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This episode marks an early directorial effort by Robert Altman, who also wrote the script. After befriending prospector Eben Bolt (Tim Graham), Beau (Roger Moore) is accused of being a horse thief and sentenced to hang. It turns out that Beau has been mistaken for Eben's partner Benson January (Owen Bush), who's been "dehorsing the countryside". Handling Beau's courtroom defense is a hick lawyer who acts a lot like another Warner Bros. western hero, Tom "Sugarfoot" Brewster--as well he may, since the character is played by Sugarfoot leading man Will Hutchins. Unfortunately, the lawyer's courtroom tactics prove distressingly clumsy, and Beau stands a good chance of being guest of honor at a "necktie party".