Fair rating?Gunsmoke· Season 18 · Episode 17
Shadler
Just before he's to be hung, stage robber Shadler busts out of jail, by slugging his last rites priest and donning the robes as a disguise. While burglarizing an uninhabited farm, the escapee helps Deputy U.S. Marshal Newly elude hostile lawmen quarantining a nearby outpost struck by a mysterious plague. Newly believes his pursuers are actually a ring of vultures waiting to loot the dying settlement. When Newly heads back to the besieged town, the fake padre insists on riding with him to minister to the dying citizens. Why is the hardened Shadler risking his health and freedom to throw in with law enforcement?
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#5In Season 18of 24 rated episodes
#90All-timeof 570 rated episodes
+0.5vs season avgSeason 18 averages 7.0
1973First airedJanuary 15, 1973
Guest stars
Denver Pyleas Cyrus Himes
Pat Conwayas Varnum
Don "Red" Barryas DobsonAlex Sharpas Reno
Diana Hylandas Dallas Fair
Earl Hollimanas Boone Shadler
John Davis Chandleras Rogers
Milburn Stoneas Dr. Galen "Doc" Adams
Amanda Blakeas Kitty RussellShows like Gunsmoke
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