Season 2 • Episode 32
LatestDeputy Anthony Wayne tries to get a reluctant murder witness to talk.
San Franciscans during the goldrush of the 1850s attempt to maintain law and order in their wild city. Newly arrived Matthew Wayne becomes sheriff, then marshal, and organizes the city police force while expressing interest in the young widow Fanzler and sparring with attorney Pitt. Adam Kennedy appears as Dion Patrick, an Irish newspaperman who helps the local vigilante committee.
Acting
Richard Coogan's stern jawline carries 69 episodes.
Production
Backlot San Francisco somehow looks like every other Western town.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Art Fleming later became the original Jeopardy! host—imagine Alex Trebek in a ten-gallon hat.
This aired during the 1950s Western TV boom when 30+ cowboy shows saturated primetime; it lasted two seasons while Gunsmoke ran twenty.
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