Paladin (Richard Boone) is hired to track down convicted murderer Manfred Holt (a young Charles Bronson), who has killed two guards while escaped from the Laramie jail and may be gunning for banker Ned Alcorn, the banker who testified against him. Once Holt is recaptured, he tells Paladin that his only purpose in escaping is to be briefly reunited with his wife Sarah (Peggy Stewart), and to see his newborn son; once he does this, he promises to return to jail without further bloodshed. Though he doesn't entirely trust Holt, Paladin allows his prisoner to visit his family, an act of charity which leads to a violent (yet curiously poignant) climax. This episode was filmed on location in the Alabama Hills just outside Lone Pine, California. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi