Civic leaders, however, want Reynolds to let Akins die, but his own conscience and the Hippocratic Oath forbid the doctor from doing so. Akins dies in surgery, but the situation is clouded by the revelation that it was Reynolds' stepson, Nick, portrayed by Ralph Reed, not Akins, who was responsible for the killing of popular townsman Tom Menken (Frank Ferguson}. Marsha Hunt appears in this episode as Dr. Reynolds' wife, Julie. Robert Ryan and David Janssen appeared as Cob Oakley and Tod Owen, respectively, in the 1958 episode, "Trial by Fear." In the story line, Oakley convinces a jury to acquit Owen, an accused gunfighter. However, Owen believes that his acquittal is a trap to capture him after he escapes from jail in expectation of a conviction. Ultimately Oakley is forced into gunfight which results in Owen's death. In the 1958 episode, "Medal for Valor," Paul Fix portrayed Rufus Stewart, a businessman who hires David Manning (Richard Basehart), a man with an ill wife in need of medical treatment, to substitute in the American Civil War for Stewart's son, Adam (Richard Anderson). Manning wins the Medal of Honor, returns from three years in the Army for an affidavit certifying that he was a substitute so that he can claim western land. Rufus Stewart reneges on the promise because the son, the local sheriff, is running for the United States House of Representatives. Oddly, Rufus winds up being shot to death in a confrontation that he caused, and Adam agrees to provide the affidavit to Manning. The episode does not reveal if the sheriff was elected to Congress but considers the political liability of one having hired a substitute in the war. June Dayton portrays David's wife, Kate. In the 1959 episode, "Make It Look Good," Arthur Kennedy played Sam Carter, a former Confederate hired as a bank teller in an otherwise all-Union community by banker Clem Doud (Parley Baer). It is revealed that Carter, widely disliked in the town, had for a time been a prisoner of war at Elmira, New York. Carter becomes the inside partner to two brothers, played by Ed Nelson and Richard Rust, who rob the bank, but he changes his mind and does not take part in the splitting of the $30,000 loot. Carter must confront Russ Bowen, one of the brothers who had vowed to harm Carter's wife, Jenny, portrayed by Jacqueline Scott.