Matt and his friends try to come to the aid of a has-been actor caught cheating at cards.Matt and his friends try to come to the aid of a has-been actor caught cheating at cards.Matt and his friends try to come to the aid of a has-been actor caught cheating at cards.
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- Director
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- John Meston(uncredited)
- Les Crutchfield
- Norman MacDonnell(uncredited)
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Storyline
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- GoofsWhen Joe comes in to report that Eddie has robbed the cash box at his eatery Matt has his boot in his hand and appears to be preparing to polish his boots. Upon hearing Joe's complaint Matt gets up to go hunt for Eddie. He leaves his boot on the table and he leaves the office without it. Apparently in his sock feet.
- Quotes
Joe: Vanderman, let me see now, say I've... .Vander -- oh, he was cheating at a card game in the Long Branch last night.
Matt Dillon: That's right.
Joe: And you want me to give him a job here?
Matt Dillon: That's right.
Joe: Well, you're clean out of your mind, Marshall. Why you should have run him out of town, throwed him into jail.
Matt Dillon: Now, just wait a minute, Joe. This man's not really a crook, he's just had a few bad breaks along the line. Why don't you give him a chance?
Joe: How do I know he can cook?
Matt Dillon: Well, he says he can, why don't you give him a chance? What do you got to lose?
Joe: Hmph, only my restaurant, maybe. If he takes a notion to sell it while my back is turned.
Chester: Well, I don't think you got a thing to worry about, Joe. I don't think nobody'd buy it once they see your cockroaches.
Joe: I've got no more cockroaches here than anybody else in Dodge.
Chester: Well, they're bigger.
Joe: That's 'cause the food here's better.
- Crazy creditsThe Edward Vanderman character is billed as "Eddie" but always referred to as "Edward" during program.
Matt Dillon catches Abbott cheating at cards. Instead of forcing Abbott to leave town, as he normally does with card sharps, he gets Abbott a job at Delmonico's Restaurant. This week it is owned by Howard McNear (he is best known as Floyd the Barber from Mayberry, on The Andy Griffith Show). McNear was a guest on Gunsmoke six times between 1956 and 1964.
Two wacky loons cannot work together. The next day it turns out Abbott robbed Floyd, and went to the Longbranch Saloon to get drunk. So Dillon arrests Abbot again, and this time he takes him to jail.
The secondary story involves a guy named Brad who is in jail, and keeps threatening that his brother will kill Dillon. Brad was played by Stanley Clements, who appeared on Gunsmoke four times. This was the story that I wanted to see. The shoot-out between the brother and Matt Dillon. Instead, we get a depressing and under-whelming confrontation between the shrimpy Brad and Matt Dillon. We also get a dramatic death monologue from John Abbot.
Presumably Dillon goes outside to confront Brad's brother after the episode ended. These kind of stories, where the best part happens off camera, always frost my ass. Really lame. I would rather see Dillon face down a hired killer than watch the whiny John Abbott complain about his life as he dies.
Another issue that I have is why is Doc Adams's office on the second floor? Every time someone is injured or killed, a whole crowd of people have to hoist the body up the stairs to the second floor. How many people with gunshot wounds died getting dragged up the stairs?? It never made sense that a doctor would have his office on the second floor in a Western TV series.
- Johnny_West
- Apr 8, 2020
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- Filming locations
- 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