Alias Smith and Jones Bushwack! (Season 3, Episode 5)
Not Rated
TV Episode | 60 min | Western

Alias Smith and Jones

Bushwack! (Season 3, Episode 5)

Not Rated

TV Episode | 60 min | Western

The first of five episodes to deal with the real-life Wyoming Stockgrower's Association (which led to the Johnson County War of 1892 and inspired the film "Heaven's Gate," which changed many details of the story): two gunmen try to ...See moreThe first of five episodes to deal with the real-life Wyoming Stockgrower's Association (which led to the Johnson County War of 1892 and inspired the film "Heaven's Gate," which changed many details of the story): two gunmen try to bushwhack Smith and Jones for being in league with "cattle rustlers" -- which in WSGA parlance, applied to anybody who owned fewer than 300 cattle. A small cattle rancher, who has tangled with the gunmen in the past, comes up behind them, surprises them and shoots them down in their tracks. He claims self-defense, but knows people will call it murder (which it is), so asks Smith and Jones to escort him, his wife, his partner and his cattle to Montana where he will be reasonably safe. WSGA "detectives" send out an armed party dedicated to killing the whole lot. When Heyes and the gunman are both critically wounded, Curry goes berserk and blasts away at them until they turn tail. Heyes survives (his comment about being shot in the head later became a tagline for "The Rockford Files"), but the killer dies -- and Curry figures out the truth. Now everyone has a moral dilemma. Written by Peter Harris See less

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13 cast members

Name	Known for
Ben Murphy Jed 'Kid' Curry (alias Thaddeus Jones) Jed 'Kid' Curry (alias Thaddeus Jones) See fewer	Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
Roger Davis Hannibal Heyes (alias Joshua Smith) Hannibal Heyes (alias Joshua Smith) See fewer	Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
Glenn Corbett Marty Alcott Marty Alcott See fewer	Chisum (1970)
Christine Belford Ellie Alcott Ellie Alcott See fewer	Christine (1983)
Frank Converse Chris Truitt Chris Truitt See fewer	Hour of the Gun (1967)
Michael Conrad Mike McCloskey Mike McCloskey See fewer	Hill Street Blues (1981)
Ford Rainey Teshmacker Teshmacker See fewer	Halloween II (1981)
Charles H. Gray Sheriff Wiggins Sheriff Wiggins See fewer	Prophecy (1979)
Todd Martin Pete Pete See fewer	Crack in the World (1965)
Mark Holly Jake Horn Jake Horn See fewer	Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
Sonny Shields Phil Westerly Phil Westerly See fewer	Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
Buddy Foster Alonzo Taylor Alonzo Taylor See fewer	Hondo (1967)
Ralph Story Narrator (uncredited) Narrator (uncredited) See fewer	McCloud (1970)