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The Ledge
Richard Boone as Paladin is on the road with 4 others when a man in the distance yells to them and then falls off a ledge in an 'impossible to get to space.' John Hoyt plays a doctor who begins to assume the man is dead, but really, everyone is unsure, and worried. The entire episode concerns the issue of mercy killing. Richard Rust plays a young man named Corey who is deathly afraid of heights but who tries to get down to the man to make certain. At one point, they even feel perhaps they should shoot the man just in case he's alive. This episode shows exactly why the show is called a psychological drama western. It is very intense and intellectual, with superb acting. The other two characters are a man who hides his fear by constantly laughing and a man who cannot stop saying he cannot take risks because he has a family.
Aired: Feb 13, 1960 Genre: Western Action & Adventure DramaCasts: Richard BooneCreated By: Sam Rolfe Herb MeadowProducers: Andrew V. McLaglen Joel KaneDuration: 25m Rating: 0 Country: United States of America Production: Filmaster Productions, CBS
Episodes
01: First, Catch a Tiger02: Episode in Laredo03: Les Girls04: The Posse05: Shot by Request06: Pancho07: Fragile08: The Unforgiven09: The Black Handkerchief10: The Golden Toad11: Tiger12: Champagne Safari13: Charley Red Dog14: The Naked Gun15: One Came Back16: The Prophet17: Day of the Badman18: The Pledge19: Jenny20: Return to Fort Benjamin21: The Night the Town Died22: The Ledge23: The Lady on the Wall24: The Misguided Father25: The Hatchet Man26: Fight at Adobe Wells27: The Gladiators28: Love of a Bad Woman29: An International Affair30: Lady with a Gun31: Never Help the Devil32: Ambush33: Black Sheep34: Full Circle35: The Twins36: The Campaign of Billy Banjo37: Ransom38: The Trial39: The Search