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Episode details
- Series: Gunsmoke
- Story: “A Game of Death…An Act of Love,” presented as Part 1 and Part 2
- Part 1: Season 19, Episode 8; listed as airing November 5, 1973. Episode listing
- Part 2: A secondary episode list gives November 12, 1973, but that date is less firmly verified. Secondary episode list
MeTV’s listing describes the Part 1 setup as a lawyer passing through Dodge City who is reluctant to defend two renegade Indians suspected of killing a powerful rancher’s wife. That short description is for Part 1, not a complete synopsis of both installments. MeTV listing
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Part 1 cast
The episode reference lists these regular cast members and guest performers for Part 1; it should not be read as a complete combined cast for the two-part story.
Regular cast
| Character | Performer |
|---|---|
| Marshal Matt Dillon | James Arness |
| Doc Adams | Milburn Stone |
| Kitty Russell | Amanda Blake |
| Festus Haggen | Ken Curtis |
| Newly O’Brien | Buck Taylor |
Guest cast
| Character | Performer |
|---|---|
| Bear Sanderson | Morgan Woodward |
| Cicero Wolfe | Paul Stevens |
| Lavinia Sanderson | Whitney Blake |
| Captain Sykis | John Pickard |
| Lieutenant Briggs | Geoffrey Horne |
| Renegade #1 | X Brands |
| Renegade #2 | Ivan Naranjo |
| Red | Peter Canon |
| Joe Bob | Clay Tanner |
| Cora Sanderson | Donna Mills |
| Sam | Glenn Strange |
| Burke | Ted Jordan |
| Howie | Howard Culver |
| Renegade Leader | Victor Leono |
| Brewer | Richard Lundin |
The episode reference supplies the Part 1 roles and performers. Donna Mills’s career guide independently identifies her 1973 two-part Gunsmoke appearance as Cora Sanderson. Part 1 cast listing · Donna Mills career guide
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#1 Best Overall
- Genre: Westerns
- Number of Discs: 143
- Number of Tracks: 0
- Playback Duration: 440.5 hrs
- Rating: NR
Part 2 cast information
Michael Learned is listed as May Lassiter in Part 2 by the Walton Museum. Its filmography also lists Learned as Mike Yardner in “Matt’s Love Story,” a separate Gunsmoke episode; that role is not part of this story. A reliable full Part 2 cast list is not established here, so the Part 1 names above should not be treated as the complete two-part cast. Walton Museum filmography
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