This was a good episode with some good guest stars. One reviewer says that Flint gets the worst flagellation scene in the history of the movies or TV. NOPE, That award goes to The High Chaparral in an episode called "Ride the Savage Land". Manolito is strung upside down on a cross and each Indian on a horse rides by and cracks their whip on his front side over and over again. They actually show the whip striking him and drawing blood. Anyway this episode has a lot of famous guest stars including Nick Adams, Jeanne Cooper, Anthony Caruso, and Stacy Keach Sr. Nice watch.
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Letter of Introduction
bkoganbing17 December 2013
Warning: Spoilers
Robert Horton with the connivance of John McIntire takes a little time off from scouting to help nail a bandit known as El Muerte who is known as that for not leaving any survivors if they find out who he is. To do that he pretends to betray the Wagon Train as he and Frank McGrath are ambushed and horses are stolen.
That earns Horton a whipping which becomes his letter of introduction to El Muerte. By way of getting to the outlaw hideout Horton also meets a brother and sister who own a ranch Nick Adams and Jeanne Cooper. Adams is one nasty little punk.
That whipping scene is one of the worst flagellation scenes ever done on big screen or small. When army sergeant Myron Healey offers to do the whipping to relieve McIntire of the burden, one knew right away he was one of the gang.
Horton went through a lot to infiltrate the gang.
That earns Horton a whipping which becomes his letter of introduction to El Muerte. By way of getting to the outlaw hideout Horton also meets a brother and sister who own a ranch Nick Adams and Jeanne Cooper. Adams is one nasty little punk.
That whipping scene is one of the worst flagellation scenes ever done on big screen or small. When army sergeant Myron Healey offers to do the whipping to relieve McIntire of the burden, one knew right away he was one of the gang.
Horton went through a lot to infiltrate the gang.
Undercover and under par
Nat-2116 August 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Not one of the better episodes of this very good series. To begin with, the plot is not believable. The clumsy performance of the horse robbery should have made it obvious that it was a setup, even to the somewhat dim-witted Charlie Wooster. The double cross of the double cross revealed at the end is also implausible. Some of the performances were second rate. And the dialogue among the Mexican outlaws at the end is laughable, though it is supposed to be serious.
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