Roy Carter, the ex-convict previously played by Scott Marlowein the episode the "Hanging of Roy Carter", returns in this episode with Clu Gulager in the role. Enlisting the aid of Paladin (Richard Boone), Roy sets out to rescue former prison chaplain Robert April (formerly played by John Larch and now enacted by Larry Blake), who was instrumental in saving Roy from the gallows. April has been captured by an escaped convict, and now the two men are hidden somewhere in the mountains--which have been blanketed by a blizzard. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi