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 4.14 [104]
"Letter Of The Law"
NBC Broadcast - 22 December 1965

Universal TV Production
Executive Producer Norman MacDonnell
Produced by Arthur H. Nadel
Written by Donn Mullally
Directed by Charles S. Dubin

Starring:
(shown on the ride-in)
Lee J. Cobb as Judge Henry Garth
Doug McClure as Trampas (not in this episode)
Clu Gulager as Emmett Ryker
Randy Boone as Randy Benton (not in this episode)
Diane Roter as Jennifer Sommers
and
James Drury as The Virginian

Guest Star:
Simon Oakland [Charles Sanders]

Full ending Credits:
Co-Starring
James Best as Curt Westley
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Davey Davison as Joan Westley
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Ron Soble as Hoby Porter
David McLean as The Governor
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With
Bryan O'Byrne as Caldwell
James Doohan as O'Banion
Michael Harris as The Drummer
William Tannen as The Conductor
Paul Potash as Larry Chase
Jack Pepper as Raymond Jerez
#
And
Don Stewart as Kip Lathrop
#
Associate Producer James Duff McAdams
#
Theme by Percy Faith
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Director of Photography John L. Russell, A.S.C.
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Art Director  . . .  George Patrick
Film Editor  . . .  Milton Shifman, A.C.E.
Unit Manager  . . .  Ben Bishop
Assistant Director  . . .  Chuck Colean
Set Decorators  . . .  John McCarthy and James M. Walters
Sound  . . .  David H. Moriarty
Color Consultant  . . .  Alex Quiroga
Color by Pathé
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Editorial Dept. Head  . . .  David J. O'Connell
Musical Supervision  . . .  Stanley Wilson
Costume Supervisor  . . .  Vincent Dee
Makeup  . . .  Bud Westmore
Hair Stylist  . . .  Larry Germain
The Title "The Virginian" by permission of EMKA, LTD.

Series Regulars in this episode:
Ryker (as Sheriff),
the Virginian, with brief appearance by Judge Garth and Jennifer.

Synopsis:
Enforcing the law mattered more than anything to Chief Railroad
Security Charles Sanders (Oakland). Even though the Virginian and Ryker
find evidence to clear Curt Westley (Best) of a false charge, Sanders still
suspects him of the crime and pushes Curt in order to prove his guilt. It
looks really bad for Westley after someone is later seen in his jacket
stealing a payroll. Ryker's investigative method turns up the real culprit
who had implicated Westley because he was in love with the man's wife.
Humbled, Sanders not only feels he's been made a fool of but that the law
which he loves had been made out to be a fool. (bj)

Note:
In this episode Ryker reveals he was two years old when his father died. (bj)
 

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