Cimarron Strip/Knife in the Darkness
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| Knife in the Darkness | |
| Season 1, Episode 18 | |
| Airdate | January 25, 1968 |
| Production Number | 0704 |
| Writer(s) | Harlan Ellison |
| Director(s) | Charles R Rondeau |
| Heller | Sound of a Drum |
| Cimarron Strip — Season One | |
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Knife in the Darkness is the eighteenth episode of the first season of Cimarron Strip.
Starring in alphabetical order:
Jennifer Billingsley (Josie),
David Canary (Tal St.James),
Philip Carey (Kallman),
Jeanne Cooper (Pony Jane),
Patrick Horgan (Tipton),
George Murdock (Bladgey),
Victoria Shaw (Maddie Lennert),
Tom Skerritt (Enoch Shelton),
Ron Soble (Shadow Feller),
Karl Swenson (The doctor).
Co-Starring: Don Harper (Peddigrew), Grace Lee Whitney (Katie), Joey Tata (Gomer), William Phipps (Odell), Richard Angarola (1st Indian), Cal Bolder (Trapper).
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[edit] Plot Overview
In 1888, a foggy December night following a dance a saloongirl, Josie, is butchered and Marshal Crown hunts for a killer which has similarities as Francis points out to killings in London earlier that year by Jack the Ripper.
Fear and the many suspects make the task all the more difficult with the local citizens taking the law into their own hands...and the Indians seem to be waiting???
[edit] Notes
[edit] Arc Advancement
[edit] Happenings
Francis informs Crown of ripper killings, two in New York, one in Philidelphia, one in Washington DC, Two in Chicago, and one in Kansas City indicating the ripper is moving west.
Crown receives a letter from "Jack"
[edit] Characters
Maddie Lennert is an old freind of Crowns from Abilene he had last seen five years ago'
Tipton claims to work for George Lusk of The London Vigilance Commitee.
Shelton claims to be a reformer.
Kallman is a professional gambler handy with a knife.
Peddigrew is a knife sharpener.
The Doctor says the butchery was done by someone skilled with a knife.
Shadow Feller claims Josie was his woman.
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[edit] Trivia
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[edit] Allusions and References
Jack the Ripper operated in London and the five main murders attributed to him, (This story claims seven), occured between August 31 and November 9, 1888.
George Lusk was Head of the Whitechapel Vigilance Commitee and did receive a letter, with a kidney enclosed, from "Jack".
