A man enlists the aid of a parson to fake his own death.A man enlists the aid of a parson to fake his own death.A man enlists the aid of a parson to fake his own death.
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Larry J. Blake
- Crooder
- (as Larry Blake)
Jimmie Booth
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Nora Bush
- Townswoman
- (uncredited)
Duke Fishman
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Clem Fuller
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Leonard P. Geer
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Cactus Mack
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Mathew McCue
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Bill Walker
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Les Crutchfield
- Norman MacDonnell(uncredited)
- John Meston(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaAt Packy Roundtree's funeral, Marshall Dillon states that "any violent death has to be certified by the marshal's office."
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Funeral for a Rock
Really lame episode with a lot of bad guest acting. It starts with a parson officiating over the funeral of a coffin full of rocks. The guest coffin is for some marginal character named Packy. Why there were around 15 people at the funeral is really bad writing. Matt Dillon never explains how he heard about it, considering that there is no Dodge City newspaper with an obituary section.
In fact, while the cast is occasionally seen reading a newspaper, and there is an office for a newspaper that is occasionally seen, I do not recall ever seeing a newspaper writer or editor from the Dodge City newspaper have any speaking roles.
So Dillon gets the bright idea of sending Chester to take the rocks to the assayer, Howard McNear. McNear does his goofy Floyd the Barber routine (from the Andy Griffith Show) when Chester asks him if he analyzed the rocks. What a bizarre scene that was. McNear was on Gunsmoke six times.
Next they go visit the fraudulent Parson, played by Vaughn Taylor, who was a guest actor on Gunsmoke only three times. He is very dishonest. His big ugly wife (played by Gertrude Flynn, who was on Gunsmoke three times), keeps insisting that "my husband never lies." It takes a good beating from the villain, Crooder, to get the Parson to visit the Marshal and tell the truth.
Crooder is played by Larry J. Blake, a totally forgettable actor. I never recalled this guy, but he was on Gunsmoke seven times, and he had 267 acting credits, so he was on a lot of TV shows in that era. Crooder is looking for Packy, and after he beats up the Parson, he knows where Packy is.
Packy is played by another forgettable actor, William Fawcett, who plays the cranky old miner. Packy is afraid Crooder put some kind of hex on him, and he has been running away from Crooder for years. Now why would Crooder be following some dirty old bum?
At some point a lot of smoke comes out of a hole on the side of a sierra. Supposedly that is the entrance to a mine shaft. It seems like the only reason this bad episode was put together, was so that there could be a "mine explosion" at the end. "Let's blow up a mine shaft. Now we need a story to get us there for the big explosion." The big explosion was pretty lame, just a lot of smoke. All around, this episode was a miss.
In fact, while the cast is occasionally seen reading a newspaper, and there is an office for a newspaper that is occasionally seen, I do not recall ever seeing a newspaper writer or editor from the Dodge City newspaper have any speaking roles.
So Dillon gets the bright idea of sending Chester to take the rocks to the assayer, Howard McNear. McNear does his goofy Floyd the Barber routine (from the Andy Griffith Show) when Chester asks him if he analyzed the rocks. What a bizarre scene that was. McNear was on Gunsmoke six times.
Next they go visit the fraudulent Parson, played by Vaughn Taylor, who was a guest actor on Gunsmoke only three times. He is very dishonest. His big ugly wife (played by Gertrude Flynn, who was on Gunsmoke three times), keeps insisting that "my husband never lies." It takes a good beating from the villain, Crooder, to get the Parson to visit the Marshal and tell the truth.
Crooder is played by Larry J. Blake, a totally forgettable actor. I never recalled this guy, but he was on Gunsmoke seven times, and he had 267 acting credits, so he was on a lot of TV shows in that era. Crooder is looking for Packy, and after he beats up the Parson, he knows where Packy is.
Packy is played by another forgettable actor, William Fawcett, who plays the cranky old miner. Packy is afraid Crooder put some kind of hex on him, and he has been running away from Crooder for years. Now why would Crooder be following some dirty old bum?
At some point a lot of smoke comes out of a hole on the side of a sierra. Supposedly that is the entrance to a mine shaft. It seems like the only reason this bad episode was put together, was so that there could be a "mine explosion" at the end. "Let's blow up a mine shaft. Now we need a story to get us there for the big explosion." The big explosion was pretty lame, just a lot of smoke. All around, this episode was a miss.
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- Johnny_West
- Apr 2, 2020
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- Stage 5 & Stage 6, Paramount Sunset Lot, 5800 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, California, USA(Dodge City Western Street)
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- Runtime30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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