Gunsmoke New Doctor in Town (Season 17, Episode 5)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 60 min | Western

Gunsmoke

New Doctor in Town (Season 17, Episode 5)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 60 min | Western

Kitty finds and reads a letter from Doc Adams, who has disappeared from Dodge. Doc writes that he was so distraught over the death of a young girl under his care, who was suffering from an illness he didn't know how to treat, that he has ...See moreKitty finds and reads a letter from Doc Adams, who has disappeared from Dodge. Doc writes that he was so distraught over the death of a young girl under his care, who was suffering from an illness he didn't know how to treat, that he has gone East to re-enter medical school and catch up on something other than surgery for bullet wounds. (This was actually a ploy to give Milburn Stone, who had suffered a heart attack in the off season, time to fully recover.) Soon a new doctor, Dr. John Chapman, arrives. Chapman is a highly cultured, very standoffish New Orleans dandy. The townspeople treat him with disdain and refuse to see him. Chapman pretends not to care, but his feelings are deeply hurt. It takes an explosion at Newly's gun shop -- and a bone fragment pressing on Newly's brain, causing him to have hallucinations and become a dangerous maniac -- to get people to turn to Chapman for help. Written by Peter Harris See less

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19 cast members

Name	Known for
James Arness Matt Dillon Matt Dillon See fewer	Gunsmoke (1955)
Milburn Stone Doc (credit only) Doc (credit only) See fewer	Gunsmoke (1955)
Amanda Blake Kitty Kitty See fewer	Gunsmoke (1955)
Ken Curtis Festus Festus See fewer	Gunsmoke (1955)
Buck Taylor Newly Newly See fewer	Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
Pat Hingle Dr. John Chapman Dr. John Chapman See fewer	The Quick and the Dead (1995)
Glenn Strange Sam Noonan Sam Noonan See fewer	Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Ted Jordan Nathan Burke Nathan Burke See fewer	Walking Tall (1973)
Woodrow Chambliss Lathrop Lathrop See fewer	Then Came Bronson (1969)
Lane Bradford Dump Hart Dump Hart See fewer	Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952)
Sarah Selby Ma Smalley Ma Smalley See fewer	Tower of London (1962)
Jon Lormer Cody Sims Cody Sims See fewer	Creepshow (1982)
Charles Wagenheim Ed Halligan Ed Halligan See fewer	Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Fred Dale Townsman (uncredited) Townsman (uncredited) See fewer	The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
Donna DeLacey Saloon Girl (uncredited) Saloon Girl (uncredited) See fewer	Gunsmoke (1955)
Jaye Durkus Townsman (uncredited) Townsman (uncredited) See fewer	Prophecy (1979)
Fred McDougall Townsman (uncredited) Townsman (uncredited) See fewer	The Villain (1979)
Rex Moore Townsman (uncredited) Townsman (uncredited) See fewer
Jimmy Noel Townsman (uncredited) Townsman (uncredited) See fewer	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)