The Deputy - Season 1 - Eps 31: The Last Gunfight
Gunfighter Johnny Dean wants to shed his reputation by settling down in Silver City under the alias ""Roger Enright."" He plans to buy a ranch north of town and marry the local music teacher, Helen Ivers. Trouble arrives in the form of Dan Crawford, a young man who's been trailing Dean and who wants to kill him in a shootout in order to acquire a reputation. Local bully Burt Johnson learns of Crawford's quest and decides to kill Dean himself. To settle which man will get the ""honor,"" Crawford and Johnson play cards. Crawford wins but when Johnson learns Crawford has a reputation for shady card-dealing, he challenges Crawford to a duel on the town's street. Dean tries to avert bloodshed by stepping between them but the men fire anyway and Dean is killed. Deputy McCord checks the body and says it shows only one bullet hole. Each shooter claims to be the one who fired the fatal shot but McCord refuses to settle their dispute, not wanting either man to claim ""credit."" He later confides to Ma
About The Deputy
Title: The Deputy
First Air Date: 1959-09-12
Last Air Date: 1961-07-01
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.2/10 (from 5 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 76
Network: NBC
Genres: Western
Production Companies: Top Gun Productions
Synopsis
The Deputy is an American western series that aired on NBC from September 1959, to July 1961. The series stars Henry Fonda as Chief Marshal Simon Fry of the Arizona Territory and Allen Case as Deputy Clay McCord, a storekeeper who tried to avoid using a gun.
Cast
Henry Fonda
Marshal Simon Fry
Wallace Ford
Herk Lamson
Read Morgan
Sergeant Hapgood Tasker
