The Andy Griffith Show

Season 3, Episode 17

Episode Title: High Noon in Mayberry

Air Date: 1963-01-21

Overview:

Andy gets a letter from a criminal he had wounded years before and learns the man is coming to Mayberry to see him. Barney becomes convinced the man wants revenge and enlists Gomer and Otis to secretly protect Andy, which ends up wreaking more havoc than any criminal ever could.