Episode
Gunsmoke: Reed Survives
Overview
Lucy professes her love for handsome Booth Rider, and concocts a scheme against Ephram. Booth becomes the unwitting pawn in a homicide that culminates in an ironic twist of fate.
Details
- Series
- Gunsmoke
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 1955-12-31
- Runtime
- 26 min
Episode context
Reed Survives is Episode 13 in Season 1 of Gunsmoke. It aired on 1955-12-31. The runtime is 26 min.
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