Gunsmoke Miss Kitty Shoots Bette Davis; Season 12, Episode 3

[@estellacoggins715]

Bette Davis played the deranged older woman so well in her older years. Such a great actress.

[@blackmoom]

The actors and actresses that show up in these Gunsmoke episodes over the years could fill a list a mile long! Just this one episode, in addition to the great Bette Davis, we see Tom Skeritt and Bruce Dern. Harrison Ford appeared in two episodes, Richard Dreyfuss, Eileen Heckhart, Richard Basehart, Morgan Woodward in tons of episodes, Cloris Leachman, Dack Rambo, the list goes on and on. Great show.

[@shekinahlodge4492]

When Ms Kitty shot Betty I was like You go Ms Kitty bravo 👏🥳❤️

[@plantbased5673]

Miss Kitty was quite the gunslinger. She killed Bette Davis and Jack Elam. 😂

[@marinecorpswarrior915]

Ms Kitty would blow anybody away that was trying to hurt Matt.

[@harperstacey9604]

Ms. Kitty was in love with Matt Dillon. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@AMEER-114-]

She LITERALLY says so in this clip: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYvIl2eDrt6dq8U

[@triciajohansen7124]

I wonder if Bette thought Kitty was Joan Crawford!!!!!!😎🤣

[@nassauguy48]

I would be SO willing to bet that if Joan found out about this episode, she would have begged to be given a part, and to be the one to shoot Bette! 😆

[@daidavies6210]

Kim Carns. She’s got Betty Davis eyes …. Great song

[@mariacrofford756]

Kitty showed how much she loved Matt and he was really surprised. Wow that's a way to put it.

[@garyv2196]

Wow, Miss Titty put a cap in Betty Davis.

[@janicebledsoe5886]

For a chance kitty jadA chance to come and rescue Dillon. What A. Match

[@christopherphillips8027]

The Jailer. One of the best Gunsmoke episodes ever. Bette Davis was superb in this episode. She was a wonderful actress.

[@sheiladavis6523]

Miss Kitty hair so RED 🔥 that it's hurting my 👁️-👁️ 😄 one of my favorite actress of the Golden Era a legend Bette Davis August 30,2021

[@Makman1994]

Matt had no excuse not to date Kitty. She was in danger due to him being Marshall no matter what. James Arness said himself that the reason they never hooked up Matt and Kitty, was because the creators felt that it would change up the status quo too much. It's very important to change up the status quo at times and Matt/Kittys romance being teased but never built on was really frustrating. If this show gets rebooted, the Matt/Kitty romance needs to be established, since it's too good to be wasted.

[@rufust.firefly4890]

Just like none of the Cartwrights ever got hitched. Changes the format of the show.

[@davidpar2]

They knew what they were doing. If they had gotten together, it would have spoiled the successful dynamic of the show

[@rufust.firefly4890]

@@davidpar2 Same reason the Cartwright boys never got hitched.

[@nassauguy48]

This ranks alongside the Big Valley scene in which Barbara Stanwyck shot Colleen Dewhurst.

[@marymckiernan2395]

Good to see Miss Kitty getting tough awesome🐎🤠😍

[@sabrawillhite147]

Kitty’ was always TOUGH!

[@janicebledsoe5886]

Bette and Amanda did a great job and you too Dillon.

[@Justin.Martyr]

*But the FaxxxxxxxT DiLLion Never asked KiTTy to Marry!!!*

[@triciajohansen7124]

Don't forget Bruce and Tom, amazing actors!!!!!

[@jerryumfress9030]

Betty Davis, the quintessential bad girl...she was the best!

[@urgdaddy]

Best bitch slap since Wyatt took over the Farro table.

[@maureen8930]

I love gun smoke it’s on MeTv everyday at 1 in Ohio ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@yvonnepeters1914]

It's on here too in St. Paul Minnesota on MeTv. But they started em over again from the very beginning with the old ones. I like the ones done in the 60's and 70's more.

[@rufust.firefly4890]

Davis playing a western Ma Barker with Looney Tunes Bruce Dern as a son.

[@edschaefer6597]

That's not the first time Kitty blew somebody's shit away. She did it in one of the half hour episodes. Wish I could remember which one it was.

[@HOHNancy]

She shot Jack Elam, that guy who attacked her in one of the episodes.

