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Guest Cast: Nicholas Hammond (as Britt), Sally Kemp (as Rachel), Lieux Dressler (as Liz), Dan Ferrone (as Dan Ross), Larry D. Mann (as Pritchard), Charles Seel (as Josiah), Gilbert Escandon (as Ten Bears), Ronald Manning (as Hoxie) and Francesca Jarvis (as Mother). and Lee in the 1960 film, The Magnificent Seven. Sure, stars like Steve McQueen, Dennis Weaver and Clint Eastwood made for cool cowboys, but TV Westerns would be nothing without a cast of character actors. 31 Episodes 1975. Chester fights for his life when he's held captive by an irrational off-balanced horse thief and his abused common-law wife. First of four appearances by Pat Conway who played Quade. He was one of the first Native American actors to play Native American roles, appearing in 36 films and over 60 television shows. Guest Cast: Gloria McGehee (as Laura), Michael Pate (as Locke), Judson Pratt (as Bill Pence) and Gerald Milton (as Doolin). Guest Cast: Cliff Osmond (as Macomb), William Mims (as Hawkins), Jim Boles (as Sutro), Ross Hagen (as Hicks), Glenn Strange, Ted Jordan, Woodrow Chambliss, William Murphy (as Loomis), Jon Jason Mantley (as Billy), Maria Mantley (as Girl #1), John Puglia (as Boy #1), Susan Newmark (as Girl #2) and Billy McMickle (as Boy #2). Weaver's .more Bette Davis White Mama, Little Gloria. Festus and Buck Henry's gal, Joanie Brodie (Janet Baldwin) also get involved in the hunt. Matt uses a six-shooter with a much shorter barrel in this episode, not the eight-inch barrel we normally see throughout the series. He was an American stage, radio, film and television actor, often cast as the eccentric villain or questionable authority figure. Kitty is abducted by an outlaw who tries to turn his daughter against him to escape. 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. Movies. A Chinese immigrant faces dishonor when two brothers cut off his pigtail. Matt travels to the small town of Friend, Kansas to investigate the strange death of a buddy who once saved his life. Doc is sworn to secrecy by three kidnappers who killed a rancher's son. A freight line owner has an accident with a down-and-out young couple and offers the husband a job, but it's his wife that he's more interested in. First of five appearances for American character actor Barry Atwater who portrayed Mr. Bowen in this episode. He received a second Gold A woman who used to be rich takes a job at the Long Branch while she and her niece are on their way to San Francisco. However, Doc is surprised and outraged when Dr. Samuel McTavish (so-named because her father wanted a boy) turns out to be a woman. Doc is resentful and feels sorry for himself when a new town doctor comes to town and makes off with his patients. Notes: The first of two appearances for Raymond Bailey playing the titled character, General Parsley Smith. Longtime viewers may know that Denver Pyle was one of the first actors considered for the role of Marshall Dillon but the part would eventually go to James Arness. He is best known for playing many roles which include; Lee Chan, the "Number One Son" in the Charlie Chan films, the original Kato in the 19391941 The Green Hornet film serials, Brak in the 1960s Space Ghost cartoons, Master Po in the 19721975 television series Kung Fu and Mr. Wing in the Gremlins films. John Wayne turned down the lead,. All five television movies have been released on DVD, as well. Harrison FordHan Solo and Indiana Jones got used to holsters, leather and hats in The Sodbusters and Whelans Men.Jodie FosterThe child star burst onto the screen in 1969 (Roots of Fear), and would twice more show up in Dodge (P.S. A convicted gold-mine swindler gets out of prison to resume mining with the money he is accused of stealing. Guest Cast: Allen Case (as Billy Daunt), Olive Blakeney (as Ma Torvet), Roy Barcroft (as Luke), Patricia Huston (as Woman), Linda Watkins (as Kate) and Charles P. Thompson (credited Charles Thompson as Clabe). Guest Cast: Andrew Duggan (as Fos Capper), Peggy Webber (as Flora Stancil), Robert F. Simon (as Ben Stancil), Susan Morrow (as Melanie), James Nusser (as Bum) and Charles King (as Passerby, uncredited). Inspired by the