Dirty Sally

rdf:langString Dirty Sally

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rdf:langString United States

rdf:langString Jack Miller

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rdf:langString Leonard Katzman

rdf:langString John Mantley

rdf:langString Dirty Sally was a humorous western television series about a hard-drinking cantankerous old woman and a young former outlaw traveling to the California gold fields in a wagon pulled by a mule named Worthless. The series consisted of 14 half-hour episodes that aired on CBS Fridays, 8:00 to 8:30 p.m., from January 11, 1974, to July 19, 1974. Jeanette Nolan played Sally Fergus and Dack Rambo played Cyrus Pike in this Gunsmoke spin-off. Guest stars included John McIntire, Tim McIntire, Jackie Coogan, and Kathleen Cody. Nolan was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role in the series. During the 16th season of Gunsmoke a two-part episode entitled "Pike" was broadcast on March 1 and March 8, 1971. Dirty Sally, an old woman who collected bottles and other discarded items to sell, found outlaw Cyrus Pike, who had been shot. Sally nursed Pike back to health and tried to protect him from the men who wanted him dead. After "Pike" was aired, the Gunsmoke office received more mail about the episode then any other segment in the series' history. The character of Dirty Sally was brought back during the next season of Gunsmoke in an episode entitled "One for the Road" and a decision was made to spin the character off into a new series. Dirty Sally was produced by the CBS Television Network at the CBS Studio Center in Hollywood. John Mantley was the executive producer, Leonard Katzman the producer, and Jack Miller was creator and story consultant. All three were on the production team for Gunsmoke. During the show's short run, Pike was anxious to reach California, but their journey was often delayed by Sally becoming involved with the problems of people they met along the way.