The Senator

Name: The Senator
Genre: Western
Released: 1959-05-17
Duration: 30 min
Rating: 8.2

Episode aired May 17, 1959
30m

IMDb RATING

8.2/10

YOUR RATING

Western

A senator is arriving on the midnight train. A plot to kill him is wired to Troop and he has little time to figure out who and why before it arrives as that hour draws near.A senator is arriving on the midnight train. A plot to kill him is wired to Troop and he has little time to figure out who and why before it arrives as that hour draws near.A senator is arriving on the midnight train. A plot to kill him is wired to Troop and he has little time to figure out who and why before it arrives as that hour draws near.

Director
- Stuart Heisler
Writers
- Clair Huffaker
- Booker McClay
Stars

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IMDb RATING

8.2/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Stuart Heisler
Writers
- Clair Huffaker
- Booker McClay
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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The Senator

Three men arrive in Laramie, they position themselves in the loft of a barn, waiting for their target. One of them is a sharpshooter with a scoped rifle. The Senator. Their plan is to shoot the senator making a brief stop and speech at midnight at the Laramie rail station.

Troop is informed of the impending assassination but no details via telegram. He and Johnny canvas the town for strangers. They find one man at the hotel who is drunk but a second telegram clears him. When one of the men stops at the saloon for a drink and hears Troop is looking for them, his spying on the Marshal's office arouses Johnny's suspicions. He is killed when he tries to ambush Troop.

Quite tense episode with plenty of night shots and set pieces. The finale is a showstopper. Jack Elam plays one of the killers and is in typical thug mode.

Trivia
Dan Sheridan, who would later play regular character Jake the bartender, has a minor role.

Goofs
When Dan is talking to Clegg in his hotel room, Clegg is holding a glass and sloshing the liquor out of it. When the camera angle changes, the glass is no longer in his hand but now on the table.