Stoney Burke/Five by Eight

Five by Eight
Season 1, Episode 11
Airdate	December 10, 1962
Written by	Palmer Thompson
Directed by	Tom Gries
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Stoney Burke — Season One

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Five by Eight is the eleventh episode of the first season of Stoney Burke.

Guest Stars: Ed Nelson (Nick Martin), William Schallert (Warden Harper), Bennye Gatteys (Joyce Carrol), Joseph Perry (Captain Bender), Mary Jackson (Matt), John McLiam (Fred), Arthur Malet (), Garry Walberg (), Bruce Dern (E.J. Stocker), Bill Hart (Red)

Plot Overview

Stoney arrives at a prison to appear in the prison's rodeo, where an old friend, Nick Martin, who's a prisoner, is incarcerated. What Stoney doesn't realize is that someone on the outside hid a gun under his saddle in the back of his truck, and soon he, along with a teenager who wanted his autograph, are taken hostage by the desperate Martin and forced to aid his escape across a barren desert.

Trivia

The Show

Outer Limits connections: Guest Stars Ed Nelson, Bennye Gatteys and John McLiam all appeared on OL. Nelson is in "Nightmare", Gatteys is in "The Children of Spider County", and McLiam is in "Second Chance".