A prized Appaloosa, grazing alone and apparently without owner on the prairie, proves to be the ruin of more than one man.A prized Appaloosa, grazing alone and apparently without owner on the prairie, proves to be the ruin of more than one man.A prized Appaloosa, grazing alone and apparently without owner on the prairie, proves to be the ruin of more than one man.
Émile Genest
- Chouteau
- (as Emile Genest)
Roy Thinnes
- Ab
- (as Roy Thinnis)
James Hampton
- Jeb
- (as Jim Hampton)
Forest Burns
- Barfly
- (uncredited)
Jaye Durkus
- Barfly
- (uncredited)
Raven Grey Eagle
- Indian
- (uncredited)
Herman Hack
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Bert Madrid
- Barfly
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Paul Savage
- Norman MacDonnell(uncredited)
- John Meston(uncredited)
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- GoofsEarly on when Matt and Quint are heading back to Dodge on their horses you can see tire tracks made by a car/truck most likely used to trailer their horses out to the location.
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The penultimate episode of Season 8 is another written by Paul Savage, who had also penned the previous episode "The Odyssey of Jubal Tanner." It features James Hampton as a naïve, curious young man named Jeb Willis who finds an Appaloosa roaming free on the prairie, takes it as his own, and rides into Dodge City. Jeb has lived on a farm with his father all his life and has never ventured far. His visit to Dodge City is his first to any town.
Jeb doesn't know the horse belonged to a hunter that was brutally executed by a group of American Indians. When Matt Dillon and Quint Asper find the hunter's body, Quint instantly recognizes the man was executed for some heinous crime against the American Indians. The reason for the hunter's killing is a small mystery embedded within this story.
In Dodge, the Appaloosa attracts the attention of a friendly cowboy named Ab Singleton. (Singleton is played by Roy Thinnis/Thinnes, who was best known as the star of the Quinn Martin sci-fi drama series The Invaders. He was a popular member of the cast of the soap opera General Hospital around the time this episode was made.) Ab and Jeb become friends, and Jeb agrees to sell the horse to Ab.
When Chouteau, a friend of the dead hunter, rides into Dodge, he sees Ab with the Appaloosa and immediately jumps to the conclusion that Ab stole the horse from his hunter friend. Ab and Chouteau get into a fight, and Ab is fatally stabbed. Chouteau soon learns that Jeb sold the horse to Ab, and -- again -- mistakenly concludes Jeb stole the horse.
While Matt attempts to solve the mystery of the horse and the reason for the hunter's death, Chouteau stalks Jeb in his own quest for justice.
Canadian actor Émile Genest portrays the stubborn, vengeance-driven Chouteau in the first of his two Gunsmoke appearances. His acting career featured several prominent performances in his native country, but he frequently ventured into the United States to perform in television and film roles.
James Hampton would appear on Gunsmoke again in Season 10 as Festus Haggen's cousin Eliab, who is intent on shooting off Festus's ear..."just the hang-y down part." Hampton and Burt Reynolds were friends and appeared in numerous movies and television shows together during their respective careers.
Hampton was great at playing this type of innocent, naïve character at this point in his career, and he was often cast in such roles. Soon after his appearances on Gunsmoke, he began starring as Hannibal Dobbs in the series F Troop. Later in his career he took on notable, considerably more serious roles in films such as The China Syndrome and Sling Blade. Hampton' s performance stands out in this solid, well-acted Gunsmoke installment.
Jeb doesn't know the horse belonged to a hunter that was brutally executed by a group of American Indians. When Matt Dillon and Quint Asper find the hunter's body, Quint instantly recognizes the man was executed for some heinous crime against the American Indians. The reason for the hunter's killing is a small mystery embedded within this story.
In Dodge, the Appaloosa attracts the attention of a friendly cowboy named Ab Singleton. (Singleton is played by Roy Thinnis/Thinnes, who was best known as the star of the Quinn Martin sci-fi drama series The Invaders. He was a popular member of the cast of the soap opera General Hospital around the time this episode was made.) Ab and Jeb become friends, and Jeb agrees to sell the horse to Ab.
When Chouteau, a friend of the dead hunter, rides into Dodge, he sees Ab with the Appaloosa and immediately jumps to the conclusion that Ab stole the horse from his hunter friend. Ab and Chouteau get into a fight, and Ab is fatally stabbed. Chouteau soon learns that Jeb sold the horse to Ab, and -- again -- mistakenly concludes Jeb stole the horse.
While Matt attempts to solve the mystery of the horse and the reason for the hunter's death, Chouteau stalks Jeb in his own quest for justice.
Canadian actor Émile Genest portrays the stubborn, vengeance-driven Chouteau in the first of his two Gunsmoke appearances. His acting career featured several prominent performances in his native country, but he frequently ventured into the United States to perform in television and film roles.
James Hampton would appear on Gunsmoke again in Season 10 as Festus Haggen's cousin Eliab, who is intent on shooting off Festus's ear..."just the hang-y down part." Hampton and Burt Reynolds were friends and appeared in numerous movies and television shows together during their respective careers.
Hampton was great at playing this type of innocent, naïve character at this point in his career, and he was often cast in such roles. Soon after his appearances on Gunsmoke, he began starring as Hannibal Dobbs in the series F Troop. Later in his career he took on notable, considerably more serious roles in films such as The China Syndrome and Sling Blade. Hampton' s performance stands out in this solid, well-acted Gunsmoke installment.
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