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A wandering guitarist believes his father's guitar is more valuable than a person's life. Matt comes to the aid of a Sheriff in a nearby town to help fend off a lynch mob. Kitty prevents a distraught and frenzied man from killing his son-in-law, who he blames for the death of his daughter. A man suspected of horse theft is hanged, but within minutes the perpetrators find out that he was innocent. Quint escorts a desperate family by wagon to North Platte and uncovers their hurried reason in leaving Illinois. His productions comprise the television series Family (19761980), Charlie's Angels (19761981), The Love Boat (19771986), Hart to Hart (19791984), Dynasty (19811989), Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-2000), Melrose Place (19921999), 7th Heaven (1996-2007) and Charmed (1998-2006). Jack Albertson. Notes: First of ten appearances for Don Keefer. A local rancher grows tired of farming and comes to Dodge looking for the next get rich scheme, and stumbles upon boxing promoter to make his fortune. Ramrod Will Parmalee (Gene Evans) and two of his drovers Doak (Nicholas Hammond) and Quincy (Van Williams) find their way of life jeopardized by the railroad. A group of bounty hunters lead by Guerin (Bruce Dern) hold Kitty, Doc & Louie hostage, intent on getting even with Matt for a 10-year jail term, and denying them a $10,000 bounty on Ben Miller (Robert Totten) who killed the son of Henry Wade (Robert Brubaker) in a fair gunfight. 0 . However, Kitty has already become attached to the baby. Notes: John Newman is the first black actor to be listed in the closing credits on a Gunsmoke episode. Guest Cast: Buddy Baer (as Stobo), Woodrow Chambliss (as Shiloh), Tom Greenway (as Treavitt), Paul Birch (as Boss) and Gary Vinson (as Jim). Guest Cast: John Anderson (as Delliver), Florence MacMichael (as Kate) and George Mitchell (as Jeff). Guest Cast: Cloris Leachman (as Flory Tibbs), Philip Bourneuf (as George Basset) and Robert Strong (as Clerk). Bank teller Albert Schiller (Milton Selzer), loyal after 15 years, foils a robbery, but keeps some money for himself, only to wind up helping the robbers with their next attempt while they hold hostage his wife Kate Schiller (Patricia Barry) as leverage. Basque sheepherder Manolo Etchahoun (Robert Urich), having sworn off violence after accidentally killing a boy, refuses to fight his father Alejo Etchahoun (Nehemiah Persoff) in order to prove his manhood. Matt seeks shelter from a blizzard in a cabin and encounters two psychopathic criminals who murdered the owner and enslaved and abused his daughter. 1. Guest Cast: June Dayton (as Mrs. Stafford), Val Benedict (as Cloud Marsh), Cyril Delevanti (as Old Man), Dean Harens (as Earl Stafford) and Jess Kirkpatrick (as Mr. Teeters). Gunfighter Mannon (Steve Forrest), a former Quantrill Raider, comes to Dodge to terrorize the townsfolk before facing Matt in a gunfight. First of five appearances for American character actor Barry Atwater who portrayed Mr. Bowen in this episode. Notes: Dialogue within the episode mentions Pat Garrett was pursuing Billy the Kid which may help to date the series from 1880-1881. Chester becomes infatuated with a runaway girl from Ohio who exploits his position as Marshal's assistant to hide her secret. His daughter Cora Sanderson (Donna Mills), and Matt, eventually convince "back-east" lawyer Cicero Wolfe (Paul Stevens) to defend the alleged renegades when no one else in Kansas will. Kung Fu masters and Men from U.N.C.L.E. Matt must act fast when he begins a long trek to capture a woman killer, before his friend whose been convicted of the crime, is hanged. Guest Cast: Jeanette Nolan (as Amy) and Lou Krugman (as Emmett Gold). Vic did off-camera work on TV commercials and narrated dozens of science and educational short films. Notes: American photographer Holly Wright was born Holly McIntire, the daughter of two well-known