Episode

Gunsmoke: Mad Dog

Name: Gunsmoke: Mad Dog
Released: 1967-01-14
Duration: 45 min
Cast: James Arness, Amanda Blake, Milburn Stone, Ken Curtis, Dennis Weaver

GunsmokeSeason 121967-01-14

Overview

Festus Haggen is mistaken for a hired gunman and offered $300 to fight, and run out of town, the 3 sons of a man his cousin is accused of killing.

Details

Series: Gunsmoke
Season: Season 12
Episode: Episode 17
Air date: 1967-01-14
Runtime: 45 min

Episode context

Mad Dog is Episode 17 in Season 12 of Gunsmoke. It aired on 1967-01-14. The runtime is 45 min.

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Episode 20: Old Friend 1967-02-04 | 45 min An embittered lawman (Fritz Weaver) seeks revenge against the men who destroyed his town and took away his wife.

Episode 13: The Moonstone 1966-12-17 | 45 min A young farmer's former partner-in-crime, girlfriend and slow-witted brother figure in the discovery of his forgotten past.

Episode 21: Fandango 1967-02-11 | 45 min Matt Dillon tries to bring a man to justice in spite of an onslaught of an crazed vengeful lawman wishing to exact his own revenge.

Episode 12: Quaker Girl 1966-12-10 | 45 min The identity of a criminal is confused with that of deputy marshal Thad, when a Quaker party rescues the pair from a do-or-die fight.

Episode 22: The Returning 1967-02-18 | 45 min After eight years as a down-on-his-luck farmer, husband & father, and reformed outlaw (Michael Ansara) tries to make ends meet by rejoinning his old gang to rob the Dodge City freight office.

Episode 11: The Newcomers 1966-12-03 | 45 min Lars Karlgren, a Scandinavian immigrant and his teenage son Petter, find the West even wilder than they had imagined when they settle in Dodge City. Petter gets framed for a murder of a man who was picking a fight with him.

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