play Romeo and Juliet, the children of feuding family patriarchs fall in love. Notes: June Carter Cash was an American singer, songwriter, actress and author. Notes: The credits misidentify the two characters as Harry Spencer and Joe Sharpe. Crusty old Sally Fergus (Jeanette Nolan) tries to nurse a wounded young outlaw named Cyrus Pike (Dack Rambo) back to health. Guest Cast: Eduard Franz (as Amos Cartwright), DeForest Kelley (credited DeForrest Kelley as Will Bailey), William Vaughn (as Twitchell), Tommy Hart (as Clay) and Pat Hogan (as Buffalo Tongue). The series expanded to an hour in length with season seven and began filming in color in season 12. Gunsmoke Guest Stars: The Most Appearances. Guest Cast: Phillip Pine (as Vint), Rebecca Welles (as Nan), Stafford Repp (as Brewer), Tom Palmer (as Jack Salter) and Jane Ray (as Vickie). Will Hutchins. He guest stars in consecutive episodes and in this story, he plays Jack Rynning, his first of five Gunsmoke appearances. A large imposing mountain man and his Arapahoe Indian wife, whose father led raids on the local settlers face untold prejudice at the hands of Dodge townsfolk, but it's her strength and resilience that overcome the intolerance. An elderly Army scout married to an Indian woman is suspected of intentionally leading his troop into a Comanche ambush and now becomes the target of the townspeople's anger. Dan Sheridan plays Dobie, his last of three appearances. Kitty prevents a distraught and frenzied man from killing his son-in-law, who he blames for the death of his daughter. Matt, Festus and Newly pose as gunrunners hoping the outlaws will lead them to Colonel Lucius Shindro's compound, where they can formulate a plan to rescue Doc and Lyla. 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. Notes: Ted Knight who played the lawyer Jay Rabb, was the vain and shallow newscaster Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show which may be his greatest success, winning him two Emmy's in 1973 and 1976. Newly stops a young back-hills girl who's trying to escape an abusive relationship involving her half-brothers from stealing his horse and little do they know, when he takes her to Dodge, the half-crazed brothers follow. Matt, Chester and Doc try to unravel a mystery involving the missing Lady Gay Saloon owner and the brash, larger-than-life female proprietress whose taken over the establishment. 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. This episode helps to date the series. A gunfighter's father despises his son's profession and purposely disables his shooting hand, and now he must defend himself from three avenging gunman. Both roles were portrayed by special guest, Anthony Zerbe. Martin would go on to play in many more features with Sam Peckinpah as writer and/or director. A lovestruck cowboy pursues a faro dealer but her feelings are not mutual since he was the gunman who shot and killed her card-cheating father. Matt is forced to protect Irish troublemaker O'Quillian (John McLiam) against cattle drovers Clay Tynan (Victor French) and Chickenfoot (Anthony James). Notes: The credits misidentify Edward Binns' character Bill Stapp as Bill Strapp. An elderly sheepherder who opposes violence refuses to tell Matt the identity of the two cattlemen who are tormenting him. Matt sets out to clear a buffalo skinner, who was accused by his boss of murdering one of his hunting companions. The friendship between two trappers is jeopardized when one, who admits he's a coward, abandons the other to die after being stabbed by an Indian during a struggle. An old codger brings his simpleton nephew to town and decides that he would be a good fit for Matt's assistant but when Chester gets ambushed, the big galoot can't be found, making him a questionable suspect. Jean Inness was Nurse Beatrice Fain in the 19611966 NBC American medical drama television series Dr. Kildare. [11] Both Chester and Festus appear together in the season nine episode "The Prairie Wolfer", and Festus had initially appeared the previous season, playing the same character as a quasi-outlaw helping Dillon track a killer in "Us Haggens". At trails-end in Dodge, they lose their complete earnings of $300 dollars after a fight with railroad men in the Bull's Head saloon, turning them into desperadoes, with Matt and Festus hot on their heels. A love story ends tragically when a rancher attempts to drive squatting gypsies off his land. Two feuding women, Agatha Corey (Nina Foch) and Flo Watson (Ruth Roman), refuse to reveal the identity of the killer Matt is looking for. wore cowboy hats. A case of mistaken identity ensues when Festus is identified by a special agent for the governor, Doyle (Ramon Bieri), and by Rand (Booth Colman), as being Frank Eaton who is wanted for three murders, among other charges. In this episode, his first of fourteen Gunsmoke appearances, he portrayed the scorned farmer, Willie Calhoun. Viewers find out in this episode how Matt Dillon possibly acquires his horse "Buck". Matt is surprised to see that the fleeing train robber he shot is a woman. 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 attempts to protect wounded outlaw Johnny Drago from a pair of bounty hunters. Guest Cast: Jimmy Van Patten (as Tim), Jessamine Milner (as Grandma), Jan Burrell (as Anna), Glenn Strange as (Sam Noonan), Ted Jordan, Deborah Dozier (as Ronda), Walter Scott (as John), Bobby Hall (as Adrian), Donald Elson (as Farmer Buey), Billie Bird (as Old Woman), Arthur Malet (as Oldtimer) and Erica Hunton (as Little Girl). Guest Cast: John Carradine (as Ephraim Hunt), Lola Albright (as Lucy Hunt), James Drury (as Booth Rider) and Virginia Chapman (credited Virginia Arness as Gypsy) (credit only). James Drury makes his first of four appearances. Matt's life is changed during a bank robbery after his gun arm is seriously wounded. A desperate widow of a military officer killed in battle arrives in Dodge to retrieve his body, but her motives prove controversial. Guest Cast: Herbert Rudley (as Capt. An ex-convict returns home to try to find the money he buried eight years ago but he's being hounded by his former partner and a Sheriff with knowledge of the crime. Notes: First of thirteen guest appearances by Royal Dano, who played the lead character Obie Tater. A treacherous gang of outlaws take over Dodge. Guest Cast: Bert Freed (as Al Clovis), Fay Roope (as Botkin), Joe Flynn (as Onie Becker), Steve Raines (as 1st Cowboy) and Edward Faulkner (credited Ed Faulkner as 2nd Cowboy). Matt tracks down a "white renegade" who's selling guns to a small band of Indians that have jumped the reservation. L-R: Milburn Stone as Doc Adams, James Arness as Matt Dillon, Amanda Blake as Kitty Russell, and Ken. Guest Cast: Jeanette Nolan (as Rose), Jack Elam (as Ben), Harry Dean Stanton (credited Dean Stanton as Harley), Ken Lynch (credited Kenneth Lynch as Leroy), Warren Oates (as Jep), Nora Marlowe (as Jennie), David Kent (as Peter), Cyril Delevanti (as Sy Tewksbury) and Wayne West (as Man). Quint believes that a string of recent raids are the result of a white renegade group and not the Comanches. 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 wandering guitarist believes his father's guitar is more valuable than a person's life. Dick was the most prolific of the brothers with over 200 film credits. Matt and Chester rescue an old buffalo hunter who was abandoned and left for dead in the freezing cold temperatures on the prairie. Guest Cast: Harold J. A gunslinger saves Matt's life and becomes well-liked in Dodge, but the love of a woman leads him down the wrong trail. Sebastian Cabot, who portrayed Bailey, may be best remembered as the manservant, Mister (Giles) French in the 1966-1971 [CBS] television sitcom Family Affair. Guest Cast: Phyllis Coates (as Edna), Jack Elam (as Hector), Harold J. He was Sergeant Bullock in the little known 19571958 syndicated western television series, Boots and Saddles. A merciless mother and her four demented sons' prey upon frontier families on their travels west. Townspeople and outlaws want to know where an old prospector has hidden his gold. Guest Cast: Andy Clyde (as Poney Thompson), Warren Oates (as Jed Hakes) and Charles Maxwell (as Walt Moorman). Drifter Titus Spangler (Jack Elam) and seven orphans find a way to melt the cold heart of the orphanage headmistress Emma Grundy (Jeanette Nolan) at Christmastime. Festus seeks