actors, John McIntire (Wagon Train) fame and Jeanette Nolan (eight Gunsmoke appearances). Matt attempts to save a young girl from making some bad decisions but her boyfriend causes trouble for all of them. Doc suspects the wife of knifing her husband after he treats his badly infected leg and urges Matt to investigate when the man brandishes a gun. Alan Hale, Jr. Notes: Doc tells Matt in this episode that he was a doctor on the Tennessee Belle, a Mississippi riverboat. He signed the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, along with his brothers Chief American Horse the Elder and Chief Red Cloud. Thirty-nine half-hour black-and-white episodesProducer: Norman Macdonnell Regular cast: James Arness (as Matt Dillon), Dennis Weaver (as Chester), Milburn Stone (as Doc), Amanda Blake (as Kitty)[43]Guest cast: In credits order. Three episodes written by him were aired after his death. Guest Cast: Glenn Strange (as Sam), Ted Jordan (as Burke), Woodrow Chambliss (as Lathrop), Lane Bradford (as Dump Hart), Sarah Selby (as Ma Smalley), Lon Lormer (as Cody Sims) and Charles Wagenheim. The outlaws take Doc hostage after they rob the bank and set Dodge on fire. Notes: This is the last of four episodes for Lee Van Cleef. Guest Cast: Katherine Justice (as Beth Tilton), Robert Hogan (as Capt. Guest Cast: Harry Townes (as Bill Lee), Howard Culver (as Mr. Uzzell), Stanley Adams (as Bartender), Paul Newlan (as Danch), Ross Ford (as Dane Shaw), Clayton Post (as Citizen), Jack Kruschen (as Jed) and H. M. Wynant (as Barker). Festus runs into his friend Jesse Dillard (Brock Peters) who has escaped from prison and is being tracked by Marshal Halstead (Regis J. Cordic). "[7] Between 1987 and 1994, five television movies based on the series were aired by CBS. Guest Cast: Strother Martin (as Dooley), Ken Lynch (as Colpitt), James Maloney (as Faber), Ben Wright (as Mr. Ross), George Selk (as Moss Grimmick) and James Nusser (as Nelson). Guest Cast: Edgar Buchanan (as York), Michael Constantine (as Baca), H.M. Wynant (as Sage), Robert Knapp (as Clayton), Dabbs Greer (as Mr. Jonas), Roy Roberts (as Mr. Botkin), Edward Madden (as Taylor), Howard Culver (as Clerk), Dorothea Neumann (credited Dorothy Neumann as Mrs. Finney), Lou Krugman (as Barkeep), Don Spruance (as Jim) and Robert S. White (as Milt). Guest Cast: Nina Varela (as Mamie), Walter Burke (as Herman), Michael Greene (credited Mike Green as Cowboy), Richard Reeves (as Drunk), Ric Roman (as Manuel) and Bob Hopkins (as Pete). Notes: Vic Perrin plays the whiskey drummer, Wilbur Hawkins. Cotter's Girl: Guest Star Mariette Hartley. Matt is seriously injured in a shoot-out outside of Dodge, and in his absence a group of vigilantes run rampant in town. A headstrong young drifter is determined to make things right when he's wrongly suspected of being the accomplice to horse thief. Two bushwhackers, Charlie Clavin (George Lindsey) and Hank McCall (Charles Kuenstle), shoot and rob a man, causing him to lose his memory. Bert Rumsey is credited as 'Bartender' but for the first time in an episode Chester references him by his last name, 'Sam Noonan'. While on their way back to Dodge, Matt and Chester come to the aid of a homesteader family who're attacked by a small band of marauding Kiowa Indians. Guest Cast: Harold J. Guest Cast: Dianne Foster (as Cornelia), Jason Evers (as Ben), Tom Reese (as Wellman), Brad Trumbull (as Ives), George Lambert (as Orem), Grace Lee Whitney (as Pearl), Joe Di Reda (credited Joe deReda as Blake), Billy Hughes (as Tommy), Harold Innocent (as teller), Harry Antrim (as Mr. Botkin), Gene Benton (as Green) and Joe Devlin (as Dan Binny). In real life, Amanda Blake did have a light reddish mole in the same spot which was covered with makeup in all previous episodes. 