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S18.E17 ∙ Shadler. Mon, Jan 15, 1973. Just before he's to be hung, stage robber Shadler busts out of jail, by slugging his last rites priest and donning the robes as a disguise. While burglarizing an uninhabited farm, the escapee helps Deputy U.S. Marshal Newly elude hostile lawmen quarantining a nearby outpost struck by a mysterious plague.
S13.E21 ∙ The Gunrunners. Mon, Feb 5, 1968. Jubal Gray and his gang of renegade ex-soldiers steal a cache of rifles and gunpowder to sell to a band of marauding Indians. In a chance encounter they seriously injure Tahrohon, an Indian friend of buffalo-man Noah Meek. Noah vows revenge for his friend's wounds.
Gunsmoke will be remembered as the finest television western series of all time. I remember watching Gunsmoke in the late 1950's. In black and white or in color it was consistently good, in large part, due to its talented cast. Originally John Wayne was offered the part but felt TV was not his cup of tea.
S6.E18 ∙ Unloaded Gun. Sat, Jan 14, 1961. Red and Joe Lime are no-good murderous brothers, and Matt has to track 'em down out on the prairie. Trouble is, Matt comes down with a fever due to missing out on so much sleep in the last couple of weeks. This situation causes some serious problems for all involved when Matt has to return to Dodge ...
Obie Tater: Directed by Charles Marquis Warren. With James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake. An old prospector marries a saloon girl, who like others wants to know where his gold from his prospecting days is hidden.
Hot Spell: Directed by Charles Marquis Warren. With James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Amanda Blake, John Dehner. Temperatures are high, tempers are short, and Matt is unenviably duty-bound to protect despicable gunman Cope Borden from being lynched by a group of normally law-abiding and hard-working ranchers and cowhands.
Mon, Sep 21, 1970. Ex-con Fred Garth seeks to exactly re-create the hanging death of his father by casting Doc as the father and Matt Dillon as the young Garth (who was shot in the leg and tied to a post while his father swung). Garth kidnaps Matt, Doc, Kitty and Festus and isolates them in a deserted town. 7.7/10 (199) Rate.
