Episode
Gunsmoke: Legal Revenge
Overview
Doc comes upon a homesteader with a busted leg—and a gun to protect himself from his wife.
Details
- Series
- Gunsmoke
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 1956-11-17
- Runtime
- 26 min
Episode context
Legal Revenge is Episode 8 in Season 2 of Gunsmoke. It aired on 1956-11-17. The runtime is 26 min.
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