1961/62 through 1965/66 Guest Cast: Charles McGraw (as Calvin), June Dayton (as Emily), Gene Lyons (as Fletcher), Bill Erwin (as Ned) and Jan Clayton (as Clara Wright). A Sheriff enjoys his new-found glory when he puts Festus in jail on a trumped-up murder charge. Matt crosses paths with an old friend who saved his life years ago and now believes he can take advantage of their friendship. Jeanette starred in her own show, a lesser-known western spin-off of Gunsmoke called Dirty Sally which was broadcast on CBS in 1974. Ben Payson's daughter Betsy falls in love with one of the Scottish homesteaders who have threatened to take her family's land. A "mad" dog is killing cattle and sheep, while vengeful gunman Howard Kane (Claude Akins) sets out to kill Cole Matson (George Murdock), the man who shot him in the back four years ago. A pompous well-to-do gentleman from Philadelphia comes to Dodge in search of his runaway fianc whose family dismissed for being a ship captain's daughter. He plays the homesteader Zach Ritter in this segment. Matt and Chester rescue a white woman and her half-Indian daughter held captive for ten years. Fate seems to have other plans for Matt as he takes a prisoner, Waco Thompson (Victor French), back to Dodge. Guest Cast: Victor Jory (as Chief Joseph), Robert Loggia (as Lt. Cal Tripp), Michael Keep (as Yellow Bear), Dennis Cross (as Three Hand), Leonard Stone (as Mr. Wiley), Howard Culver (as Clerk), Joe Maross (as Charlie Britton) and Willard Sage (as Corly Watts). He was an American actor whose career traversed fifty years which included nearly 200 acting credits. This is the first appearance of Wilbur Jonas, the shopkeeper character, played by John Patrick. Guest Cast: Tyler McVey (as Sam Baxton), Vivi Janiss (as Sara Baxton), Theodore Marcuse (credited Ted Marcuse as Zach Ritter), Malcolm Atterbury (as Jed Bates) and Roy Engel (as Hoffer). He specialized in macabre or off-beat roles and here he portrays the slow-witted Rodin, one of Rose's attackers. This is the first of 11 episodes which Sam Peckinpah wrote for Gunsmoke. years active 19271943, 1955present born Not a photo grew up watching Gunsmoke parents put him on the Top Celebrity Crushes list to Long Beach California! Crazed mass murder Abraham Wakefield (Morgan Woodward), motivated by the violent death of his precious Annabel (Elaine Fulkerson), is bent on avenging his son's death after Matt tracks him down and is forced to kill him. He was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in two situational comedies as Fred Rutherford in the 19571963 program, Leave it to Beaver and Mel Cooley in the 19611966 [CBS] series, The Dick Van Dyke Show. Guest cast: In credits order. Matt and fellow marshal Luke Rumbaugh (Jim Davis) attempt to bring justice to the frontier town of Hint, but Badger's (Leo Gordon) bunch plan to ambush Luke to get him out of the way permanently. Guest Cast: Jack Elam (as Dolph Quince), Ken Curtis (as Phil Jacks), Lane Bradford (as Jay), Chuck Hayward (as Studer), Earl Parker (as Snyder), Cliff Ketchum (as Cowboy) and Bradley Payne (credited Brad Payne as Cook). Matt goes after three bandits who robbed a stagecoach and killed the driver and guard. A charming ladies' man with a history of jilting women romances the young wife of an elderly rancher and convinces her to embrace a disturbing plan to alibi his killing and free her from her marriage. Five different characters in five different episodes, from 1965 to 1972. Without more evidence, Matt is reluctant to arrest his friend who had an ongoing feud with a man found shot in the back. A fugitive learns that the unconscious man whose identity he's using is being brought in by Matt. Notes: Kitty's beauty mark is missing when Matt awakens her in the morning, but later when she's all dressed up and makeup applied, it's there. Guest Cast: Andrew Prine (as Clay), William Windom (as Hill), Art Lund (as Heber), Charles Fredericks (as Senator), Shary Marshall (as Rita), Wallace Rooney (as Dan Binney), Robert Fortier (as Ray Costa), Brett King (as Hank), K.L. He may be best known for his role portraying Milburn Drysdale in the 