S8.E3

Halfway Back from Hell

Name: Halfway Back from Hell
Genre: Western
Released: 1969-10-01
Duration: 1 h 15 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: John McIntire, Doug McClure, Tim Matheson

Episode aired Oct 1, 1969
TV-PG
1h 15m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

YOUR RATING

Western

In Arizona Trampas is forced to work as foreman on a ranch staffed by men on probation from prison. The locals want them removed and the US Marshal in charge of the area is less than enthusi... Read allIn Arizona Trampas is forced to work as foreman on a ranch staffed by men on probation from prison. The locals want them removed and the US Marshal in charge of the area is less than enthusiastic about them being there as well.In Arizona Trampas is forced to work as foreman on a ranch staffed by men on probation from prison. The locals want them removed and the US Marshal in charge of the area is less than enthusiastic about them being there as well.

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

YOUR RATING

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Trivia
Final series appearance of John Dehner who just 3 years earlier had played Shiloh operator Morgan Starr. Starr filled in for Judge Garth for a 4 show arc near the end of season 4 after Garth was appointed Governor. In total, Dehner played 4 different characters in 7 appearances in the series.

Goofs
At roughly the 29-minute mark, Trampas decks Cardine, but the sound effects editor forgot to dub in the sound of a punch.

Crazy credits
In the opening credits, HELL is in a larger font than the rest of the title.

Soundtracks
The Virginian
(Theme)
by Percy Faith

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Featured review

5/10

Experiment in parole

A few too many plot elements were kind of left astray in this Virginian story as Trampas is dragooned into helping an experimental ranch to rehabilitate convicts on parole. The project is headed by William Windom himself a lifer. It is most bitterly opposed by US Marshal John Dehner. It doesn't help that Windom was in jail for killing a US Marshal.

Doug McClure is the only Virginian regular in this episode. There were a lot of things put in this story that were left unresolved in the end. In many ways the episode makes no sense.

Windom and Dehner and McClure really carry this one.