Union Pacific The Challenger (Season 1, Episode 13)
TV Episode | 26 min | Western

Union Pacific

The Challenger (Season 1, Episode 13)

TV Episode | 26 min | Western

A gambler and his crooked cronies refuse to leave End of Track when ordered to do so by McClelland. Their leader, Luke Jerrems, challenges Bart to a shootout and, when he refuses, his men begin to lose faith in him as a leader.

Director

Sobey Martin

Writers

Robert A. Cinader (creator) (developer) | Bill Barrett (written by) (as William Barrett)

Producer

George Cahan (as George M. Cahan)

Cinematographer

Lester Shorr

Editor

Jack Kampschroer

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Updated Dec 20, 1958

Release date

Dec 20, 1958 (United States)

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Jeff Morrow Major Bart McClelland Major Bart McClelland See fewer	This Island Earth (1955)
Judson Pratt Billy Kinkaid (as Judd Pratt) Billy Kinkaid (as Judd Pratt) See fewer	The Horse Soldiers (1959)
Carl Milletaire Luke Jerrems Luke Jerrems See fewer	To Rome with Love (1969)
Robert Foulk Brody Brody See fewer	The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Charles Davis Coppin Coppin See fewer	Happy as the Grass Was Green (1973)
Ward Wood Wyler Wyler See fewer	Mannix (1967)
Walter Barnes Rooker Rooker See fewer	High Plains Drifter (1973)
Robert Christopher Hyatt Hyatt See fewer	Frankenstein Island (1981)