help for his prisoner Riley Sharp (Charles Aidman) at the home of Ellie (Gail Kobe) and Henry Decker (John Kellogg). Paul Wexler was an American character actor who appeared in more than 30 feature films and over 40 different television series. An overconfident Army deserter callously breaks the law and strongly believes there will be no repercussions, but soon his fate will be sealed. Harry Harris. Notes: First of four Gunsmoke appearances for Russell Johnson portraying Stanger in this episode. Leif Garrett The teen idol is also in "The Sodbusters" along with Ford. Benter), Roy Roberts (as Tabor), Anthony Caruso (as Lone Eagle), Robert Dix (as Spotted Wolf), John Newton (as Sgt. A Mexican boy, Paco Avila (Manuel Padilla Jr.), has an ulterior motive for befriending Matt. A bank robber takes refuge in a church where he holds the pastor and two women hostage. Matt awakens from a feverish coma in an abandoned cabin with the body of an ex-con he jailed five years prior and no recollection of the events that transpired. Guest Cast: Norma Crane (as Ida), Ed Nelson (as Perce), Ken Lynch (credited Kenneth Lynch as Seeber), Robert Brubaker (as Jim Buck), James Nusser (as Louie Pheeters), John Mitchum (as Norm), Chuck Hayward (as Kemp), Baynes Barron (as Vicks) and Alex Sharp (as Nickols). An arrogant photographer creates quite a stir in Dodge with his newfangled picture box, but his attempts to acquire sensational photographs are reprehensible which cause serious turmoil. A recent outbreak of cholera is used as a weapon of revenge when a rancher terrorizes homesteaders off their land. Matt and Chester are caught in the middle of a bitter and bloody feud between two mountain families. Notes: This is the actual pilot episode of the television series, Gunsmoke. Guest Cast: Lew Brown (as Sam Fraser), Helen Wallace (as Ma Fraser), Bill White Jr. (as Tad Fraser), Dorothy Schuyler (as Alice Fraser) and Dan Blocker (as Lieutenant). Gunsmoke put actors such as Milburn Stone and James Arness in the spotlight. Thomas Carney was an American film and television actor. A naive and wide-eyed young woman escapes the cruel conditions at an orphanage and receives life lessons in Dodge. All twenty seasons of Gunsmoke and all five reunion films are available on DVD in Region 1. Newly meets Patricia Colby (Jess Walton), governess to Johnny (Ike Eisenmann) on the stage to Dodge, just as a Kansas twister approaches a stage relay station. Kitty is caught in the crossfire during a bar room brawl and Matt trails the shooter out on the open range, but little does he know, a mysterious rider is tracking him. 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: Barney Phillips assumes the role of Bill Pence, owner of the Long Branch. He may be best known for his role portraying Milburn Drysdale in the 19621971 CBS television sitcom, The Beverly Hillbillies. 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. An immigrant's life improves when he kills an outlaw - at least for a while. White (as Ed Worth). Mountain farmer Jed Hocket (Harry Morgan) finally arranges to have his three sons, Ike, Luke and Shep marry the brides they took from Dodge, but Jinx Tobin might very well jynx it for Fran and Ike. Guest Cast: Chris Robinson (as Jett), Dolores Sutton (as Jenny), Booth Colman (as Gant), Dabbs Greer (as Mr. Jonas), Michael Mikler (as Cowpoke), Ken Kenopka (as Clancy), Gil Lamb (as Porter), Sue Casey (as Saloon Gal), Glenn Strange (as Sam) and Robert Gravage (as Telegrapher). . Her trouble escalates even further when her admirer Carl Pruitt (Lin McCarthy) tries to help. Matt and Doc have a tense train ride as they take a prisoner, Johnny August (Todd Armstrong), back to Dodge. Matt clashes with railroad boss Wes Cameron (Jim Davis) who is determined lay track across homesteader Jim Graham's (Shug Fisher) land. A love-struck rancher marries a beautiful ex-saloon girl, but the groom's depraved uncle also desires her, and attempts to frame his nephew for murder. Guest Cast: Noah Beery Jr. (as Guthie), Don Dubbins (as Wendt), Holly McIntire (as Sarah), Fred Coby (as Charlie), Glenn Strange (as Sam) and James Drake (as Dude). 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). A Texas trail herder swears to avenge his brother's death, who Matt shot and killed in self-defense. 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. Plenty Coups and Linderman, "Plenty-Coups, Chief of the Crows", 2002, p. 31. Working shotgun on a stage, Quint proves his point when they attack him. Guest Cast: Ed Kemmer (credited Edward Kemmer as Lou Paxon), Myrna Fahey (as Linda Bell), Aaron Saxon (as Joe Bassett), Robert Brubaker (as Jim Buck) and Joel Smith (as Cowboy). Fast gunman Jim Barrett kills a man in self-defense. Chester's uncle comes to Dodge and based on letters from Chester believes him to be the Marshal. Homesteader Ben Justin (Sam Groom) is falsely accused and convicted of stealing horses, and then further accused of murder after breaking out of jail to be with his wife Elizabeth (Pamela McMyler) and newborn son. His role will be short-lived as Dabbs Greer will settle into the part in future episodes. Barry had a couple of appealing television roles, Star Trek fans will remember him as Surak, Dr. Spock's father in S3E22, The Savage Curtain (1969). 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). A bounty is placed on Indians for allegedly massacring a group of pioneers, based on the story of a man, Piney Briggs (Yaphet Kotto), who stumbled upon their camp site. He was an American stage, radio, film and television actor with over 200 acting credits usually playing the strong, unsympathetic type or the inflexible father/husband. She may be best remembered as Holly Grainger on the 19621971 NBC Western, The Virginian. While Matt is unconscious, Kitty reveals her feelings towards Matt, summing up with "after 17 yearsit's the longest non-permanent relationship in history." A homesteader believes Indians are harassing him at night, and after Matt tells him to get a rifle, he mistakenly shoots and kills a cowhand. Guest Cast: Mercedes McCambridge (as Mrs Mather), Royal Dano (as Henry Mather), Link Wyler (as Lamond Mather), Charles Kuenstle (as Valjean Mather), Dee Carroll (as Mrs. Grayson), Jerry Brown (as Abel Grayson), Peggy Rea (as Mrs. Roniger), Maria Mantley (as Maria), Jon Jason Mantley (as Jon) and Terri Lynn Wood (as Elsie). An impoverished and desperate prairie family lure Matt and Chester out of town with a tale of murder. An elderly widower must overcome several costly hurdles and change his once complacent lifestyle in order to gain back custody of his young daughter. Now the dead man's father and his brothers are gunning for him. A Kiowa Indian guide delivers his revenge by stalking the merciless outlaw that humiliated and dishonored him. Leo Gordon who portrayed Hack Prine, was an American character actor and writer. Dehner's longest recurring role was his character, Cyril Bennett on the 19681973 CBS American sitcom, The Doris Day Show. Guest Cast: Ed Nelson (as Lee Prentice), Onslow Stevens (as Ben Goddard), Mort Mills (as Jake Harbin), Fay Roope (as Botkin), Joseph Kearns (credited Joe Kearns as Dobie) and George Selk (as Moss Grimmick). An outlaw wrongly arrested by Matt wants payback and manipulates the farmer's wife he's having an affair with into his ambush plan. Faith healer Bohannan (Richard Kiley) is asked by Lydia Walden (Linda Marsh) to cure her terminally ill son, Heck Walden (Vincent Van Patten). Guest Cast: Elen Willard (as Althea), Robert Middleton (as Dorf), Joe Flynn (as Drummer), Linda Watkins (as Mrs. Dorf), Sarah Selby (as Ma Smalley), Dabbs Greer (as Mr. Jonas), Hampton Fancher (as Clem), Byron Foulger (as Dooley), Kelton Garwood (as Fred), Henrietta Moore (as Dolly), Robert McQuain (as Cowboy), Sue Casey (as Martha) and Glenn Strange (as Sam). Armstrong (as Argonaut), Gregg Palmer (as Herk), Glenn Strange (as Sam), Shelley Morrison (as Addie), George Lindsey (as Skeeter), Elisabeth Fraser (as Daisy Lou) and Claire Wilcox (as Piney). A man released from prison has trouble adjusting to a normal life, blaming Matt and the rancher he shot for eight years lost. Judge Flood (John Colicos) convicts Matt of murder and sentences him to life doing hard labor in the judge's silver mine. Matt's friend, a retired U.S. A bounty hunter tells Matt that he has a wanted outlaw holed-up with his partner