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Have Gun - Will Travel The Cure (1957–1963) Online

Have Gun - Will Travel The Cure (1957–1963) Online
Original Title :
The Cure
Genre :
TV Episode / Western
Year :
1957–1963
Directror :
Buzz Kulik
Cast :
Richard Boone,Norma Crane,Jerry Wayne
Writer :
Shimon Wincelberg,Herb Meadow
Type :
TV Episode
Time :
30min
Rating :
7.2/10
Have Gun - Will Travel The Cure (1957–1963) Online

Martha Jane Conroy aka Calamity Jane is at rock bottom. With the help of an old friend, Paladin, she tries to recoup some losses from her former business partner.
Episode cast overview:
Richard Boone Richard Boone - Paladin
Norma Crane Norma Crane - Martha Jane Conroy
Jerry Wayne Jerry Wayne - Ned Blackstock
Jeanne Vaughn Jeanne Vaughn - Lucy Weyerhauser
Craig Duncan Craig Duncan - Bartender
Lisa Lu Lisa Lu - Hey Girl
Olan Soule Olan Soule - Hotel Carlton Manager McGinnis (as Olan Soulé)
Duane Grey Duane Grey - First Worker
Gil Perkins Gil Perkins - Second Worker


User reviews

Yramede

Yramede

This episode takes some liberties with the facts but since its featured character was known to sometimes do the same, perhaps we shouldn't fault the writers too much.

The legendary frontierswoman known as Calamity Jane was actually born Martha Jane Canary (not Conroy) in Missouri in 1852. Orphaned at the age of 14 she took whatever jobs she could to support her numerous siblings. Eventually her extreme wanderlust found her employed as an Army Scout, Pony Express Rider, and occasionally as a local prostitute. She joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West show in 1893, but did no Annie Oakley-style trick shooting, merely appearing in "mannish" costume as a story teller, recounting both her real and fictionalized adventures to enraptured audiences. Plagued by alcoholism from an early age she was a complex character, known for displays of kindness that contrasted starkly with rough life she led until her tragic and unexpected death in 1903.

"Taking the Cure" was for a very long time a euphemism for what what we now describe as "undergoing Rehab". And Jane, when we first see her, is in desperate need of it, passed out drunk on one of the sofas in the lobby of the prestigious Carlton.

Paladin -- an old friend -- immediately begins his version of "intervention". Learning that Jane has resorted to booze because her publisher-promoter has replaced her with a younger, more attractive model while keeping all the profits from their sundered partnership, he's determined to see Jane recoup both the funds to which she's entitled and salvage at least some of her reputation. There's some wonderful interaction between Jane and Paladin as they track down her ex-promoter and Jane's latest incarnation, who sports a bouffant style hairdo and "fishnet" tights.

The ending's a bit of a surprise but entirely in keeping with what we do know about the real Martha Jane. And you won't want to miss the spectacle of two "Lady Gunslingers" facing off against each other!