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). He specialized in macabre or off-beat roles and here he portrays the slow-witted Rodin, one of Rose's attackers. First episode directed by Andrew V. McLaglen who would end up with 96 Gunsmoke credits, most of any director. A overprotective father disapproves of his daughter courting Quint and calls his cousin, an unsavory fixer of family matters. Guest Cast: Buck Taylor, Roy Roberts, Steve Raines (as Wagon Driver), James Nusser (as Louie Pheeters), John Dolan (as Frank), Monte Hale (as Bank Teller), Glenn Strange (as Sam), Ted Jordan, Pete Kellett (as Joe) and Margaret Bacon (as Woman in Bank). Matt and Chester are caught in the middle of a bitter and bloody feud between two mountain families. Note: William Conrad, who was cast as the voice of Matt Dillon in the original Gunsmoke Radio series, provides narration at the beginning of both parts of Women for Sale, helping to set the stage for the drama to follow. Carradine's deep, resonant voice earned him the nickname "The Voice". Missionary teacher Athena Partridge Royce (Eileen Heckart) heads for her first assignment, days away from Dodge, completely oblivious of the dangers out in the wilderness. A cowboy admires a buffalo hunter too much to admit that the buffalo hunter is also a thief. First television screenplay written by Les Crutchfield. 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. Jeanette starred in her own show, a lesser-known western spin-off of Gunsmoke called Dirty Sally which was broadcast on CBS in 1974. Festus cares for a young girl who saw her mother's murderer and when the killer learns there was a witness, he returns to finish the job. Gunsmoke (TV Series) Details. A kind and charismatic stranger dying of heart failure stops in Dodge on his way to see the Arizona desert, but his demeanor changes drastically when a man from his past steps into the Long Branch. Data aerea: 1971-02-22; Guest stars: David Huddleston / David Carradine / Glenn Strange / Jack Perkins / Karl Swenson / Hank Patterson / Reti televisive: CBS. In season 11 (196566), another deputy, Clayton Thaddeus Greenwood (Roger Ewing), was added to the cast. Merry Florene (Lane Bradbury) is back. Guest Cast: Lieux Dressler (as Susie), Robert Totten (as Walker), Gregg Palmer (as Guthrie), William Bryant (as Bennett), Rayford Barnes (as Grebbs), Herb Vigran, Jon Lormer (as Judge Clayborne), Glenn Strange (as Sam), Ted Jordan (as Burke), Bill Erwin (as Bailiff), Tom McFadden (as Luke), Rusty Lane (as Sheriff Buckley), Ed McCready (as Scotty), Louie Elias (as Cowboy) and Lloyd Nelson (as Shorty). White (as Beckett), James Nusser (as Louie Pheeters), Glenn Strange (as Sam), Harold J. 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). A recently released convict breaks his parole when he comes to Dodge to kill Matt. 226 one hour color episodes Guest Cast: Robert Ellenstein (as Tewksbury), Dabbs Greer (as Jonas), Anne Barton (as Quiet One), Wilfred Knapp (as Botkin), Tyler McVey (as Father), Bruce Holland (as Boy), Jack Holland (as Danvers) and Roy Engel (credited Roy Engle as Citizen). Notes: Dean Fredericks who portrays Gart is an American film and television actor. An elderly woman running a stagecoach relay station tends to a seriously wounded Matt and remains remarkably strong and resilient when she realizes who shot the Marshal. Amzie Strickland was a versatile character actress who began on radio and made some 650 television appearances. John had planned a large family, but according to the autobiography of his son David, after Ardanelle had had a series of miscarriages, Carradine discovered that she had repeated "coat hanger" abortions, without his knowledge, which rendered her unable to carry a baby to full term. 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). 