Cimarron Strip/Till the End of Night

Till the End of Night
Season 1, Episode 10
Airdate	November 16, 1967
Production Number	0713
Written by	Hal Sitowitz
Directed by	Alvin Ganzer
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Cimarron Strip — Season One

Guest Starring: Suzanne Pleshette (Sarah Lou Burke), Clifton James (Sheriff Jack Hawkes), Dean Stanton (Luther Happ), Victor French (Rafe Coleman), James Beck (Jake), Karen Arthur (Ruby), Eddie Quillan (Guard), Mary Gregory (Farm Woman), D'Urville Martin (Messenger), Charles Thompson (Bullwacker), James Nusser (Judge Homer Padgett), Morgan Jones (Deputy), Jack Braddock (Bartender), Jerry Brown (Stage Driver), Forrest Burns (Wagon Driver)

Plot Overview

Luther Happ tries to bushwack Marshal Crown but Crown captures him and throws him in the Cimarron jail. Having to leave town to testify in court at Topeka, Kansas, MacGregor and Francis are left in charge of the prisoner.

Earlier that night MacGregor had been involved in high jinx in one of the other saloons and Jake and Ruby wanted to continue in the Wayfarers Inn. Events lead to Luther Happ escaping and MacGregor not wanting to lose face follows his trail alone.

Crossing the border into Texas, MacGregor is ambushed by Happ but manages to kill Happ suffering a minor gunshot wound. A passing wagon driver takes MacGregor and the body of Happ to Cedar County and Sheriff Jack Hawkes. MacGregor relates the story to the sheriff who promptly arrests MacGregor for the murder of his deputy Luther Happ.

At a hastily arranged kangeroo court MacGregor is sentenced to be hung. Taken by Sheriff Hawkes and deputy Coleman in a prison wagon with a female prisoner , Sarah Lou Burke, also sentenced to be hung for murder. An unlikly friendship develops between the two prisoners and they make there escape when the wagon stops at a water hole.

Deputy Coleman returns to Cedar County and brings a posse to help Sheriff Hawkes chase the fugitives across the wild country as MacGregor with the girl both chained together tries to reach the safety of Cimarron City.

Quotes

• MacGregor "Aye , The Law himself, how are you Marshal? Are you ready yet to leave your perilous duties in the lightning quick hands of your chief deputy and I might add, loudest balladeer in the Oklahoma territory".

• MacGregor "All my life I bragged about my way with the lassies, but I know what I am. No one has to shout it in my ear. A clown decked out in a funny nose and baggy pants for the amusement of the whole ruddy female race..What would a lovely young lady like you being doing in the company of a preposterous lump like me?"