Gunsmoke The Long Night (Season 14, Episode 21)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 60 min | Western

Gunsmoke

The Long Night (Season 14, Episode 21)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 60 min | Western

After surviving (barely) a bounty hunter's attempt to assassinate him, an outlaw tries to turn himself in to Matt Dillon. But Matt's out of town, and the bounty hunter's companions get to the outlaw first. They aren't so much interested in...See moreAfter surviving (barely) a bounty hunter's attempt to assassinate him, an outlaw tries to turn himself in to Matt Dillon. But Matt's out of town, and the bounty hunter's companions get to the outlaw first. They aren't so much interested in the outlaw as they are in killing Matt, so they take over the Long Branch and hold everyone hostage. They also get word out to a land baron whose wife the outlaw accidentally killed: come here and pick up the prisoner in return for your gunmen to waste the marshal. The land baron accepts the deal, but the outlaw's girlfriend shoots him as he's about to take the outlaw away. While Doc performs an emergency operation, the land baron's hirelings are torn between their promise to punish the outlaw and their revulsion at the bounty hunters' sadistic leader, who forces town drunk Louie Pheeters to crawl on his hands and knees the length of the saloon to get a drink (which he then refuses in a dramatic sequence). This episode's production number indicates it was actually filmed at the end of the previous season and held up for reasons unknown (it's shown in broadcast order in syndication). Written by Peter Harris See less

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23 cast members

Name	Known for
James Arness Matt Matt See fewer	Gunsmoke (1955)
Milburn Stone Doc Doc See fewer	Gunsmoke (1955)
Amanda Blake Kitty Kitty See fewer	Gunsmoke (1955)
Ken Curtis Festus Festus See fewer	Gunsmoke (1955)
Bruce Dern Guerin Guerin See fewer	Nebraska (2013)
Lou Antonio Mace Mace See fewer	Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Susan Silo Rita Lane Rita Lane See fewer	Xiaolin Showdown (2003)
Robert Totten Ben Miller Ben Miller See fewer	Gunsmoke (1955)
Buck Taylor Newly Newly See fewer	Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
Robert Brubaker Henry Wade Henry Wade See fewer	The Book of Acts Series (1957)
James Nusser Louie Pheeters Louie Pheeters See fewer	Gunsmoke (1955)
Russell Johnson Diggs Diggs See fewer	Gilligan's Island (1964)
Rex Holman Broker Broker See fewer	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Glenn Strange Sam Sam See fewer	Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Ted Jordan Burke Burke See fewer	Walking Tall (1973)
Vic Tayback Rawlins (as Victor Tayback) Rawlins (as Victor Tayback) See fewer	Alice (1976)
Matt Emery Keever Keever See fewer	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Fred Dale Cowhand (uncredited) Cowhand (uncredited) See fewer	The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
Ross Dollarhide Cowhand (uncredited) Cowhand (uncredited) See fewer	Cimarron Strip (1967)
Jaye Durkus Cowhand (uncredited) Cowhand (uncredited) See fewer	Prophecy (1979)
Carl Pitti Cowhand (uncredited) Cowhand (uncredited) See fewer	High Plains Drifter (1973)
Phil Schumacher Cowhand (uncredited) Cowhand (uncredited) See fewer	Coroner Creek (1948)
Chick Sheridan Cowhand (uncredited) Cowhand (uncredited) See fewer	The Jack Benny Program (1950)