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Day of Reckoning

This episode picks up with Marion and his Freedom Fighters in a relentless pursuit of Amos Briggs, the man responsible for killing the servant boy Toby and Young Gabe Marion, the Swamp Fox's nephew. Finally, Fran is convinced to ease the chase because his men are tired, as well as ill with swamp fever. The Tories have devised a plot to control the salt and medicine in the colonies in an effort to break Rebel resistance. The Swamp Fox enlists the aid of Mary Videaux, his fiancee, to procure the much needed medicine for him. Mary is still believed by many to be a Loyalist, and she convinces Colonel Tarleton to let her have the quinine and salt. While meeting her at Monck's Corner, Francis finds Amos Briggs in a tavern and captures him with the aid of Old Joseph, Toby's father. With Briggs held captive, Marion returns to camp with Mary--she insists on nursing his sick men back to health--and orders the Tory locked in a crude holding cell. A young rider comes to camp to join Marion's b

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  • Originally Aired January 8, 1960
  • Runtime 45 minutes
  • Network ABC (US)
  • On Other Sites IMDB
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Name Type Role
Slim Pickens Guest Star
Dorothy Green Guest Star
Barbara Eiler Guest Star
Henry Daniell Guest Star
Sherry Jackson Guest Star
Myron Healey Guest Star
Rhys Williams Guest Star
J. Pat O'Malley Guest Star
James Anderson Guest Star
Smoki Whitfield Guest Star
Clarence Muse Guest Star
Hal Stalmaster Guest Star
John Sutton Guest Star