Miss Kitty is suspected of taking a shot at drunkard John Peavy for harassing her earlier, and shortly thereafter someone fires a shot at her.Miss Kitty is suspected of taking a shot at drunkard John Peavy for harassing her earlier, and shortly thereafter someone fires a shot at her.Miss Kitty is suspected of taking a shot at drunkard John Peavy for harassing her earlier, and shortly thereafter someone fires a shot at her.
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- John Meston(uncredited)
- Norman MacDonnell(uncredited)
- Charles Marquis Warren(uncredited)
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- TriviaAt the end, Mrs. Peavy decided she would go to St. Louis to her sister's because "she's the only one left." The actress who played Mrs. Peavy, Anne O'Neal, was herself born in St. Louis.
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Sabina Peavy: A woman can be jealous even if she hates a man, Dillon.
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A Woman Scorned
John Peavy and Mulligan Rives are two old, incorrigible sodbusters who have tired of trying to make a living farming on the prairie. They intend to spend whatever money and time they have left drinking. Kitty Russell throws the pair out of the Long Branch Saloon when Peavy tries to force himself on her.
In an extremely cruel act, Peavy goes to the house he shares with his wife, Sabina. He takes the money they have and tells the woman he is permanently leaving her. Peavy and Rives return to Dodge City.
Back in Dodge, someone takes a shot at Peavy. The shot creases the old codger's neck, and he goes to see Doc Adams. Doc sends Chester Goode to tell Matt Dillon about the shooting. When Matt talks to Peavy and Rives, they tell him Kitty took the shot.
The Marshal pays a visit to Miss Kitty (viewers are reminded again of how stunning Amanda Blake was in those days), who admits she is willing to shoot Peavy if he does not leave her along but denies she was the person that took the shot that injured the man. (The look on Blake's face when the Kitty character asks Matt if he believes the story Peavy and Rives have told is chilling.) Just as Matt leaves the room, someone shoots through the window in Kitty's room.
Matt immediately suspects Peavy, as he had said he planned to get revenge against Kitty for shooting him. The Marshal and Chester begin searching for the two old men and find them drunk by the Arkansas River. Peavy still insists he plans to beat up Kitty but denies taking a shot at her.
Florenz Ames plays the John Peavy character in his single Gunsmoke role. Peavy is the rare actor from the time of filming this episode who was born in the late 1800's not too long after the Gunsmoke episodes are set. He was a vaudeville veteran. His television career was quite short, as he died in 1958.
Frank DeKova (credited as Frank de Kova) portrays Mulligan Rives. DeKova played the American Indian character named Tobeel in a few other episodes of the series. Although they play contemporaries in this story, DeKova was over thirty years younger than Ames.
Anne O'Neal makes her only Gunsmoke appearance as Sabina Peavy. O'Neal was a Hollywood veteran near the end of her acting career when this episode was filmed. Most of her roles were small and uncredited parts, although she did appear in some high-profile films during her career. One of her more prominent roles was in the underrated classic film Gun Crazy, which was directed by Joseph H. Lewis. Lewis would direct two episodes of Gunsmoke in Season 10.
The characters John and Sabina Peavy and Mulligan Rives are vintage John Meston creations. The harsh brutality of life on the prairie and plains during the time are on full display
This story is bizarre, clever, and fascinating - even shocking at times - with some unexpected twists and turns. There are some similarities between this story and Season 1's "Tap Day for Kitty" episode, although this tale takes a darker direction and adds some brutally harsh aspects.
In an extremely cruel act, Peavy goes to the house he shares with his wife, Sabina. He takes the money they have and tells the woman he is permanently leaving her. Peavy and Rives return to Dodge City.
Back in Dodge, someone takes a shot at Peavy. The shot creases the old codger's neck, and he goes to see Doc Adams. Doc sends Chester Goode to tell Matt Dillon about the shooting. When Matt talks to Peavy and Rives, they tell him Kitty took the shot.
The Marshal pays a visit to Miss Kitty (viewers are reminded again of how stunning Amanda Blake was in those days), who admits she is willing to shoot Peavy if he does not leave her along but denies she was the person that took the shot that injured the man. (The look on Blake's face when the Kitty character asks Matt if he believes the story Peavy and Rives have told is chilling.) Just as Matt leaves the room, someone shoots through the window in Kitty's room.
Matt immediately suspects Peavy, as he had said he planned to get revenge against Kitty for shooting him. The Marshal and Chester begin searching for the two old men and find them drunk by the Arkansas River. Peavy still insists he plans to beat up Kitty but denies taking a shot at her.
Florenz Ames plays the John Peavy character in his single Gunsmoke role. Peavy is the rare actor from the time of filming this episode who was born in the late 1800's not too long after the Gunsmoke episodes are set. He was a vaudeville veteran. His television career was quite short, as he died in 1958.
Frank DeKova (credited as Frank de Kova) portrays Mulligan Rives. DeKova played the American Indian character named Tobeel in a few other episodes of the series. Although they play contemporaries in this story, DeKova was over thirty years younger than Ames.
Anne O'Neal makes her only Gunsmoke appearance as Sabina Peavy. O'Neal was a Hollywood veteran near the end of her acting career when this episode was filmed. Most of her roles were small and uncredited parts, although she did appear in some high-profile films during her career. One of her more prominent roles was in the underrated classic film Gun Crazy, which was directed by Joseph H. Lewis. Lewis would direct two episodes of Gunsmoke in Season 10.
The characters John and Sabina Peavy and Mulligan Rives are vintage John Meston creations. The harsh brutality of life on the prairie and plains during the time are on full display
This story is bizarre, clever, and fascinating - even shocking at times - with some unexpected twists and turns. There are some similarities between this story and Season 1's "Tap Day for Kitty" episode, although this tale takes a darker direction and adds some brutally harsh aspects.
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- Jan 4, 2022
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- Runtime30 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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