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: Sheree North (as Avis), Ken Curtis (as Kyle), Alan Baxter (as Ab), Carol Byron (as Terry), Richard Coogan (as Luke) and Allan Hunt (as Boy). Newly is captured, while farmer Ben Hurley (Tom Drake) faces a moral dilemma, stealing horses for a gang of outlaws to help his blind daughter, Susan (Pamela Dunlap). In its original format, the series also focuses on Dillon's friendship with three other citizens of Dodge City: Doctor Galen "Doc" Adams (Milburn Stone), the town's physician; Kitty Russell (Amanda Blake), saloon girl and later owner of the Long Branch Saloon; and Chester Goode (Dennis Weaver), Dillon's assistant. Starr), Dick Rich (as Sam Butler), Mickey Simpson (as Stapp), Fintan Meyler (as Arie O'Dell), Joel Ashley (as Jake) and K.L. (great-grandfather) David Carradine (December 8, 1936 Hollywood, California, U.S. - June 3, 2009, Bangkok, Thailand ), was an American actor. Festus flees Dodge after killing a medicine-show sharpshooter in a gunfight. Gunman Musgrove (Ramon Bieri) plots revenge against Ira Spratt (William Windom) who turned him in as an Army deserter. 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. Matt's prisoner, gunfighter McCabe (Dan Kemp), is targeted by a lynch mob led by cattleman Clay White (David Brian) and his own teenage son Dobie (Mitch Vogel). In the later decades of his career, he starred mostly in . I reached out and closed his eyes. A just released convict, who as a boy hated Matt while growing up together on a Texas ranch, has an urgent need to size him up, but becomes torn between loyalty for the Marshal and his old gang of thieves. It will still be five more years before he is cast as the town drunk, "Louie Pheeters". Matt and Chester out riding the range come upon a rather suspicious and unfriendly man who hustles two beautiful thoroughbreds away in a big hurry. Dirt farmer Amos Sadler (John Anderson) and his kin plot to break into the bank when it's closed due to a panic. Krag is haunted by his past, and now he, his family, his victims, the townsfolk, Matt, and the U.S. Attorney General must decide his ultimate fate. When Merry Florene's (Lane Bradbury) half-brothers, Roland (Victor French) and Elbert (Anthony James), return to Dodge to turn in their 103-year-old Uncle Finney (Burt Mustin) for fifty dollars, you know some shenanigans are afoot. Early), Preston Pierce (as Jeff Fraley), Ted Jordan (as Shiloh), Glenn Strange (as Sam), William Fawcett (as 1st Stage Man), James Nusser (as Louie Pheeters), Leonard P. Geer (credited Leonard Geer as 1st Posse Man), Phil Chambers (as 2nd Stage Man), Fred Coby (as 3rd Stage Man), Jeremy Slate (as Web Fraley), Jim Davis (as Clell Williams), Richard Jaeckel (as Pence Fraley), Michael Conrad (as Cash McLean) and John Anderson (as Les McConnell). He attended Christ Church School and Graphic Adam Kimbro (John Anderson), Matt's mentor in law enforcement, is now on the skids. Four convicts take Matt hostage on their way to Mexico. Notes: The credits misidentify the two characters as Harry Spencer and Joe Sharpe. Doc falls for a woman (Jean Arthur) who's haunted by her past. Viewers also learn through dialogue within the episode that Matt describes himself as being "old enough to be her father", in reality James Arness is also only four years older than the actress playing Jenny. Guest Cast: Michael Pate (as Wild Hog), Barney Phillips (as Ord Spicer), Robert Brubaker (as Jim Buck), Dabbs Greer (as Jonas) and Hank Patterson (as Jake). Birth. Outlaws use widow Abelia's (Jacqueline Scott) home as their hideout. Guest Cast: Royal Dano (as Seth Tandy), Chuck Connors (as Sam Keeler), Paul Dubov (as Humbert), Jim Hyland (as Stage Driver) and George Selk (as Moss Grimmick). north america Plot summary Plot synopsis Genre Western A pretty Southern belle uses her beauty and native wit to charm the pants off all the single men of Dodge. 