Jay Flippen gives a brilliant performance in this show where life changes and nothing remains the same. And when his character tries to change his life things go from bad to even worse.
The episode begins as we see Owney Tupper (Flippen) living in a run down house with his beautiful young (Maybe 8 year old) daughter named Amity. She is all he has left since his wife died and they love each other so much.
However due to the living conditions the courts order that Amity live with her Aunt and Uncle in St Louis until the time that Tupper can make his place livable and proper for a child. 'By proper'- the Judge tells Tupper that he will have to fix up the house and also make use of the land to help feed the child. Tupper agrees and sets out to make the changes.
Tupper, a likable guy around Dodge, has everything going his way. The house is getting fixed and the seed is ready for the ground. But due to an accident, he loses his seeds and now has to find a way to get money to buy new seed.
There has been a killing around Dodge and the Judge has sentenced a man to be hung within twenty-four hours. However there is no man willing to take the responsibility of being the 'hangman'. Tupper agrees to hang the man for the twenty five dollars in order to get money for the seeds. But he will find that life changes and will never be the same as now people in Dodge think differently of Owney Tupper.
When his daughter returns, she notices that things have changed. And now Tupper will have to do what is best for the young child. He wonders what his life would have been if nothing had changed.
An excellent script that was well acted. One can really see through the characters the hardship of trying to do what is right but sometimes not succeeding. Excellent watch.
The episode begins as we see Owney Tupper (Flippen) living in a run down house with his beautiful young (Maybe 8 year old) daughter named Amity. She is all he has left since his wife died and they love each other so much.
However due to the living conditions the courts order that Amity live with her Aunt and Uncle in St Louis until the time that Tupper can make his place livable and proper for a child. 'By proper'- the Judge tells Tupper that he will have to fix up the house and also make use of the land to help feed the child. Tupper agrees and sets out to make the changes.
Tupper, a likable guy around Dodge, has everything going his way. The house is getting fixed and the seed is ready for the ground. But due to an accident, he loses his seeds and now has to find a way to get money to buy new seed.
There has been a killing around Dodge and the Judge has sentenced a man to be hung within twenty-four hours. However there is no man willing to take the responsibility of being the 'hangman'. Tupper agrees to hang the man for the twenty five dollars in order to get money for the seeds. But he will find that life changes and will never be the same as now people in Dodge think differently of Owney Tupper.
When his daughter returns, she notices that things have changed. And now Tupper will have to do what is best for the young child. He wonders what his life would have been if nothing had changed.
An excellent script that was well acted. One can really see through the characters the hardship of trying to do what is right but sometimes not succeeding. Excellent watch.