Episode
Gunsmoke: Hanging Man
Overview
Someone keeps hanging people in Dodge and making it look like suicide.
Details
- Series
- Gunsmoke
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 32
- Air date
- 1958-04-19
- Runtime
- 26 min
Episode context
Hanging Man is Episode 32 in Season 3 of Gunsmoke. It aired on 1958-04-19. The runtime is 26 min.
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