Troublemakers trick an immigrant blacksmith into leaving his house on his wedding night, then burn it down.Troublemakers trick an immigrant blacksmith into leaving his house on his wedding night, then burn it down.Troublemakers trick an immigrant blacksmith into leaving his house on his wedding night, then burn it down.
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Robert Anderson
- Tolman
- (as Bob Anderson)
Herbert Patterson
- Spooner
- (as Herb Patterson)
Abdullah Abbas
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Danny Borzage
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
John Breen
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Loren Brown
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Clem Fuller
- Clem
- (uncredited)
Anne Howard
- Townswoman
- (uncredited)
Pete Kellett
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Connie Lamont
- Townswoman
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- John Meston(uncredited)
- Norman MacDonnell(uncredited)
- Charles Marquis Warren(uncredited)
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- GoofsWith Gretchen's beauty why did she need to advertise for a husband and then trek out to Kansas territory to marry a blacksmith sight unseen? It would seem she would have suitors aplenty in St. Louis beating down her door for a chance to marry her.
- Quotes
Doc: By golly, I tell you - this calls for a bit of a celebration, I think. And, I'll buy the drinks, too.
Chester Goode: Well glory-be!
Doc: First round, I mean... first round.
Chester Goode: Oh yeah.
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Hackneyed Mail-Order Bride Story
George Kennedy plays the role of Emil the German blacksmith. Kennedy was a guest on Gunsmoke seven times. Kennedy's grandmother was German, and he speaks German to his mail-order wife, Gretchen (played by Anna-Lisa, an actress who was born in Norway and originally came to the USA as an au-pair). It was impressive to find out that both Kennedy and Anna-Lisa had backgrounds that helped them be credible as Germans.
The story itself is pretty lame. This story was done almost exactly the same way on The Rifleman, Big Valley, and Bonanza. I would guess it was done on a few other shows too. If you watched all the 1950s/1960s Westerns as a kid, you noticed that a lot of the same stories were used in different TV shows.
The racist for this episode is played by Robert Anderson, who was on Gunsmoke four times. Anderson often played bullies, thugs, slobs, racists, and town jerks. Anderson hates Germans, and he is further outraged to discover that Emil is getting married to a mail-order German wife. Anderson has a couple of goons who are presumably his employees. One of them is Wesley Lau, who would later play a Los Angeles police detective on Perry Mason.
One of the flaws of most of the Old West shows is that many of the town's characters are only seen once, and never again. So after Emil and Gretchen get married and the racists are run out of town, there is no follow-up to the story. Did they ever have kids? Did the racists ever give them any more trouble?
The best part of this episode was Doc Adams shooting zingers at Chester and Matt from the beginning to the end. Sometimes when the writers had a really bad story, they filled up the time by giving the regular cast good scenes interacting with each other.
The story itself is pretty lame. This story was done almost exactly the same way on The Rifleman, Big Valley, and Bonanza. I would guess it was done on a few other shows too. If you watched all the 1950s/1960s Westerns as a kid, you noticed that a lot of the same stories were used in different TV shows.
The racist for this episode is played by Robert Anderson, who was on Gunsmoke four times. Anderson often played bullies, thugs, slobs, racists, and town jerks. Anderson hates Germans, and he is further outraged to discover that Emil is getting married to a mail-order German wife. Anderson has a couple of goons who are presumably his employees. One of them is Wesley Lau, who would later play a Los Angeles police detective on Perry Mason.
One of the flaws of most of the Old West shows is that many of the town's characters are only seen once, and never again. So after Emil and Gretchen get married and the racists are run out of town, there is no follow-up to the story. Did they ever have kids? Did the racists ever give them any more trouble?
The best part of this episode was Doc Adams shooting zingers at Chester and Matt from the beginning to the end. Sometimes when the writers had a really bad story, they filled up the time by giving the regular cast good scenes interacting with each other.
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- Johnny_West
- Apr 12, 2020
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