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The Virginian (1962)

S1E27 Strangers at Sundown

Apr 03, 1963 Season 1 Episode 27 Western, Drama

Judge Garth and Betsy find themselves on a packed stagecoach that is ambushed by a gang of outlaws led by Pauk (Paul Richards). The passengers are forced into a way station, where the criminals insist that one of them, George Wilson, who is traveling under a false identity, be surrendered. Wilson is a former member of the gang who turned on them. The group must confront a moral dilemma: betray Wilson to save themselves or stand up to the desperate outlaws and face the consequences in a potential gunfight.