YANCY DERRINGER "A Bullet for Bridget" 1958
This 1958-59 series is about a card sharp, who returns home to New Orleans three years after the end of the Civil War. The man, Jock Mahoney, finds the city full of Northern carpet bagging types. He is secretly put to work as an undercover man by the city commissioner, Kevin Hagen. Mahoney is to keep Hagen advised on the various low-life types running wild in the city. He does this with the help of his Pawnee bodyguard, X. Brands. The series ran for a total of 34 episodes.
In this episode, the fifth of the series, we have Yancy Derringer, (Jock Mahoney) being asked to check out the New Orleans' waterfront by City commissioner, Kevin Hagen. Hagen thinks there is some sort of monkey business going on there.
Mahoney and his sidekick, X. Brands head out at night to have a look see. They come up on a young woman, Margret Fields fleeing the docks with a burly sailor type in pursuit. The ever so gallant Mahoney step in and rescues the woman. The woman thanks him and goes off into the night. Mahoney likewise heads off and does not see Fields get grabbed by the sailor and returned to the ship moored nearby.
Mahoney stops for a spot of gambling at the club of friend, Frances Bergen. During a high stakes poker game, one of the losers, Charles Maxwell, accuses our man Mahoney of cheating. He goes for a pocket gun but finds himself arse first on the floor for his troubles.
Miss Bergen now asks Mahoney for some help. It seems that Bergen is concerned about a cousin from the old country, Ireland. The woman's ship had arrived several days earlier but no cousin. From the description, Mahoney realizes that the woman is the same one he helped that night. He will look into the matter.
The whole thing turns out to be over the just docked ship and its cargo. The cargo is a valuable load of silk that the owner, the same Maxwell that had been gambling with Mahoney, wants to sell. The problem here is that the cargo is infested with plague. Miss Fields is a witness they were keeping locked up on board. Field though is a slippery lass and escapes. Needless to say, guns are produced and Maxwell and his lot are soon suffering from a tad too many bullet holes. The cargo is burned to stop any possible plague from spreading.
This is an entertaining episode that was directed by William F. Claxton. Claxton was best known for his work on the western series, BONANZA and THE HIGH CHAPARRAL.
Margret Fields was the wife of Jock Mahoney at the time and guest starred on several of his films and series. She was also the mother of Oscar winning actress, Sally Fields.
This 1958-59 series is about a card sharp, who returns home to New Orleans three years after the end of the Civil War. The man, Jock Mahoney, finds the city full of Northern carpet bagging types. He is secretly put to work as an undercover man by the city commissioner, Kevin Hagen. Mahoney is to keep Hagen advised on the various low-life types running wild in the city. He does this with the help of his Pawnee bodyguard, X. Brands. The series ran for a total of 34 episodes.
In this episode, the fifth of the series, we have Yancy Derringer, (Jock Mahoney) being asked to check out the New Orleans' waterfront by City commissioner, Kevin Hagen. Hagen thinks there is some sort of monkey business going on there.
Mahoney and his sidekick, X. Brands head out at night to have a look see. They come up on a young woman, Margret Fields fleeing the docks with a burly sailor type in pursuit. The ever so gallant Mahoney step in and rescues the woman. The woman thanks him and goes off into the night. Mahoney likewise heads off and does not see Fields get grabbed by the sailor and returned to the ship moored nearby.
Mahoney stops for a spot of gambling at the club of friend, Frances Bergen. During a high stakes poker game, one of the losers, Charles Maxwell, accuses our man Mahoney of cheating. He goes for a pocket gun but finds himself arse first on the floor for his troubles.
Miss Bergen now asks Mahoney for some help. It seems that Bergen is concerned about a cousin from the old country, Ireland. The woman's ship had arrived several days earlier but no cousin. From the description, Mahoney realizes that the woman is the same one he helped that night. He will look into the matter.
The whole thing turns out to be over the just docked ship and its cargo. The cargo is a valuable load of silk that the owner, the same Maxwell that had been gambling with Mahoney, wants to sell. The problem here is that the cargo is infested with plague. Miss Fields is a witness they were keeping locked up on board. Field though is a slippery lass and escapes. Needless to say, guns are produced and Maxwell and his lot are soon suffering from a tad too many bullet holes. The cargo is burned to stop any possible plague from spreading.
This is an entertaining episode that was directed by William F. Claxton. Claxton was best known for his work on the western series, BONANZA and THE HIGH CHAPARRAL.
Margret Fields was the wife of Jock Mahoney at the time and guest starred on several of his films and series. She was also the mother of Oscar winning actress, Sally Fields.
