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Backfire
Bronco has settled into the job of deputy in Two Pines under Sheriff Lincoln McKeever who has a reputation for having cleaned up the town but he isn't as sharp as he used to be and is older and slower, and when McKeever doesn't draw on a young ruffian causing havoc in the street and shows hesitation, the town folks lose faith in him and are collecting funds for his retirement.
McKeever is angry with Bronco for cutting in and shooting the ruffian. He's worried about the future. He doesn't want to remove his badge, but he knows that he lost face with the town. So, one night, during a nightly poker game with three of the town's leading citizens (Wade Stanton, saloon owner, Howard Thorpe, bank owner, and Bert Daley, the general store owner), a plan to rebuild McKeever's reputation by faking a bank robbery and letting McKeever recover the money is decided.
That night the three men rob the bank with McKeever firing in the air but then he finds the bank teller dead. McKeever is unsettled, not wanting any part of the murder. One day, McKeever turns up dead and Bronco has to use some cunning to solve the crime.
A solid entry with strong themes of aging and not living up to people's expectations- but fun bit is the three villains concocting up a scheme to rob the bank by tricking McKeever. Just comes to show how affected McKeever is by his lack of decisiveness against the ruffian. The finale is quite nail biting,
McKeever is angry with Bronco for cutting in and shooting the ruffian. He's worried about the future. He doesn't want to remove his badge, but he knows that he lost face with the town. So, one night, during a nightly poker game with three of the town's leading citizens (Wade Stanton, saloon owner, Howard Thorpe, bank owner, and Bert Daley, the general store owner), a plan to rebuild McKeever's reputation by faking a bank robbery and letting McKeever recover the money is decided.
That night the three men rob the bank with McKeever firing in the air but then he finds the bank teller dead. McKeever is unsettled, not wanting any part of the murder. One day, McKeever turns up dead and Bronco has to use some cunning to solve the crime.
A solid entry with strong themes of aging and not living up to people's expectations- but fun bit is the three villains concocting up a scheme to rob the bank by tricking McKeever. Just comes to show how affected McKeever is by his lack of decisiveness against the ruffian. The finale is quite nail biting,