#14 (Prod #166154) "The Third Man" Teleplay By:: Robert Lewin (also #9 & 27) Directed By:: Charles S. Dubin (also #9 & 12) First Broadcast: ABC, April 26, 1973 Guest Stars: Ed Nelson, Fred Beir, Barbara Stuart Special Guest Star: Sheree North Regular Cast: David Carradine, Philip Ahn, Keye Luke, Radames Pera Caine befriends a charming gambler who has been held up by two thieves. Later the thieves try to steal more money and in the dark, the gambler is killed by a third, unknown gunman.

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  "'What do you do?'
  'What is offered me.'" - Caine
• "'I have no need for money.' - Caine
  'You're either insane or very religious.'"
• "'Should I believe him?' - Gambler's wife
  'Does he lie to you?'" - Caine
• "I work, eat, learn." - Caine, when asked what he does
• "Training in martial arts is for spiritual reinforcement but it is based on self-defense. . . . When attacked by more than one person, the enemy should be allowed to make the first move and thus create the beginning of his downfall." - Master Kan
• "In every loss there is gain. As in every gain there is loss." - Po
• "I cannot understand why anyone would want to kill anyone." - Caine
• "Does not each person show grief in his own way?" -
• "I do not know that hanging is justice." - Caine
• "You knew him well and did not love him. And I knew him little and loved him." - Caine
• "It was I who lost the money. I will help you." - Caine
• "I made a promise. . . . The promise has not been kept." - Caine
• "Trust me." - Caine
• "It is a fact. It is not the truth. . . . Truth is often hidden, like a shadow in darkness." - Caine
• "Love cannot measure itself until the hour of parting." - Caine
• "Trust comes from within." - Caine
• "Is not to trust to rely on someone of whom you know nothing." - Caine
• "With each ending comes a new beginning." - Caine
• "I saw a man shoot a gun. In the darkness I could see who the man was. I could not see into his heart." - Caine
• "You, not trusting; are you not hurt more?" - Caine, when asked if he's not hurt by trusting as much as he does
• "I seek not to know all the answers but to understand the questions." - Caine

• A bicycle is on the street of a small western town in this episode, this can give an idea of the year.

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