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Title:

New Doctor in Town

Episode Number:

544

Season:

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Original Airdate:

Monday October 11th, 1971

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Episode Crew
Director:	Philip Leacock (1)
Writer:	Jack Miller (1)

Episode Summary

After a patient dies, Doc leaves Dodge to go back east to Baltimore in order to take refresher courses in modern medicine. Dr. John Chapman arrives in Dodge to take his place and finds it's not easy to win the trust of the town's residents.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Charles Wagenheim (1)	played	Halligan	Recurring (19th appearance)
•Glenn Strange	played	Sam	Recurring (169th appearance)
•Jon Lormer	played	Cody Sims	Recurring (4th appearance)
•Lane Bradford	played	Dump Hart	Recurring (11th appearance)
•Pat Hingle	played	Dr. John Chapman	Recurring (first appearance)
•Sarah Selby	played	Ma Smalley	Recurring (9th appearance)
•Ted Jordan	played	Burke	Recurring (65th appearance)
•Woodrow Chambliss	played	Lathrop	Recurring (6th appearance)

Main Cast

•James Arness	played	Matt Dillon
•Milburn Stone	played	Dr. Galen "Doc" Adams
•Amanda Blake	played	Kitty Russell
•Ken Curtis	played	Festus Haggen
•Buck Taylor	played	Newly O' Brien

Episode Notes

Pat Hingle took Milburn Stone's place on the series for the first part of Season 17 while Stone was recovering from heart surgery.

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