Good story that came across well on the screen

Stage 3, CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

James Arness

Dennis Weaver

Milburn Stone

Paul Savage

Norman MacDonnell

John Meston

Hard-luck Tobe, who&apos;s lost his farm, gets a job in town with Chester&apos;s help and takes up with a saloon gal, not knowing she&apos;s on the run from a beau who&apos;s a con man and a killer.

John English

Tobe

Another good one.

This show&apos;s got everything-- check the cast credits: young man, cowman, townsman and just plain &quot;man&quot;.

Seriously, &quot;TOBE&quot; is another solid, &quot;middle-period&quot; b&amp;w hour-long Gunsmoke that exemplifies what made the series so compelling.

Guest star Harry Townes, who was capable of over-doing things if not controlled by the director, is excellent here...a truly like-able Everyman who copes admirably with life&apos;s ups and downs as they are dealt to him.

&quot;Tobe&quot; was broadcast 3 weeks before another TV episode featuring a fine performance by Townes-- as the paranoid/reclusive scientist in The Outer Limits&apos; &quot;OBIT&quot;. Both display the actor at his absolute best.

There is real tragedy in &quot;Tobe&quot; which I didn&apos;t see coming, which makes it all the more notable. No predictable, neatly tied-together resolution as stated by another commentator on this site.

Additionally, Philip Abbott-- another busy actor from the period--- is cast in an atypical role here. He usually played doctors, scientists, administrative types, etc....and did so very well. Here he portrays an outwardly classy gambler who&apos;s really a brutal killer, providing this episode with yet another fascinating dimension.

There&apos;s almost a TINY BIT too much &quot;comic relief&quot; interplay between Chester and Doc in this show, but it all comes together in a wonderful and touching final exchange between the two guys who, underneath it all, love and respect one another. LR.

This show's got everything-- check the cast credits: young man, cowman, townsman and just plain "man".

Seriously, "TOBE" is another solid, "middle-period" b&w hour-long Gunsmoke that exemplifies what made the series so compelling.

Guest star Harry Townes, who was capable of over-doing things if not controlled by the director, is excellent here...a truly like-able Everyman who copes admirably with life's ups and downs as they are dealt to him.

"Tobe" was broadcast 3 weeks before another TV episode featuring a fine performance by Townes-- as the paranoid/reclusive scientist in The Outer Limits' "OBIT". Both display the actor at his absolute best.

There is real tragedy in "Tobe" which I didn't see coming, which makes it all the more notable. No predictable, neatly tied-together resolution as stated by another commentator on this site.

Additionally, Philip Abbott-- another busy actor from the period--- is cast in an atypical role here. He usually played doctors, scientists, administrative types, etc....and did so very well. Here he portrays an outwardly classy gambler who's really a brutal killer, providing this episode with yet another fascinating dimension.

There's almost a TINY BIT too much "comic relief" interplay between Chester and Doc in this show, but it all comes together in a wonderful and touching final exchange between the two guys who, underneath it all, love and respect one another. LR.

Hard-luck Tobe, who's lost his farm, gets a job in town with Chester's help and takes up with a saloon gal, not knowing she's on the run from a beau who's a con man and a killer.

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