Bonanza
(1959–1973)
Organized crime comes to Virginia City -- in the form of a protection racket.
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Title: Death at Dawn (30 Apr 1960)
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| Lorne Greene | ... | ||
| Pernell Roberts | ... | ||
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Farmer Perkins
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Beth Cameron
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McNeil
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Dr. Brahm
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Norton
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Ric Marlow | ... |
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It's a sad day in Virginia City when Farmer Perkins shoots a store clerk down in cold blood right in front of his wife, then is allowed to walk after his trial. But if the Cartwright's have anything to do with it, he'll be rearrested, tried, and hung. Written by Michelle P.
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30 April 1960 (USA) See more »Filming Locations:
Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Dr. Brahm: Sure. It's the same illness that inflicts this entire town: FEAR!
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Judge Scribner: May I ask the nature of her illness?Dr. Brahm: Sure. It's the same illness that inflicts this entire town: FEAR!
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This episode always gets me. A man walks into the general store, asks the man to pay him for protection, then shoots him in cold blood when he refuses. But what appears to be an open and shut case is anything but when you have a town of people who are too afraid to say anything. Even the widow has to be convinced to testify what she saw him do with his own eyes...
Farmer Perkins' life is pure evil. He's one of those people that has absolutely no value for human life - except for his own. Even when he's found guilty and sentenced to hang, he laughs about it knowing that his friend who seems to run the town will clear everything up. If I'm not mistaken, the actor who plays Sam Bryant, Robert Middleston, played a baddie on The Monroes. He's another of those character actors who plays a good baddie...
Of course, Adam's vainness is allowed to show on this episode. I was with Ben and Little Joe and think the writer's did an injustice by letting Adam prove himself correct.
Good episode. 5 dead.