Jefferson Drum

Western drama series about a courageous newspaper editor in a gold mining town of the 1850's that began this series on the NBC-TV Network Fridays in 1958. Jeff Richards stars as Jefferson Drum, a fighting newspaper editor in a lawless gold mining town who crusades against gamblers and thieves. Jeff Richards stars in the title role as the editor who prefers to challenge the lawless element in the town of Jubilee with an editorial, but often must use his gun to make his frontier community a decent place in which to live. Richards is supported by a permanent cast in the series, including nine-year-old Eugene Martin as Drum's son, Robert Stevenson as "Big Ed" the bartender, and Cyril Delevanti as the printer.