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Directed by HARVEY HART Guest Cast JAMES FARENTINO as Paco Vargas JOHN MARLEY as Alvar de Aveles VITO SCOTTI by Chicho CARLOS ROMERO as Miguel RIC ROMAN Tomas ROBERTO CONTRERAS as Lopez MAURICE McENDREE as Juan JAMES DOOHAN as Mike Pripton SEYMOUR CASSEL as Jud JACK COFFER as the Cowboy KATE MURTAGH by the Dowager |
Chad & Joe robbed -- with the rest of the town |
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On Alamo Day, Chad, Joe & Reese are
sent to investigate reports of armed Mexican invaders. Arriving in
Porfirio, they find a proud old man who has erected a Mexican flag over
the jail. As Reese gets the old man out of the jail, the man’s previously
obsequious companions, without the old man’s approval, take over the town,
herding everyone into a saloon. The bandits take everyone’s boots,
horses and guns and leave with wagons loaded with the town’s valuables
and with Reese as a hostage. Reese toughs it out as a prisoner, taunting
the bandit leader and befriending the old man. Chad & Joe follow the
bandits, appropriating horses, guns and boots along the way. After they
capture the bandits, Chad gets his gold watch back, Reese gets to fight
the bandit leader and the whole gang is taken back to Laredo as prisoners.
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| A Little Laredo Horse
Trivia::
Chad & Joe rode distinctive horses — a black & a buckskin. After their horses are stolen in this episode, they chased the bandits on appropriated bay horses. Apparently, footage was filed away labeled “Chad & Joe ride thru the countryside” It was hauled out in later episodes when Joe & Chad had to track someone down or give chase. In those episodes they would start off & end up on the black & the buckskin while the middle scenes showed them on the bay horses from this episode. |
| Some Star Trek trivia:
JAMES DOOHAN was a only a year away from beaming aboard the Enterprise as Scotty when he played the tiny part of the town banker in this episode. |
NiteOwl Review: One of our top ten favorites. A funny use of the strengths of the three Rangers. Chad and Joe played well off each other as they gave chase to the bandits to rescue Reese. Reese has an interesting relationship with the old man who is ashamed of the actions of the young bandits.
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