Alias Smith and Jones
This is the story of two pretty good bad men.
Created by Glen A. Larson
On ABC
A charming buddy-outlaw Western built on the warmth between two reformed criminals navigating redemption under conditional amnesty, balancing adventure with genuine affection.
Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from 1971 to 1973. It stars Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes and Ben Murphy as Jedediah "Kid" Curry, a pair of cousin outlaws trying to reform. The governor offers them a conditional amnesty, as he wants to keep the pact under wraps for political reasons. The condition is that they will still be wanted— until the governor can claim they have reformed and warrant clemency.
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