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Season 16 (CBS)(1970-71) (60 min color)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
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################## Gunsmoke ##################
############# season 16 1970-71 ##############
################### (60 min color) ##################
CBS Mondays 7:30-8:30pm Eastern  (24 episodes)

16.01 [516] Gunsmoke: CHATO
(60 min color)( 1970.09.14)
Ricardo Montalban ............. Chato
Miriam Colon .................. Mora
Peggy McKay ................... Mrs. Cooper
William Bryant ................ Sheriff Cooter
Rodolfo Hoyos ................. Juanito
Robert Knapp .................. Surgeon
Pedro Regas ................... Old Man
Jim Sheppard .................. Case
Matt pursues his friend's killer ( Ricardo Montalban), a renegade Indian, high into the mountains of New Mexico

16.02 [517] Gunsmoke: THE NOOSE
(60 min color)( 1970.09.21)
Tom Skerritt .................. Fred Garth
William Fawcett ............... Nebs

16.03 [518] Gunsmoke: STARK
(60 min color)( 1970.09.28)
Richard Kiley ................. Lewis Stark
Suzanne Pleshette ............. Glory Bramley
Henry Wilcoxon ................ John Bramley
Shelly Novack ................. Adam Bramley
Bob Burrows ................... Charlie
Rusty Lane .................... Bo
A rancher's son escapes prison, and the bounty hunter who captures him tries to blackmail the boy's family

16.04 [519] Gunsmoke: SAM McTAVISH, M.D. (60 min color)( 1970.10.05)
Vera Miles .................... Dr. Sam McTavish
Arch Johnson .................. Barnaby Bascomb
Dee Carroll ................... Ellen
Lisa Gerritsen ................ Christina
Glenn Redding ................. Frank O'Reilly
Amzie Strickland .............. Minnie Carver
Tom Fadden .................... Harley
Kathleen O'Malley ............. Bridget O'Reilly
Harry Harvey, Sr. ............. Johnson
Read Morgan ................... Dan Slade
Robert Rothwell ............... Joe Slade
Lance Thomas .................. Tom Slade

16.05 [520] Gunsmoke: GENTRY'S LAW
(60 min color)( 1970.10.12)
John Payne .................... Amos Gentry
Louise Latham ................. Claire Gentry
Shug Fisher ................... Orly Grimes
Peter Jason ................... Colt Gentry
Robert Pine ................... Ben Gentry
Don Keefer .................... Floyd Babcock
Darlene Conley ................ Leelah Case
John Flinn .................... Buel
Robert Totten ................. Abner
A land baron refuses to turn his two sons over to Matt for a crime they committed.

16.06 [521] Gunsmoke: SNOW TRAIN (Part 1/2) (60 min color)( 1970.10.19)
Clifton James ................. Sam Wickes
Gene Evans .................... Billy
Ken Lynch ..................... Lucas
Roy Engel ..................... Tibbett
Pamela Dunlap ................. Ada Coleman
Richard Lapp .................. Running Fox
Loretta Swit .................. Donna
Doreen Lang ................... Mae
Tim Considine ................. Scott
Richard Kelton ................ Bud
John Milford .................. Clay Foreman
Dana Elcar .................... Pennigrath
Ron Hayes ..................... Floyd Coleman
Anne Seymour .................. Sarah
Eddie Firestone ............... Hap
X Brands ...................... Chief Red Willow
Eddie Applegate ............... Al
Scott Coleman

16.07 [522] Gunsmoke: SNOW TRAIN (Part 2/2) (60 min color)( 1970.10.26)
Clifton James ................. Sam Wickes
Gene Evans .................... Billy
Ken Lynch ..................... Lucas
Roy Engel ..................... Tibbett
Pamela Dunlap ................. Ada Coleman
Richard Lapp .................. Running Fox
Loretta Swit .................. Donna
Doreen Lang ................... Mae
Tim Considine ................. Scott
Richard Kelton ................ Bud
John Milford .................. Clay Foreman
Dana Elcar .................... Pennigrath
Ron Hayes ..................... Floyd Coleman
Anne Seymour .................. Sarah
Eddie Firestone ............... Hap
X Brands ...................... Chief Red Willow
Eddie Applegate ............... Al
Scott Coleman
Indians trap Matt as he tries to find help for the freezing passengers of a train.

