The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters — Season 1, Episode 20: The Day of the Tin Trumpet

Episode synopsis

Seeing an old derelict being harassed by thugs, Doc and Jaimie invite the man to join them on the wagon train. The old codger interests Jaimie and the other kids with his stories about past adventures on the frontier. But he doesn't tell anyone that he recognizes the "U.S. Marshal" who stops by with his wounded prisoner as a killer outlaw, because the outlaw knows a secret about the old man that he'd rather not have revealed as well.

About The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters is an American western television series based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Robert Lewis Taylor. The show aired on ABC in the 1963-1964 television season and was produced by MGM Television. The series introduces Dan O'Herlihy as a charming Scotsman of the frontier, Dr. Sardius McPheeters. As with many such charmers, Doc is missing something commonsense-wise. Fortunately his 12-year-old son, Jaimie (Kurt Russell), makes up for it by being as sharp as Daddy is gullible. The production is slick, authentic and brisk.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Day of Leaving
• E2The Day of the First Trail
• E3The Day of the First Suitor
• E4The Day of the Golden Fleece
• E5The Day of the Last Bugle
• E6The Day of the Skinners
• E7The Day of the Taboo Man
• E8The Day of the Giants
• E9The Day of the Long Night
• E10The Day of the Killer
• E11The Day of the Flying Dutchman
• E12The Day of the Homeless