The Apprentice Sheriff

Episode aired Dec 9, 1958
TV-PG
30m

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

207

YOUR RATING

Family Western

Lucas tries to help a young bespectacled substitute marshal who is hellbent to prove himself tough, regardless of the consequences.Lucas tries to help a young bespectacled substitute marshal who is hellbent to prove himself tough, regardless of the consequences.Lucas tries to help a young bespectacled substitute marshal who is hellbent to prove himself tough, regardless of the consequences.

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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

207

YOUR RATING

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7kfo9494

A well acted story that ended with a flash.

Robert Vaughn is the acting Marshal of North Fork while Micah is away. The young Marshal, Dan Willard, is a man that has a chip on his shoulders ever since being West Point turned him down due to his poor eye-sight. Now with a group of cowhands in town making trouble, Dan is going to show that he is up to enforcing the law.

When Dan post an order to turn in all guns, it ticks the cowpokes off. One of the cowhands is gunned down by the acting Marshal, the leader of the cowhands calls an all out war on the Marshal. But the acting Marshal refuses to back down.

The only thing wrong with the episode is that it ended too fast. Nearly the entire episode lead up to the main confrontation between the Marshal and the head of the cowhands. Let me warn you not to blink while watching or you will miss the ending. A nice and will acted story that just ended too fast.

10moonkoil

A Well-Acted Story, That Ends In A Flash

Robert Vaughn is the acting marshal of North Fork while Micah is away. The young marshal, Dan Willard, is a man with a chip on his shoulder ever since West Point turned him down due to his poor eyesight. Now, with a group of cowhands in town making trouble, Dan is going to show everyone that he is up to enforcing the law.

When Dan posts an order to turn in all guns, it ticks off the cowpokes. When one of them is gunned down by young Willard, their leader calls an all out war on him. The acting marshal refuses to back down.

The only thing wrong with the episode is that it ends too fast. Nearly the entire story leads up to the main confrontation between the marshal and the head of the cowhands. Let me warn you not to blink while watching or you might miss the ending. A nice and well-acted story that just ends too fast.

7davislaurie

Robert Vaughn rant - no not really ; )

Sorry just a comment but there's already a really good review posted like seven years ago by "kfo" - something. I've read other reviews from them & they're always quite good. Ok so all i wanted to say is, how 'bout that Marshall Dan Willard aka Robert Vaughn irl huh? The character kinda sorta ruined the episode for me. So i'm not sure ... does that mean that Mr Vaughn is a really really good actor? Or, a really really bad actor?! But there is that something about Robert Vaughn, he's an actor who perfected the UGH! Smarmy rich boy entitled jock ... oops ... look. Don't get me started! ... sorry, he was super good at playing that "i'm better than everyone/you're all beneath me" role that made you want to just reach through the screen & slap him silly! So to be so good, you'd prolly assume "years of practice" right? But no! Not in Robert's case! As we could clearly see, even at the young age of (approx 26 i believe) Robert already had that ICK! Character perfected! ... OR! Maybe he was born with it?!? Gosh i sure hope he didn't act like that irl! Nah! Simply a very good actor. I'm sure that's it! ; p.

Goofs
Can you fix the episode caption on the title page? It says this:

Lucas tries to help a young bespeckled substitute marshall who is hellbent to prove himself tough,, regardless of the consequences.

Of course, he's not "bespeckled!" And it isn't "marshall," and there are two commas. Can you change it to this:

Lucas tries to help a young bespectacled substitute marshal who is hellbent to prove himself tough, regardless of the consequences.

Thank you.

Quotes
Lucas McCain: And Mark, you keep out of trouble.
Mark McCain: I'll try, but sometimes I just can't help it.
Lucas McCain: I know, but let me give you some advice. Yesterday, you butted into an argument between Jeff and Skinny. Now, if you want to keep out of that kind of trouble, you just mind your own business.