- THUNDER FROM THE NORTH
Original Airdate: November 13, 1960
Synopsis. Two crooked Army shopkeepers named Marsh and Lawson have cheated the local Indian tribes by supplying faulty or inferior goods. When a tribeswoman named Pale Moon threatens to report them to the Army Commission, the shopkeepers start a war with the Indians, knowing that the Army will not investigate the claim at a time of war. Marsh and Lawson murder Pale Moon’s brother, then decide to pin the crime on the stranger who won $1,500 from them the night before: Beau Maverick.
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