19621971 CBS television sitcom, The Beverly Hillbillies. Twilight Zone fans will recognize him from his role as Citizen Gregori in the famous To Serve Man installment, considered one of the best episodes of the series which aired on March 2, 1962, on CBS. Whitney Blake Dolly Varden Guest Star. The ranch has been used in several past episodes; the giveaway is the large tree next to the corral. Matt must determine how and when the partners of a murderer he has in custody will make their move. Matt attempts to save a rancher's life by amputating his gangrenous leg. He plays Dobie in this episode (29) and again in episode 31. Matt uses a six-shooter with a much shorter barrel in this episode, not the eight-inch barrel we normally see throughout the series. Matt suspects the new saloon girl of being associated with a crooked gambler. When Matt and Chester track a killer to the small town of Elkader, they come upon a fraudulent U.S. An unpleasant and rather ugly elderly rancher up and decides that he is going to marry Kitty. He guest stars in consecutive episodes and in this story, he plays Jack Rynning, his first of five Gunsmoke appearances. A drifter seeks revenge against a rancher and his men when they kill his brother and severely injure his father. But when her half-brother Elbert Moses (Anthony James) and her Uncle Titus (Shug Fisher) arrive, she is again in danger of losing her job and her beau from her family's buffoonery. After he attacks Barnett (Charles Dierkop) for cruelty to animals, Billy's fate must be decided by the authorities, with the help of his friend, Festus. A rancher's younger wife conspires with two men to kidnap her elderly husband and stake him out in the open prairie in an elaborate plan to steal his ranch. Dickinson made more than 50 movies and her first credited appearance came in Gun the Man Down (1956) with fellow Gunsmoke alum James Arness. A despicable and abusive husband keeps beating his wife and she just hopes and believes that he'll change, until he doesn't. A Mexican rancher, Matt's friend from his Texas border days, arrives in Dodge hunting the ill-tempered gunman that dishonored his family and the Marshal warns him to not take the law into his own hands. Matt faces fear and hostility in Ridge Town where he investigates an old murder case. Twenty-five one-hour color episodesProducer: John Mantley; associate producer: Joseph Dackow Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Ken Curtis (Festus), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Buck Taylor (Newly)Guest cast: In credits orderNote: Gunsmoke began its thirteenth season in a new timeslot (Mondays at 7:30 PM eastern time). Can the marshal and his deputies find out who is behind it before it is too late? White (as Ed Worth). 2. A Mexican boy, Paco Avila (Manuel Padilla Jr.), has an ulterior motive for befriending Matt. Buddy Ebsen. Guest Cast: Karen Grassle (as Fran), John Reilly (as Ike), Linda Sublette (as Emily), Herman Poppe (as Luke), Michele Marsh (as Sara), Dennis Redfield (as Shep), Fran Ryan (as Hannah), Robert Brubaker, Rod McGaughy (as Cowboy #1) and Bobby E. Clark (as Cowboy #2). After Ben, the son of ex-Confederate Colonel Lucius Shindro (Harold Gould), is wounded by fellow outlaw Evans, Major Coltrane (Richard Anderson) orders his band to hunt down Evans. Let's look at some notable names with roles on both The Big Valley and Gunsmoke. Gunman Musgrove (Ramon Bieri) plots revenge against Ira Spratt (William Windom) who turned him in as an Army deserter. He will go on to play bartender Jake Summers in Lawman and pass away four years later of cancer in 1963 at the age of 46. Twenty-six one-hour color episodesProducer / executive producer: John Mantley; associate producer: Joseph Dackow Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Ken Curtis (Festus), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Buck Taylor (Newly)[54]Guest cast: In credits order. When Dodge is struck by