S11.E7

The Bounty Hunter

Name: The Bounty Hunter
Genre: Western
Released: 1965-10-30
Duration: 1 h
Rating: 8.7
Cast: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Episode aired Oct 30, 1965
TV-PG
1h

IMDb RATING

8.7/10

204

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James Arness and Ken Curtis in Gunsmoke (1955)

Western

Lured out of retirement with the promise of land, a bounty hunter is aimed by his boss at the man who killed his son. He just doesn't tell him the reward and charges had been dropped.Lured out of retirement with the promise of land, a bounty hunter is aimed by his boss at the man who killed his son. He just doesn't tell him the reward and charges had been dropped.Lured out of retirement with the promise of land, a bounty hunter is aimed by his boss at the man who killed his son. He just doesn't tell him the reward and charges had been dropped.

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IMDb RATING

8.7/10

204

YOUR RATING

5User reviews

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Trivia
The phrase "gun smoke" is heard for the first and only time. The character Luke Frazer, played by Robert Lansing, says it.

Soundtracks
The Old Trail
(uncredited)
by Rex Koury and Glenn Spencer
Aspen Fair Music, Incorporated (ASCAP)

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Featured review

10/10

Outstanding story on familiar theme

I have binge-watched the last three seasons and this show was simply amazing. It presented a totally fresh, but believable, take on an old theme: bounty hunters and the general dislike of them.

There is a big twist in the story and I won't give it away. We are fortunate that Robert Lansing was cast as Luke the bounty hunter. He was talented and sufficiently resourceful to play this character as a human being, rather than as a villain or as a hero.

There is quite a lot going on under the surface here, but focus on Luke the bounty hunter, and how he must have felt at various points in the story. For me, this is one of the best episodes I have seen.