A feud begun between two families when they lived in the Ozarks continues with fresh bloodshed, and Matt gets caught in the middle.A feud begun between two families when they lived in the Ozarks continues with fresh bloodshed, and Matt gets caught in the middle.A feud begun between two families when they lived in the Ozarks continues with fresh bloodshed, and Matt gets caught in the middle.
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Family Feud
Eben Hakes walks from his home in the Ozarks all the way to Dodge City looking for Joth Monger. The Hakes and Monger families are feuding, and Hakes is in Dodge to kill Monger. Hakes does not know where Monger lives. He visits Matt Dillon's office to ask where to find Monger. When Marshal Dillon learns of Hakes's intentions, he takes on the challenge of preventing a murder.
William Schallert is one of the most prolific, recognizable character actors in television history. Any fan of classic television will recognize Schallert from roles in several shows throughout the years. Schallert plays the Eben Hakes character in this, his first Gunsmoke guest role. He would eventually appear in a total of seven Gunsmoke episodes.
James Griffith is another familiar face from the classic television world, especially westerns. He portrays Joth Monger in this story, the second of six Gunsmoke appearances for Griffith.
Rose Marie, who was best known for playing Sally Rogers on The Dick Van Dyke Show, makes her only Gunsmoke appearance as Mrs. Monger. (It is interesting how women characters in these early episodes of the series were often identified only as "Mrs. LastName.")
This Gunsmoke installment was originally the last broadcast of 1957, and, as such, is clearly intended as a Christmas holiday episode. I enjoy how the Hakes and Monger characters are strangers in the Dodge City area, but they have the situation in hand. Marshal Dillon repeatedly makes more of the circumstances than is necessary. (There are an extraordinary number of exclamations used in this episode. From the opening scene with Doc Adams finding a fly in Chester Goode's ear to Matt's and Chester's astonishment at the final scene, there are many exclamatory phrases used.)
Hakes tells Matt early in the episode that he sees no need for jails or peace officers. He cannot understand why people cannot be left alone to handle things as they see fit. Hakes is a sort of 19th Century anarchist. He would have been a contemporary of someone like Lysander Spooner, who expressed some of the same ideas as the character in the story.
The title of this episode does NOT refer to the William Shakespeare play, as is erroneously noted in the IMDB trivia note. It refers to the traditional practice of celebrating the Christmas season over twelve days. The popular Christmas song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" references the same tradition.
Once again, an offbeat, entertaining episode keeps the viewer guessing until the end. The usual tough, impoverished view of life on the plains in the later portion of the 19th Century is featured in this story but in a much lighter manner than in many other stories.
William Schallert is one of the most prolific, recognizable character actors in television history. Any fan of classic television will recognize Schallert from roles in several shows throughout the years. Schallert plays the Eben Hakes character in this, his first Gunsmoke guest role. He would eventually appear in a total of seven Gunsmoke episodes.
James Griffith is another familiar face from the classic television world, especially westerns. He portrays Joth Monger in this story, the second of six Gunsmoke appearances for Griffith.
Rose Marie, who was best known for playing Sally Rogers on The Dick Van Dyke Show, makes her only Gunsmoke appearance as Mrs. Monger. (It is interesting how women characters in these early episodes of the series were often identified only as "Mrs. LastName.")
This Gunsmoke installment was originally the last broadcast of 1957, and, as such, is clearly intended as a Christmas holiday episode. I enjoy how the Hakes and Monger characters are strangers in the Dodge City area, but they have the situation in hand. Marshal Dillon repeatedly makes more of the circumstances than is necessary. (There are an extraordinary number of exclamations used in this episode. From the opening scene with Doc Adams finding a fly in Chester Goode's ear to Matt's and Chester's astonishment at the final scene, there are many exclamatory phrases used.)
Hakes tells Matt early in the episode that he sees no need for jails or peace officers. He cannot understand why people cannot be left alone to handle things as they see fit. Hakes is a sort of 19th Century anarchist. He would have been a contemporary of someone like Lysander Spooner, who expressed some of the same ideas as the character in the story.
The title of this episode does NOT refer to the William Shakespeare play, as is erroneously noted in the IMDB trivia note. It refers to the traditional practice of celebrating the Christmas season over twelve days. The popular Christmas song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" references the same tradition.
Once again, an offbeat, entertaining episode keeps the viewer guessing until the end. The usual tough, impoverished view of life on the plains in the later portion of the 19th Century is featured in this story but in a much lighter manner than in many other stories.
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- Jan 21, 2022
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