Gunsmoke
“Get out of Dodge!”
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.
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Seasons
This is a list of episodes from the first season of the television series version of Gunsmoke.
1.Matt Gets It
5.910-09-195526mDan Grat, a gunman hunted by Texas authorities, seeks refuge in Dodge City. Marshal Dillon goes into action against this outlaw who shoots before he talks.
2.Hot Spell
8.017-09-195526mMatt 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 the charge, but later kills Br...
3.Word of Honor
8.001-10-195526mHank 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. They call on Doc but Hank die...
4.Home Surgery
8.008-10-195526mWhen returning to Dodge, Chester and Matt are confronted by Holly Hawtree, whose father is desperately ill with gangrene. His only hope for survival is amputation of the affected l...
5.Obie Tater
8.015-10-195526mTwo 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 honeymoon with newcomer Ella May....
6.Night Incident
7.029-10-195526mLittle Timmy Wyatt witnesses a series of bizarre murders. He has a habit of telling tall tales, so no one will believe him.
7.Smoking Out the Nolans
8.005-11-195526mClay 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 they can find another way.
8.Kite's Reward
12-11-195526mMatt warns skilled gunman Andy Travis, of his choice between quitting the gun or else being constantly hunted and forced to prove himself. Matt finds a way to foil the $1000 bount...
9.The Hunter
8.026-11-195526mBuffalo hunter Jase Murdock is warned by storekeeper Ross to stay out of Indian territory. Matt talks with Murdock's skinner, Golden Calf, who determines that Murdock's medicine is...
10.The Queue
7.003-12-195526mTwo bullies cut off Chen's pig-tail, gravely dishonoring him in Chinese culture. Chen vows vengeance.
11.General Parsley Smith
7.010-12-195526mOld-timer Smith is a former Army officer considered a butcher. He arrives in Dodge City speading rumors about the new Banker, Drew Holt.
12.Magnus
9.524-12-195526mChester is embarrassed at a visit by his estranged mountain man brother Magnus. To prove that Magnus is too uncivilized for town, Chester tours him through the highlights of Dodge:...
13.Reed Survives
8.031-12-195526mLucy professes her love for handsome Booth Rider, and concocts a scheme against Ephram. Booth becomes the unwitting pawn in a homicide that culminates in an ironic twist of fate.
14.Professor Lute Bone
07-01-195626mDoc 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 his father died drinking his e...
15.No Handcuffs
21-01-195626mA dishonest deputy sheriff steals a prisoner from Matt's jail, so Matt and Chester hunt them.
16.Reward for Matt
28-01-195626mMatt kills a man and his widow posts a $1,000 bounty in vengeance. Everyone from sodbusters to gunslingers are out for that reward.
17.Robin Hood
04-02-195626mWitnesses refuse to testify against a notorious outlaw.
18.Yorky
18-02-195626mYorky, 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 his son. Matt is also targeted...
19.20-20
25-02-195626mA former lawman tries to keep his failing eyesight a secret from his enemies.
20.Reunion '78
03-03-195626mA well-liked hardware drummer is actually a man wanted for multiple murders.
21.Helping Hand
17-03-195626mA 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 fight.
22.Tap Day for Kitty
24-03-195626mAn 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 pesters her anymore.
23.Indian Scout
31-03-195626mWhen an old Indian scout (Eduard Franz) murders a man (DeForest Kelley), Matt pursues him into Comanche territory.
24.The Pest Hole
14-04-195626mDoc must find a way to thwart a typhoid epidemic in Dodge (Howard McNear appears).
25.The Big Broad
28-04-195626mMatt has to figure a way around a six-foot-tall, 200-pound woman with a six-gun.
26.Hack Prine
6.012-05-195626mHack Prine, a friend of Matt's rides into Dodge. However he is there as a gunman, for Matt Dillon.
27.Cooter
19-05-195626mA dishonest gambler (Vinton Hayworth) uses a mentally challenged man (Strother Martin) in a plot against Matt (Robert Vaughn appears).
28.The Killer
26-05-195626mCharles 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 Matt Dillon gives him an ultimatum,...
29.Doc's Revenge
09-06-195626mA stranger comes to Dodge, and Doc bewilders and dismays Chester and Matt by arming himself and vowing to kill the man.
30.The Preacher
16-06-195626mSeth, a newcomer to Dodge is bullied by Keeler, a boxer.
31.How to Die for Nothing
23-06-195626mThe brother of a man Matt was forced to kill vows to kill Matt by any means necessary (Mort Mills appears).
32.Dutch George
30-06-195626mMatt's Childhood hero, Dutch George is now the leader of a notorious gang of horse thieves he must now stop.
33.Prairie Happy
07-07-195626mA bitter old man spreads rumors of an impending Indian raid on Dodge.
34.Chester's Mail Order Bride
14-07-195626mWhen Chester's mail-order bride arrives, neither she nor Chester are what the other are expecting (first credited appearance of Bert Rumsey as 'Sam').
35.The Guitar
21-07-195626mAn ex-Union soldier is forced to use violence against a pair of diehard Rebels (Jacques Aubuchon appears). First episode without the "Boot Hill" intro.
36.Cara
28-07-195626mMatt encounters an ex-girl friend---who's now working on the wrong side of the law.
37.Mr. and Mrs. Amber
04-08-195626mA self-styled religious prophet (Ainslie Pryor) is making life miserable for his daughter and new son-in-law..
38.Unmarked Grave
18-08-195626mA young outlaw uses an old woman as a pawn in his bid for freedom.
39.Alarm at Pleasant Valley
25-08-195626mWhile on the way back to Dodge, Matt and Chester discover a homsteading family fleeing Pleasant Valley, which is besieged by Indians.
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