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Gunsmoke

  • TV-G
  • 1955–1975
  • 20 seasons
  • Western, Action & Adventure
  • 6.7

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.

Episodes

39 episodes
  1. 1Target

    26 minSep 5, 1959

    Ironic tragedy results when Danny Kader stubbornly disregards his father's predispositions (and Matt's pragmatic advice) in order to attempt an elopement with a young gypsy woman.

  2. 2Kitty's Injury

    26 minSep 19, 1959

    When Kitty is hurt in a fall from a horse, she and Matt must seek help from shiftless dirt farmers who are oddly uninterested in aiding them.

  3. 3Horse Deal

    26 minSep 26, 1959

    Horses with Bar S brand are being sold to unsuspecting buyers. Deesha moves in to claim the horses, leaving the buyer with nothing.

  4. 4Johnny Red

    26 minOct 3, 1959

    A man suddenly turns up in Dodge City claiming to be Billy Crale, the long-lost son of a well-to-do local widow. Matt knows that Billy Crale was reported dead during the Civil War, and he becomes highly concerned for Mrs. Crale's safety when he confirms that the man is actually a onetime outlaw known as Johnny Red.

  5. 5Tail to the Wind

    26 minOct 10, 1959

    A father and son bully a farmer and his wife who won't sell their land, but the farmer is oddly reluctant to let Matt arrest the two, even when they resort to gunfire.

  6. 6Annie Oakley

    26 minOct 17, 1959

    Is the homely, sharp-tongued, middle-aged wife of a homesteader really inspiring men to fight to the death for her affections?

  7. 7Kangaroo

    26 minOct 24, 1959

    Chester saves a man from a zealot's violent "justice" then faces a dose of the same himself.

  8. 8Saludos

    26 minOct 31, 1959

    Matt, escorting 3 men back to Dodge, claims a beautiful wounded Indian woman will be able to identify the one who shot her and killed her husband.

  9. 9Brother Whelp

    26 minNov 7, 1959

    A man wants to gunfight when he returns home, after years away, and finding his brother married to his girl.

  10. 10The Boots

    26 minNov 14, 1959

    Onetime gunman Zeno Smith faces an unenviable choice. If he does not help would-be gambler Hank Fergus rob Mr. Jonas's general store, Fergus will tell 12-year old orphan Tommy the full story of how Zeno's descent into deprivation and alcoholism dates to the day he backed down from facing Fergus in a gunfight.

  11. 11Odd Man Out

    26 minNov 21, 1959

    Matt is uncertain what to make of Cyrus Tucker's confused claim that his wife of 32 years "just ran off", especially when a homesteader claims that he saw the old man digging a large hole just behind his house.

  12. 12Miguel's Daughter

    26 minNov 28, 1959

    A father threatens to kill the two drifters who have been plaguing his daughter.

  13. 13Box o' Rocks

    26 minDec 5, 1959

    A man enlists the aid of a parson to fake his own death.

  14. 14False Witness

    26 minDec 12, 1959

    A man is convicted of murder on doubtful testimony.

  15. 15Tag, You're It

    26 minDec 19, 1959

    When hired gunman Killion comes to Dodge, many of the men get scared thinking he is after them.

  16. 16Thick 'n' Thin

    26 minDec 26, 1959

    A quarrel between two partners in homesteading escalates to the point of gunfire. Matt tries to make peace between them by locking them up together.

  17. 17Groat's Grudge

    26 minJan 2, 1960

    An ex-Confederate waits to settle the score with the Union man whose unit cost him a loved one and property in the late war.

  18. 18Big Tom

    26 minJan 9, 1960

    Despite a serious heart condition, onetime prizefighter Tom Burr is determined to go through with his plans to fight vicious Hob Creel. The only way Matt can stop the mismatch and save Burr's life is to fight Creel himself.

  19. 19Till Death Do Us

    26 minJan 16, 1960

    Someone takes a shot at a hard man who is brutal to his wife, and someone is overheard claiming he was offered money to kill the man.

  20. 20The Tragedian

    26 minJan 23, 1960

    Matt and his friends try to come to the aid of a has-been actor caught cheating at cards.

  21. 21Hinka Do

    26 minJan 30, 1960

    Matt has reason to believe that the new overweight, gun toting, straight shooting, female owner of the Lady Gay saloon may have killed the previous owner, or did she?

  22. 22Doc Judge

    26 minFeb 6, 1960

    While Matt is away on business, Doc gets threatened by an ex convict (Brice Harp) who claims that Doc Adams sentenced him to a long term in Prison.

