

A gunfighter's father despises his son's profession and purposely disables his shooting hand, and now he must defend himself from three avenging gunman. Guest Cast: Bing Russell (as Tabor), Anne Whitfield (as Trudy), Lawrence Dobkin (as Esteban Garcia), Barney Phillips (as Bill Pence), Ben Wright (as Calmers) and Roy Engel (as Grimes). Notes: First of thirteen guest appearances by Royal Dano, who played the lead character Obie Tater. She was a frequent guest in numerous TV Westerns in the late 1950s and early 1960s and in this episode she's almost unrecognizable wearing dark makeup playing the character Rose Daggitt.
Gunsmoke the hostage series#
He's credited with writing 138 radio and television Gunsmoke stories and scripts, second only to the number written by the series co-creator, John Meston. A young woman comes to Dodge in search of her fianc who has become the town drunk after failing to prosper on his homestead.

Kim Winona who played the daughter, was an enrolled member of the Santee Sioux people. Mountain farmer Jed Hocket (Harry Morgan) sends his three sons Ike, Luke and Shep into town to find brides. A strong-willed, shotgun-wielding matriarch helps her son escape from Matt's custody, but the Marshal is equally determined to see the young man tried and sentenced for killing an unarmed man.
