Judge Roy Bean – Season 1 – Episode 25 – The Reformer | Edgar Buchanan, Jack Buetel, Jackie Loughery

Judge Bean’s decisions displease some people like prohibitionist Dolly Mason. She backs opposing candidate Duke Castle, an outlaw says he’s reformed. When he wins Bean and Taggart must figure out how the election was rigged.

In 1956, Buchanan portrayed the lead in the 39-episode syndicated Western television series, Judge Roy Bean, set in Langtry, Texas, and filmed in color in California. Only loosely based on the career of the legendary storekeeper, bartender, and justice of the peace, Roy Bean, the series had supporting roles for Jack Buetel, Jackie Loughery, and Russell Hayden as a Texas Ranger. The series popularized Bean’s claim to having been “The Only Law West of the Pecos”, a reference to the Pecos River in Val Verde County in southwestern Texas. Judge Roy Bean is a syndicated American Western series starring Edgar Buchanan as the legendary Kentucky-born Judge Roy Bean, a justice of the peace known as “The Law West of the Pecos”.

Produced by Russell Hayden, Fred Franks
Stars: Edgar Buchanan, Jack Buetel, Jackie Loughery, Russell Hayden

Cast
Edgar Buchanan as Judge Roy Bean
Jack Beutel as Jeff Taggert
Jackie Loughery as Letty Bean
Russell Hayden as Steve (Texas Ranger)
X Brands as Various Characters (15 episodes)
Lash LaRue as Various Characters (7 episodes)
Glenn Strange as Various Characters (6 episodes)
Dennis Moore as Various Characters (3 episodes)