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Sugarfoot
Tom Brewster was an Eastern law graduate who moved out West to the Oklahoma Territory in order to seek employment. He was reluctant to use guns (although he was able to do so), and he was also a teetotaler whose favorite drink was "sarsaparilla with a dash of cherry". In the TV series' first episode, he was hired as a replacement sheriff to replace a murdered predecessor. He was sarcastically nicknamed "Sugarfoot" by his predecessor's daughter for his apparent lack of fighting skills, although he eventually solved her father's murder. Subsequent episodes had him drifting from job to job while wandering throughout the Old West and Mexico.
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Episode 1
The Shadow Catcher
Mon, Sep 26, 196060 mins
Tom discovers the bodies of several Sioux who have been massacred, and reports the incident to the local Indian agent. The agent is shot by an arrow while going to investigate, and before he dies appoints Tom as his temporary successor. The killings have been ordered by the ruthless local Army lieutenant, who plans to instigate war between the whites and the Sioux in order to obtain gold in the Black Hills. An ambitious young female photographer also becomes involved in her search for a big story.
