Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)

S03E32 Ambush

Paladin is escorting Blandings to face trial when they pause at a ferry crossing. Suddenly, they are captured alongside three others and taken hostage. The captors reveal that they must wait for someone’s arrival. Each of the prisoners fears that it’s their greatest foe coming to finish them off, leaving them in a tense standoff as they anxiously bide their time.