S20E17
The Fires of Ignorance
Gunsmoke · 1975-01-27 · 45 min
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what happens
Henry Decory is a schoolteacher who makes a strong statement for compulsory education for frontier children as a stubborn father feels that books and education are a waste of time and tries to keep his son Tommy out of school.
nobody has mapped this one
We draw an episode's shape from public discussion of it, and there isn't enough about this one to draw anything honest. Forty-five seconds with the dial and it has a curve.
rate S20E17 →who made it
- directed
- Victor French
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Lance Kerwin as Tommy Harker
Allen Garfield as Henry Decory
Herb Vigran as Judge Brooker
John Vernon as Oliver Harker
Diane Shalet as Ami Harker
John Pickard as Bud
George DiCenzo as Mr. Bruce
Carl Pitti as Townsman (uncredited)