DANIEL BOONE – Mountain of the Dead - 1964
This is the 11th episode of the long running 1964-70 series about the life of American frontiersman and explorer, Daniel Boone. The lead is played by Fess Parker. Also in the mix are Albert Salmi, Ed Ames, Patricia Blair, Veronica Cartwright and Darby Hinton.
In this episode Fess Parker is hired by several British types, Leslie Nielsen, Ed Peck and John McLiam. They want Parker to lead them to the site of a massacre, that had happened during the French and Indian War a decade before. Parker had been at the battle and had been one of the few to survive.
They tell Parker they are studying the battle for the Army. Parker agrees to the job even though he does not believe Nielsen. And Parker is right about there being an ulterior motive to the journey. It seems that one of the other survivors had buried an army payroll at the site during the fight. Nielsen and his bunch want to retrieve said payroll. Needless to say there is plenty of backstabbing, and killing going on among the British. The gold count turns out to somewhat less than expected and the bodies soon pile up.
A somewhat muddled story makes this episode a bit of a misfire.
Look close and you will see Jay (Tonto) Silverheels in a small role.
This is the 11th episode of the long running 1964-70 series about the life of American frontiersman and explorer, Daniel Boone. The lead is played by Fess Parker. Also in the mix are Albert Salmi, Ed Ames, Patricia Blair, Veronica Cartwright and Darby Hinton.
In this episode Fess Parker is hired by several British types, Leslie Nielsen, Ed Peck and John McLiam. They want Parker to lead them to the site of a massacre, that had happened during the French and Indian War a decade before. Parker had been at the battle and had been one of the few to survive.
They tell Parker they are studying the battle for the Army. Parker agrees to the job even though he does not believe Nielsen. And Parker is right about there being an ulterior motive to the journey. It seems that one of the other survivors had buried an army payroll at the site during the fight. Nielsen and his bunch want to retrieve said payroll. Needless to say there is plenty of backstabbing, and killing going on among the British. The gold count turns out to somewhat less than expected and the bodies soon pile up.
A somewhat muddled story makes this episode a bit of a misfire.
Look close and you will see Jay (Tonto) Silverheels in a small role.