"Gunsmoke" Widow's Mite (1958)

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Director:

Ted Post

Writer:

John Meston (writer)

TV Series:

"Gunsmoke" (1955)

Original Air Date:

10 May 1958 (Season 3, Episode 35)

Genre:

Drama | Western

Plot:

Matt is strongly suspicious of the character and the intentions of gentleman gambler Leach Fields, especially when he proposes marriage to a recently-widowed woman who may know the location of $10,000 in stolen money. |

Plot Keywords:

Marshal | Cult TV | Bartender | Town Doctor | Based On Radio Show

Cast

James Arness	...	Matt Dillon
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Katharine Bard	...	Ada Morton
Amanda Blake	...	Kitty
Ken Mayer	...	Zack Morton
Milburn Stone	...	Doc
Marshall Thompson	...	Leach Fields
Dennis Weaver	...	Chester

Series Cast

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Dabbs Greer

...

Wilbur Jonas

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Trivia:

$10,000 in 1873 had the same general purchasing power as $185,610 in 2008, although exact comparisons are somewhat difficult due to the relative paucity of manufactured goods that were available for purchase at that time.

Quotes:

Marshal Matt Dillon: [Walks alone on Boot Hill, thinking aloud] Men die for a lot of reasons. I've even heard of worthy ones. Like a man who's willing to face it for the good that might come after. But he's a different breed than most of this Boot Hill trash. These people died for fool's reasons. A spilled drink, a wrong card. Maybe, worst of all, the bull-headed stubbornness that keeps a man from listening to reason. To die like this is a waste, for nothing's gained by the dying. Matt Dillon, U. S. Marshal.