Gunsmoke The Cover Up (Season 2, Episode 16)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 30 min | Western

Gunsmoke

The Cover Up (Season 2, Episode 16)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 30 min | Western

Matt jails the wife-abusing Sam Baxton on suspicion of murdering two squatters on his land, but after Baxton gets locked up, a third squatter is murdered.

Showrunner

Norman MacDonnell (as Norman Macdonnell)

Director

William D. Russell

Writers

William N. Robson (screenplay by) | John Meston (story by)

Producer

Norman MacDonnell (as Norman Macdonnell)

Cinematographer

Fleet Southcott

Editor

Leslie Vidor

Casting Director

Lynn Stalmaster

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 12, 1957

Release date

Jan 12, 1957 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

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

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Cast	+ Add Cast
9 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)
Tyler McVey Sam Baxton Sam Baxton See fewer	Night of the Blood Beast (1958)
Vivi Janiss Sara Baxton Sara Baxton See fewer	Lux Video Theatre (1950)
Theodore Marcuse Zack Ritter (as Ted Marcuse) Zack Ritter (as Ted Marcuse) See fewer	Harum Scarum (1965)
Malcolm Atterbury Jed Bates Jed Bates See fewer	The Birds (1963)
Roy Engel Hoffer Hoffer See fewer	Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952)