Season 1 (Episode 24)
Air Date: 27 February 1960
Teleplay: Leonard Heideman
Story: Oliver Crawford
Director: Christian Nyby
Synopsis
Inspector Charles Leduque arrives in Virginia City looking for Ben Cartwright. Leduque has the intention of arresting Ben for a murder that occurred in New Orleans over 20 years ago. Joe, not liking the fact that not only his father but his mother are implicated, decides to take matters into his own hands.
Recurring Actors/Characters
Victor Sen Yung (Hop Sing)
Guest Stars
Lloyd Nolan (Inspector Charles Leduque), Hal Baylor (Tom Cole), Arthur Shields (Dennis), Robert Foulk (Sheriff Brady), Donald Foster (Albert Gibbons), Joan Staley (Dixie), Elizabeth York (Alice), Jomarie Pettit (Louise Gibbons), Charles Tannen (Clerk), Hank Worden (Station Attendant)
Notable Guest Stars
Lloyd NolanEpisode Notes
- Featured Cartwrights: Ben and Joe
- Some of what Marie Cartwright (Joe’s mother) did before she met Ben is hinted at. Ben states that he didn’t care what Marie did before she met him because he loved her and that was all that mattered.
- Newspaper: Territorial Enterprise
- Location: Virginia City Jail
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