Overview
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.
Created by: John Meston
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Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1: Matt Gets It
Sep 10, 1955
Dan Grat, a gunman hunted by Texas authorities, seeks refuge in Dodge City. Marshal Dillon goes into action against this outlaw who shoots before he t...
Episode 2: Hot Spell
Sep 17, 1955
Matt intercedes on behalf of ex-con Cope Borden, when Rance Bradley accuses Cope of horse theft and attempts to lynch him. Cope is proven innocent of ...
Episode 3: Word of Honor
Oct 01, 1955
Hank Worth, son of wealthy rancher Jake Worth, is kidnapped by three men and held for $20,000 ransom. They shoot him in the back for trying to escape....
Episode 4: Home Surgery
Oct 08, 1955
When returning to Dodge, Chester and Matt are confronted by Holly Hawtree, whose father is desperately ill with gangrene. His only hope for survival i...
Episode 5: Obie Tater
Oct 15, 1955
Two outlaws seek the rumored hidden fortune of old prospector Obie. They drag him to get him to tell. Obie forgets his cares and disappears on honey...
Episode 6: Night Incident
Oct 29, 1955
Little Timmy Wyatt witnesses a series of bizarre murders. He has a habit of telling tall tales, so no one will believe him.
Episode 7: Smoking Out the Nolans
Nov 05, 1955
Clay Young is trying to evict Josh Nolan, who says he paid for the property. Matt and Chester are tied up in reluctantly enforcing eviction law unless...
Episode 8: Kite's Reward
Nov 12, 1955
Matt warns skilled gunman Andy Travis, of his choice between quitting the gun or else being constantly hunted and forced to prove himself. Matt finds...
Episode 9: The Hunter
Nov 26, 1955
Buffalo hunter Jase Murdock is warned by storekeeper Ross to stay out of Indian territory. Matt talks with Murdock's skinner, Golden Calf, who de...
Episode 10: The Queue
Dec 03, 1955
Two bullies cut off Chen's pig-tail, gravely dishonoring him in Chinese culture. Chen vows vengeance.
Episode 11: General Parsley Smith
Dec 10, 1955
Old-timer Smith is a former Army officer considered a butcher. He arrives in Dodge City speading rumors about the new Banker, Drew Holt.
Episode 12: Magnus
Dec 24, 1955
Chester is embarrassed at a visit by his estranged mountain man brother Magnus. To prove that Magnus is too uncivilized for town, Chester tours him th...
Episode 13: Reed Survives
Dec 31, 1955
Lucy professes her love for handsome Booth Rider, and concocts a scheme against Ephram. Booth becomes the unwitting pawn in a homicide that culminate...
Episode 14: Professor Lute Bone
Jan 07, 1956
Doc is enraged by traveling medicine man Professor Lute Bone and his opium elixir, and digs up a gun to shoot him with. A lad also hunts him because ...
Episode 15: No Handcuffs
Jan 21, 1956
A dishonest deputy sheriff steals a prisoner from Matt's jail, so Matt and Chester hunt them.
Episode 16: Reward for Matt
Jan 28, 1956
Matt kills a man and his widow posts a $1,000 bounty in vengeance. Everyone from sodbusters to gunslingers are out for that reward.
Episode 17: Robin Hood
Feb 04, 1956
Witnesses refuse to testify against a notorious outlaw.
Episode 18: Yorky
Feb 18, 1956
Yorky, a white boy who was brought up by Arapahoes, is victimized by horse thieves. Accused of their crime, he is shot by the vengeful Abe Brandt and ...
Episode 19: 20-20
Feb 25, 1956
A former lawman tries to keep his failing eyesight a secret from his enemies.
Episode 20: Reunion '78
Mar 03, 1956
A well-liked hardware drummer is actually a man wanted for multiple murders.
Episode 21: Helping Hand
Mar 17, 1956
A would-be tough guy picks on the wrong man in an attempt to make a name for himself when he tries to involve Marshal Matt Dillon by staging a street ...
Episode 22: Tap Day for Kitty
Mar 24, 1956
An old sodbuster comes to town and decides he wants to marry Kitty. When he won't leave her alone she declares she'll shoot him if he pester...
Episode 23: Indian Scout
Mar 31, 1956
When an old Indian scout (Eduard Franz) murders a man (DeForest Kelley), Matt pursues him into Comanche territory.
Episode 24: The Pest Hole
Apr 14, 1956
Doc must find a way to thwart a typhoid epidemic in Dodge (Howard McNear appears).
Episode 25: The Big Broad
Apr 28, 1956
Matt has to figure a way around a six-foot-tall, 200-pound woman with a six-gun.
Episode 26: Hack Prine
May 12, 1956
Hack Prine, a friend of Matt's rides into Dodge. However he is there as a gunman, for Matt Dillon.
Episode 27: Cooter
May 19, 1956
A dishonest gambler (Vinton Hayworth) uses a mentally challenged man (Strother Martin) in a plot against Matt (Robert Vaughn appears).
Episode 28: The Killer
May 26, 1956
Charles Bronson guest stars as a cowardly gunslinger who only goes after old men or young kids who aren't very experienced with guns. But, when ...
Episode 29: Doc's Revenge
Jun 09, 1956
A stranger comes to Dodge, and Doc bewilders and dismays Chester and Matt by arming himself and vowing to kill the man.
Episode 30: The Preacher
Jun 16, 1956
Seth, a newcomer to Dodge is bullied by Keeler, a boxer.
Episode 31: How to Die for Nothing
Jun 23, 1956
The brother of a man Matt was forced to kill vows to kill Matt by any means necessary (Mort Mills appears).
Episode 32: Dutch George
Jun 30, 1956
Matt's Childhood hero, Dutch George is now the leader of a notorious gang of horse thieves he must now stop.
Episode 33: Prairie Happy
Jul 07, 1956
A bitter old man spreads rumors of an impending Indian raid on Dodge.
Episode 34: Chester's Mail Order Bride
Jul 14, 1956
When Chester's mail-order bride arrives, neither she nor Chester are what the other are expecting (first credited appearance of Bert Rumsey as &#...
Episode 35: The Guitar
Jul 21, 1956
An ex-Union soldier is forced to use violence against a pair of diehard Rebels (Jacques Aubuchon appears). First episode without the "Boot Hill&q...
Episode 36: Cara
Jul 28, 1956
Matt encounters an ex-girl friend---who's now working on the wrong side of the law.
Episode 37: Mr. and Mrs. Amber
Aug 04, 1956
A self-styled religious prophet (Ainslie Pryor) is making life miserable for his daughter and new son-in-law..
Episode 38: Unmarked Grave
Aug 18, 1956
A young outlaw uses an old woman as a pawn in his bid for freedom.
Episode 39: Alarm at Pleasant Valley
Aug 25, 1956
While on the way back to Dodge, Matt and Chester discover a homsteading family fleeing Pleasant Valley, which is besieged by Indians.