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. Gunsmoke: The Second Season Volume 1, DVD, Full Frame, Sensormatic, TV Western, Television, 097368528444 Guest Cast: Buck Taylor, John Pickard (as Forbes), James Nusser, Dennis Cross (as Jinks), I. Stanford Jolley (as Jeb), Glenn Strange, Ted Jordan, Charles Wagenheim, and Woodrow Chambliss. Guest Cast: Joseph Sargent (as Shomer), Susan Morrow (as Ann) and Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams (credited Gwinn Williams as Groat). Red Skies of Montana. Prospector Jeb Carter hires a bodyguard to protect his gold after years of searching finally pay off. This was actor Phil Rich's final role, passing away at the age of 57 on February 22, 1956. "[14] Some examples of other television series on which he appeared include My Friend Flicka, Johnny Ringo (as The Rain Man), and Place the Face, NBC's Cimarron City as the foreboding Jared Tucker in the episode "Child of Fear" and on William Bendix's Overland Trail in the 1960 episode "The Reckoning," on Harrigan and Son starring Pat O'Brien in the episode "A Matter of Dignity," Maverick in "Red Dog" starring Roger Moore and Lee Van Cleef, Sugarfoot, The Rebel, and The Legend of Jesse James, on the syndicated adventure series Rescue 8 with actor Jim Davis and in two episodes of the western TV series Bonanza ("Springtime" and "Dead Wrong"). Chester promises to keep a bigamist's secret, but the man doesn't believe him and makes plans to ensure his story stays hidden. Neighboring ranchers spar over cattle grazing rights which escalates into an all-out war where one elderly rancher must confront three lawless brothers alone. "[8] Carradine attended the Christ Church School in Kingston[7] and the Episcopal Academy in Merion Station, Pennsylvania, where he developed his diction and his memory skills from portions of the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer as a punishment. He plays the homesteader Zach Ritter in this segment. Outlaw Hannon (Ben Johnson) murders Clara (Tani Phelps Guthrie) to steal her horse and severely injures her son Ruben (Mitchell Silberman), while their guest, a mountain-man/scout named Drago (Buddy Ebsen), is fishing. A Colorado Sheriff is insistent in arresting the wounded man Matt and Chester found out on the open prairie, but without an arrest warrant, the Marshal suspects that he's being untruthful. A stagecoach special agent comes to Dodge searching for one-half of a hold-up team and falls in love with the wife of the other half, who he shot and killed. A gang of outlaws kidnap Newly and Kitty based on their assumption that he's a doctor. Genre (s): Drama, Action & Adventure Season 5 Episodes tbd S5:E39. Guest Cast: Susan Gordon (as Charity), Wright King (as Hi Stevens), Bill McLean (as Rafe), Loyal T. Lucas (credited Doc Lucas as Albie) and Ann Morrison (as Mrs. Henry). Matt is seriously injured in a shoot-out outside of Dodge, and in his absence a group of vigilantes run rampant in town. A sheep rancher is stalking Matt and his prisoner, who killed a few of his ranch hands. Dodge merchants are committing suicide but Matt suspects something more nefarious. A self-described religious prophet makes life miserable for his sister and her husband. Panoramica: Matt is saved by a cowhand from an ambush. Matt must find out who hired the gunfighters that he has been facing in and out of Dodge. A journalist bets a gambler that he can take a greenhorn that's never handled a gun out to Dodge, and with a little rumor mongering, have him pass as a gunslinger and not get killed in two weeks, but the gambler hedges his bet to influence the outcome. He traveled for a time, supporting himself painting portraits. Unmarried schoolteacher Sara Merkle (Charlotte Stewart) is told by Doc that she is pregnant, after being raped by Jack Stokes (Scott Walker). Bing is the father of American actor Kurt Russell. A headstrong young drifter is determined to make things right when he's wrongly suspected of being the accomplice to horse thief. theatre in 1925. 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. Cyril Delevanti was an English character actor with a long career in American films and television. 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. Matt and Chester transport a prisoner to Wichita by stagecoach and are forced to take a stand at the stage's stopover when they're set upon by bandits. Guest Cast: Ned Glass (as Old Man), Robert Hogan (as Danny), Ed Peck (as Silva), Rayford Barnes (as Litton), Howard Wendell (as Judge), Al Schottelkotte (as Bailiff), Gilman Rankin (as Waiter), Bryan O'Byrne (as Clerk), Harry Bartell (as Sheriff), Arthur Peterson (credited Arthur Peterson Jr. as Doctor), Robert Gravage (as Hangman) and Glenn Strange (as Sam). Gunsmoke: United States 1955-1975 635 . A Mexican boy, Paco Avila (Manuel Padilla Jr.), has an ulterior motive for befriending Matt. While Festus is acting Marshal, a desperate pair of trappers steal $20,000 from a fur trader who refused to buy their worthless pelts. Guest Cast: Ron Hagerthy (as Blackie), Helen Kleeb (as Mrs. Randolph), William Hopper (as Tasker), Than Wyenn (as Darcy), Joe Scudero (as Munro) and Boyd Stockman (as Stage Driver). Guest Cast: Mariette Hartley (as Fiona Gideon), Katherine Helmond (as Ena Spratt), Richard Kelton (as Ab Craddock), Jon Locke (as Orvale), Glenn Strange (as Sam), Ted Jordan (as Burke), Charles Wagenheim (as Halligan), and Melissa Gilbert (as Spratt's Child). Matt helps search for a group of Kiowa raiders, led by Quichero (Richard Angarola), who abducted rancher Ed Vail's (Victor French) daughter, Melissa Vail (Joyce Ames). Gloria Talbott who played Holly Hawtree, became the first guest star to appear in both of the 1955 season's new adult westerns. Guest Cast: Harry Davis (as Shorty), Chubby Johnson (as Oldtimer), Buck Tayler, Paul Wexler (as Stone), Jack Searl (as Hale), Kathryn Minner (as Grandma), James Nusser, Pete Kellett (as 1st Spectator), Glenn Strange, Ted Jordan and Eve Plumb (as Sue). Notes: Dick Rich portrayed Sam Butler, his first of seven appearances. Guest Cast: Nellie Burt (as Panacea), Dan Tobin (as Foote), Charles Watts (as Little), Charlie Briggs (as Driver), John Clarke (as Young Man), Jan Brooks (as Ethel), George Selk (as Moss Grimmick), James Nusser (as Louie Pheeters), Carl Prickett (as Agent), Charles Seel (credited Charles Seal as One), Robert Nash (as Two), John Lawrence (as Other), Lindsay Workman (as Agent) and Ollie O'Toole (as Telegrapher). 35-year-old Actress and Young Artist Wed. Deihl, Digby, "Getting Personal with Keith Carradine". Denver Pyle was an American film and television actor and director. An unemployed and impoverished stage actor resorts to petty crime when his world collides with a jailed murderer. Festus is mistaken for a hired gunman in the town of Bucklin. A newcomer in town craves respect and uses a pawn to pump-up his fake reputation as a gunman. A married farmer is attracted to a widowed temptress who steadily lures him in, but his strong-willed wife ends up teaching both a lesson. An irritating townsman is suspicious of a rancher when his second wife vanishes just like his first. All episodes are listed in order of airdate. Now Festus and Newly must decide whether they'll allow trail boss Dave Carpenter (Jim Davis) to take Jesse back as their cook or take him back to jail to finish his 10-year sentence. He was an American stage, film and television actor whose career spanned more than 50 years. Festus goes to Pratt County with his clumsy cousin "Hard-Luck" Henry, to determine how a chest of gold should be divided among the Haggen clan. Matt attempts to save a rancher's life by amputating his gangrenous leg. He played the titled lead role in the 19581959 NBC television series, Steve Canyon. Matt crosses paths with an old friend who saved his life years ago and now believes he can take advantage of their friendship. Stone (as Joe Delk), Steven Terrell (as Billy Baxter), Robert C. Ross (as Lew Baxter), Harry Woods (credited Harry Wood as Snyder), Sheila Noonan (as Mrs. Baxter) and Hal Baylor (as Mike). An impoverished and desperate prairie family lure Matt and Chester out of town with a tale of murder. 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. Matt uses a six-shooter with a much shorter barrel in this episode, not the eight-inch barrel we normally see throughout the series. Both Dale and Michael, along with Sonia Sorel's son, Michael Bowen, are sometimes counted among John Carradine's eight sons. Keller), Eddie Little Sky (as Warrior), Edward G. Robinson Jr. (credited Edward Robinson, Jr. as Brown), Dennis Cross (as Jim) and Kim Winona (credited Connie Buck as Daughter). Guest Cast: Mike Connors (credited Touch Connors as Bostick), Gene O'Donnell (as Haney), Cyril Delevanti (as Driver), Robert Hinkle (as Rider) and Bert Rumsey (as Bartender). 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). Notes: Joe Flynn who portrayed Onie Becker was an American character actor best known for his role of Captain Wallace Binghamton in the 1960s television comedy McHale's Navy. 2023 TV GUIDE, A FANDOM COMPANY. Robert Vaughn portrayed "the kid", was an American stage, film and television actor. Bronco buster Harve Daley (Gary Busey) has only days to live after being thrown and kicked by a stallion and receiving a fatal brain injury. Festus goes after the bandits who robbed and assaulted Doc. He may be best remembered for his recurring roles as Frank Stephens (Darrin's Father) on Bewitched (19641971), as Uncle Everett McPherson on Nancy (19701971), as Captain Rudy Olsen on The Streets of San Francisco (19721976), as General Maynard M. Mitchell on M*A*S*H (1973) and as J. Jonah Jameson on The Amazing Spider-Man (19781979). Matt uses a bounty hunter's guilty conscience to find the men responsible for lynching a suspected rustler. See also. Drunken cavalry Sergeant Holly (Forrest Tucker) pursues Apache warrior/priest Gregorio (Richard Anderson) who took Kitty hostage. The show had a familiar premise to the present Law and Order franchise, except it focused on the criminal's defense. Kitty is being squeezed out of business and her competition comes in the form of a beautiful brunette whirlwind. Guest Cast: Buddy Baer (as Stobo), Woodrow Chambliss (as Shiloh), Tom Greenway (as Treavitt), Paul Birch (as Boss) and Gary Vinson (as Jim). Sadly, he would pass away from cancer in 1966 at 50 years old. [34] He also recommended his friend, James Arness for the role of Matt Dillon. In later decades of his career, he starred mostly in low-budget B-movies. However, letters of protest and pressure from his wife persuaded William S. Paley, the network's chief executive, to reinstate Gunsmoke for a thirteenth season.[50][51]. Notes: James Drury played the lead in the 19621971 NBC Western television series, The Virginian. Today, a Jayhawker is a nickname for anybody born in Kansas. Keith took me aside and said 'That's our real mother.' Matt: James Arness. His hope is that the train will drop some goods along the way to spare the . He also had seven uncredited roles in the series. Guest Cast: Bruce Gordon (as Jed Gunther), Pat Conway (as Billy Gunther), John Compton (as Blain), William Keene (as Mr. Botkin) and Charles Tannen (as Cashier). Matt is suspicious of a saloon girl who comes between two brothers that have inherited their father's ranch. Matt reunites with his old friend Sheriff Bo Harker (Victor French) who rules Ludlow Kansas with an iron fist, with the help and respect of his deputy Barney Austin (Nick Nolte). Guest Cast: Margaret Hamilton (as Edsel Pry), John Fiedler (as Odem Ballou), Helen Page Camp (as Seva Ballou), J. Pat O'Malley (as Drummer), Walker Edmiston (as Ludlow), Herb Vigran (as Judge Brooker), Glenn Strange (as Sam), Ted Jordan (as Nathan Burke), Woodrow Chambliss (as Lathrop), Charles Wagenheim, Henry Wise (as Hank) and Michelle Breeze (as Sadie). At the time of her death, Carradine and she were separated. Matt asks Nellie (Kathleen Nolan) and her niece Susan (Kathy Cannon) to take care of wounded outlaw Boswell (Art Lund) at a stage coach line house. A merciless mother and her four demented sons' prey upon frontier families on their travels west. A beautiful young lady fresh from the east comes to Dodge to get married but falls prey to frontier violence. Matt and the runaways acquire two more passengers, Pierre Audubon and Paulette Duvalier, and must make it passed the rapids, and foil an ambush set up at "The Narrows" by Charlie Utter's gang, further on down Oregon's Rogue River, in order to reach the town of Piety. Howard will forever be best remembered for portraying Floyd Lawson, Mayberry, North Carolina's loveable barber in the CBS 19601968 American situation comedy television series, The Andy Griffith Show. I didn't know what he was talking about. Former lawman Frank Reardon (Steve Ihnat) goes after the men who murdered his wife, leading him into conflict with his friend Matt. In the radio version, the daughter's name was "Tara Hantree.". Notes: John Newman is the first black actor to be listed in the closing credits on a Gunsmoke episode. Matt is ambushed and held hostage by two bank robbers who desperately need a horse, but it's his badge that proves pivotal. A cruel and verbally abusive farmer abandons his wife and heads to Dodge with his friend for one last fling, to drink his life savings away, but it's his determined spouse that will have the last word. An orphaned girl, Bessie (Eileen McDonough), is turned away by her only relative, her aunt Rachel (Carol Vogel). She played Abby Crandall in the second episode of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, (Mr. Earp Meets a Lady) which aired on September 13, 1955, three weeks before this episode. Twenty-four one-hour episodes, colorExecutive producer: John Mantley; producer: Leonard Katzman (episodes 612-624, 635), John G. Stephens (episodes 625-634); associate producer: Ron Honthaner Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Ken Curtis (Festus), Milburn Stone (Doc), Buck Taylor (Newly), Fran Ryan (Hannah)[62]. John Carradine ( / krdin / KARR--deen; born Richmond Reed Carradine; February 5, 1906 - November 27, 1988) was an American actor, considered one of the greatest character actors in American cinema. Kitty is abandoned on the open prairie by an Eastern suitor. A former saloon girl's upcoming marriage is put in jeopardy by her old boyfriend when he frames the bridegroom for murder. Their hunt leads to Santa Fe where Doc and his friend Lyla (Dorothy Tristan) are heading back to Dodge. 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. 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. [8] He made his stage debut in 1925 in New Orleans in a production of Camille and worked for a time in a New Orleans Shakespeare company. He may be best remembered for playing Chief Wild Eagle in the 19651967 Western comedy, F Troop. Guest Cast: Woodrow Chambliss (as Lathrop). A well-known gunfighter comes to Dodge and wants to add to his reputation by killing Matt. This episode helps to date the series. I've made some of the greatest films ever made--and a lot of crap, Louie is a witness to murder but believes it's only a dream, until he recognizes the culprit in the Long Branch and mindlessly informs him on what he saw. John Carradine (1906-) biography on Film Reference. Matt guns down three bank robbers in a fierce gunfight, and when the surviving member of the gang calls him a "butcher" it sends him into an emotional tailspin. A journalist looking for a sensational story talks Matt into reopening a murder case, where the Marshal finds himself the prime suspect. Notes: Robert F. Simon plays the controlling brother Ben Stancil in this episode, his first of seven Gunsmoke appearances. A member of Cecil B. DeMille 's stock company and later John Ford 's company, he was one of the most prolific character actors in Hollywood history. Matt asks Kimbro to put the badge back on to help guard a gold shipment, but Peak Stratton (Michael Strong) and his boys mean to take it from them. upper neuadd reservoir history 1; downtown dahlonega webcam 1; permeated by a sense of longing. Smith (as Pete), William Bryant (as Joe), Roy Thinnes (as Harry) and Michael Mikler (as Bill). Josh tells Matt he paid Clay for the property. Festus tries to talk teenager Dink (Mitch Vogel) into leaving a gang of hide-cutters led by Karp (Ned Beatty), who have been stealing from farmers. But their partner, gunman John Mophet (Stuart Margolin), facing the hangman's noose if he is found, is anxious to leave for Laredo. John Carradine was a well-known twentieth-century American actor best remembered for his work in horror films and Shakespearean plays. 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