"Wagon Train" The Jim Bridger Story (TV Episode 1961) Poster

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(1961)

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5/10
A disagreeable task
bkoganbing6 November 2013
As we learned in an episode in an earlier season Flint McCullough was an orphan kid who was raised by legendary mountain man Jim Bridger. In one of the few episodes of the series where a real frontier figure was used, it befalls Jim Bridger to ask Flint McCullough for help to rescue some trapped soldiers.

What Bridger asks for General John Doucette demands as he commandeers the Train and drafts the settlers into the army. Naturally that does not sit well with Robert Horton.

This was one of the most far out episodes of the series and can't get a truly good rating from me. Karl Swenson plays Bridger and does well in the part. But I don't think any martinet general would try something like this.
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4/10
Not well thought out!
wabager29 April 2023
Warning: Spoilers
The most glaring problem with this episode is why in the world did they need to take the women and children? How can taking the entire train back all those miles, make any sense?? I say leave them in the safe country where this episode started with the older ( feeble ones or a few able bodied men) take the train ( the show of force That the General wants) rescue the soldiers get back to the women and children and have another square dance and celebrate!

If I recall Flint grew up on a southern plantation in Virginia but in this episode he is raised by Bridger.. I guess in the days before cable when we only saw 1episode every week instead of one every day.
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