A repugnant drifter hopes to use his nubile daughter to get his hands on a piece of land.A repugnant drifter hopes to use his nubile daughter to get his hands on a piece of land.A repugnant drifter hopes to use his nubile daughter to get his hands on a piece of land.
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James Hampton
- Jeb
- (as Jim Hampton)
Fred McDougall
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Jimmy Noel
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Lucian Tiger
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Paul Savage
- Norman MacDonnell(uncredited)
- John Meston(uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaPa Hack's Brood (1963) was the 318th and middle episode of Gunsmoke (1955)'s 20 seasons & 635 episodes. The longtime series beginner, Matt Gets It (1955), was 317 episodes before and The Sharecroppers (1975) the series conclusion, was 317 episodes after.
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A chance to see "Goober" in a very different role
"Pa Hack's Brood" recycles some of the favorite themes of "Gunsmoke" writers of the early 1960s that were aired in the preceding two seasons: grown men cowed into submission by their fathers ("The Boys," "Harpe's Blood," and others) and shiftless folk who think the easy path to land and riches is to kidnap the unsuspecting prospect and force the person into marriage ("Root Down," "Phoebe Strunk," "Marry Me"). This episode combines the two plots with only so-so results. The final scene of the episode rings false (I was minded of the old line that the person would be likely to last as long as a cockroach in a hen house) and a significant element of the plot is left dangling. Still, I found the episode worthwhile because I was able to see George Lindsey, familiar to most watchers of old television as Goober in the "Andy Griffith Show," in a dramatic role. He's under-appreciated in such roles. To see him in a really chilling role, about as unlike Goober as one could imagine, catch him in the "Alfred Hitchcock Hour"'s "Bed of Roses."
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- Morganalee
- Nov 29, 2010
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- Filming locations
- Stage 3, CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA(Dodge City Western Street)
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- Runtime1 hour
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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