![]() The suspense builds up as the story progresses but the main emphasis is on Dirty Sally and Pike, the classic good bad guy. The injured man's ex-partners who he double crossed are out looking for him and they are a bloodthirsty bunch. Sally lives in a run-down shack ten miles outside of Dodg e and she takes the injured outlaw there and nurses him back to health. The story sees Dirty Sally finding a wounded outlaw whilst out scouring for old bottles, which she then sells to the owner of the general store in Dodge. And Gunsmoke would often excel with episodes based on its subsidiary characters.ĭirty Sally is a captivating creation - basically a female version of all those crotchety old timers the likes of Walter Brennan and Gabby Hayes often portrayed. But who cares - it's Dirty Sally we want to see. In fact so endearing a character is she that these episodes are fan favourites even if Matt Dillion's part is basically reduced to several cameos in his own show. The character of Dirty Sally, played wonderfully by veteran actress Jeanette Nolan dominates every scene she's in - indeed the character would get her own short lived spin-off series. I viewed it as an edited together TV movie that went by the title Gunsmoke: Dirty Sally. ![]() ![]() This was originally a two part story from the long running TV series, Gunsmok e and upon first broadcast it was entitled, Pike. ![]()
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