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Outlaws Starfall
In the old Oklahoma Territory, there were many ways a man could get started on the outlaw trail. Sometimes, a simple argument over a waterhole blossomed into a full-size range war with the men on the losing side being branded outlaws by the winners. Then, it became a job for the U.S. Marshal to get the whole thing straightened out.
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Wayne
Gorham: William Shatner
Four
men became thrown together in just such a range war. Led by Wayne Gorham,
these men fought against the powerful Clay Fisher, becoming welded into a unit
of inseparable friendship. Hounded and driven out of their homes by Fisher
and falsely branded outlaws by Fisher's corrupt sheriff, the men rode the outlaw
trails together for two year. Fighting together and laughing together,
they finally agreed to return to Jackson City, drawn back by an amnesty, an
offer of forgiveness and a new way of life. It was up to Will Foreman to find
them jobs, help them fit in, but fisher's hatred still burned hot. A
promise of death was in the air.
From
the minute the four friends ride back into town, Fisher tries to have them
destroyed. When he cannot do it legally, he goes after them on trumped up
charges, finally goading Ollie and Burt into a reckless act which costs them
their lives. When Pepe then heads for the hills after suffering the
indignities of Fisher's racial prejudice, Gorham can stand it no
longer. As the Sunday amnesty expires and Fisher wants to go after
Pepe, Wayne asks Will Foreman for the time needed to bring his friend down from
the mountains without bloodshed. Although Will agrees, Fisher shows
his contempt for the law by shooting Pepe from ambush. Will reaches Gorham
in time to kill Fisher before Fisher can also shoot Gorham. Upon the death
of his friend, Wayne quotes Pepe's last words: "What am
I? A dog that I die when I am dead? No! I am a man with a god,
and when I die, I live."