16.08 [523] Gunsmoke: LUKE (60 min color)( 1970.11.02)
Morgan Woodward ............... Luke Dangerfield
Katherine Justice ............. Doris Prebble
Anthony Costello .............. Austin Keep
Rex Holman .................... Moses Reedy
Victor Izay ................... Bull

16.09 [524] Gunsmoke: THE GUN (60 min color)( 1970.11.09)
L.Q. Jones .................... Sumner Pendleton
Kevin Coughlin ................ Randy Gogan
Patricia Morrow ............... Stella Felton
Robert Phillips ............... Vance Jessop
Sam Melville .................. Wade Pasco
Ken Mayer ..................... Greenwood
Stanley Clements .............. Ed Jacobi
Jack Garner ................... Kemble
Jon Jason Mantley ............. Tom
Maria Mantley ................. Anne
Foster Brooks ................. Sporting Gentleman #1
Frank Biro .................... Sporting Gentlemen #2
Henry Wise .................... Townsman #1
Bert Madrid ................... Townsman #2
Eric Chase .................... Joseph
A man becomes the victim of a reporter's publicity buildup after killing a notorious gunfighter in self-defense.

16.10 [525] Gunsmoke: THE SCAVENGERS (60 min color)( 1970.11.16)
Yapher Kotto .................. Piney Biggs
Slim Pickens .................. Colley
Cicely Tyson .................. Rachel Biggs
Roy Jenson .................... Rath
Link Wyler .................... Logan
Victor Holchak ................ Lieutenant
Steve Raines .................. Driver
James Almanzar ................ Ogana
Eddie Little Sky .............. Scarface
Victor Izay ................... Barkeep
Jerelyn Fields ................ Merrillee Biggs
Henry Wise .................... Liveryman

16.11 [526] Gunsmoke: THE WITNESS (60 min color)( 1970.11.23)
Harry Morgan .................. Osgood Pickett
Tim O'Connor .................. Arnie Sprague
Barry Brown ................... Jared Sprague
Dack Rambo .................... Ira Pickett
Annette O'Toole ............... Edda Sprague
June Dayton ................... Martha Sprague
I. Stanford Jolley ............ Beecher
Roy Young ..................... Joseph
Robert Swan ................... Texan
A family is taken hostage to prevent its members from testifying at a murder trial.

16.12 [527] Gunsmoke: McCABE (60 min color)( 1970.11.30)
Dan Kemp ...................... McCabe
Mitch Vogel ................... Dobie
Jim Davis ..................... Sheriff Shackwood
David Brian ................... Clay White
Jon Lormer .................... Judge Clairborne
Robert Sorrells ............... J.W. Hicks
Tani Phelps ................... Amy
Mills Watson .................. Kipp
Lew Brown ..................... Weaver
Marie Cheatham ................ Abigail Hartly
Trevor Bardette ............... Conductor
Tom Sutton .................... Lennie
Pete Kellett .................. Bartender
Matt must deal with an outlaw after the man grabs a hostage during the marshal's arrest attempt.

16.13 [528] Gunsmoke: THE NOONDAY DEVIL (60 min color)( 1970.12.07)
Anthony Zerbe .... Heraclio Cantrell/Father Hernando Cantrell
Ernest Sarracino .............. Quito Vega
Warren Vanders ................ Bones Cunningham
Anthony Cordova ............... Brother Antonio
Annette Cardona ............... Rita
Natividad Vacio ............... Diego
Bert Madrid ................... Carlos
Pepe Callahan ................. John Hike
Fred Coby ..................... Doctor
Tony Davis .................... Indian Boy
Julio Medina .................. Rodriguez

16.14 [529] Gunsmoke: SERGEANT HOLLY (60 min color)( 1970.12.14)
Forrest Tucker ................ Sergeant Holly
Albert Salmi .................. Willis Jeeter
Victor Eberg .................. Luke Pinero
Gregg Palmer .................. Bodine
Vito Scotti ................... Indian
David Renard .................. Chico Fuentes
Med Flory ..................... Corporal Steckey
Read Morgan ................... Roy Gast
Bob Morgan .................... Lomax
Frank Hotchkiss ............... Corporal Turtle

16.15 [530] Gunsmoke: JENNY (II)
28Dec70
Lisa Gerritsen ................ Jenny Pritchard
Steve Ihnat ................... Lucas Pritchard
Rance Howard .................. Judge Franklin
Steve Raines .................. Ed Reilly
Bob Burrows ................... Driver
Newly gets himself in legal trouble
when he releases a dangerous outlaw ( Steve Ihnat) who wants to visit his daughter.
( there was a previous episode titled 'Jenny' 13Oct62)

