Continuity mistake: When Matt and Chester get up in the morning, Chester is in a chair with a blanket covering him up to his chin. Camera shot changes to Matt's point of view and Chester has no blanket as he speaks. Camera shot changes back to the prior viewpoint and the blanket has reappeared. (00:21:40)
Gunsmoke (1955)
Episode list - season 17
Starring: James Arness, Ken Curtis, Amanda Blake, Milburn Stone
More mistakes in Gunsmoke
Kitty Russell: Matt, you can't account for everything that happens to people who touch you. You know, I learned a long time ago, there are some things in this life that you just accept the way they are.
U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon: That's pretty deep for a redhead.
Kitty Russell: I'm a pretty deep redhead.
Trivia: Although they played father and son in this episode, Jack Elam was only six years older than Harry Dean Stanton.