Episode
Gunsmoke: Potato Road
Overview
Budge wants the Marshall to arrest his Pa for murder but when they get to Budge's house they get captured by Bud & his Ma so they can rob the bank.
Details
- Series
- Gunsmoke
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 1957-10-12
- Runtime
- 26 min
Episode context
Potato Road is Episode 5 in Season 3 of Gunsmoke. It aired on 1957-10-12. The runtime is 26 min.
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Episode 6: Jesse
Jesse comes to Dodge to kill the man who killed his Pa.
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