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Alex Lamont is a womanizing gambler on the wagon train. He persuaded the old maid Martha Lane to loan him $500 which he promised to pay back. Her brother, Frank, dislikes him. However, Alex lost $2000 so he needs another $1500 which he owes Robert Waring who wants his money - fast. Martha is distraught as she watches Alex fawn over the young Ginny Becket and her equally beautiful mother Mary who is a widowed school teacher. Mary has tried to warn Ginny about Alex but to no avail. As Waring increases the pressure on Alex due to Waring wanting to leave the wagon train, Alex has to speed up his move on Mary who has $3000 saved. He allows Ginny to see him passionately kiss Mary while the wagon train is having a dance. Ginny, upset, is mad at her mother and is taken in by the Lanes. When Alex is found dead, stabbed with Mary's knife Ginny is the prime suspect.

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    • Author: Bine
    This episode of Wagon Train features a murder mystery as John McIntire and his crew conduct an investigation of who murdered Frenchman Lee Bergere.

    Bergere speaks cultured French and has some cultivated manners especially with the women. But he's a degenerate gambler and thoroughgoing rat who is romancing three different women on the Wagon Train. Spinster lady Jocelyn Brando who is traveling west with brother Whit Bissell and widow Anne Jeffreys and her daughter Carole Wells.

    Bergere needs a lot of money to get another gambler Joe Maross off his back. But it's Bergere who's found stabbed to death.

    I judge mysteries by whether I can identify the perpetrator and I did in this case. Still it is a well acted ensemble of regulars and guest cast members that put this one over.

    One hopes the perpetrator get a good lawyer and doesn't do too much time in jail. Bergere was really a piece of work.
  • Episode cast overview:
    John McIntire John McIntire - Christopher Hale
    Robert Horton Robert Horton - Flint McCullough (credit only)
    Anne Jeffreys Anne Jeffreys - Mary Beckett
    Frank McGrath Frank McGrath - Charlie Wooster
    Terry Wilson Terry Wilson - Bill Hawks
    Denny Miller Denny Miller - Duke Shannon (as Scott Miller)
    Carole Wells Carole Wells - Ginny Beckett
    Joe Maross Joe Maross - Robert Waring
    Jocelyn Brando Jocelyn Brando - Martha Lane
    Lee Bergere Lee Bergere - Alex Lamont
    Whit Bissell Whit Bissell - Frank Lane
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