It's Dan Blocker who finds a wounded friend on the road and helps Jaime Sanchez back to the Ponderosa. Jaime is a wanted man in his neighboring community which is bought and paid for by mining tycoon Warren Stevens. Stevens has a pack of gunmen terrorizing the Mexican farmers to get them off their land so he can strip mine.
It's one of those gunmen that Sanchez has killed only it's a question of who started it. The Cartwrights get involved, but the key man is the sheriff Rudolfo Acosta who is Mexican and Stevens made him sheriff the better to intimidate the farmers.
Acosta who has played a lot of villains here is usually not on the side of the law in his roles even as bought and paid for law. This episode belongs to Acosta more than anyone else who shows he's learned a thing or two about the law.
There's also a nice performance from veteran western performer Shug Fisher as a witness to the crime Sanchez is accused of. This is one to check out.
It's one of those gunmen that Sanchez has killed only it's a question of who started it. The Cartwrights get involved, but the key man is the sheriff Rudolfo Acosta who is Mexican and Stevens made him sheriff the better to intimidate the farmers.
Acosta who has played a lot of villains here is usually not on the side of the law in his roles even as bought and paid for law. This episode belongs to Acosta more than anyone else who shows he's learned a thing or two about the law.
There's also a nice performance from veteran western performer Shug Fisher as a witness to the crime Sanchez is accused of. This is one to check out.