16.16 [531] Gunsmoke: CAPTAIN SLIGO (60 min color)( 1971.01.04)
Richard Basehart .............. Captain Aron Sligo
Salome Jens ................... Josephine Burney
Royal Dano .................... Watney
Stacy Harris .................. Leonard
Bobby Eilbacher ............... Tim Burney
Geti Reischi .................. Anne Burney
Boyd "Red" Morgan ............. Tanner
Robert Totten ................. Blacksmith
Larry Finley .................. Bartender
Matt Emery .................... Trail Boss
Brian Foley ................... Cowboy
Fred Samsoe ................... Tobin
Troy Melton ................... Rackley
Bob Herron .................... Vern

16.17 [532] Gunsmoke: MIRAGE
11Jan71
John Anderson ................. Lemuel
Gary Wood ..................... Tom
Mary Rings .................... Elise
Bill Zuckert .................. Hotel Clerk
Kevin Burchett ................ Adam
Harry Raybould ................ Maddox
Robert Knapp .................. Deputy
Daniel White .................. Stocker
Festus, lost and wandering in the desert, stumbles into a ghost town and
finds himself attacked by an unknown assailant.

16.18 [533] Gunsmoke: THE TYCOON (60 min color)( 1971.01.25)
Shug Fisher ................... Titus
Nora Marlowe .................. Ma Fowler
Gwynne Gilford ................ Dora Lou
John Beck ..................... Moody Fowler
James Minotto ................. Amos Fowler
Herman Poppe .................. Clarence Carver
Walker Edmiston ............... Henry Folsom
Charles Wagenheim ............. Parson Mueller

16.19 [534] Gunsmoke: THE CONVICT -aka-  JAEKEL
1Feb71
Eric Braeden .................. Carl Jaekel
Julie Gregg ................... Beth Wilson
Mia Bendixsen ................. Penny Wilson
John Crawford ................. Norman Wilson
Vic Tayback ................... Dirks
James Chandler ................ Warden
Scott Edmonds ................. Doctor
Bob Golden .................... Guard
A released convict ( Eric Braeden) comes to claim his long-time pen pal -- a married woman

16.20 [535] Gunsmoke: MURDOCH (60 min color)( 1971.02.08)
Jack Elam ..................... Marshal Lucas Murdoch
Anthony Caruso ................ Townsend
Jim Davis ..................... Amos Carver
Bob Random .................... Scott Murdoch
Clint Howard .................. Lonny
Tom Waters .................... Morris
Tim Burns ..................... Braly
Liz Marshall .................. Ruth
Bobby Clark ................... Gatfin
Gary Combs .................... Fairchild

16.21 [536] Gunsmoke: CLEAVUS
15Feb71
Robert Totten ................. Cleavus Lukens
Arthur Hunnicutt .............. Uriah Spessard
William Challee ............... Baylock
Robert Cornthwaite ............ Clerk
Robert B. Williams ............ Woody
Henry Wise .................... Waiter
Festus' childhood friend kills a prospector, only to find the man's apparently rich mine contains only fool's gold.

16.22 [537] Gunsmoke: LAVERY (60 min color)( 1971.02.22)
Anthony Costello .............. Keith Lavery
Judi West ..................... April
David Carradine ............... Clint
Karl Swenson .................. Hubert
Ken Swofford .................. Harry
David Huddleston .............. Arno
Chanin Hale ................... Verna
Jack Perkins .................. Trapper

16.23 [538] Gunsmoke: PIKE ( Part 1/2) (60 min color)( 1971.03.01)
16.24 [539] Gunsmoke: PIKE ( Part 2/2) (60 min color)( 1971.03.08)
Jeanette Nolan ................ Sally Fergus
Dack Rambo .................... Cyrus Pike
Cliff Osmond .................. Tom Malcomb
Jim Boles ..................... Sutro
William Murphy ................ Loomis
Ross Hagen .................... Hicks
Jon Jason Mantley ............. Billy
William Mims .................. Hawkins
Maria Mantley ................. Girl #1
John Puglia ................... Boy #1
Susan Newmark ................. Girl #2
Billy McMickle ................ Boy

This 2 parter led to the spin-off comedy western series
 Dirty Sally (John Mantley/TCF/CBS)(early 1974)(comedy western series) Jeanette Nolan, Dack Rambo
( 12 episodes x 30 min 1974)

################# Gunsmoke ###################
############# end of season 16 ###############
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