The Other Half

After the first couple of minutes, you know the whole story and it is just a matter of sitting through it. Lee Kinsolving always reminds me of Robert Walker, Jr. (1940 - 2017), or Jim Hutton (1934-1979). They were all young in 1964 when this episode was filmed.

Lee Kinsolving plays twin brothers. One brother is considered smarter than the other one. The less favored brother is envious, and also lusts for his twin's fiancee. Predictable things happen, and the rest of the story is about twin two trying to cover up the murder of twin one.

Lee Kinsolving is kind of obnoxious and pushy. He even gets testy with his own father, played by Paul Fix of The Rifleman fame. Paul Fix plays his usual kind and gentle character, and it was nice to see him on Gunsmoke, though he is wasted here, because his part is very small.

The girlfriend that both brothers are in love with has no personality at all. She is played by Donna Anderson, who had 14 acting credits during the 25 years that she was active. Killing anyone for her made it seem even worse, but Marshal Dillon did not unleash the power of his pistol to bring down twin two. The ending was under-whelming. Overall this was a dud episode that had a lot of talk and no action.