Episode
Gunsmoke: Nitro! (1)
Overview
Part 1: Down on his luck drifter is offered a dangerous, but profitable job of mixing nitroglycerine for outlaws who are using it to rob banks. George also falls in love with a saloon girl and begins a business venture with his earnings.
Details
- Series
- Gunsmoke
- Season
- Season 12
- Episode
- Episode 28
- Air date
- 1967-04-08
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Nitro! (1) is Episode 28 in Season 12 of Gunsmoke. It aired on 1967-04-08. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 27: Ladies from St. Louis
A group of Nuns traveling out West nurse the wounds of outlaw Worth Sweeney, who was injured while defending them from his partners.
Episode 29: Nitro! (2)
Part 2: George wants to quit making the nitro, feeling that his luck is running out, but his outlaw partners won't let him.
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