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"Gunsmoke" (1955)Original Air Date:
27 December 1971 (Season 17, Episode 15)Plot:
Handyman Titus Spangler rescues seven orphans from an overly stern headmistress, Emma Grundy, and winds up in Dodge City at Christmas time. | add synopsisUser Comments:
The Ensemble moreCast
(Episode Cast overview, first billed only)| James Arness | ... | Marshal Matt Dillon | |
| Milburn Stone | ... | Dr. Galen 'Doc' Adams | |
| Amanda Blake | ... | Kitty Russell | |
| Ken Curtis | ... | Festus Haggen | |
| Buck Taylor | ... | Newly O'Brien | |
| Jeanette Nolan | ... | Emma Grundy | |
| Patti Cohoon | ... | Mary | |
| Jodie Foster | ... | Patricia | |
| Erin Moran | ... | Jenny | |
| Josh Albee | ... | Michael | |
| Brian Morrison | ... | Owen | |
| Willie Aames | ... | Tom | |
| Todd Lookinland | ... | Jake | |
| Jack Elam | ... | Titus Spangler | |
| Glenn Strange | ... | Sam Noonan |
Series Cast
These people are regular cast members. Were they in this episode?| Tom Brown | ... | Ed O'Connor | |
| Hank Patterson | ... | Hank Miller | |
| Roy Roberts | ... | Harry Bodkin | |
| Charles Seel | ... | Barney Danches |
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CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USAFun Stuff
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The peck on the cheek that Kitty gives to Matt in this episode is as close as the two came to an on- air kiss in the twenty years of Gunsmoke on television. moreFAQ
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*** This comment may contain spoilers ***
Future Oscar winner Jodie Foster.
Blonde-wigged Erin Moran, who would portray Joanie Cunningham on "Happy Days".
Willie Aames, who would be Tommy Bradford on "Eight is Enough" and lest we forget, his tenure as Bibleman AND his appearing on the Celebrity Weight Loss on VH1 (perhaps not a shining moment for him tho).
Todd Lookinland, who is the younger brother of Mike Lookinland, the Brady Bunch's Bobby.
Todd would also appear on the The Brady Bunch in the 3 musketeers episode with Ken Berry and Brooke Bundy, in an attempted spin off.
Heck, we even have Brian Morrison, George Kennedy and Susan Clark's son in the Airport movies, as well as Brian Morrison was Bea Arthur's grandson, Phillip, on Maude.
Josh Albee seems to be no slouch as well.
Throw in stellar character actor Jack Elam, and also the remarkably underrated Jeanette Nolan, who would later return in a 180 degree reversed performance as Dirty Sally, as well as an appearance by Bewitched schoolteacher Maude Fickett, and how could it get any better? Well, I suppose if Charles Lane, Sean Kelly (II) or Lance Kerwin had appeared, that would have made this Christmas episode a very strange pinnacle in television.
As it is, it does make one stop and look when it comes on.
"That's Jodie Foster! With Erin Moran! And Dirty Sally!" Episode-wise, Miss Kitty isn't at her most Christmasy, and how about those burning candles on the tree?
Tis the season.