When his uncle shows him a poster of two wanted men identical to the strangers he just scuffled with, Deputy Bud chooses dishonesty, refusing to confirm he's seen the outlaws, then threatening the sheriff to "take my word or take my badge."
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It seems in his first TV role, Arness was not the most upstanding officer of the law. They're more than just "saddlebums " they're wanted outlaws. They're aware of something that Arness will soon learn in the very next scene when his uncle finds him in the shop and scolds him for missing a meeting: There's a reward on these men's heads. I think it ought to be pinned to your nose."Īrness as the deputy sends them scrambling out the door, the other stranger reeling in his tough guy friend. When Arness' character, a prideful deputy named Bud Titus whose uncle Jim is the town sheriff, steps to the dark-hatted strangers, one of them fails to fall back, looking Arness right in the face and saying, “You know that tin badge don’t scare me none. It was a 1950 episode of The Lone Ranger that found Arness in a barber's chair, set for a shave when two "saddlebums" cause a stir in the shop. The first time anyone saw James Arness on TV, it was five years before we'd meet his most famous character Marshal Matt Dillon.