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Queen of Swords/The Hanged Man
| The Hanged Man | |
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| Season 1, Episode 16 | |
| Airdate | April 21, 2001 |
| Production Number | 109 |
| Written by | Steve Roberts |
| Directed by | Paolo Barzman |
| Produced by | Unbox = |
| ← 1x15 Runaways |
1x17 → The Return |
| Queen of Swords — Season One | |
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The Hanged Man is the sixteenth episode of the first season of Queen of Swords.
Starring:
Guest Starring: Anthony De Longis (Krane), Emile Abossolo M'bo (Lamorena), Pilar Abella D'Arategui (Marisa)
Co-Starring:
Contents |
Plot Overview
Colonel Montoya has taken most of the garrison to meet the viceroy leaving Captain Grisham with six men. Marta has a dream of "The Hanged Man", Krane a vicious man from Grisham's past who will kill The Queen. Krane then appears in Santa Helena with his gang intent on robbing The Dons and killing Montoya on his return to take over the town. To save his men, Grisham locks them in jail and then the Dons while their wives are sent home to gather gold and valuables. The Queen must rescue the Dons but Marta has other ideas, but it goes wrong. The Queen then decides to enlist the wives but she is betrayed. Krane wants the gold and to leave no witnesses, even his own men.
Notes
Arc Advancement
Happenings
Characters
Grisham was a corporal in the American army during The War Against Britain (1812-1815) who killed his commanding officer to escape a hanging for the murder of a boy that he did not commit.
Colonel Montoya and Dr Helm do not appear in this story.
Referbacks
Trivia
The Show
Behind the Scenes
Curro, a stunt man performs the most dangerous stunt in Westerns, involving a wagon and horses, dressed as The Queen as none of Tessie Santiago's stunt doubles would have been strong enough to perform the stunt which involved passing under the horses and wagon. He then is dragged along by a trailing rope hauling himself back on to the wagon.
Allusions and References
Memorable Moments
The wagon and horses stunt. To escape Crane's whip, The Queen has to go under the horses and wagon.
The Dons with nooses around their necks on horseback ready to be spooked by Crane's pistol.
Quotes
- Don Hidalgo (to Krane): I do not wish to be addressed, I am not a package.
Krane to Grisham "First some gypsy tries to blow my brains out, then some lunatic in a black mask tries to gut me".
