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Guest Stars: Arch Johnson, Robert Wilke
(Episode #159, aired Mar. 22, 1964)




Screen Capture-Will squaring off with a hired killer Screen Capture-Will proves to be a quicker draw than the gunman Screen Capture-Will planning his escape after killing the gunman Screen Capture-Wounded Will confronting someone he thinks is his former boss Screen Capture-Will realizing the man he holds at gunpoint is his uncle, Ben Cartwright
Screen captures courtesy of TK & JH

Having discovered his employer, E.J. Butler, was running a money counterfeiting ring, Will Cartwright abandons his job, taking Butler's engraving plates with him. In Pine City, Nevada, Will encounters one of a posse of killers Butler hired to recover the stolen plates. In the gun battle that ensues, Will, an expert shot, kills the gunman. To mislead the other killers he knows are looking for him, Will changes identification with the dead man, but as he's making his escape he suffers a bullet wound to his side.


Screen Capture-Will telling Ben that killers are after him Screen Capture-Will telling Ben that killers are after him Screen Capture-Will being helped to a bed after the doctor removed the bullet in his side Screen Capture-Will listening to Ben telling him he'll be back to check on his in the morning Screen Capture-Will overhearing Ben & sons questioning his honesty
Screen captures courtesy of TK & JH

As he planned, the corpse is identified as Will Cartwright. But when the Pine City sheriff searches for relatives of the deceased man and notifies Ben Cartwright of the death, Will encounters an uncle he hasn't seen since childhood. Discovering that his long-lost nephew is actually alive, but in danger, Ben insists on helping. Reluctantly, Will agrees to return with him to the Ponderosa to recover.


Screen Capture-Will tossing the counterfeit money plates to Ben Screen Capture-Will telling his cousins to get him a horse and he'll leave Screen Capture-Will telling Ben that he's been working all over the world Screen Capture-Will's emotional reaction to Ben angry response Screen Capture-Will pondering Ben's tongue-lashing as his uncle leaves the room
Screen captures courtesy of TK & JH


At the Ponderosa, Will has to adjust to a family he's never known and who at first, don't entirely trust him. Ben challenges Will's decision to assume the identity of the dead man and let people think Will Cartwright is dead. After a heated exchange with his uncle, Will finally admits to himself that he must face his problems, not run from them. And, together, the Cartwrights defeat Butler and the killers who have tracked Will to the Ponderosa.


Screen Capture-Will and Ben leaving the Ponderosa to turn the engraving plates over to the sheriff Screen Capture-Will, Ben & Hoss sharing a laugh over Will's admission that Ben's advice had been right Screen Capture-Will meeting his former boss outside the Ponderosa Screen Capture-Will telling Ben that it might take him a while to get used to being part of a family
Screen captures courtesy of TK & JH


GUY TRIVIA

Guy and actor Robert Wilke, who played the Pine City sheriff worked together previously when Wilke guest starred in 4 second season Zorro episodes as the crooked Capitan Mendoza.


BLOOPER

Ben & Will first meet in a cemetery. (See last two photos in the top row, above.) Just after Ben identifies himself, the camera focuses on Will's reaction. However, if the viewer looks at the background to the right of Guy, a white car traveling left to right, can be seen driving into the scene. The car was evidently spotted by the director, because it stops in the middle of the screen and a short time later is no longer visible.



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