Something for a Lonely Man

Something for a Lonely Man is a made-for-television western movie. It was first broadcast in 1968; NBC aired it a second time on December 9, 1969.[1]

Something for a Lonely Man
Written byJohn Fante
Frank Fenton
Directed byDon Taylor
StarringDan Blocker
Susan Clark
John Dehner
Warren Oates
Don Stroud
Theme music composerJack Marshall
Stanley Wilson
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
Production
Producer(s)Richard E. Lyons
CinematographyBenjamin H. Kline
Editor(s)Robert F. Shugrue
Running time97 minutes
Production company(s)Universal Television
DistributorNBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseNovember 26, 1968

Plot

John Killibrew, a blacksmith, had convinced a number of settlers to follow him to California and found the town of Arkana. When the railroad comes through the area in 1870 but bypasses the settlement, the townspeople blame him. Ten years later, when a steam engine falls off of a train into a pond, Killibrew gets an idea. He goes to San Francisco and buys the steam engine from the insurance company that had paid off on the claim. Meanwhile, Mary Duren had been teaching Killibrew how to read and developed an attraction for him, to which Killibrew is at least initially oblivious. When he returns to the town, no one will help him recover the engine, in part because the site is in the middle of hostile Indian country. Then Mary buys the mules he needs and travels with Killibrew to the site. John and Mary dig a trench to drain the pond in which the steam engine is sunk. During this time John proposes to Mary and they become engaged. However, her three brothers, who had been using Mary as their housekeeper and cook, track down John and Mary and force them into a shotgun wedding. When they return, the engine is not in the drained pond. The pair track it down and discover it was taken by the Indians. Since Killibrew used to live with the Indians many years ago, earning the sobriquet "Big Beaver", he persuades them to give the engine back to him. John and Mary haul the engine back towards the town through rain, facing a bear and temporarily losing it in a cave-in. The wagon with the engine gets stuck in a hole. The townspeople ride out and offer to help, but Killibrew, remembering their earlier refusal turns them down. When he says he doesn't need anybody to help, even Mary leaves him, as a torrential rain pours down. The banker in town plots to take the steam engine in lieu of $316.82 Killibrew owes to the bank. When Killibrew refuses to sell to the bank, the banker serves a writ on Killibrew. After Killibrew beats up the posse, Killibrew submits to arrest. Mary talks the women of the town into trying to lynch the sheriff. Mary sells enough shares in the steam engine to pay John's debt and the sheriff prudently decides to drop the other charges against Killibrew. The steam engine is hauled into town. John and Mary sneak off for their honeymoon.

Main cast
ActorRole
Dan BlockerJohn Killibrew
Susan ClarkMary Duren
John DehnerSam Batt
Warren OatesAngus Duren
Paul PetersenPete Duren
Don StroudEben Duren
Henry JonesR.J. Hoferkamp
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References
  1. TV Guide, December 6–12, 1969, pp A-63 – A-64


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