Old (1950's?) TV show question

[WildcatRegi]

It's been a few years since I've seen it but sounds like an episode of Bat Masterson, Dudes Folly. I don't recall that Bat shot him in the end however!
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0519307/plotsummary?ref_=tt_sa_2

That was a good try. The description sure fit but unfortunately it wasn't the one. I managed to find "Dudes Folly' on Pluto: https://pluto.tv/en/on-demand/series/bat-masterson/season/1/episode/dudes-folly-1958-1-8. It sure brings back a lot of memories!

 

[Just4FunOldGuns]

In Support Your Local Sheriff, (great comedy movie) James Garner's character witness's Bruce Dern's shoot another man in a bar. Bruce claims self defense but Jame's Garner's character say's wasn't self defense. "You feigned with your left shoulder while going for your gun with your right hand", you drew first. Not close to what your describing.
I've been re-watching some of the older series when I can. May have to pick up the show Trackdown with Robert Culp that first introduced Josh Randall (Steve McQueen) from the previously mentioned Wanted Dead or Alive series.
Funny, these 60-70 year old TV show's are a lot more entertaining then the new reality c**p on now. And the gun's while not historically correct for the time and period, bring back a lot of memories. Probably why I love wheel guns and lever action's.
It's about 9:10 in, but watch the whole movie, if you haven't seen it already. Bruce Dern does comedy pretty good.
Support Your Local Sheriff! - YouTube

 

[MifflinKid]

Take a look at this IMDB description

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0597649/?ref_=tt_urv

of the The Protege. It seems like a good fit.

 

[TEKoken813]

"The Shootist" maybe? I recall that the main character (John Wayne) taught the youngster (Ron Howard) how to shoot.

This is definitely the plot he is describing. It's a great movie also.

 

[Archie]

.... the original script did call for Gillom to turn on Wayne and kill him. For a variety of reasons the ending was changed. Partly because Wayne thought it would ruin Ron Howard's career.

I read the novel of "True Grit" by Charles Portis. I do not recall young Gillom either wanting to kill or killing Cogburn. Perhaps this is one of those cases where the director and script writer change a story 'to make it better'? I'm happy the original won out. By the way, the main character of the novel and the one with true grit was Mattie Ross. She did have some sand.

 

[armedwalleye]

This is definitely the plot he is describing. It's a great movie also.

Nope. He teaches Ron Howard to shoot, but the young man has no intention of becoming a gunslinger, and does not kill the lead charatcter in the end.

 

[TEKoken813]

Nope. He teaches Ron Howard to shoot, but the young man has no intention of becoming a gunslinger, and does not kill the lead charatcter in the end.

I thought he shot somebody at the end. Not John Wayne but someone who wronged his ma. Maybe I am getting my movies confused.

 

[MistWolf]

Gillom killing J.B.Books would have been a rotten ending.

That’s how the book ended.

 

[J-Bar]

I thought he shot somebody at the end. Not John Wayne but someone who wronged his ma. Maybe I am getting my movies confused.

That’s how the book ended.

In the movie “The Shootist”, the bartender shoots JB Books (John Wayne) with a shotgun. Gillom (Ron Howard) picks up Books’s Colt and kills the bartender, then throws the Colt away. Books nods in approval as he dies.

I never read the book.

 

[MistWolf]

In the movie “The Shootist”, the bartender shoots JB Books (John Wayne) with a shotgun. Gillom (Ron Howard) picks up Books’s Colt and kills the bartender, then throws the Colt away. Books nods in approval as he dies.

I never read the book.

I know how he movie ends. I saw it in the theater when it first came out and several times since.

I've also read the book.

"Mister Books. It's me, Gillom."

The mouth opened. Nothing audible issued from it, but the lips formed two words: "kill" and "me."

"Kill you?" Gillom chewed his lips. "Sure thing," he said, then stood, moved behind the man, straddled him, and put the muzzle of the revolver he picked up to the back of the head. He turned his own head away; shut his eyes tight: gritted his teeth; pulled the trigger.

 

[WildcatRegi]

A little update....
The second season of Have Gun Will Travel arrived today and I watched "The Protégé". Unfortunately, it is not the episode that I'm looking for and it's still possible it was one of "The Rifleman" or one of the other many western series at the time. I have to say though, I'm glad I've been given an excuse to watch Have Gun... again - there was some good writing back then.

 

[Boomholzer]

Certainly reads like an episode of The Rifleman.

 

[jeepnik]

Not connected but with regards to older folks teaching younger ones, anyone remember The Guns of Will Sonnet?

Walter Brennan was defined by his oft repeated line “no brag just fact”.

 

[jjadurbin]

Getting back to guns ...how many among us recall our first "firearm" as a toy carried in a western style holster -- all inspired by a TV show?

I miss having regular western TV shows.

 

[wis bang]

Not the Shootist for multiple reasons. It was John Wayne's last movie before he died of cancer in 1976. In the movie he played an aging gun fighter dying of cancer. He does teach Gillom Rogers (Ron Howard) to shoot but that is not who kills the Duke. In fact Gillom kills the bartender who has just shot Wayne.

BUT.... the original script did call for Gillom to turn on Wayne and kill him. For a variety of reasons the ending was changed. Partly because Wayne thought it would ruin Ron Howard's career. It sure hurt Bruce Dern's career for killing Wayne in "The Cowboys".

The original book is that way, the yong man shoots the 'shootist'

 

[Carl N. Brown]

Boomholzer: "Certainly reads like an episode of The Rifleman."

Made me look.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0686598/
The Rifleman
"Boomerang"
23 Jun 1959
Lucas McCain takes in an orphan 18 year-old boy who wants to learn how to use a gun. Later Lucas finds out the boy wants to get revenge on the banker he holds responsible for the death of his father.

 

[Boomholzer]

I linked that episode and watched it (probably not for the first time). I couldn't find any parallels to the OP but I commend the effort. I still think its part of this series.

 

[entropy]

It was a common theme in Westerns.

 

[.308 Norma]

Getting back to guns ...how many among us recall our first "firearm" as a toy carried in a western style holster

Oh, yeah! Mine was a "Fanner Fifty," and I got it for either my 7th or 8th birthday.

 

[Jackalope 1]

Most of the westerns back then were half hour shows. That sounds like a lot of plot to get in that short of time. I don't remember the Shootist but that seems like a good guess.

No, it was Richard Boone as Palliden in the TV Series " Have Gun Will Travel " watched it YouTuBe last Monday.

 

[Jackalope 1]

I forgot to mention why I'm still looking for this episode. I wrote to Paul Harrell (youtube channel) and asked if this sounded plausible. He wrote back that he's interested and was wondering if I could find the episode so he could see it. Of course, it really bugs me that I'm not sure which western series this was (back then there were a lot of western tv series).

Yes, and all highly enjoyable to watch, sadly ending when the LIBERALS took control of our entertainment oñ TV & Movies. Sad, Sad, Sad!!!!!!

 

[Jackalope 1]

Oh, yeah! Mine was a "Fanner Fifty," and I got it for either my 7th or 8th birthday.

Mine I received on my 4th birthday 1/31/42, when my family was living in Klickitat, Washington. It was made of steel, I believe because a magnet would stick to it, kept the capgun and holster for decades, then my 10 year old grandson destroyed it and his dog chewed the holster and belt to prices. Never have forgiven him.