Incident on the Edge of Madness

A few familiar names and faces from the big screen are in this Rawhide episode. Lon Chaney, Jr., Alan Marshal, and Marie Windsor are in the cast of this Rawhide story about a Confederate veteran colonel Marshal who has built a replica of his mansion in Virginia, but dreams about leading a filibustering expedition to Panama which at that time was a part of Colombia.

Marshal is really quite off his rocker but has a good line which he uses on Eric Fleming's drovers most of them Confederate veterans. Marie Windsor is his wife and she uses her charms to help him along. She and Gil Favor have history back when she was the finest entertainer in the finest saloon in New Orleans.

She's most effective in dealing with Lon Chaney, Jr., who has recycled his Lennie Small character. He's even got an orphan calf as a pet to take the place of those rabbits.

There's a bit poignancy with the death of Ralph Reed a young kid from Boston who drowns trying to cross a river.

A bit of the old South with a touch of Of Mice And Men are the ingredients for this Rawhide episode.