Episode
Gunsmoke: Double Entry
Overview
Matt's old friend comes to town, announcing plans to settle down and start a business, but the business he has in mind involves dishonesty and perhaps murder.
Details
- Series
- Gunsmoke
- Season
- Season 10
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 1965-01-02
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Double Entry is Episode 15 in Season 10 of Gunsmoke. It aired on 1965-01-02. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 16: Run, Sheep, Run
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Episode 13: Aunt Thede
Festus's ornery aunt arrives, squats on a piece of land, sets up a still, and comes to the rescue of a pair of star-crossed lovers. At the time he appeared in this episode, Howard McNear was appearing on The Andy Griffith Show as regular, Floyd Lawson the town barber.
Episode 17: Deputy Festus
On their way out of town, some cousins of Festus come across a badly injured man whom they assume is dead, so they flee, pursued by Festus, who believes his cousins attacked the man.
Episode 12: Innocence
Art and Bob both have an eye on a new girl in town. She works at the Long Branch but only has eyes for the most well-liked man in town. On the eve of their marriage, it all comes to a head and the town is out for blood.
Episode 18: One Killer on Ice
Anderson, a stylish bounty hunter, rides into Dodge City. He informs Matt that his partner has a wanted criminal at an ice house. The locale is a two-day ride from Dodge; Anderson wants Matt's help to bring the criminal in. The outlaw's brother intends to go gunning for Matt and Anderson. There's also a twist: Matt finds out Anderson didn't tell him the truth about what happened. Both Anderson's partner and the outlaw lie dead at the ice house.
Episode 11: Chicken
Mistakenly hailed as a hero who downed four robbers, a man rethinks his decision to let folks regard him as a gunfighter when protecting the woman he wants calls for a gunman's skill.
Episode 19: Chief Joseph
Chief Joseph has come to town suffering from pneumonia. When he and his party are refused lodging at the hotel, a stranger steps in offering his room. Local sentiment is against this and like a boiling over teapot, trouble begins to brew.
Episode 10: Big Man, Big Target
Ellie Merchant, the wife of farmer Joe Merchant, is having a passionate affair with outlaw Pike Beechum. Beechum intends to remove Joe and any other obstacle between him and Ellie.
Episode 20: Circus Trick
A circus family comes to town and charms the populace, who don't know the family's real stock in trade is larceny.
Episode 9: Jonah Hutchinson
An old rancher returns home after many years in prison, ready to reclaim what is his by any means necessary, including burning out the squatters on his land.
Episode 21: Song for Dying
The head of the Lukens clan blames Martin Kellums for not helping his young bride during a difficult childbirth when the doctor was away. When Kellums runs to Dodge, Matt does his best to keep everyone safe including the local citizens.