This is a very different sort of story for Wagon Train that is an interesting change of pace. Cathy Lewis aka "Captain Sam" spins a lot of tall tales about the sea that turn out to be ficticious. It's how she would have loved to have lived her life. She coughs a lot, and they say it's consumption aka tuberculosis.
Sadly, in real life Cathy Lewis died from lung cancer in 1968 - just 3 years after this episode was made in 1965. I wondered if she (and others) knew she had terminal cancer when this episode was made. If so, in a sense I guess she really wasn't acting but channeling a real life situation!
Sadly, in real life Cathy Lewis died from lung cancer in 1968 - just 3 years after this episode was made in 1965. I wondered if she (and others) knew she had terminal cancer when this episode was made. If so, in a sense I guess she really wasn't acting but channeling a real life situation!
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