Pilot movie for the short-lived TV series set in the 1930's about a World War I ex-marine-turned-bounty-hunter, named Dave Barrett, who goes after two Bonnie-and-Clyde style bank robbers who murdered his former girlfriend.
Production
Authentic 1930s dust bowl atmosphere on TV budget.
Acting
Ken Howard's simmering granite-jawed intensity.
Director
Walter Grauman
Ken Howard
Dave Barrett
Gary Lockwood
Frank Clinger
Tim O'Connor
Ben Marks
Stefanie Powers
Ann Louise Hovis
L.Q. Jones
Charles 'Crutch' Shanks
R.G. Armstrong
Henry Stratemeyer
Luke Askew
Max Chabriol
James Olson
Walt Hovis
John Anderson
Aaron Denver
Ford Rainey
James Barrett
Robert Hogan
Paul Tate
Hilarie Thompson
Lizabeth Barrett
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Despite decent ratings, CBS cancelled it after 8 episodes—blamed partly on the 'bounty hunter' concept feeling morally queasy post-Vietnam.
This quietly predates the 1970s neo-noir revival; Walter Grauman directed it between 'The Night of the Juggler' and piles of 'Columbo' episodes.
US
