Episode
The Virginian: You Can Lead a Horse to Water
Overview
The accent is on comedy as a proper Southern woman, aided by Trampas and old Luther, goes after robbers who took her dowry. Luther: Strother Martin. Trampas: Doug McClure. Baxter: Noah Beery. Kendrick: Anthony Eisley.
Details
- Series
- The Virginian
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 1970-01-07
- Runtime
- 90 min
Episode context
You Can Lead a Horse to Water is Episode 15 in Season 8 of The Virginian. It aired on 1970-01-07. The runtime is 90 min.
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