Gunsmoke: Doc Quits
Episode score
7.3
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Doc Quits
- 141.
- Season: 4
- Episode: 24
- First Aired: 2/21/1959
- Prod Code: 442
When another doctor shows up in Dodge promising lower doctor's fees and miracle cures, Doc gets angry and many Dodge citizens think Doc Adams has quit as Dodge's doctor.
When Doc comes up missing, Matt looks for Doc and finds him fishing outside of Dodge. Doc tells Matt that he thinks the new doctor is nothing but a quack.
Doc Adams believes the new doctor is a quack.
Doc's beliefs are later proven to be true when the new doctor's medical treatments amost kill a young boy. Add a recap »
- Writers:
- John Meston
- Director:
- Edward Ludlum
- Stars:
- Burt Reynolds (Quint)
- Tom Waters (Bartender)
- Glenn Strange (Bartender)
- Amanda Blake (Kitty)
- Milburn Stone (Doc)
- James Arness (Matt Dillon)
- Buck Taylor (Newly O' Brien)
- Roger Ewing (Thad)
- Dennis Weaver (Chester)
- Recurring Role:
- Bartlett Robinson (Jake Wirth)
- Ken Curtis (Festus)
- Bert Rumsey (Sam, Bartender)
- Guest Star:
- Fiona Hale (Mrs. Crummley)
- Wendell Holmes (Dr. Betchel)
- Jack Younger (Cullen)
- Jack Grinnage (Andy Wirth)
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