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1965 - THE VIRGINIAN: Showdown
Virginian: James Drury
Marshal Merle Frome: Michael Ansara
Benjamin Frome: Leonard Nimoy
Jake Landers: Peter Witney
Billy Landers: Tom Skerritt
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First the Virginian thinks the two sheriffs,
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Merle and
Benjamin Frome
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comes into town for a deal with a farmer and his sons.
The cattle are held for checks, he has to leave his gun,
the money for the deal and the sheriffs tell him after
a drink in the saloon that he's had enough.
He has enough and visits the family he's having business with.
They strongly complain about the sheriffs and their tough
rule over the city.
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You have had enough beer
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As time goes by and the Virginian has to
wait for the cattle and the money to be released, he comes
across one of the farmer's sons- he first wants to hide it,
but as the Virginian already was close, he's proud to show
him that he burns the family's signs on the cows with an
iron stick, not with an official branding symbol.
In town he learns that the sheriffs have founded suspicion
on the family having stolen gone astray animals from other
cattle farms around remarking the signs.
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It is proven by a slaughtered animal who's inner skin shows
a different mark than the outer.
By chance a bullet, fired by
an unknown gunman, does not kill Marshal Frome and Benjamin Frome is bound by the farmer's
sons and pulled after a running horse.
The Viginian finds him sore all over and hardly able to move.
When the farmer's family is just before being convicted they
challenge the sheriffs for a gunfight.
The Marshal shot and Benjamin Frome stiff for pain, the two
are ready to meet the farmer and his sons.
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The skins show that the cattle have been remarked |
The Virginian is right - they will come with others | Maybe we'll have to bury him |
Waiting for his train, with the money back with him since there won't be a deal with stolen cattle, the Virginian decides to support them because none of the other inhabitants of the town wants to risk his/her lives. They win. But the Virginian does not leave without giving them a hint: To be more friendly towards the other townspeople to get support and understanding for their work.
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