Festus's beautiful young cousin, whom he has not seen since she was a little one, arrives in Dodge to keep the pact her father made for her when she was a baby: to marry Festus.Festus's beautiful young cousin, whom he has not seen since she was a little one, arrives in Dodge to keep the pact her father made for her when she was a baby: to marry Festus.Festus's beautiful young cousin, whom he has not seen since she was a little one, arrives in Dodge to keep the pact her father made for her when she was a baby: to marry Festus.
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Bill Borzage
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
John Breen
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Jack Gordon
- Bartender
- (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers
- Barfly
- (uncredited)
Mathew McCue
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Arnold Roberts
- Barfly
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Kathleen Hite
- Norman MacDonnell(uncredited)
- John Meston(uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaLauri Peters would make a second appearance in the following season, in Take Her, She's Cheap (1964); in that episode she also plays a young woman looking to get married, but in that entry, she hopes to hook Matt Dillon.
- GoofsWhen Festus introduces Mayblossom to Lon before they fight, Lon is wearing his gunbelt. During the fight, it disappears.
- Quotes
Festus: Looking's at it a certain way, a mule ain't hardly more than a big dog.
Ma Smalley: I don't allow big dogs either.
Featured review
Not A "Regular" GS Story
I'm not a regular Gunsmoke viewer, although I've seen at least a couple of dozen episodes in my life, even going back to when it was first run in the 70s when I was a kid. I grew up a Bonanza fan and Gunsmoke wasn't as fun for me to watch I guess. I came across this episode because I set up my DVR to record anything with Charles Gray. A funny story here is I watched the whole episode looking for "Charles Gray" the English actor from James Bond and Rocky Horror Picture Show fame not realizing there was an American actor named Charles Gray also! This is not the first "comedic" Gunsmoke I have watched but it is the second one (the first comedic one I watched was 1971's Captain Sligo), and I see by other reviews it is considered a rarity. Everyone else has commented on the rape plot aspect and I agree, I was actually wondering what happened (was it rape or something less?) until a few more lines of dialog were spoken and even then it's pretty nonchalant. Then Festus kills the guy, who's played by Charles Gray (of course! Lol), in cold blood. I was glad Festus didn't give Mayblossom the level when she was leaving as that would have reminded her of the rapist, I'm surprised he kept it for himself since it came from the rapist, but no one seems to care too much, like its just some sort of a thing in those days around Dodge City. One strange episode for me. I'm surprised this episode rates so high (almost an 8), I found the soundtrack very loud, repetitive and annoying, and the "humor" of Mayblossom got old fast too. 6 of 10 is, for me, being generous, but it got me to write a review so it's definitely a memorable episode I wont forget. I'm surprised it was in black and white in 1964 since Bonanza had been in color for 5 years already. I guess CBS losing out on the color TV system wars to RCA (which was the owner of NBC, Bonanza's network) was slow to adopt it? I bet those CBS execs in the 1970s to 2000s really regretted not adopting to color earlier because it kept black and white programs like earlier Gunsmokes off of syndication for decades. Now I know there are two Charles Grays too, even though Xfinity doesn't know this (they have the English actor's pic on the DVR settings)!
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- Stage 3, CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA(Dodge City Western Street)
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- Runtime1 hour
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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