodes in the series.
kfo949410 December 2015
At the beginning of the episode, Pa Rawlins is dying and is gather by his family. Noah, and his wife Ellie, and Noah's brother Jace. Pa makes Jace promise to help work the ranch before he dies and even splits the property between both brothers. Pa even tells Noah to help Jace out or he will become a 'Saddle-Tramp'.

Well it is not long before the young Jace is gambling in town and has put all his money in the pot. Now all Jace has is the property his father left him. In the poker pot he throws in the deed. Will Jace ever learn.

By the end of the episode, the story proves to be one of the better scripts in the lot. An entertaining show that was well written and well performed. One of the better shows in the entire collection.
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7/10
A ranch is no place to sow wild oats
bkoganbing30 November 2016
A dying Carl Benton Reid exacts a stern promise from his two sons Gary Merrill and Tommy Sands to work the land that he divides up evenly on his deathbed. Merrill's a mature responsible sort married to Whitney Blake. But Sands is just a kid who has a lot of wild oats to sow.

Trying to keep a promise to a dying father causes Merrill to split from Sands. And at this point a very unscrupulous cattle buyer played by Bruce Gordon in his best Frank Nitti style gets between the brothers.

When he wasn't being a teenage rage Sands could turn in some nice performances as a kinder gentler version of James Dean type rebel youths. The ending is one that works out all around for both brothers.
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