This episode of Wagon Train features a murder mystery as John McIntire and his
crew conduct an investigation of who murdered Frenchman Lee Bergere.
Bergere speaks cultured French and has some cultivated manners especially with the women. But he's a degenerate gambler and thoroughgoing rat who is romancing three different women on the Wagon Train. Spinster lady Jocelyn Brando who is traveling west with brother Whit Bissell and widow Anne Jeffreys and her daughter Carole Wells.
Bergere needs a lot of money to get another gambler Joe Maross off his back. But it's Bergere who's found stabbed to death.
I judge mysteries by whether I can identify the perpetrator and I did in this case. Still it is a well acted ensemble of regulars and guest cast members that put this one over.
One hopes the perpetrator get a good lawyer and doesn't do too much time in jail. Bergere was really a piece of work.
Bergere speaks cultured French and has some cultivated manners especially with the women. But he's a degenerate gambler and thoroughgoing rat who is romancing three different women on the Wagon Train. Spinster lady Jocelyn Brando who is traveling west with brother Whit Bissell and widow Anne Jeffreys and her daughter Carole Wells.
Bergere needs a lot of money to get another gambler Joe Maross off his back. But it's Bergere who's found stabbed to death.
I judge mysteries by whether I can identify the perpetrator and I did in this case. Still it is a well acted ensemble of regulars and guest cast members that put this one over.
One hopes the perpetrator get a good lawyer and doesn't do too much time in jail. Bergere was really a piece of work.