Gunsmoke

Season 16 Episode 10: The Scavengers

20 SeasonsNov 16, 1970TV-G1h7.8

An injured man named Piney Biggs arrives in Dodge. He claims to be the sole survivor of an Indian attack. But when some shady bounty hunters bring scavenging renegades into town the situation gets complicated.

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Season 16 Episodes:

Episode 1 Chato

1. Chato

Aired: Sep 14, 1970

Chato is a mixed-race Native American with a serious grudge against lawmen. H...

Episode 2 The Noose

2. The Noose

Aired: Sep 21, 1970

Ex-con Fred Garth seeks to exactly re-create the hanging death of his father ...

Episode 3 Stark

3. Stark

Aired: Sep 28, 1970

Adam Bramley, an immature selfish young man, has escaped from prison. Lewis S...

Episode 4 Sam McTavish M.D.

4. Sam McTavish M.D.

Aired: Oct 5, 1970

The arrival of the first woman doctor in Dodge City, Dr. Sam McTavish, riles ...

Episode 5 Gentry's Law

5. Gentry's Law

Aired: Oct 12, 1970

The Gentry brothers catch old trapper Floyd killing another cow on the ranch ...

Episode 6 Snow Train: Part 1

6. Snow Train: Part 1

Aired: Oct 19, 1970

Matt, Doc, and Festus are aboard a train in snow covered mountains when it is...

Episode 7 Snow Train: Part 2

7. Snow Train: Part 2

Aired: Oct 25, 1970

Matt avoids capture by the three Indian braves and continues on to the telegr...

Episode 8 Luke

8. Luke

Aired: Nov 1, 1970

A man brings his badly wounded outlaw partner into Dodge and pays a saloon gi...

Episode 9 The Gun

9. The Gun

Aired: Nov 8, 1970

A teenager meets up with a notorious fleeing gunman whom he kills in self def...

Episode 10 The Scavengers

10. The Scavengers

Aired: Nov 15, 1970

An injured man named Piney Biggs arrives in Dodge. He claims to be the sole s...

Episode 11 The Witness

11. The Witness

Aired: Nov 22, 1970

When Ira Pickett is accused of murdering a man in a gunfight, his father Osgo...

Episode 12 McCabe

12. McCabe

Aired: Nov 29, 1970

Matt Dillon boards a train looking for a fugitive named McCabe wanted for rob...

Episode 13 The Noonday Devil

13. The Noonday Devil

Aired: Dec 6, 1970

Pursued by Marshal Matt Dillon, a Mexican bandit seeks sanctuary with his twi...

Episode 14 Sergeant Holly

14. Sergeant Holly

Aired: Dec 13, 1970

An Army sergeant is accused of desertion and the theft of an Army payroll.

Episode 15 Jenny

15. Jenny

Aired: Dec 27, 1970

A strict judge interferes when Newly allows an outlaw to make arrangements fo...

Episode 16 Captain Sligo

16. Captain Sligo

Aired: Jan 3, 1971

A Boston whaling captain settles near Dodge because he says it's the farthest...

Episode 17 Mirage

17. Mirage

Aired: Jan 10, 1971

Festus is severely dehydrated and seeing blurred images, when he kills a man ...

Episode 18 The Tycoon

18. The Tycoon

Aired: Jan 24, 1971

Festus tries to go into the freight business and it nearly results in matrimony.

Episode 19 Jaekel

19. Jaekel

Aired: Jan 31, 1971

When Carl Jaekel is granted a pardon after eight years in prison, he returns ...

Episode 20 Murdoch

20. Murdoch

Aired: Feb 7, 1971

A marshal with a warrant to legally execute ten outlaws upon capture, enlist ...

Episode 21 Cleavus

21. Cleavus

Aired: Feb 14, 1971

Festus' old fried Cleavus stumbles onto a bag of gold dust worth more than an...

Episode 22 Lavery

22. Lavery

Aired: Feb 21, 1971

Lavery has struggled to find legitimate footing in the world, but it seems hi...

Episode 23 Pike: Part 1

23. Pike: Part 1

Aired: Feb 28, 1971

Riding away from Dodge after a $2800 robbery, four bandits escape into the wi...

Episode 24 Pike: Part 2

24. Pike: Part 2

Aired: Mar 7, 1971

Dirty Sally becomes smitten with the outlaw Pike as he continues to heal up a...

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Current Status: Ended

Network: CBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Western

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