"Night on a Rainbow" touches upon the dangerous subject of drugs and how wounded soldiers became addicted to them. In the case of Ted Evans (James Best, later seen in "Deathwatch"), former drummer in Johnny Yuma's outfit, he suffered terrible injuries that required drugs to ease the pain, but once the pain was gone he couldn't do without the 'medicine.' Ted's wife Carrie (Gail Kobe, later seen in "The Ballad of Danny Brown") had to choose between Ted and Johnny for a husband, weary of the struggle to wean him away from his addiction. Local druggist Roy Cale (Perry Cook, previously seen in "Angry Town") is the actual culprit, supplying the junk that keeps him from breaking the habit, even using a supply wagon as a traveling source of income. Jon Lormer has a fine sequence as a doctor, explaining the circumstances to a sympathetic Yuma (he would return for "The Legacy").
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Don't waste your time watching this Government Propaganda.
FloridaFred16 November 2019
"Night on a Rainbow" is the same tired propaganda that The Government trots out every few years. Pain killers are bad; doctors and pharmacists who prescribe pain killers are evil.
This is one of two propaganda pieces that were broadcast by this otherwise great TV series . The first was "Gun City", which was an anti-gun and anti-Second Amendment brainwash. This second propaganda show rails against using pain killers. Of course, "Night on a Rainbow" only preaches against drugs that Big Pharma and The Federal Government cannot profit from.
Today, in the year 2019; the Government is crusading against using "opioids", even for people who are in chronic pain. The Government is all in for psychiatric mind-control drugs like Wellbutrin and Prozac, and Vaccinations that produce ADHD, Autism, and other man-made "illnesses". But woe to those who would take Tylenol 5 or Oxycodone for serious pain!
What a shame that "The Rebel" wasted the talented Gail Kobe, and James Best, on this worthless 30 minute anti-drug commercial. Terrible over-acting on the part of both Kobe and Best.
I can't rate it zero stars, so I give it one star.
This is one of two propaganda pieces that were broadcast by this otherwise great TV series . The first was "Gun City", which was an anti-gun and anti-Second Amendment brainwash. This second propaganda show rails against using pain killers. Of course, "Night on a Rainbow" only preaches against drugs that Big Pharma and The Federal Government cannot profit from.
Today, in the year 2019; the Government is crusading against using "opioids", even for people who are in chronic pain. The Government is all in for psychiatric mind-control drugs like Wellbutrin and Prozac, and Vaccinations that produce ADHD, Autism, and other man-made "illnesses". But woe to those who would take Tylenol 5 or Oxycodone for serious pain!
What a shame that "The Rebel" wasted the talented Gail Kobe, and James Best, on this worthless 30 minute anti-drug commercial. Terrible over-acting on the part of both Kobe and Best.
I can't rate it zero stars, so I give it one star.
A period piece that misrepresents drug dependency
bfleury7 May 2017
I normally forgive older TV program/films/books that are a product of their time, however, this one is so damaging as not to ignore. In the 1960s, government propaganda concerning the use of illegal drugs was ramping up. This episode of an otherwise excellent series is a reflection that that paranoia.
The representation of the drug dependent character, Ted Evens played by James Best, is an extreme caricature of a drug addict, hopelessly addicted to patent medicines. This is a ridiculous portrayal, in my opinion, used at the time to prop up the later war on drugs which was a war of people with medical problems.
We can hope that in the enlightened 21st century, people would see through this two-dimensional representation. Sadly, many today would believe this portrayal as an accurate story about a drug dependent individual.
The representation of the drug dependent character, Ted Evens played by James Best, is an extreme caricature of a drug addict, hopelessly addicted to patent medicines. This is a ridiculous portrayal, in my opinion, used at the time to prop up the later war on drugs which was a war of people with medical problems.
We can hope that in the enlightened 21st century, people would see through this two-dimensional representation. Sadly, many today would believe this portrayal as an accurate story about a drug dependent individual.
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