Wagon Train
The Jed Polke Story
Season 4, Episode 23 · Aired 1961-03-01
Synopsis
Flint brings stranded woman Rheba Polke and her son to the train. When her husband Jed Polke returns with help, many recognize him from the Macon, Georgia Andersonville Prison (Confederate prisoner-of-war camp) where prisoners were planning an escape. Polke had turned their escape attempt in to the authorities. They have sworn to kill Polke.
In the series
This episode is part of Wagon Train (1957–1965) on NBC/ABC.
A moving town of guest stars — the prairie as anthology stagecoach.
Key cast
- Ward Bond as Major Seth Adams
- Robert Horton as Flint McCullough
- John McIntire as Christopher Hale
- Frank McGrath as Charlie Wooster