The railroad built America — and buried this man alive.
The blacksmith of a small western town finds himself an outcast. He had led the townspeople west in hopes of starting a new life, only to find the town that they founded is to be bypassed by the railroad.
Acting
Dan Blocker's soulful despair — Hoss Cartwright reinvented.
Cinematography
Bleached desert landscapes that swallow hope whole.
Director
Don Taylor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dan Blocker filmed this between Bonanza seasons, desperate to prove he could carry dramatic weight beyond Hoss Cartwright's comic relief.
This 1968 TV movie captures the era's growing cynicism about American progress — the railroad as false promise rather than frontier triumph.
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