The Joker (19 Oct. 1958)

Name: The Joker
Director: Stuart Heisler
Genre: Western
Released: 1958-10-19
Rating: 8.4
Cast: John Russell, Peter Brown, Jeff York, Bek Nelson

TV Episode | 30 min | Western

A stranger rides into town, playing jokes on the locals and a story about Johnny's dad who he always believed was shot by raiders. The story he's told causes him to quit his job until Troop discovers the real history his deputy never knew.

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John Russell

Marshal Dan Troop
Peter Brown

Deputy Johnny McKay
Jeff York

Barney Tremain
Bek Nelson

Dru Lemp
Jon Lormer

Harry Tate
Emile Meyer

Sheriff Jim Giles
Dub Taylor

Larry
I. Stanford Jolley

Gil Breck

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In this episode, we learn about orphan Johnny McKay's past. He was raised in Lawrence, Kansas until he was ten, then his parents moved west. Along the way, his mother died and was buried along the trail in Nebraska and his father was killed by raiders, specifically Barney Tremain (Jeff York) who appears in this story.