Aired: October 17, 1962 | Season: 1 | Episode: 5

Overview
Runtime: 90m
Directed by: James Sheldon
Written by: Owen Wister, Roland Kibbee
Guest stars: Anne Meacham, George C. Scott, John Davis Chandler, Justin Smith, Kay Stewart, Lester Maxwell, Pippa Scott, Rick Murray, Robert Stevenson, Roberta Shore, Ross Elliott, Royal Dano, Walter Mathews
Description
A new school teacher, Arthur Lilley (George C. Scott), and his uppity wife (Anne Meacham) come to Medicine Bow. Arthur is a well-educated man and his wife believes the job beneath him but Arthur sees himself as a coward, thinking he was responsible for the deaths of several students in a fire at his former school in Vermont. When two murderers escape from prison and take as hostages the teacher, his wife and the school children including Betsy Garth, Arthur's mettle meets the supreme test.