[@brucebeen5036]

This one was a classic one with bruce Dern

[@harperstacey9604]

Bruce dern had appeared on every TV western of the sixties. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@triciajohansen7124]

Amazing actor!!!❤

[@triciajohansen7124]

Bette and Amanda became good friends in real life. Great actresses and women. RIP Bette, Amanda, and Matt🙏😪❤

[@RobertoYanzanny]

During the filming of this episode The presence of actress Bette Daves caused alot of tension on set. Great actress, what a great achievement to those who worked with her. In the last scene when Marshals Dillon moved her body to confirm she was dead I could swear she moved her eyes lids.

[@peteralcuri4205]

Never knew Betty Davis was in gunsmoke well done

[@chrismayer3919]

Having grown up in Arizona, I can attest that this was pretty much frontier justice in the day. 🤠

[@jeffbrown3559]

Is that a young Tom Skerritt?

[@rufust.firefly4890]

yep.

[@alanhope1190]

A bad guy’s worst nightmare… An angry Matt Dillon with a six-shooter!

[@kevindouglas5333]

Its your man I want. That Marshal Dillion

[@triciajohansen7124]

And, then, Bill Smith wanted Marshall's woman.

[@lowe-quay-shush]

Miss Kitty has claws if you dilly dally with her Dillon Dolly.

[@snarlingrabiddog5150]

Bette had it coming.

[@rufust.firefly4890]

Bette with an e

[@snarlingrabiddog5150]

@@rufust.firefly4890 Yep! I shall make the correction :)

[@GalootWrangler]

Seconded by Herbert Marshall - The Letter, The Little Foxes.

[@davidpar2]

Guest roles on these westerns were highly coveted by A list actors and actresses

[@otisroseboro5613]

A great ending

[@erichwyatt6554]

Honey Bette was rough as a cob and loved playing those rough gritty gals . She kept Joan Crawford so man and Amanda cut to the chase and said none of that here on Gunsmoke but honey she is got the brass

[@GetMeThere1]

was that the director chuckling? (lol)

[@jrewing1512]

I loved Betty Davis.

[@rufust.firefly4890]

Enough to spell her name right?

[@chiconian49]

Miss Kitty to the rescue!

[@tumarah-hv6gf]

Ms Kitty killed alot of people, especially men on that show.

[@rufust.firefly4890]

Notice there was no blood?

[@terryclouse6390]

I remember that episode my mom was happy as a lark when miss kitty shot bette Davis my mom hated bette Davis I don't know why

[@josetirado3680]

Matt Dillon: Mrs. Stone, your husband was tried by a jury of his peers, he was found guilty and hanged for murder

[@SWSimpson]

Alright Miss Kitty

[@yvonnepeters1914]

I remember this one.

[@peteralcuri4205]

Very nice

[@DanneyTanner]

Was there something better about black and white? I think color can be a distraction and you cant completely take in all the action.

[@mistergrampy6452]

Yew shot Bette Davis?!

[@garymazzeo3490]

Bruce Dern played Bette Davis murdered lover two years earlier in 1964's Oscar nominated "Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte"

[@freebird7284]

couldn't have happened to a better broad, too much color though

[@nassauguy48]

This is why Bette Davis was a better actress than Katherine Hepburn. Bette could play just about any role, from a gun toting Western gal to an English queen to a crazy lady and so on. Katherine only played royal, noble or patrician characters, well, she was born into high society, so for her, those types of roles were not really much of a quantum leap. Not taking anything away from her, but Bette had much more versatility.

[@stevendunaway3932]

NAMED OUR BOAT AFTER HER. " MISS KITTY"

[@Badhands55]

Ding Dong the witch is dead

[@DanneyTanner]

Were did you find this episode??

[@fredmillsaps5268]

It was on MeTv

[@roberthuot7887]

Betty was a great actress, but her acting of being shot,,,not so much. Kitty was the bomb!💋

[@rufust.firefly4890]

Sometimes less is more.

[@roberthuot7887]

@@rufust.firefly4890 ?

[@cacritic28]

Amanda Blake was very beautiful, but the make up people put so much stuff on her that they hid her beauty and the red hair color was too bright and harsh. Bette Davis looked better than Amanda did!

[@davidpar2]

Amanda looked best in the early seasons. She looked fantastic in 1955

[@karenhill3970]

I used 2 think that 2 but....i think she was supposed 2b a floozy" no disrespect 2 Miss Kitty..💙💙🌵🌵My Family LOVED Gunsmoke!!!!!!!!!

[@rufust.firefly4890]

@@davidpar2 Yep.

[@rufust.firefly4890]

In the color episodes, her hair was ridiculous. Blake reminded me of an overthehill harlot.

[@magenta4085]

Good try my friend but a short nearly five minutes.