a drought, Festus looks for water and Matt uses a rainmaker to give the townspeople hope. He was an American film and television actor with over 125 acting credits. Guest Cast: Denver Pyle (as Caleb), James Anderson (as Hewitt), Michael Pate (as Buffalo Calf), Amzie Strickland (as Mrs. Hewitt), Garry Walberg (as Scroggs), Lee Phillip Bell (credited Lee Phillip as Mrs. Bell), Douglas Kennedy (as Talbot), Martin Blaine (as Colonel) and Arthur Batanides (as Harv Foster). Matt and Chester are caught in the middle of a bitter and bloody feud between two mountain families. Ruthless outlaw Cord Wrecken (Steve Forrest) seeks revenge on Kitty for shooting his brother, Jay Wrecken (Angus Duncan). Notes: Robert F. Simon plays the controlling brother Ben Stancil in this episode, his first of seven Gunsmoke appearances. Quint saves an Army officer's daughter from white renegades who're running rampant near Dodge. Weaver's .more Bette Davis White Mama, Little Gloria. A white woman is spotted living among the Arapaho people and Matt accompanies the Cavalry in an attempt to rescue her, but she's reluctant to being saved. A father who greatly believes in family honor takes the law into his own hands when his daughter is harassed and molested by two cowboys. Holly (Forrest Tucker) sets out to find Willis Jeeter (Albert Salmi) who framed him for stealing an Army payroll. A rancher is suspected of murder after an unscrupulous lawyer tries to con him out of his land. Matt investigates a robbery and murder at Jonas' general store and what results is an unexpected family tragedy. He also played the same character in the radio version. Matt tracks down white-slave traders led by Timothy Fitzpatrick (James Whitmore) and Comancheros led by Blue Jacket (Gregory Sierra) who abducted young Cynthia Emery (Kathleen Cody) just a few miles from Dodge. A spoiled overindulged young woman grows tired of the way her boyfriend treats her and proceeds to make him jealous by entertaining other suitors. Guest Cast: Val Dufour (as Jerry Shand), Marion Brasch (credited Marion Brash as Belle), Maurice Manson (as Andy Culley), Joseph V. Perry (credited Joe Perry as Witness) and Mason Curry (as Marty). Stark), Percy Helton (as Mr. LA Lakers All-Stars Clockwise from top left: Flynn Robinson; LeRoy Ellis; Keith Erickson; Jim McMillan; 'Happy' Hairston; and Pat Riley Not one, not two, not three, etc but SIX LA Lakers sensations appeared briefly in T he Most Crucial Game from Columbo 's second season in 1972. He will make seven guest appearances (five credited) before being cast as the town drunk "Louie Pheeters" in season seven. When the citizens of Dodge panic, Matt tries to restore order and squash rumors of a planned Pawnee attack. Matt's friend, an old mountain man suffers a psychotic break and goes on a murder spree when civilization closes in on him. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. A pair of Army deserters wait for the perfect opportunity to murder their Sergeant, whose been riding roughshod over them. Star Wars Darth Vader Steering Wheel Cover (#175597109077) e***t (1635) - Feedback left by buyer e***t . Guest Cast: Adam Kennedy (as Andy Travis), James Griffith (as Joe Kite), Herbert Lytton (as Jake Crowell), George Selk (as Moss Grimmick), Jon Locke (credited Joe Locke as Beecher) and Chris Alcaide (as Barnes). The classic western premiered on CBS on September 10, 1955. (All two or three-parters counted as two or three individual hour-long episodes), Twenty-nine one-hour color episodesExecutive producer: Philip Leacock; producer: John Mantley Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Ken Curtis (Festus), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Roger Ewing (Thad)Guest cast: In credits orderNote: CBS cancelled the series due to low ratings. However, Talley's wife Ellie and daughter Ronilou have already met and befriended Shaw's Kiowa wife Mignon, complicating the inevitable showdown. An unsuspecting