A homesteader hires a man to make the appearance of a scandal with his wife so that he can blackmail his wife's wealthy father.A homesteader hires a man to make the appearance of a scandal with his wife so that he can blackmail his wife's wealthy father.A homesteader hires a man to make the appearance of a scandal with his wife so that he can blackmail his wife's wealthy father.
Jimmie Booth
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Danny Borzage
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
John Breen
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Russell Custer
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Cactus Mack
- Barfly
- (uncredited)
Harry Mayo
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Mathew McCue
- Joe
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
- John Meston(uncredited)
- Norman MacDonnell(uncredited)
- Charles Marquis Warren(uncredited)
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- TriviaAccording to The Gunsmoke Compendium by the Barabas' , Bill Windom said the crew was very concerned about showing horse dung on tv. Also, he got so into character that in a scene with Chester, Bill had his character get an axe handle and take a swipe at Chester and the scene stayed. Bill liked to always do something in his scenes and, when all he did was sit in one scene, he asked if he could kick a dog or something and the director said to just stick to the script.
- GoofsAs Doc and Chester come out of the billiards hall and are standing in front of the doors, a shadow of the boom mic moves back and forth at the top right of the screen.
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John Meston wrote scripts through "Gunsmoke"'s tenth season. Why he quit isn't clear, but he was quoted as saying that, had he known how long "Gunsmoke" would run, he never would have gotten involved!
This seventh-season episode is ur-Meston. A cruel, greedy husband (William Windom at his nasty/snivelly best) decides to make it look as if his wife has been unfaithful, so he can blackmail his wealthy father-in-law, in exchange for not spreading around the tale. Naturally, the plan backfires, leaving a pile of corpses.
As usual, Meston shows us how to tell a good story. The basic idea is simple, and it develops complexity in plausible ways -- yet we can't anticipate how it's going to turn out. Meston isn't afraid of cruelly unhappy endings.
* "Gunsmoke" was originally conceived as a "noir" Western. Some of the early episodes wouldn't be out of place as hard-boiled crime thrillers.
This seventh-season episode is ur-Meston. A cruel, greedy husband (William Windom at his nasty/snivelly best) decides to make it look as if his wife has been unfaithful, so he can blackmail his wealthy father-in-law, in exchange for not spreading around the tale. Naturally, the plan backfires, leaving a pile of corpses.
As usual, Meston shows us how to tell a good story. The basic idea is simple, and it develops complexity in plausible ways -- yet we can't anticipate how it's going to turn out. Meston isn't afraid of cruelly unhappy endings.
* "Gunsmoke" was originally conceived as a "noir" Western. Some of the early episodes wouldn't be out of place as hard-boiled crime thrillers.
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- grizzledgeezer
- Oct 19, 2013
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