Episode
Gunsmoke: Cotter's Girl
Overview
A father's dying request is that Matt go to retrieve his daughter. Expecting to find a little girl, Matt finds a near-grown woman, but one who's wild and desperately in need of civilizing.
Details
- Series
- Gunsmoke
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 19
- Air date
- 1963-01-19
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Cotter's Girl is Episode 19 in Season 8 of Gunsmoke. It aired on 1963-01-19. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 18: The Renegades
Quint says that white renegades, not Indians, are the cause of recent raids around Dodge. Working shotgun on the stage, he proves his point when he is attacked, then pursued by those renegades. His "Indian" skills save him and a colonel's daughter who has contempt for half-Comanche Quint.
Episode 20: The Bad One
When a young pretty farm woman becomes attracted to and sees some good in a would-be robber, she refuses to identify him.
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Episode 22: Shona
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Episode 15: False Front
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Episode 23: Ash
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Episode 14: Uncle Sunday
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Episode 24: Blind Man's Bluff
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Episode 13: Us Haggens
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Episode 25: Quint's Indian
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