For a 1958 Western series that only lasted a single, 39 episode season on ABC, THE ROUGH RIDERS surprisingly proved more popular in syndication, detailing three former officers righting wrongs along the border states on their way to California following the close of the Civil War, top billed Kent Taylor and second billed Peter Whitney playing the two Union soldiers, Capt. Jim Flagg and Sgt. Buck Sinclair respectively, the younger Jan Merlin as the lone confederate, Lt. Colin Kirby. "The End of Nowhere" is named for its locale, a pleasant valley community called New Hope, where the man in charge, Alexander Sugrue (John Carradine), taxes the locals to pay for roads, schools, and hospitals. Unfortunately, a recent illness has put in charge his irredeemable son Kenyon (Richard Garland), who not only raises taxes on the locals but also threatens to burn down property if the payment is not made. The old man admits that his son is permitted a fair trial, but even he hasn't reckoned with the lengths Kenyon will go for greater riches, right down to shooting his own men. Garland plays a thoroughly despicable character, knocking out his own father to steal the cash filled strongbox, while Carradine only slightly waffles on behalf of his offspring, more than willing to use a gun to exact justice if need be. The chemistry doesn't seem to be there for the three leads, worst of all is Kent Taylor's cold fish captain, already a series veteran as television's Boston Blackie but soon reduced to Poverty Row titles like "The Crawling Hand" or "Blood of Ghastly Horror" for directors like Al Adamson