Outlaw in Town story
Tony Lorca is an outlaw who arrives at a small town during a blizzard. The townsfolk learn that there is a reward of $5,000 to turn Tony in, so various people bid for his custody. However, "Tony" is actually Pepe, the real Tony's brother. Tony died a year prior and Pepe has been pretending to be Tony in order to swindle people out of their money. Directed by: Herschel Daugherty. Story by: Michael Fessier.
12 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| con artistry | choice | Pepe swindled the townspeople out of thousands of dollars by pretending to be his outlaw brother. |
| being on the run from the law | major | Pepe tricked the townspeople into thinking that he was hiding out from the authorities. |
| life in the American Wild West | major | The story viewer is shown a caricature of what might happen when a mysterious passerby to an Old West era saloon is discovered to be an outlaw by its gullible patrons. |
| romantic love | major | Pepe won Shasta's heart in the end, and the two eloped. |
| the desire for justice | major | Shasta pretended that wanted to see Tony hang for the murder of her husband. |
| abandonment | minor | Shasta spoke of how her husband abandoned her and ran off with another woman. |
| gambling | minor | Pepe wagered his gun at the poker table and lost. |
| murder | minor | Tony had murdered Shasta's husband. |
| newlywed couple | minor | Pepe and Shasta returned to the saloon to consummate their marriage. |
| romantic jealousy | minor | The bar owner moaned over Tony and was jealous of Shasta. |