Episode
Gunsmoke: The Pest Hole
Overview
Doc must find a way to thwart a typhoid epidemic in Dodge (Howard McNear appears).
Details
- Series
- Gunsmoke
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 24
- Air date
- 1956-04-14
- Runtime
- 26 min
Episode context
The Pest Hole is Episode 24 in Season 1 of Gunsmoke. It aired on 1956-04-14. The runtime is 26 min.
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