Climax! Necessary Evil (Season 3, Episode 45)
Unrated
TV Episode | Drama

Climax!

Necessary Evil (Season 3, Episode 45)

Unrated

TV Episode | Drama

When a man with the reputation of a fast gun turns up in a small New Mexico community, the townspeople, including the man's son, want no part of him. Then two brothers who have vowed revenge on the gunfighter ride into town.

Director

Buzz Kulik

Writer

Harold Jack Bloom

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Edit Released

Updated Sep 19, 1957

Release date

Sep 19, 1957 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 13 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 3 nominations

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Lon Chaney Jr. Old Man Hawley Old Man Hawley See fewer	The Wolf Man (1941)
Don Gordon Actor Actor See fewer	The Towering Inferno (1974)
Victor Jory John Coulter John Coulter See fewer	Gone with the Wind (1939)
Rusty Lane Actor Actor See fewer	Johnny Tremain (1957)
Karl Lukas Actor Actor See fewer	Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
William Lundigan Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Pinky (1949)
Dewey Martin Tom Coulter Tom Coulter See fewer	The Thing from Another World (1951)
Margaret O'Brien Angie Hawley Angie Hawley See fewer	Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Sarah Selby Actress Actress See fewer	Tower of London (1962)