Gunsmoke Chester's Mail Order Bride (Season 1, Episode 34)
TV-G
TV Episode | 30 min | Western

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Gunsmoke

Chester's Mail Order Bride (Season 1, Episode 34)

TV-G

TV Episode | 30 min | Western

Chester has been writing to a mail-order bride who is now coming to Dodge to marry him. What Chester has neglected to tell Matt and Doc is that the picture he sent her wasn't his but the marshal's.

Director

Robert Stevenson

Writers

David Victor (story by) (screenplay by) | Herbert Little Jr. (story by) (screenplay by)

Producer

Charles Marquis Warren

Cinematographer

Fleet Southcott

Editor

Leslie Vidor

Casting Director

Lynn Stalmaster

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Edit Released

Updated Jul 14, 1956

Release date

Jul 14, 1956 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 5 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 10 wins & 25 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
17 cast members

Name	Known for
James Arness Matt Dillon Matt Dillon See fewer	Gunsmoke (1955)
Dennis Weaver Chester Chester See fewer	Touch of Evil (1958)
Milburn Stone Doc Doc See fewer	Gunsmoke (1955)
Amanda Blake Kitty Kitty See fewer	Gunsmoke (1955)
Mary Carver Ann Ann See fewer	Arachnophobia (1990)
Joel Ashley Linus Linus See fewer	Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)
Russell Thorson Brady (as Russ Thorson) Brady (as Russ Thorson) See fewer	Hang 'Em High (1968)
William Hamel Customer Customer See fewer	The Unknown Terror (1957)
Bert Rumsey Sam Sam See fewer	Gunsmoke (1955)
Benjie Bancroft Townsman (uncredited) Townsman (uncredited) See fewer	St. Ives (1976)
Fred Carson Townsman (uncredited) Townsman (uncredited) See fewer	Timbuktu (1958)
Albert Cavens Townsman (uncredited) Townsman (uncredited) See fewer	Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
Charles King Townsman (uncredited) Townsman (uncredited) See fewer	The Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949)
Jimmy Noel Townsman (uncredited) Townsman (uncredited) See fewer	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
Suzanne Ridgway Townswoman (uncredited) Townswoman (uncredited) See fewer	From Hell It Came (1957)
Russ Thompson Townsman (uncredited) Townsman (uncredited) See fewer	The Unforeseen (1958)
Jack Tornek Barber (uncredited) Barber (uncredited) See fewer	A Five Foot Ruler (1917)