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Newspaperman Byron Claremont wrote a story about Ben Russell, a onetime fast gun who's been ranching for 20 years. All the article does is draw out a young gun looking to make a name for himself, Panama Billings, who calls out Ben, shooting him down in the street. Lucas McCain doesn't think much of Claremont's brand of journalism and lets him know that. When Claremont's wife Eleanor seems to show an interest in Lucas, Claremont writes him up as being faster with a rifle than anyone with a six-shooter and soon enough, another young gun comes to North Fork, this time gunning for Lucas.

In episode 7 season 2 Mark called his father Dad when Lucas sent him off to town to keep him from catching yellow fever. He always called him paw and never Dad.

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    • Author: Clonanau
    An eastern newspaper man, Byron Claremont, has made his way to North Fork writing about things that happened in the untamed west. He has been writing about a local man that some twenty years ago was the fastest Marshal with a gun the west had ever seen. The man, Ben Russell, had retired and was living around North Fork. But the newspapers, that was selling all over the country, brought fast gunmen like Panama Billings to try their gun against 'the fastest gun in the west'. And sure enough Ben Russell feel prey to the youngster with a gun.

    With that story gone Byron Claremont begins to write about another fast gunman, Lucas McCain. Without any knowledge Lucas finds out that Claremount has been running a series on him with the title of the fast man with a rifle. It is not long before another gunman comes to town, kills the man who shot Billings and now is looking for McCain.

    The show also contained the beautiful Joanna Moore that played the newspaper man's wife. Even though she is always great on the screen, her part was written large but added little to the plot. The story was entertaining right from the start and needed no side stories to keep the viewer interested. One of the episodes that was filled with excitement from the start till the conclusion. Good show.
  • Episode complete credited cast:
    Chuck Connors Chuck Connors - Lucas McCain
    Johnny Crawford Johnny Crawford - Mark McCain
    Paul Fix Paul Fix - Micah Torrance
    Brian G. Hutton Brian G. Hutton - Billy Benson
    Chris Alcaide Chris Alcaide - Panama Billings
    Steve Darrell Steve Darrell - Ben Russell (as Stevan Darrell)
    Ian Murray Ian Murray - Harley Hannabury
    Alexander Scourby Alexander Scourby - Byron Claremont
    Joanna Moore Joanna Moore - Eleanor Claremont
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