Episode
Gunsmoke: A Man Called Smith
Overview
Abelia, the young widow who once saved Festus' life, returns. She learns that she isn't a widow when her outlaw husband appears and forces her to exchange his stolen gold for cash.
Details
- Series
- Gunsmoke
- Season
- Season 15
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 1969-10-27
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
A Man Called Smith is Episode 6 in Season 15 of Gunsmoke. It aired on 1969-10-27. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 5: Hawk
A white woman refuses to accept her half-breed son, who Festus brings to her home wounded and needing help.
Episode 7: Charlie Noon
Matt, his hardened prisoner Charlie Noon, an Indian woman and her white stepson are tracked by the Comanches as they try to cross the desert. The Indians are going to kill all of them unless Matt hands over the woman, because she left the Comanche leader years before.
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