Alias Smith and Jones Witness to a Lynching (Season 3, Episode 11)
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TV Episode | 60 min | Western

Alias Smith and Jones

Witness to a Lynching (Season 3, Episode 11)

Not Rated

TV Episode | 60 min | Western

The last episode to be filmed ("Only Three to a Bed," airing four weeks later, was left over from the Utah trip at the beginning of the season) again delves into "Heaven's Gate" territory, albeit less obviously than other episodes. Members...See moreThe last episode to be filmed ("Only Three to a Bed," airing four weeks later, was left over from the Utah trip at the beginning of the season) again delves into "Heaven's Gate" territory, albeit less obviously than other episodes. Members of the Wyoming Stock Growers' Association have lynched two small ranchers they accused of rustling. Sheriff Lom Trevors hires the boys to get the two surviving witnesses out of Wyoming and into Nebraska. The WSGA sends a sheriff after them with extradition warrants as material witnesses, and offers them a fat bribe if they promise to perjure themselves and say they didn't see the accused killers. The lynching was based on the 1889 hangings of Jim Averill and Ella "Cattle Kate" Watson, whom Michael Cimino would resurrect as the leads of "Heaven's Gate" -- set three years later. 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)
John McGiver Doc Snively Doc Snively See fewer	Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Brenda Scott Cybele Snively Cybele Snively See fewer	Oscar Phitkin: A Vendor's Tale (1998)
John Russell Sheriff Lom Trevors Sheriff Lom Trevors See fewer	Rio Bravo (1959)
G.D. Spradlin Simpson Simpson See fewer	Ed Wood (1994)
Kenneth Tobey Sheriff Kimball Sheriff Kimball See fewer	The Thing from Another World (1951)
Ann Doran Mrs. Simpson Mrs. Simpson See fewer	Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Barry Cahill Marshal Guthrie Marshal Guthrie See fewer	Hang 'Em High (1968)
Dick Whittington Telegrapher Telegrapher See fewer	Raging Bull (1980)
Paul Schott Conductor Conductor See fewer	Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
Jack Slate Train Passenger (uncredited) Train Passenger (uncredited) See fewer	F.I.S.T. (1978)
Ralph Story Narrator (uncredited) Narrator (uncredited) See fewer	McCloud (1970)