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Matt Dillon tries to help a young cattle thief in this 1956 western TV show. IMDb provides cast, crew, trivia, reviews, and more information about this episode.
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- Charles Marquis Warren
- 1956-03-17
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Matt attempts to reform a young troublemaker (including James Nusser in a role other than Louie Pheeters).
18 year old Steve Elser (Brett Halsey) enters the Long Branch one step ahead of a lynch-minded Texas trail crew. Kitty's immediately sympathetic and hides Halsey in her room while she fetches Matt who fends off the crew. Seems the kid's father turned abusive after being roughed up by a Texas trail-hands years earlier. Now the kid wants to retaliate...
Trivia
1. James Nusser makes his first appearance on Gunsmoke as a wounded clerk. He will make seven guest appearances before being cast as the regular town drunk Louie Pheeters. 1. Brett Halsey, who plays 18 year old Elser, was 23 years old when this was filmed. 1. There is a wanted poster for William H. Bonney (Billy the Kid) in the Marshall's office. However, Gunsmoke was set in the 1890s and Bill the Kid died in 1881. Matt tells Elser he’ll “throw him in the Arkansas” mispronouncing the name of...
Soundtracks
Soundtrack Credits 1. The Old Trail- by Rex Koury and Glenn Spencer, Aspen Fair Music, Incorporated (ASCAP) 2. Beautiful Dreamer(uncredited) - Written by Stephen Foster, Played on harmonica in background when Matt enters his office and sees Doc in his chair 3. Silver Threads Among the Gold- Music by H.P. Danks, Heard in Long Branch Saloon
Starring
1. James Arness as Matt Dillon 2. Dennis Weaver as Chester Goode 3. Milburn Stone as Galen "Doc" Adams 4. Amanda Blake as Miss Kitty Russell
Guest starring
1. Brett Halsey as Elser 2. K.L. Smith as Pence(as Ken L. Smith) 3. Russell Thorson as Bowers(as Russ Thorson) 4. Michael Granger as Hander Rest of cast listed alphabetically: 1. John Georgeas Barfly (uncredited) 2. James Nusser as Wilkins(uncredited) 3. Bert Rumsey as Sam the Bartender(uncredited)
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