| "Claustrophobia" | |
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| Season 3, Episode #20 Number (#98) in series (635 episodes) | |
| Air date | January 25, 1958 |
| Network | CBS-TV / USA |
| Production code | 3x20 |
| Guest stars: | Vaughn Taylor Joe Maross Willard Sage JJames Winslow Willard Sage Jason Johnson Jimmy Noel Robert Robinson |
| Written by: | John Meston |
| Directed by: | Ted Post |
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"Claustrophobia" was the 20th episode of Season 3 of Gunsmoke, also the 98th overall episode of the series. Directed by Ted Post, the episode, which was written by John Meston, was originally broadcast on CBS-TV on January 25, 1958.
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Synopsis[]
A pair of landgrabbers kill a homesteader's (Vaughn Taylor) mule and hogs to get his ranch (Joe Maross and Jimmy Noel appear).
Storyline[]
Marshal Dillon and Chester find a man shot in the back in his lonely cabin and the immediate suspects are two men who have been trying to force him to sell his land. When Matt and Chester coming across an isolated cabin after sending out a greeting, they enter it and find a man dead. Later, they encounter two hardcase men that threaten them, Matt does not reveal that he is a lawman. Further down the trail, they encounter a man named Olie Ridgers (Vaughn Taylor), he raises pigs and the only roof he ever has over his head is the sky. His friend has convinced him to travel to Dodge for a brief getaway. Olie is reluctant, but consents in order to humor his friend. While they are in Dodge, someone kills Olie's pigs and mule, he is devastated and takes the law into his own hands. As Matt says many times in the series, "the law says I have to take you in." Unwilling to fight Matt, Olie surrenders and stands trial, receiving what for him is an intolerable sentence. Although he hates to do so, Matt follows the law and at the end there is a bit of justice rendered.
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Soundtracks[]
- The Old Trail - by Rex Koury and Glenn Spencer, Aspen Fair Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
Cast (in credits order)[]
Starring[]
- James Arness as Matt Dillon
- Dennis Weaver as Chester Goode
- Milburn Stone as Galen "Doc" Adams
- Amanda Blake as Miss Kitty Russell
Guest starring[]
- Vaughn Taylor as Olie Rigders
- Joe Maross as Jim Branch
- Willard Sage as Dever
- James Winslow as Giles
- Lynn Shubert as Hank
- Jason Johnson as Judge
- Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
- Jimmy Noel as Barfly (uncredited)
- Robert Robinson as Bartender (uncredited)