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Gunsmoke: Season 15, Episode 21Kiowa (16 Feb. 1970)As this episode opens, the Vail family is sitting down to a meal. The oldest girl Melissa, who seems somehow different from the rest of the family, goes out to the barn to milk a cow. While... See full summary » Director:Bernard McEveetyWriter:Ron Bishop |
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| Amanda Blake | ... | ||
| Ken Curtis | ... | ||
| Buck Taylor | ... | ||
| Victor French | ... |
Ed Vail
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Albert Vail
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Lucas White | ... |
Russ Vail
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Martha Vail
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Joyce Ames | ... |
Melissa Vail
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Richard Angarola | ... |
Quichero
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Richard Lapp | ... |
Tomani
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Angela Carrol | ... |
Indian Woman
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As this episode opens, the Vail family is sitting down to a meal. The oldest girl Melissa, who seems somehow different from the rest of the family, goes out to the barn to milk a cow. While there she is kidnapped by a member of the Kiowa tribe. At first we think that this is a simple kidnapping by a savage race of people and a posse is organized to pursue Melissa and her abductors. But as this episode progresses it becomes obvious that there is a very compelling reason for the abduction as Melissa's father seems to be only interested in following the Kiowa party and is reluctant to actually engage them. In what turns out to be a touching episode of Gunsmoke, (and without revealing too much of the conclusion) the plot of, "Kiowa" is an indictment of racial prejudice by depicting a man who has to deny and hide who and what he is to advance in the world. Written by Steve Sassi
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My husband and I believe we just saw Audie Murphy in the Gunsmoke episode called Kiowa as an Indian brave. Are we correct? I looked on the list of characters in this episode, but did not find his name, but it was such a brief appearance near the end, he probably wouldn't be credited.
We liked this episode and guess that the young girl was the daughter of the Indian woman and Victor French's character. Please let us know if we are right.
If it wasn't Audie Murphy, it must have been his twin. We love Gunsmoke.