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Duke rides onto the Casper farm looking for water where Mrs. Casper greets him by calling him Jason. While Duke waters his horse, Mrs. Casper tells her husband Joe that Jason Carter is back. Joe saddles a horse to ride over to the Carter farm to tell them. He tells Frank Carter Jason is back. Frank is a step-brother to Jason and step-son of Mary Carter who owns the Carter farm. Meanwhile, Duke rides into the local town where people stare at him. Cyrus Bolton seeing him from his office window, goes outside and tells Duke to come into his office - at gunpoint. Once inside, Duke pulls his gun but Cyrus tells him he just wanted him off the street. Duke is a slighter older version of Jason Carter who everyone believes ran off but only Cyrus knows he is dead after stealing money from Cyrus. His disappearance caused Mary Carter to freeze time believing Jason will be back any moment. Cyrus wants to use Duke to awaken her from her frozen view of time but someone else takes a shot at Duke and ...

Mary Carters' ranch house in "The Frank Carter Story" (1962) was the same house lived in by Slim Sherman, Daisy Cooper, Mike Williams and Jess Harper in the series "Laramie".

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    • Author: Gashakar
    One of the few times in the run of the series, maybe this is the only time that Denny Miller carries an episode with none of the other regulars in it. In this story Duke Shannon arriving four days in town ahead of the Wagon Train is looking for merchants willing to sell.

    But when he arrives in the town folks there think he's the favored son of Frances Reid a local widow with a ranch. This kid was a wild and reckless one who ran off after doing a little stealing. Only lawyer Edward Platt knows that Duke's doppleganger was killed later in a bordertown shootout.

    Everyone else thinks the man is still alive including Albert Salmi the hard working other son and Gloria Talbott saloon girl who was keeping company with the deceased.

    Edward Platt asks Denny Miller to keep up the masquerade. But some things are revealed that will change several lives forever.

    This so reminds me of the late crooner Russ Columbo who was killed in 1934 and for 10 years the family kept up the illusion for his mother that he was still alive until the mother died in 1944. z

    Hard to believe that mom couldn't recognize her own son though.
  • Episode cast overview:
    John McIntire John McIntire - Christopher Hale (credit only)
    Robert Horton Robert Horton - Flint McCullough (credit only)
    Albert Salmi Albert Salmi - Frank Carter
    Gloria Talbott Gloria Talbott - Martha Chambers
    Denny Miller Denny Miller - Duke Shannon (as Scott Miller)
    Edward Platt Edward Platt - Cyrus Bolton
    Norman Leavitt Norman Leavitt - Joe Casper
    Jeanne Bates Jeanne Bates - Mrs. Casper
    William Fawcett William Fawcett - Tapper
    Frances Reid Frances Reid - Mary Carter
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