Etta Stone is a very bitter, older, woman who has Kitty and Matt captured, and thrown into a homemade jail, and now she plans on hanging Matt for the execution of her husband 6 years before.Etta Stone is a very bitter, older, woman who has Kitty and Matt captured, and thrown into a homemade jail, and now she plans on hanging Matt for the execution of her husband 6 years before.Etta Stone is a very bitter, older, woman who has Kitty and Matt captured, and thrown into a homemade jail, and now she plans on hanging Matt for the execution of her husband 6 years before.
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- Etta Stone
- (as Miss Bette Davis)
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
- Prison Wagon Driver
- (uncredited)
- Guard
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen the actors learned who they would be working with Bette Davis (who was already a big fan of the series), they couldn't believe it. James Arness told the Archive that Davis "was dynamite" and that Amanda Blake "was absolutely petrified at the idea of working with this great lady." Davis and Blake's characters share many tense scenes together. "Amanda was scared to death," said casting director Pam Polifron, but added that "they really did become great friends." After her initial fear subsided, Amanda Blake got to know Bette Davis as more than just the legendary performer she admired. They were just two actors in a scene together and, as Arness put it, Davis was "right down to earth, no monkey business at all, and she went out of her way to work well with Amanda."
- GoofsWhen Lou Stone knocks Matt Dillon unconscious by hitting him on the back of the head with his gun, it was an obvious "swing-and-a-miss" poorly executed stunt. Stone clearly makes no near contact and furthermore, if he had held the pistol by the barrel and used it like a hammer, it would have been a much more effective tool (a rubber prop gun perhaps) for the task than the fake glancing blow that puts the marshal out cold on the ground. It did not look convincing at all.
- Quotes
Matt Dillon: [waiting to be killed by the family] Kitty, I'm sorry you got mixed up in this. You should have gotten out of here, by yourself, when you had the chance.
Kitty: And leave you here! Not on your life! Or is that a bad joke?
- ConnectionsFeatured in TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time (1997)
...it was also packed with stars and a supporting cast most film producers would envy...led by the indomitable ( and out of work) Bette Davis, who per usual, plays her strong-willed self...making her bitter arch rival Joan Crawford look like a Girl Scout...
...Bruce Dern is brilliant in his demented role of the eldest son, Luke...and Julie Sommars and Tom Skerrett shine as the humane, yet terrrified youngest son and daughter-in-law...
...the primary plot motivation in this episode highlights the strong, yet unacknowledged partnership between Matt and Kitty... a topic which generated thousands of fan letters sent to Paramount each month...
...Jim Arness, Ananda Blake and the cast and crew of "Gunsmoke" were riding the wave of the series' continuing dominance...and provided Paramount with more than enough cash to pay Davis's ouylanfish acting fees...
- gclarkbloom
- Dec 2, 2022
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- Runtime1 hour
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- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3