S13.E1

The Wreckers

Name: The Wreckers
Genre: Western
Released: 1967-09-11
Duration: 1 h
Rating: 8.4
Cast: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Episode aired Sep 11, 1967
TV-PG
1h

IMDb RATING

8.4/10

211

YOUR RATING

James Arness and Amanda Blake in Gunsmoke (1955)

Western

Matt Dillon and Kitty Russell are escorting a notorious outlaw back to Dodge City to stand trial. A member of another outlaw gang sees them traveling by stagecoach and switches out cotter pi... Read allMatt Dillon and Kitty Russell are escorting a notorious outlaw back to Dodge City to stand trial. A member of another outlaw gang sees them traveling by stagecoach and switches out cotter pins on the yoke that keeps the stage tied to the horses. The pin obligingly breaks on a mou... Read allMatt Dillon and Kitty Russell are escorting a notorious outlaw back to Dodge City to stand trial. A member of another outlaw gang sees them traveling by stagecoach and switches out cotter pins on the yoke that keeps the stage tied to the horses. The pin obligingly breaks on a mountain road, causing a spectacular crash. Kitty crawls out unscathed and checks on Matt, wh... Read all

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IMDb RATING

8.4/10

211

YOUR RATING

8User reviews

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Trivia
First episode not to originally air on Saturday.

Goofs
In the DVD, After the stage coach has been sabotaged the shadow of the camera and operator are visible at the bottom of the screen as they pan to follow the action.

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

User reviews8

Featured review

9/10

Kitty switches the identities of the two men........

....because she witnesses a large group of bad guys shoot the stagecoach driver. She knows that the bad guys are not going to be nice to a wounded marshal, so she pins Matt's badge on the murderer he is escorting to Dodge and puts Matt's gun on him also. Matt then assumes the identity of the murderer. The bad guys who caused the stagecoach to crash, fight over who gets to enjoy Kitty's company and Matt doesn't care for that. The leader of the gang sees big money coming in a ransom for Matt, but who is Matt? They send Kitty to Dodge to collect a ransom, but will she be successful? Will Matt enjoy his fake identity as a outlaw murderer? Will Louie Pheeters get a snoot full? Watch this fine episode and find out.