Man Without a Gun (1957)

Genre

western

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 33 episodes

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In the 1870s, a newspaper editor in a small Dakota Territory town uses his words and ethics to bring outlaws to justice without a gun. The local marshal helps him when his pen alone is not enough. The show was intended to teach young viewers about decency in the 1950s.

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What happens

Man Without a Gun is an American Western television series produced by 20th Century Fox Television and presented on the NTA Film Network and in first-run syndication in the United States from 1957 to 1959. Set in the town of Yellowstone near Yellowstone National Park in the then Dakota Territory during the 1870s, the program starred Rex Reason as newspaper editor Adam MacLean, who brought miscreants to justice without the use of violence or gunplay but through his Yellowstone Sentinel. Mort Mills co-starred as Marshal Frank Tallman, who intervened when the "pen" proved not to be "mightier than the sword". Harry Harvey Sr., was cast in twenty-one episodes as Yellowstone Mayor George Dixon. The program is considered to have been unique because it showcased MacLean's moral ethics and common sense to bring outlaws to justice. The show was also used as a schoolroom to teach the youngsters of the 1950s about decency and the difference between right and wrong. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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