THE DEPUTY is an excellent TV Western, at least 4
Stars for the show itself. About 3 for the DVD set
because I understand there's only 12 episodes on it.
Any 12 are worth having, tho, so I'm going to buy it
and hope for more later. I've heard Henry Fonda was
miserable doing it but his work, as a supporting
actor, doesn't suffer. Allen Case as the deputy Clay
McCord was perfect casting. The rest of the regulars
are solid too and the guest stars include a number
of big names to be. Well worthwhile.
An update. I just finished watching the twelve THE
DEPUTY episodes. I enjoyed them but most are not the
best shows. I especially had hoped to get a copy of
the one where the deputy broke the unbreakable moral
code and purposely killed a man by purposely
shooting him in the back, but it wasn't one of them.
Also, the inclusion of the two episodes with VERY
poor picture quality is inexplicable. Several years
ago one of the cable stations played THE DEPUTY and
plenty of good quality episodes exists.
