Laramie/Men of Defiance

Men of Defiance
Season 1, Episode 31
Airdate	April 19, 1960
Written by	John C. Champion
Directed by	Lesley Selander
Produced by	John C. Champion
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Laramie — Season One

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Men of Defiance is the thirty-first episode of the first season of Laramie.

Starring: Don Megowan (Clint Gentry), Edgar Buchanan (Doc Collier), Bing Russell (Reb O'Neil)

Special Guests: Robert Fuller (Jess Harper), Mort Mills (Marshal), John Anderson (Frank Bannister)

Featuring: Denny Miller (Toby), John Pickard (Stewart), Norman Leavitt (Smokey)

Plot Overview

Deputy Marshal Jess Harper and the Marshal are on the trail of Frank Bannister and his gang for two weeks when Bannister turns the tables on them along the Santa Fe trail in New Mexico. Afoot and with nowhere else to run they make for Fort Defiance Trading Post with Bannister close on their heels. The men, headed by Clint Gentry, who live at the trading post rescue Jess and the marshal but one their own, Reb who gave Jess and the marshal time to run, is captured. Bannister is willing to trade, giving Clint an ultimatum, Jess and the marshal for his friend Reb. Gentry is caught between a rock and a hard place and so are Jess and the marshal.

Notes

• This episode was a pilot for an unsold series. The opening and closing credits, as well as the theme song, seemed to indicate that the series was to be titled Defiance.