and mild-mannered cowboy transforms into a violent psychopath with no conscience as he commits one heinous act after another. Ex-convict Hackett (Earl Holliman) seeks revenge on Quentin Sargent (Morgan Woodward) who ran out on him during a robbery years ago. Newly tries to take wanted killer Larkin (Richard Jaeckel) to Dodge with three bounty hunters hot on their trail, led by the ruthless Lon (Anthony Caruso). Notes: James Nusser makes his first Gunsmoke appearance in an uncredited role as "Wilkins", the wounded clerk. While tracking renegade Les Dean (Victor French), Matt takes a grazing bullet to the skull causing amnesia. A overprotective father disapproves of his daughter courting Quint and calls his cousin, an unsavory fixer of family matters. Matt is surprised to see that the fleeing train robber he shot is a woman. Notes: The Yorky character is assumed to be about 14 years old. Chester protects Doc from an escaped convict who mistakes him for the Wyoming Territory judge that sentenced him to seven years. He had many roles in daytime soap operas, First Love (19541955), The Edge of Night (1966), Another World (19671972) and Search for Tomorrow (19751977) for which he won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1977. [1] The series ran for 20 seasons, making it the longest-running Western in television history. Twenty-four one-hour episodes, colorExecutive producer: John Mantley; producer: Joseph Dackow (episodes 516528), Leonard Katzman (episodes 529539) Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Ken Curtis (Festus), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Buck Taylor (Newly)Note: "Pike", the two-part episode that ended the season, was later developed into a spin-off series entitled Dirty Sally.[57][58]. A water-witcher offers hope to ranchers and farmers when Dodge is struck by a drought. A vile domineering man holds a lie over his young ward's head and they both come to odds concerning the ownership of an attractive Indian girl. Notes: This is the first episode to feature Festus as a character, who's played by Ken Curtis. Take this challenge and see if you can . Hired gunman Boy Avery (Ron Hayes) changes the balance of power in a family feud between Noah Haimes (Richard Slattery) and Clete Bolden (Sean McClory), threatening the happiness of their children, Cully Haimes (Peter Jason) and Janie Bolden (Laurie Mock). Matt tries to prevent a range war when a female rancher following her father's dreams digs a trench to divert a creek which would cut off the water supply of all neighboring homesteads. MORGAN WOODWARD. The town's diminutive loudmouth bully has a beef with a newly arrived couple and recognizes the husband who's hiding his checkered past. Guest Cast: Lucy Marlow (as Bella Grant), James Drury (as Jerry Cass), Ken Curtis (as Brisco) and Fay Roope (as Botkin). The injury would require abdominal surgery. Guest Cast: Don Keefer (as Sam Rickers), Catherine McLeod (credited Catherine McCleod as Letty Rickers) and Robert Griffin (as Catlin). Guest Cast: John Larch (as Serpa), Lalo Rios (as Little Fox), Allan Lane (as Capt. An innocent drifter saved from lynching at the hands of two unrelenting ranchers is fixed on revenge. He takes Doc and Anna's neighbor Mrs. Bronson (Claudia Bryar) as hostages. Cattleman Bear Sanderson (Morgan Woodward) seeks vengeance against the Indians he suspects of killing his wife Lavinia Sanderson (Whitney Blake). Matt escorts a back-shooting coward to Hays City and is intercepted by the prisoner's gang whose leader originates a sinister plan to not only frame the Marshal but disgrace him as well. Nov 24, 1969 Directed By: Marvin J. Chomsky Written By: Walter Black Where to watch Subscription Cast & Crew James Arness Marshal Matt Dillion Milburn Stone Dr. Galen "Doc" Adams Ken Curtis Festus. Two gamblers attempt to bribe Matt, and when he tells them to get out of Dodge, they hire a gunman to intimidate him. Matt shoots and