Ivan Dixon delivers a towering performance as Isham Spruce, a former slave turned outlaw. With a $5000 dead-or-alive reward on his head, Isham must elude a bloodthirsty posse. Meanwhile, Paladin (Richard Boone) also searches for the fugitive outlaw--fully intending to bring him back alive. Featured in the cast as the town sheriff is William Talman, then pulling double duty as the luckless DA Hamilton Burger on Perry Mason. Reportedly, several CBS affiliates in the South refused to telecast this program due to its essentially sympathetic portrayal of the African American outlaw. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi