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Gunsmoke: Never Pester Chester (1957)
The Thing vs. The Beanstalk Giant
Good rough and tumble entry, with some no holds-barred frontier justice doled out by Marshal Matt Dillon. Chester is asked by Matt to diffuse trouble caused by a couple of drovers who arrived from their camp outside Dodge harassing the women folk with their macho attitude.No sooner has Chester interfered, when the evil drover Stobo (played by hulking Buddy Baer) lassoes him and drags him through Front St. and out of town. Only Doc Adams can save him from death.***Spoiler Alert*** Matt sets the guilt complex in motion, and the vengeful marshal must even the score. The fight is a doozie! Dillon takes his badge off, and he and Stobo go at it mano a mano.This is no pulp fiction, as these two heavyweights duke it out with Matt the winner.
Gunsmoke: Colleen So Green (1960)
Aren't you the sweetest gentleman...
One of the poorest entries in the series.Right from the git-go it wasn't difficult to determine how the story might come to such an ending within the 25 minutes allotted. It seems that Ms.Colleen has been robbed of her savings(which includes fare to continue to St Louis) as she disembarks the stage in Dodge; even the driver is smitten by her good looks and sweet Southern drawl as he escorts her inside.When she reports the theft to Marshal Dillon, he assures her that everything will be done to assist her, and that her money may even be found(while she pleads to him how helpless and forlorn she is). Two of the biggest suckers for her are Chester and Bull Rieger, a townsman who was to leave on a stage, but was so smitten that he stayed,got all spiffied up and showered her with food, money, and even a house! Poor Chester went into debt by ferrying back and forth her new home with all sorts of victuals.About the only factual things concerning Ms Colleen are that Joanna Moore grew up in the South as an orphan.
Letter to Loretta: Laughing Boy (1953)
All's well that ends well
Delightful comedy featuring Loretta and Alex Nicol (in the title role). It seems that Loretta's current boyfriend is pussyfooting about proposing and eventually marrying her. After being mugged, she calls out and a strapping man fails to stop the assailant, and is knocked unconscious in the process by the mugger who is half his size and weight.After tending to Alex in her home and marveling at his physique, she devises a plan to make her boyfriend Walter Reed) so jealous that he'll be jump-started into marrying her.Complicating matters is the fact Alex is timid when it comes to fighting and reveals that he has a glass jaw, though he's musclebound.Needless to say Loretta's plan backfires and the hilarious result must be seen. Rounding out the supporting cast is Carl Benton Reid,who plays Loretta's dad with gusto.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lavender Lipstick (1960)
Mason Jarring Desk Drawer
A good but flawed entry in the series. A critic claims he viewed Richard Basehart extensively in this episode.Well, Mr Basehart never appeared on any of the Perry Mason shows. Furthermore I would dismiss the review because of his inattentiveness. Why were there no ballistics reports?; seems very odd since these were ever so crucial in so many of the shows. How long could an armed guard report for duty with a missing gun? This show could easily have been staged within a half-hour, but since there were many prominent faces familiar to 50's and 60's TV, they had to extend it, only to fall short on character development. One expects more from Raymond Burr, and he delivers a timely denouement in the courtroom.