kills the outlaw who wounded his old friend on the road to Dodge, but the assailant's dying words will alter the Marshal's friendship. Alcoholic Judge Warfield (David Wayne) is forced by Matt to hold an inquest into the death of a female saloon-keeper that resulted in the lynching of innocent drifter, Jake Fielder (Ken Swofford). Guest Cast: Patricia Smith (as Abby), Jack Klugman (as Earl Ticks), John Anderson (as Ben Siple) and Abel Fernandez (as Indian), Notes: The fight scene near the end of this episode serves as the basis for an educational film produced by the American Cinema Editors, called Film Editing: Interpretation & Values, used by film students all around the world.[40][41]. On the way to Mexicao, he rescues an orphaned girl Marcy McCloud (Dawn Lyn), and saloon gal Stella Silks (Shani Wallis). A politically ambitious Indian Agent falsely accuses Matt of participating in a murder committed on the reservation. Chester and an attractive Mexican woman escape from a band of Comancheros, but when they're recaptured, he believes that she betrayed him. First of eight appearances for Wright King portraying Ben Walling, who in three years will play Jason Nichols on the 19581961 CBS American western television series, Wanted Dead or Alive. Pick his most famous TV series: Lost in Space Magnum, P.I. From there, Gunsmoke remained in the top 20 for the next seven years, dropping out only in its final season. Thad Greenwood trails the four tough guys who caused his father to suffer a fatal heart attack. A troublesome man suspected of murder proclaims his innocence but needs Doc, who's out of town to establish his alibi. A powerful rancher exhausts every avenue to stop the hanging of his cowardly son, and when the prospects look bleak, concocts a plan to prove his bravery. A hired killer is distracted by his wife and a son that he never knew. A man released from prison has trouble adjusting to a normal life, blaming Matt and the rancher he shot for eight years lost. A misunderstanding over a stolen sack of potatoes leads to a deadly feud between two homestead families. A love story ends tragically when a rancher attempts to drive squatting gypsies off his land. A bitter old man learns nothing after 30 years in prison and comes home to wreak havoc on family and neighbors. Matt tries to keep the peace between two old bickering curmudgeons who share a homestead. First of five appearances for veteran performer Paul Fix who portrays the vile rancher, McCready. Guest Cast: Robert Karnes (as Chandler), John Baer (as Nichols), Lloyd Nelson (as Morris), Jerry Gatlin (as Toey), Elizabeth Harrower (as Mrs. O'Roarke), and Nick Ramus (as Lynit). Matt's friend and mentor, an aging ex-lawman arrives in Dodge, but he's followed by a man who wants revenge for the killing of his brother two years before. James Nusser makes his first of 74 credited appearances on Gunsmoke in this episode. Andy Griffith and Co-Star Would Ride Dirt Bikes Between Shooting Mayberry Scenes, Gunsmoke Actor Milburn Stone Born On This Day in 1904: Relive Docs Best Moments. Wild Bill Hickok was Marshall of Abilene, Kansas from April to December of 1871. A young woman comes to Dodge in search of her fianc who has become the town drunk after failing to prosper on his homestead. 176 one-hour black-and-white episodes Chester recognizes a man that just rode into town as someone he knew back in Missouri and tells Matt that he's really here to kill him. Guest Cast: Harry Townes (as Tobe), Mary LaRoche (as Mae), Philip Abbott (as Frank), L. Q. Jones (as Skinner), Sarah Selby (as Ma Smalley), Harry Dean Stanton (credited Dean Stanton as Young Man), Bud Osborne (as Man), John Newton (as Cowman) and S. John Launer (as Townsman). A mad sniper has marked six citizens of Dodge City for summary execution, one per night, and it seems both Matt and Doc might be next. Ted Post. Guest cast: In credits order. 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