In this episode Eric Fleming is facing a crisis. He's gotten word there's a financial
panic back east and he has to get to Abilene and sell off the herd before they
hear about it there.
It means going through some rough country without water. Bad enough, but he then has to deal with Burgess Meredith and his fish.
Meredith, an enterprising New England Yankee complete with twang is bringing barrels of fish, shad to be precise to California. If they breed successfully in the Sacramento River he could get rich. But he has to contend with an unscrupulous partner Richard Webb and an unfaithful wife in Phyllis Coates.
His problems become Gil Favor's problems as they cross a stretch of desert.
Nice guest star turn by Burgess Meredith. Well staged climax in this episode.
It means going through some rough country without water. Bad enough, but he then has to deal with Burgess Meredith and his fish.
Meredith, an enterprising New England Yankee complete with twang is bringing barrels of fish, shad to be precise to California. If they breed successfully in the Sacramento River he could get rich. But he has to contend with an unscrupulous partner Richard Webb and an unfaithful wife in Phyllis Coates.
His problems become Gil Favor's problems as they cross a stretch of desert.
Nice guest star turn by Burgess Meredith. Well staged climax in this episode.