The Marshall of Trail City

The episode's premise surrounds rancher Bill Elliott reluctantly being pressed into service as Marshall of crime infested Trail City. Along the way he befriends an orphaned boy (Timmy Tate), puts a spoiled, feisty cowgirl (Valley Keene) in her place and has to deal with a childhood friend who has fallen on the wrong side of the law.

This was presumably a pilot for a television series that was never sold. After watching this stinker it's easy to understand why. What isn't clear is how Bill Elliott and Dub Taylor got mixed up in this mess in the first place. Maybe they saw the writing on the wall for the end of the B-Western and were testing the waters for a TV series of their own, much like Hoppy, Gene and Roy. However unlike Hoppy, Gene and Roy the acting and production values are woefully bad. So much so, I doubt that they could have even floated this by a network or even sold it into syndication. Curiosity aside, this is one to pass on.