Episode
Gunsmoke: Robber Bridegroom
Overview
Financially desperate Jack Fitch robs a stagecoach and abducts passenger Laura Church, unaware that she is "engaged" to an unscrupulous businessman who threatened to ruin her father if he did not agree to the marriage.
Details
- Series
- Gunsmoke
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 1958-12-13
- Runtime
- 26 min
Episode context
Robber Bridegroom is Episode 14 in Season 4 of Gunsmoke. It aired on 1958-12-13. The runtime is 26 min.
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Episode 17: Young Love
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Episode 10: Lynching Man
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Episode 19: Passive Resistance
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