The Ranger and Tonto are after outlaws Dimple Henshaw and Soapy Farrell. They are somewhere in town and Sheriff Jim is helping our heroes. But his boisterous deputy, Bud Titus, isn't much help. Bud is the sheriff's wife's nephew, which is why he was hired. The Ranger poses as a grizzled old prospector depositing a lot of gold in the bank to smoke out the bad guys. Simple and Soapy hide out in the barbershop no take Tony the barber and Tonto as hostages. It's a dangerous situation for everyone, especially The Ranger. In one of the funniest exchanges ever heard on TV, Dimple tells Soapy, "I want to take that masked man alive!" When Soapy asks why he wants to take him alive, Dimple snaps, "So I can kill him!!!" It s a wonder the actors did those lines with straight faces.
James Arness makes an early appearance as Deputy Sheriff Bud Titus, long before he become Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke. While in the barber chair, Bud laments to Tony the barber about only making a lousy $50 a month as a deputy. But James Arness took this Lone Ranger episode role for the then minimum salary of $35. So he was better off being a deputy!
Dick Curtis plays Soapy. 3 Stooges fans will recognize him as one of the stooges frequent foils. He died only a year or two after this appearance, at the age of 49, from pneumonia. He was suffering from lung cancer at the time of his death.
James Arness makes an early appearance as Deputy Sheriff Bud Titus, long before he become Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke. While in the barber chair, Bud laments to Tony the barber about only making a lousy $50 a month as a deputy. But James Arness took this Lone Ranger episode role for the then minimum salary of $35. So he was better off being a deputy!
Dick Curtis plays Soapy. 3 Stooges fans will recognize him as one of the stooges frequent foils. He died only a year or two after this appearance, at the age of 49, from pneumonia. He was suffering from lung cancer at the time of his death.