  23. 23Moo Moo Raid

    26 minFeb 13, 1960

    Old man Onie has a great swimming cow that can lead herds across rivers, and when they both come up missing, one trail boss accuses another of killing them.

  24. 24Kitty's Killing

    26 minFeb 20, 1960

    Kitty gets caught in the middle when a crazy-eyed man goes hunting for his former son-in-law, whom he blames for the death of his daughter in childbirth.

  25. 25Jailbait Janet

    26 minFeb 27, 1960

    After a train sparks a fire that destroys a family's crops, the man, his son, and his daughter rob another train of fifty thousand dollars. A baggage clerk is killed and the crusty representative of the railroad pressures Matt to solve it.

  26. 26Unwanted Deputy

    26 minMar 5, 1960

    Determined to avenge his murderous brother's hanging, Vince Walsh begins a self-serving campaign of unofficially helping to keep the peace in Dodge City over Matt's objections. Walsh is certain that his actions and his taunts will eventually goad the Marshal into a gunfight.

  27. 27Where'd They Go

    26 minMar 12, 1960

    When Jonas accuses Clint Dodie of robbing his store, Matt and Chester set out in the bitter cold go to Clint's farm to make an arrest.

  28. 28Crowbait Bob

    26 minMar 26, 1960

    When the greedy relatives of a dying man (Crowbait Bob) learn that he might be dying, they come to Dodge to grab anything of value they can get from the dying man.

  29. 29Colleen So Green

    26 minApr 2, 1960

    A southern belle charms Chester and many others in Dodge, but Kitty isn't falling for her charms.

  30. 30The Ex-Urbanites

    26 minApr 9, 1960

    Far from Dodge, Chester finds himself in the uncomfortable position of trying to extract a bullet in order to save Doc's life after the two are ambushed by a pair of savage prairie wolfers.

  31. 31I Thee Wed

    26 minApr 16, 1960

    A man beats his wife and is sentenced to fifty days or fifty dollars by the judge. The beaten woman scrapes together the money for her husband's fine, only to be beaten again.

  32. 32The Lady Killer

    26 minApr 23, 1960

    A saloon girl shoots a man who came to her room, claiming he attacked her, but as the dead man was to testify against a man from the woman's past, Matt is suspicious.

  33. 33Gentleman's Disagreement

    26 minApr 30, 1960

    Ed makes no secret of his intention to kill Bert for marrying the girl Ed wanted. So when Ed is the one who turns up dead, folks assume that Bert did it.

  34. 34Speak Me Fair

    26 minMay 7, 1960

    There's a cattle drive near town, and the cowboys are nervous about a series of cattle rustling events that have taken place recently.

  35. 35Belle's Back

    26 minMay 14, 1960

    Belle Ainesly rides into town after 3 years absence. Seems she ran off with an unsavory character 3 years ago, and all of Dodge feels she's a "bad" woman. Belle says she is coming back to stay at the family ranch.

  36. 36The Bobsy Twins

    26 minMay 21, 1960

    Two brothers have decided that it is their mission to rid the West of Indians.

  37. 37Old Flame

    26 minMay 28, 1960

    Kitty doubts the veracity of Matt's old friend Dolly Winters, who arrives in Dodge seeking the Marshal's help and claiming to have been robbed, beaten, and jilted by a man named Rad Meadows.

  38. 38The Deserter

    26 minJun 4, 1960

    Matt is on the trail of a badly wounded corporal for robbing the army payroll and falls into a trap when the father of the corporal gets the drop on him and wounds Chester.

  39. 39Cherry Red

    26 minJun 11, 1960

    The widow of a stagecoach robber is courted by the man who, unbeknownst to the widow, is the one who shot her husband.

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Series cast

James ArnessMarshal Matt Dillon635 episodes
Amanda BlakeKitty635 episodes
Milburn StoneDoc635 episodes
Ken CurtisFestus368 episodes
Dennis WeaverChester341 episodes
Glenn StrangeSam (uncredited)192 episodes
Ted JordanCheater127 episodes
Rudy DoucetteConniston Rider (uncredited)53 episodes
Burt ReynoldsQuint50 episodes
Howard CulverHoward45 episodes
Dabbs GreerMr. Jonas36 episodes
Hank PattersonCowboy30 episodes
John GeorgeTrial Spectator (uncredited)28 episodes
Buck TaylorNewly27 episodes
Shug FisherBarkeep25 episodes
Woody ChamblissWoody Lathrop24 episodes
Charles SeelBarney Danches20 episodes
George FordTownsman (uncredited)20 episodes

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