Short Rope for a Tall Man

Lucas and Mark are in a town outside North Fork in the market of buying some horses. A man named Henry Schneider is selling horses but the price is too high. Mark asks Lucas if he can talk to the horse trader one more time and Lucas agrees but says he will not pay over $25 for a horse. When Mark asks about the horses is the same time rancher Ben Crown comes into town. All of the sudden Henry Schneider agrees to sell the two horses for $25 a piece.

Ben Crown is being harassed by horse thieves and is looking for a few men to go help him find the thieves. Along with Ben is his son named Charlie which is a hot head and some of his hired hands. They head off looking for signs of the bandits.

Later while Lucas and Mark are traveling back to North Fork, they are stopped by Charlie Crown and accused of stealing the horses. Now when the rest of the Crown gang catches-up they are set to hang Lucas as a horse thief.

Another nice story, well written and well acted. Bert Freed, as Mr Crown, does a nice job of bring his character to life as a father that has lost the relationship that Lucas and Mark possess. Good Watch.