Don't get me wrong, I love the 30 minute Gunsmoke episodes but this one was just about the worst one I've seen.
Robert Patten plays Nate Brand, a crackshot, who ambushes two cavalrymen from far away at the beginning of the episode and takes a secret stash of money they've been transporting unknowingly. Jennie Laine, played by Ruta Lee, is his beautiful but shocked girlfriend.
She goes to Dodge, while he hides out and starts entertaining men at the Longbranch. Meanwhile, the cavalry threatens Matt with marshall law because of the killings. Meanwhile, Jennie tries to seduce Matt.
Somehow, Kitty hears the whole subplot of Jennie sneaking off to Turkey Creek to be with her boyfriend Nate Brand, as well as her cavalry friend who is an accomplice.
The end is where everything falls apart. Matt takes Jennie's bait and accompanies her alone on a ride to of all places Turkey Bend. He talks her into admitting the situation and in the end, Nate Brand, standing hidden in the woods, closer to Matt than he was to the original cavalrymen, fails to take a shot at him until Matt separates from Jennie. In that scene, Brand shoots first, misses and then Matt shoots twice and kills him.
It was one of the poorer efforts but as always, the relationships and action keep the series going.
Robert Patten plays Nate Brand, a crackshot, who ambushes two cavalrymen from far away at the beginning of the episode and takes a secret stash of money they've been transporting unknowingly. Jennie Laine, played by Ruta Lee, is his beautiful but shocked girlfriend.
She goes to Dodge, while he hides out and starts entertaining men at the Longbranch. Meanwhile, the cavalry threatens Matt with marshall law because of the killings. Meanwhile, Jennie tries to seduce Matt.
Somehow, Kitty hears the whole subplot of Jennie sneaking off to Turkey Creek to be with her boyfriend Nate Brand, as well as her cavalry friend who is an accomplice.
The end is where everything falls apart. Matt takes Jennie's bait and accompanies her alone on a ride to of all places Turkey Bend. He talks her into admitting the situation and in the end, Nate Brand, standing hidden in the woods, closer to Matt than he was to the original cavalrymen, fails to take a shot at him until Matt separates from Jennie. In that scene, Brand shoots first, misses and then Matt shoots twice and kills him.
It was one of the poorer efforts but as always, the relationships and action keep the series going.