"Wanted: Dead or Alive" Drop to Drink (TV Episode 1958) Poster

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10/10
Tough Action Tale
ccthemovieman-121 September 2006
A very solid, hard-nosed episode about thieves after a $20,000 ring. It's being transported to a small town and the man receiving it has been bragging about it so, naturally, two thieves hear about and ambush the pony express rider. However, it takes several of those riders to get killed before the ring is actually delivered and now Josh has been hired to protect it. He's given "help" by the rich man who doesn't trust anyone alone with the package, whenever it does arrive. The "help" turns out to be one of the crooks ("Frank") who had gone back into town for water after his partner was shot at the last holdup attempt and lie wounded.

Going back to the area of the holdups, Randall and his (unknown to him) partner-traitor are shot at by the other thief. Frank shoots his partner. He and Randall then bury him but Frank hits Josh over the head with a rock and pushes him down the hill. He then grabs the ring and scrams. Josh eventually comes to and.....with a little liquid spiritual help (see title of this episode) .....goes after the bad guy and the ring. Good stuff....action-packed the whole 25 minutes.
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10/10
Good Guys Win
Johnny_West17 March 2024
On November 8, 1958, New York jeweler Harry Winston donated the famous Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institution, he chose the U. S. Post Office. That story was in the news all over the world.

A few months later this "Drop to Drink" episode had the same story, except that bandits would try to hijack the mail in order to steal the diamond. It was up to Randall to save the mails, which also included blessed Holy Water from the River Jordan.

The cast of good guys included veteran actors Willis Bouchey (Perry Mason, Westerns), Dabbs Greer (Westerns), and Kenneth MacDonald (Three Stooges shorts, lots of Westerns).

The bad guys were John Cliff (Three Stooges, Westerns) and Joe Maross. Maross was the vile astronuat that abused the tiny aliens on the Twilight Zone episode "The Little People." He usually played sneaky, mean, backstabbing, insecure, or paranoid characters.

Cliff and Maross are out to steal the $20,000.00 diamond that is being sent by mail. $20,000 in 1870 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $473,780.15 today.

Randall does a great job as the honest man trying to save the mail, and the life of the mail carrier. Maross does a great job pretending to be a good guy, and then cracking Randolph's skull with a rock when he turns his back on Maross.

Lots of offbeat action, not just gunplay. Randolph faces several character-building moments that make the story even more memorable. The Holy Water from the River Jordan also has an important role.
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10/10
Terrific
Easygoer1011 April 2020
I love this episode. Josh runs into many obstacles, & comes out on top. However, its not a typical plot. A must see.
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10/10
Couple things.
birdgoog19 September 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Such a cool story! Couple things. The $20,000.00 ring idea would've been soo much more believable if only the ring we saw looked worth more than $0.99. Not catholic but it gave me warm fuzzies when the bottle of holy water saved the day! And plus, STEVE MCQUEEN. 10/10. Always.
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