WILLIAM SMITH in:
GUNSMOKE  "Hostage!"  12-11-72


WRITTEN BY PAUL F. EDWARDS
DIRECTED BY GUNNAR HELLSTROM
GUEST CAST
WILLIAM SMITH as JUDE BONNER
GEOFFREY LEWIS as LAFITTE
MARCO ST. JOHN as VIRGIL BONNER
JAMES CHANDLER as THE GOVERNOR
NINA ROMAN as AMY LEE
GLENN STRANGE as SAM
TED JORDAN as BURKE
WOODROW CHAMBLISS as LATHROP
HAL BAYLOR as TOKE
SANDRA KENT as MARTHA
STAFFORD REPP as SHERIFF TANNER

William Smith
William Smith as the Evil Jude Bonner
When Jude Bonner's younger brother Virgil is arrested by Marshal Dillon, tried and sentenced to hang, Jude brings his Dog Soldiers to Dodge and takes Miss Kitty to trade for his brother.  When the governor won't stay the execution, Jude brings Kitty back to Dodge beaten (and impliedly raped) by the dog soldiers.  In front of the town, he shoots her in the back.  While Miss Kitty lies hovering between life and death in Doc Adams' office, Matt hunts down Jude.  Before he leaves, Matt takes off his badge despite Doc's plea that he stay within the law.  In a one on one fight, Matt has a chance to crush Jude's head with a rock.  But his duty to the law comes first and he doesn't do it.

Great costume

William Smith with 
Geoffrey Lewis

Menacing Miss Kitty

Trying to justify his evil ways

Nothing justified this

Shooting Miss Kitty

Fighting Matt

Jude cheats

Matt doesn't
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