End of a Young Gun

Episode aired Oct 14, 1958
TV-PG
30m

IMDb RATING

8.3/10

287

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Family Western

After Will Fulton breaks his leg while rescuing Mark McCain who has slipped off the edge of a cliff, he recuperates at the McCain ranch. Will and his brother Hank are outlaws with a posse lo... Read allAfter Will Fulton breaks his leg while rescuing Mark McCain who has slipped off the edge of a cliff, he recuperates at the McCain ranch. Will and his brother Hank are outlaws with a posse looking for them. Will is an angry young man but his stay with the McCains softens him, espe... Read allAfter Will Fulton breaks his leg while rescuing Mark McCain who has slipped off the edge of a cliff, he recuperates at the McCain ranch. Will and his brother Hank are outlaws with a posse looking for them. Will is an angry young man but his stay with the McCains softens him, especially after he meets the pretty Ann Bard. He begins to reassess his choices and realizes ... Read all

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Trivia
First episode not written by Sam Peckinpah. He would go in to write a half dozen episodes in the early years of the show.

Goofs
When Mark is being rescued from hanging on the cliff, he does not have a hat on. When they start pulling him up the hill, all of the sudden his hat is on his head.

Quotes
[to Mark who remarked that an outlaw's life seems like a lot of fun]
Will Fulton: It's seemed like a lot of things to me in the last couple of years, but it never seemed like fun. What's fun about being chased all the time, never staying in one place long enough to know anybody, never knowing where your next meal is coming from, never having anybody trust you or being able to trust anyone else? Like right now, we're playing checkers and all the time I have to keep my eye on that door. It's not fun... It's not fun at all.

Crazy credits
Chuck Connors breaks the 4th wall in the opening credits after he shoots his rifle and then stares into the camera.

Connections
Featured in Michael Landon: Memories with Laughter and Love (1991)

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9/10

Michael Landon is excellent in this change of life story

Michael Landon guest stars in this excellent episode. Landon plays Will Fulton a 19 year old member of a gang that has just rob a bank in a nearby town. As the four bandits, lead by Will's brother Hank Fulton, ride near the McCain ranch they hear cries for help. Mark McCain is clinging to a ledge and is about to fall. Will goes to help Mark and in the process breaks his leg. Hank carries Will and Mark back to the McCain ranch where they leave Will and will be back later to pick him up. In the meantime, Lucas will help his leg mend.

While staying with Lucas and Mark, Will sees a different way of living and wants to get out of robbing banks. But will his brother let him leave the business.

Very good episode for show three. Was enjoyable from start to finish. Good show.