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It’s a nice Spring day in Dodge City as we find Matt and Chester patrolling the town. Without much going on, they find themselves at the Long Branch Salloon where Kitty introduces them to a photographer. The man from back East wants a few photos of the local characters to add to his portfolio. What will our regular gang in Dodge City feel about this?
Apparently somebody doesn’t like it, since theirs a body that shows up dead and scalped. The clues doen’t quite match up for the obvious answer that an indian did it, and Matt finds evidence to start piecing together this mystery. The photographer seems to be an opportunist, and out for sensational images. Is he behind the murder somehow?
When the snobby Eastern photographer begins pushing limits of what the rough Westerners are willing to take, he might find himself in trouble at an indian burial ground. I’ll bet somebody’s inline to learn a hard lesson if they don’t watch out.
Good example of Gunsmoke plot illustrating adult realism of lthe real West. This plot was probably redone for TV version
it was aired on tv April 6th 1957