The Barkleys hire a man famous for his bad luck to help harvest their crops.
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Roger Williams & Rin Tin Tin In The Silver Trail (1937)
Though not credited, the star of this film is Rin Tin Tin, the loveable German Shepard who was a box office smash in the early twentieth century (sometimes given credit for saving Warner Brothers from bankruptcy). The Silver Trail is packed full of Rin Tin Tin fun along with his owner Rex Lease. The beautiful and spunky Mary Russell is the leading lady, and the trio must bust up some claim jumpers who’re stealing land. When it becomes clear that corrupt government officials are behind the problems, things get hairy. Rin Tin Tin is always charming, and The Silver Trail provides wholesome family entertainment that is truly timeless.
The Lone surviving Texas Ranger was nursed back to health by the Indian Tonto who rides with him throughout the West. Both doing good while living off a silver mine which supplies them with bullets and income.
A lady reports an abandoned baby at a bus depot. Officers Friday and Smith investigate, and realize her story doesn't quite hold water.
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Leo Durocher appears as himself in this episode. Mr. Drysdale arranges for Jed and Jethro to play golf with Durocher, but when the Clampetts show up at the course, Leo the Lip assumes that they're caddies. The story goes off on a new tangent when Jethro demonstrates a dynamite pitching arm.
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Wagon Train - The Dr. Denker Story (Season 5, Episode 18)
The wagon train comes upon a terrified young boy who has just seen his father murdered by a bandit gang. Bill and Flint take him under their wing and try to help him recover, but embittered Civil War vet Ed Beaufort tells the boy that taking vengeance on the men who killed his father is the best way to recover. Soon a traveling musician, Dr. Denker, joins the wagon train and he and Billy hit it off, but it soon becomes evident that Billy and the doctor had a connection prior to their joining the wagon train.
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Wagon Train - Malachi Hobart Story (Season 5, Episode 17)
Duke comes across Malachi Hobart, a preacher who has dedicated his life to his fellow man, and comes away impressed with the man's charitable works. However, he soon begins to believe that the preacher is in fact a con artist who is using religion to swindle people out of their money.
Wally's Filling Station has been plagued by a series of robberies, and the prime suspect is young Jimmy Morgan (Pat Colby), who has been in and out of trouble all his life. Convinced of Jimmy's innocence, Andy tries to clear the boy-while gung-ho Barney attempts to use the latest electronic technology to solve the case.
An explosive situation develops when Cy Hudgins' pet goat Jimmy eats a box full of dynamite. The nervous Mayberryites spend the rest of the day gingerly tiptoeing around the goat, terrified that the animal will blow up "real good" at any moment. In the end, it is up to Barney to lead Jimmy out of town in a manner reminiscent of Hamelin's Pied Piper (or, in this case, Pied Harmonica Player).
1959 TV series western
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