Gunsmoke: The Pack Rat

Episode score 6.6 Fair

The Pack Rat

  • 505.
  • Season: 15
  • Episode: 16
  • First Aired: 1/12/1970
  • Prod Code: 1615-0369

EPISODE OVERVIEW

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An orphan steals from Matt but could risk his own life when he tries to help out in an ambush. Add a recap »

Writers:
Arthur Browne Jr.Jim Byrnes (III)
Director:
Philip Leacock
Stars:
Burt Reynolds (Quint)
Dennis Weaver (Chester)
Roger Ewing (Thad)
Buck Taylor (Newly O' Brien)
James Arness (Matt Dillon)
Milburn Stone (Doc)
Amanda Blake (Kitty)
Glenn Strange (Bartender)
Recurring Role:
Robert Brubaker (Jake Hawkins)
Bill Catching (Trapp)
Glenn Strange (Sam)
Woodrow Chambliss (Lathrop)
Ken Curtis (Festus)
Guest Star:
William C. Watson (Sam Danton)
Loretta Swit (Belle Clark)
Manuel Padilla, Jr. (Sancho)
Robert Rothwell (Shotgun)
Heidi Vaughn (Martha Mason)
Tom Sutton (Shockley)
  • Actor William C. Watson plays a good/ bad guy in this episode for a change. He debuted on television in a Gunsmoke episode: "Saturday Night" (Jan. 7,1967) and went on to appear in 2 more of the series episodes. He also appeared in episodes of the TV series, Cimarron Strip, High Chaparral, Rat Patrol, Bonanza, Hawaii Five-O, Cannon, Rockford Files, Starsky and Hutch, and Magnum P.I. (his last). He also appeared as a slave catcher in the first episode of the mini-series Roots (1977), and his theatrical films include, Girl on a Chain Gang (1965), In the Heat of the Night (1967), Lawman (1971), The Hunting Party (1971), Chato's Land (1972), Stingray (1978), and It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987) which was his last. He died on November 5,1997.
    Loretta Swit and William C. Watson also appeared together in the M*A*S*H episode "A Full Rich Day" (Dec. 3,1974). edit »
  • "A beer might help. Two would probably cure it." Festus' response to Matt's question if a beer would help his injured arm. edit »
Show Score 8.8 fair
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