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Gunsmoke (1955)
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.
Seasons & episodes
E1After he is summoned unknowingly by Ben Pitcher to treat one of his cows, a human patient of Doc's dies. During a fight with Pitcher, Doc i…
E2After his friend Ben Williams is shot down by Lou Shippen, Matt travels to Elkader to bring him him. The only problem, he doesn't know what…
E3Matt refuses to turn the rustler Joe Trimble over to Major Banker for court-martial.
E4Matt closes up shops to a group of drunken cowboys, which causes trouble.
E5After gunman, Sam Kercher is killed by Matt, his 16-year-old brother arrives to fight Matt.
E6At Fort Dodge, home of the third cavalry, Mrs. Mary Cullen tells the colonel that the twelve year old white boy they recovered from the Che…
E7Matt is used by an old friend in a con game.
E8Doc comes upon a homesteader with a busted leg—and a gun to protect himself from his wife.
E9Matt leaves Dodge City unprotected when he sets out to find a killer (Mike Connors) (Bert Rumsey credited as 'Bartender', but referred to b…
E10An outlaw threatens to kill Doc if he does not help his wounded buddy.
E11Matt and Chester act as decoys to ambush outlaws (including Mickey Simpson) that are masking their crimes as those of renegade Indians (Fin…
E12Matt discovers that he was the intended victim of a murder he is investigating.
E13Matt helps a woman whose suitors are about to duel for her affections.
E14A landowner (Paul Fix) tries to terrorize homesteaders (Bartlett Robinson and Peg Hillias) off their land (Gordon Gebert, John Smith, and S…
E15An old buffalo hunter (Edgar Stehli) swears revenge on the skinner (Grant Withers) that left him to die (Richard Deacon appears as banker B…
E16Matt traps a cattleman (Tyler McVey) who shot two homesteaders (including Roy Engel) (Malcolm Atterbury and Vivi Janiss appear).
E17An Indian woman (Angie Dickinson) faces prejudice for her father's raid on Dodge City (Peter Whitney and Paul Wexler appear).
E18A bank robber (Robert H. Harris) murders his wife and frames Tobeel (Frank de Kova) for the crime (Paul Lambert appears).
E19A young gunfighter, Tom Clegg, forces farmer Abe Curry into a duel and kills him. Matt can't arrest Clegg since Abe drew first. However, Ab…
E20Townspeople protect an outlaw (Carl Betz) they believe has reformed (Tige Andrews, Joe De Santis, John Dierkes, Marianne Stewart, and Ward…
E21The shooting of several members of an outlaw gang, though in self defense, triggers an emotional crisis in Matt, haunted by memories of all…
E22An Eastern girl makes the long trip to Dodge, only to find that her fiancé has lost his money and won't marry her.
E23Rena Decker, a new dance hall girl, purposely gets her admirers into fighting over her. Despite Kitty's negative opinion of her, Matt befre…
E24Ex-gunslinger Joel Adams' past is about to catch up with him.
E25A Washington official is determined to tame Dodge City.
E26Kitty gets annoyed by a pair of old farmers who are each trying to have a fling with her.
E27Chester is drinking at the Long Branch and gets into an argument with a gambler over a girl. When the marshal breaks it up, he tells Cheste…
E28Dodge City meets a Photographer who shows the residents how a camera works. Jacoby wants to take pictures of how the Wild West looks. When…
E29A cowboy vows revenge for the shooting of his friend, who was mistaken for a criminal (Don Keefer and Catherine McLeod, real-life husband a…
E30Philip Locke is looking for Laura Simmons, a saloon girl, but she doesn't want him to know where she works. Laura tells Matt that she and P…
E31Matt fakes his death to lure a gunman (Vic Perrin) out in the open (Robert Karnes appears, Bert Rumsey credited as 'Sam').
E32A former gunfighter has turned away from violence, but his fiancee's brother is determined to goad him into a gunfight.
E33After Charlie Brewer is found dead, Jack Salter who was a friend of Charlie Brewer comes to Matt's office saying Vint killed Brewer. Matt t…
E34Joe Delk causes trouble at The Long Branch after shooting two men who were unarmed.
E35Matt goes after an outlaw (Earle Hodgins) who shot Chester (Paul Wexler appears).
E36Kitty's father, Wayne Russell, arrives in Dodge to meet his daughter after abandoning her and her mother as a baby. He insists that saloon…
E37A former Army Officer wants Matt Dillon's job. Matt then takes Mr. Egan on his rounds. Matt lets Egan try his brand of justice that almost…
E38A braggart tries to provoke a gunfight with a harmless drunk.
E39Jack Kelly plays a hot-tempered husband who thinks Matt is after his wife.
Cast
James ArnessMarshal Matt Dillon
Amanda BlakeKitty
Ken CurtisFestus
Milburn StoneDoc
Woody ChamblissWoody LathropYou may also like
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