Warren Oates was in top form as a wanted fugitive with an axe to grind against a cowardly lawyer (Ross Elliot) and his butch wife (Constance Ford).
This couple could not be more incompatible if they had been married in hades. Ford spends most of the episode sneering at her husband while giving him back-handed compliments. Ross Elliot plays her husband while literally shaking and quivering in self-loathing, as he freely admits he is a coward.
Along comes Josh Randall to provide protection because Ford testified against Warren Oates, and Oates broke out of jail, and killed a deputy when we was almost recaptured. He comes into their house guns blazing, and Randall kills his sidekick, but Oates puts a bullet in Randall.
The rest of this is spent with Oates ripping into Elliot and mocking the cowardice of "Mr. Lawyer" with no end of joy. Eventually the injured Randall gets his chance, and the final gunplay is worth the wait. Good stuff, with Randall getting and loading a two-shot derringer while Oates is shooting away all six shots.
This couple could not be more incompatible if they had been married in hades. Ford spends most of the episode sneering at her husband while giving him back-handed compliments. Ross Elliot plays her husband while literally shaking and quivering in self-loathing, as he freely admits he is a coward.
Along comes Josh Randall to provide protection because Ford testified against Warren Oates, and Oates broke out of jail, and killed a deputy when we was almost recaptured. He comes into their house guns blazing, and Randall kills his sidekick, but Oates puts a bullet in Randall.
The rest of this is spent with Oates ripping into Elliot and mocking the cowardice of "Mr. Lawyer" with no end of joy. Eventually the injured Randall gets his chance, and the final gunplay is worth the wait. Good stuff, with Randall getting and loading a two-shot derringer while Oates is shooting away all six shots.