Episode
Rawhide: Incident of the Calico Gun
Overview
Favor and Pete find Jenny Watson outside a burned cabin. Her parents who died of a sickness were burned with the cabin. Favor invites Jenny to ride along to Silver Junction. Jenny is in cahoots with three brothers to rob Favor of the drive's payroll.
Details
- Series
- Rawhide
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 1959-04-24
Episode context
Incident of the Calico Gun is Episode 15 in Season 1 of Rawhide. It aired on 1959-04-24.
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Episode 14: Incident of the Dog Days
Favor stops Talby from shooting Johnny Camber, who he says is Billy Carter, who killed his daughter. Clark accuses Carl Myers of being a trail camp thief and a card cheat. Favor decides to take the herd across the dry plain at the worst time of the year. The men begin to question Favor's judgment. Eventually all but six of his men quit.
Episode 16: Incident of the Misplaced Indians
Rowdy finds two indians dead outside a house. Amelia Spaulding is inside singing and making candy.
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Episode 17: Incident of Fear in the Streets
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Episode 12: Incident of the Chubasco
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Episode 18: Incident Below the Brazos
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Episode 19: Incident of the Dry Drive
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Episode 10: Incident of the Golden Calf
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Episode 20: Incident of the Judas Trap
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Episode 9: Incident of the Town in Terror
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Episode 21: Incident in No Man's Land
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