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Guns, Mote. Thought to you by L&M. The cigarettes you want in the pack you want. Familiar standard pack and new hush-proof box. Live modern, smoke modern, change to L&M. Around Dodge City and in the territory on west there's just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers and that's with a US Marshal and the smell of Guns, Mote. Guns, Mote, starring William Conrad. The story of the violence that moved west with young America and the story of a man who moved with it. I'm…

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Synopsis

In the Gunsmoke episode "Doubtful Zone," the quiet town of Dodge City is shaken by a series of robberies that seem to point towards a young girl named Willy Deaver. As U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon begins to investigate, he learns that Willy is not just any criminal; she is a sixteen-year-old girl fleeing from an abusive home. The episode opens with Dillon receiving reports of a burglary, leading him to suspect that the thief may be someone desperate and vulnerable.

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Ben Wright

Georgia Ellis

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Lawrence Dobkin

Parley Baer

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Sammie Hill

William Conrad

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Gunsmoke 57-02-17 (254) Doubtful Zone.mp3

Gunsmoke, Episode 254

Doubtful Zone

Sunday, February 17, 1957 · 19:58

Gunsmoke, Episode 254

Doubtful Zone

Sunday, February 17, 1957 · 19:58

Summary

A young girl, Willy Deaver, commits a series of robberies in Dodge City, but her desperate actions lead to tragic consequences when she is shot during a confrontation.

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