Vincent Price and Morey Amsterdam guest star in this episode, in which Paladin (Richard Boone) arrives in San Diego at the same time as a travelling Shakespearean troupe. The troupe's nervous manager Bellingham (Amsterdam) hires Paladin to protect leading man Charles Matthews (Price) and leading lady Victoria Vestris (Patricia Morison) from a rowdy saloon audience. Making Paladin's task tougher is the presence of a hotheaded gunslinger (Richard Shannon) who harbors a passion for the gorgeous Victoria. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi