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With James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis. Festus Haggen and Newly O'Brien meet an old friend of Festus, Jesse Dillard, an African-American cattle drive cook. Their confab is interrupted by U. S. Marshal Halstead, who has a warrant for Jesse's arrest, charging him with jail break.
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- Bernard Mceveety
- TV-PG
- James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake
Jesse: Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. With James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake. Young and likable Jesse Pruett teams up with an unlikely "partner" in the person of Bill Stapp, a murderous former Quantrill raider.
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- Western
- Andrew V. McLaglen
- 1957-10-19
Learn about the actors, directors, writers, and other crew members who worked on the 1973 TV episode Jesse of the classic western series Gunsmoke. See the full list of names, roles, and credits for this episode, which was based on the radio series and the radio series characters.
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Young and likable Jesse Pruett teams up with an unlikely "partner" in the person of Bill Stapp, a murderous former Quantrill raider. Stapp has promised to lead Jesse to the man who killed his father so he can avenge his death, but the young man is tragically unaware of Stapp's true intentions.
Goofs
Revealing mistakes The murderous former Quantrill raider in this episode is consistently referred to by the other characters as "Bill Stapp", but the closing credits misidentify him as "Bill Strapp".
Scene excerpts
Character quotes 1. Marshal Matt Dillon:[Walks on Boot Hill, thinking aloud] You walk around up here long enough, you start thinking there must be more dead men than there are living. Same thing a man asked me about once. "Why aren't there more Marshals than there are bad men? That way there wouldn't be so much lawbreaking!" It's a fool idea, of course, but it got me to wondering why there are any Marshals at all, it being the kind of job it is. I never could find an answer to that one. Matt...
Soundtracks
1. The Old Trail- by Rex Koury and Glenn Spencer, Aspen Fair Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
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. Edward Binns as Bill Strapp 2. George Brenlin as Jesse Pruett 3. James Maloney as Karl 4. Dabbs Greer as Mr. Jonas 5. George Selk as Moss Grimmick Rest of cast listed alphabetically: 1. Fred Carsonas Barfly (uncredited 2. Tex Holdenas Barfly (uncredited) 3. Fred McDougallas Barfly (uncredited) 4. Jimmy Noelas Barfly (uncredited 5. Rocky Shahan as Hank(uncredited) 6. Ted Smileas Townsman (uncredited)
Jesse (1957) ← Back to episode. Potato Road (3x5) Mavis McCloud (3x7) Season Regulars 4. James Arness. Marshal Matt Dillon Amanda Blake. Kitty
Eleven Dollars. Brock Peters plays an old friend of Festus',who is now a fugitive from the law. Festus and Newly must face the terrible decision of whether to free a band of cattle drovers, determined to force the release of Jesse, their trail cook, as they descend upon the two deputies and Jesse.
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Directed By: Bernard McEveety. Written By: Jim Byrnes, Norman MacDonnell, John Meston, Charles Marquis Warren. Gunsmoke. S18 • Episode 22. Jesse. Air Date: Feb 19, 1973. User Score Available after 4 ratings. tbd. My Score. Hover and click to give a rating. Add My Review. Where to Watch. Paramount+ (Subscription required) All Watch Options.
