1. FAMILY PRIDE
    Original Airdate: 
    January 8, 1961

Synopsis. In New Mexico, Beau finds himself rivals with a trio of con artists who keep getting the best of him.

“Family Pride” was the first of four episodes helmed by John Ainsworth, the British director who was also a classmate of series star Roger Moore at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Ainsworth subsequently  directed his “old chum” on The Saint.

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