in a secured location and needs his help in bringing him in, but the real twist is what he's not telling him. Perhaps best known for his roles as Napoleon Solo in the NBC 19641968 spy fiction television series, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Guest Cast: Fay Spain (as Bessie), Val Dufour (as Cooner), Roy Wright (as Carver), Leonard Nimoy (as Grice), Glenn Strange (as Sam), George Selk (as Moss Grimmick), Ann Morell (credited Anne Morrell as Ana), James Nusser (as Louie Pheeters), Garry Walberg (as Hatcher), Tom Fadden (as Enoch), Arthur Peterson (credited Arthur Peterson Jr. as Sam Frazer), Ben Wright (as Dan Binny) and James Drake (credited Jim Drake as Morgan). He specialized in macabre or off-beat roles and here he portrays the slow-witted Rodin, one of Rose's attackers. The widow of an aging cattleman is in love with one of the men who's suspected of killing her husband. Matt investigates a series of crimes linked to one man, but Chester bungles the outcome. Matt is suspicious of an opportunistic sheriff and his deputy who caught a stagecoach robber with a saddlebag full of money. A pretty Southern belle uses her beauty and native wit to charm the pants off all the single men of Dodge. 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Guest Cast: Paul Richards (as Neal Amber), Ainslie Pryor (as Peak Fletcher), Gloria McGehee (credited Gloria McGhee as Mrs. Amber), Dabbs Greer (as Jonas) and Bing Russell (as Simon Fletcher). A stranger wearing a murdered preacher's coat causes tension in Dodge when he announces his intention to watch someone die. Guest Cast: Morris Ankrum (as Merle), Ralph Moody (as Harvey), Buck Young (as Bud Grant), Jean Howell (as Lavinia), John O'Malley (as Man), Charles McArthur (as Taylor), Richard Chamberlain (as Pete), Paul Hahn (as Les), Hank Patterson (as Carl) and Clem Fuller (as Clem). Guest Cast: John Dehner (as Cope Borden), James Westerfield (as Rance Bradley) and Marvin Bryan (as Jason Bradley). Thirty-nine half-hour black-and-white episodesProducer: Norman Macdonnell Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Dennis Weaver (Chester), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty)[42]Guest cast: In credits order, Guest Cast: Bruce Gordon (as Tom Samples), Robert J. Wilke (as Hickock), Elisha Cook Jr. (as Huggins), Adam Howe (as McCall), Martin Balk (as Reeves), Allen Kramer (as Ed), Jess Kirkpatrick (as Townsman), Jack Lester (as Townsman), Dick Rich (as Cowboy) and Johnny Western (as Townsman). These 60 famous actors all appeared on Gunsmoke. was dustin hoffman on gunsmoke. [1] Doc kills a stubborn man who blocks his way and then shoots his horse, and when the man's brother finds out, he comes to Dodge hell-bent on revenge. Festus is hired as a prairie wolfer by the local cattle association when several cows go missing but ends-up being framed for the crime. Thad Greenwood trails the four tough guys who caused his father to suffer a fatal heart attack. Dodge settlers are leaving after a rash of Pawnee Indian raids and when Matt investigates, he concludes it's something more shocking. Notes: James Drury played the lead in the 19621971 NBC Western television series, The Virginian. Kitty is being squeezed out of business and her competition comes in the form of a beautiful brunette whirlwind. A stranger, Fred Garth (Tom Skerritt), bent on avenging his father's hanging captures Kitty, Festus, Doc, and Matt, and threatens to hang one of them. Stone (as Jeff Sutro), Len Wayland (as Jim Donner), Larry Ward (as Sid Perce) and Stanley Adams (as Charlie Rath), Thirty-two one-hour episodes, black-and-whiteProducer: Philip Leacock; associate producer: John MantleyRegular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Ken Curtis (Festus), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Roger Ewing (Thad)[49]Guest Cast: In credits order. This is the first of 11 episodes which Sam Peckinpah wrote for Gunsmoke. This was actor Phil Rich's final role, passing away at the age of 57 on February 22, 1956. An outlaw masquerading as a passenger has plans to hold up a stagecoach full of riders including Matt and his prisoner. 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