Desc: Theatre of the West: Directed by Ralph Murphy. With Randolph Scott, Scott Brady, Paul Kelly, Cathy Downs. In this pilot for a proposed Western TV series, host Randolph Scott introduces a story called "Officer's Choice," from a story by Ernest Haycox. It involves Sheriff Cliff McLain, who is a devoted family man and good citizen who has a dark secret. He was formerly an outlaw who has turned his life around. When a Ranger comes to town searching for the one-time outlaw, whom he suspects Cliff might be, Cliff has to decide whether to give up the life he has made for himself and run, or to let himself be revealed for his past.