The BEST episodes written by Charles Marquis Warren
#1 - Incident of the Challenge
Rawhide - Season 3 - Episode 2
Favor gets knocked off his horse and knocked out. He wakes to Aztec Indian who has traveled 1500 miles to find a princess.
#2 - Matt Gets It
Gunsmoke - Season 1 - Episode 1
Dan Grat, a gunman hunted by Texas authorities, seeks refuge in Dodge City. Marshal Dillon goes into action against this outlaw who shoots before he talks.
#3 - The Big Deal
The Virginian - Season 1 - Episode 4
Columbian Enrique Cuellar (Ricardo Montalban) has inherited land which was leased and used by Judge Garth. The Judge wants to renew the lease or buy the land outright. He minimizes its importance to his operations even though it contains a pass needed to drive his cattle herd between its seasonal ranges. Enrique discovers this deception and demands a large amount of money for the land. The Judge decides to drive his cattle through the land before Enrique can get a legal restraining order and in turn Enrique begins erecting a barbed wire fence to block the passage. A violent confrontation seems inevitable but is prevented by an unpredictable event involving Betsy Garth.
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#4 - Night Visitor
Gunsmoke - Season 1 - Episode 6
A young boy is accused of lying when he claims to have witnessed a series of crimes.
#5 - Incident of the Arana Sacar
Rawhide - Season 2 - Episode 25
The owner of a remote trading post and his wife are coerced into backing a rustler's scheme to get the drovers drunk, swipe the herd and sell the beeves to hide skinners.
#6 - Smoking Out the Nolans
Gunsmoke - Season 1 - Episode 7
When a dispute arises over a piece of land, Matt and Chester are forced to evict the current occupants.
#7 - Word of Honor
Gunsmoke - Season 1 - Episode 3
Three kidnappers force Doc to make a promise that will be hard for him to keep.
#8 - Obie Tater
Gunsmoke - Season 1 - Episode 5
A saloon girl is suspected of being a gold-digger when she comes to town looking for a husband.