S5.E20

Incident of Judgment Day

Name: Incident of Judgment Day
Genre: Western
Released: 1963-02-08
Duration: 1 h
Rating: 8
Cast: Eric Fleming, Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar

Episode aired Feb 8, 1963
TV-PG
1h

IMDb RATING

8.0/10

120

YOUR RATING

Western

During Rowdy's birthday party, two ex-Confederate POW's arrive to take Rowdy to settle an old issue. Expecting to discuss the old conflict, Rowdy finds himself on trial for his life in front... Read allDuring Rowdy's birthday party, two ex-Confederate POW's arrive to take Rowdy to settle an old issue. Expecting to discuss the old conflict, Rowdy finds himself on trial for his life in front of a drunk judge in a ghost town.During Rowdy's birthday party, two ex-Confederate POW's arrive to take Rowdy to settle an old issue. Expecting to discuss the old conflict, Rowdy finds himself on trial for his life in front of a drunk judge in a ghost town.

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YOUR RATING

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Claude Rains (who)

The Claude Rains of Casablanca and Notorious plays a washed-up, drunken judge who by chance haunts the ghost town where Rowdy has been brought to stand trial for failed escapes from a Yankee POW camp. The Confederate soldiers who were with Rowdy blame him for the failures and intend to hang him, especially Captain Francis Cabot (John Dehner). But Judge Longford (Rains) recovers from the bottle long enough to present a solid defense of Rowdy. Rains delivers a solid performance that makes a predictable script worth watching.

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Leftover business from the war

Two of Rowdy Yates's former companions from a Union POW camp take Clint Eastwood prisoner and take him to a ghost town where they want to try him for murder and treason to the late Confederacy fr betraying an escape attempt.

Their leader John Dehner even has a drunken old retired judge to preside. But Claude Rains proves not to be a malleable tool.

This episode is special as it is one of the few appearances of Claude Rains on American network television. As always Rains delivers a stunning and outstanding performance.

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Trivia
The premise of this show is very similar to the plot of Season 3, Number 1 of Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) entitled: The Trial (1960). It first ran on September 21, 1960, also on CBS, although written by Ed Adamson.