The Virginian - Season 5 - Eps 18: Requiem for a Country Doctor
One morning the Virginian arrives in a small town to meet Stacey Grainger and sees a gallows being built. From the owner of the saloon, Clara Plain (Cloris Leachman), he learns Stacey is being held in jail and is scheduled to be hanged the next morning. The Sheriff (Ford Rainey) tells him Stacey lost in a card game watched by the beloved local doctor, John Marsh, and had harsh words with him and that the doctor had a large quantity of money he had collected for the local orphanage. Having no money, Stacey went out of town where he encountered and murdered the Sheriff for the money and was caught by two locals. Stacey claims he came upon the already dead doctor, heard someone running away and fired a waring shot into the dark. Although Stacey did not have the money on him, the Sheriff claims he threw it away when he heard men approaching. In the next cell to Stacey is Randall (Morgan Woodward) who is awaiting transfer to prison. The Virginian learns that Stacey's trial was called hastil
About The Virginian

Title: The Virginian
First Air Date: 1962-09-19
Last Air Date: 1971-03-24
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.467/10 (from 30 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 9
Total Episodes: 249
Network: NBC
Genres: Western, Drama
Production Companies: Universal Television, Revue Studios, NBC
Synopsis
The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.
Cast

Doug McClure
Trampas

James Drury
The "Virginian"

Lee Majors
Roy Tate

Sara Lane
Elizabeth Grainger