Wagon Train - The Malachi Hobart Story
Season 5, Episode 17
Original Airdate: Jan 24, 1962
Director: David Butler
Cast: John McIntire, Robert Fuller, Frank McGrath
Guests: Terry Wilson, Franchot Tone, Irene Ryan, Wally Brown, Steve Darrell
Runtime: 48 min.
Duke comes across Malachi Hobart (Franchot Tone), a preacher who has dedicated his life to his fellow man, and comes away impressed with the man's charitable works. But he soon begins to believe that the preacher is in fact a con artist who is using religion to swindle people out of their money.
Trivia: Irene Ryan later played Granny on the tv show The Beverly Hillbillies
