Home / Series / Gunsmoke / Aired Order / Season 1 / Episode 31

How to Die for Nothing

Zach and Bulow, up with a cattle drive, are raising a ruckus. Matt wants Zach's gun. He won't give it up. Matt hits him. Bulow draws his gun. Matt kills him. Zach tells Matt Bulow's brother Howard will shoot you in the back. Matt sees a guy hiding in the shadows. It's not Howard, but Howard comes up and introduces himself. Matt locks Howard up. Will Jacklin, the trail boss, comes for Howard. Will says he has fourteen men down the street. Reisling, the hotel owner, tells Matt you have to set him free. Matt tells Chester to go get Howard. Matt tells Jacklin, his men and Howard to get outta Dodge. Howard reaffirms he is going to kill Matt. Ben Cherry, a friend of Chester's Pa, raised Chester. Reisling says he's going to ride out to the cattle drive camp and tell the men they're welcome in Dodge. Matt and Chester go to the Dodge House to see how he did. Howard shoots at Matt from upstairs. Matt kills Howard.

English
  • Originally Aired June 23, 1956
  • Runtime 45 minutes
  • Production Code 531
  • Network CBS
  • On Other Sites IMDB
  • Created March 12, 2017 by
    Administrator admin
  • Modified March 12, 2017 by
    Administrator admin
Name Type Role
Sam Peckinpah Writer
John Meston Writer
Mort Mills Guest Star
Lawrence Dobkin Guest Star
James Nolan Guest Star
Bill White Jr. Guest Star
Herbert Lytton Guest Star
Maurice Manson Guest Star
Ted Post Director