The Pretender

Gunsmoke: Season 11: Episode 10

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The Pretender

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CBS | Air Date: November 20, 1965
Starring: Tom Waters, Burt Reynolds, Ken Curtis, Dennis Weaver, Roger Ewing, Buck Taylor, James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Glenn Strange
Summary: Frank and Edmund Dano arrive home after six years in prison for rustling
cattle. Considering Frank the bad seed of the family, and the evil influence
that got the younger Edmund sent to prison, Mr. Dano gives him a not-to-warm reception. Frank wants to leave, but because his mother is ailing with a bad heart, he stays at her request. AsFrank and Edmund Dano arrive home after six years in prison for rustling
cattle. Considering Frank the bad seed of the family, and the evil influence
that got the younger Edmund sent to prison, Mr. Dano gives him a not-to-warm
reception. Frank wants to leave, but because his mother is ailing with a bad
heart, he stays at her request. As the situation deteriorates between Frank
and his father, Edmund offers to tell their parents that it was he who was
mixed up with the rustling and that Frank only got into trouble trying to
get him out of it. Frank says no to prevent further disappointment for their

parents and moves to a farm house on some nearby land that his father
purchased.
Edmund takes up with Elise Howell, a clerk in the freight office. After
$20,000 is stolen from the Garden City stage, recovered, and returned to the
freight office, Edmund talks Elsie into helping him steal it. Things don't
go as smoothly as planned and Elisie's employer, Mr. Daniels, gets killed.
Edmund stops to see Frank and asks him to set a false trail for the posse to
follow, but because their mother is on her death bed Frank won't let him run
and forces him to go see her so she can spend her last moments with both of
her sons. Meanwhile, Matt and his posse are hot on Edmund's trail!… Expand
Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure
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