Seymour Flops
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Interesting pilot.
A former confederate soldier, having roamed the Earth for a year after the war (and not managed to buy a new hat) returns to his home town to find it taken over from his sheriff father by an outlaw gang.
John Carrodine, Dan Blocker, Strother Martin, and a theme song by Johnny Cash no doubt brought in the audience.
The end was the interesting part, but I don't want to spoil it so:
After being bullied by the gang, and learning that they killed his father who was abandoned by the still frightened townsfolk, The hero faces the gang alone.
But not as you might expect, killing the leader in a fair fight and then killing the rest with surprise help from the emboldened deputy. No, he gets some dynamite from the general store and throws a lit bundle into the gang's hangout saloon (which has townsfolk staffing it, but the hero doesn't appear concerned).
He shoots them one-by-one as they come out of the door, waiting for the first one to draw. The former deputy is a little emboldened, enough to shoot one outlaw and throw the hero a double-barreled shotgun (which shoots at least three shots) when his pistol malfunctions for reasons never explained.
After that, he rides away on the gang leader's horse, leaving the B-list actors behind (or dead). He rides off, presumably to play the classic western loner.
A very good start. Strother Martin and John Carrodine basically play themselves as usual. Dan Blocker play a much different guy than Hoss Cartwright. I'll be checking the rest out on insomnial nights.
A former confederate soldier, having roamed the Earth for a year after the war (and not managed to buy a new hat) returns to his home town to find it taken over from his sheriff father by an outlaw gang.
John Carrodine, Dan Blocker, Strother Martin, and a theme song by Johnny Cash no doubt brought in the audience.
The end was the interesting part, but I don't want to spoil it so:
After being bullied by the gang, and learning that they killed his father who was abandoned by the still frightened townsfolk, The hero faces the gang alone.
But not as you might expect, killing the leader in a fair fight and then killing the rest with surprise help from the emboldened deputy. No, he gets some dynamite from the general store and throws a lit bundle into the gang's hangout saloon (which has townsfolk staffing it, but the hero doesn't appear concerned).
He shoots them one-by-one as they come out of the door, waiting for the first one to draw. The former deputy is a little emboldened, enough to shoot one outlaw and throw the hero a double-barreled shotgun (which shoots at least three shots) when his pistol malfunctions for reasons never explained.
After that, he rides away on the gang leader's horse, leaving the B-list actors behind (or dead). He rides off, presumably to play the classic western loner.
A very good start. Strother Martin and John Carrodine basically play themselves as usual. Dan Blocker play a much different guy than Hoss Cartwright. I'll be checking the rest out on insomnial nights.
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