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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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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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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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Episode 1
A mountain family in an attempt to avenge the death of one of their own capture Matt.
Directed by Victor FrenchWritten by Ray GoldrupGuest stars William Lucking, Douglas Dirkson, Morgan Woodward, Joseph Hindy, Henry Olek, Frederick Herrick, Elaine Fulkerson
Episode 2
A group of bandits attempt to rob a town while masquerading as soldiers.
Directed by Bernard McEveetyWritten by Ron BishopGuest stars Lance LeGault, Gretchen Corbett, John Crawford, Don Stroud, Ramon Bieri, Med Flory, Francesca Jarvis, Bernice Smith
Episode 3
Doc and fellow stage passenger, Lyla are captured by renegade comancheros.
Directed by Gunnar HellströmWritten by Paul SavageGuest stars Michael Cristofer, James Luisi, Jackie Coogan, John Henry Cox, Kurt Grayson, Rex Holman, Richard Anderson, Henry Beckman
Episode 4
Matt, Festus and Newly attempt to rescue Doc and Lyla from Shindrow's camp.
Directed by Gunnar HellströmWritten by Paul SavageGuest stars Michael Cristofer, James Luisi, John Henry Cox, Kurt Grayson, Richard Anderson, Henry Beckman, Gloria LeRoy, Shug Fisher
Episode 5
Matt houses a drunk Will & Friends in the jail they go looking for $300 that they think Bill took. Matt thinks it was a misunderstanding. Will doesn't want to tell Matt that they shot Curly Wills (They buried him before going to Dodge. Doak stops to see his girlfriend and says marriage will need to wait, as Will & Quincy leaves without Doak Quincy and the storekeepers are shot.
Directed by Bernard McEveetyWritten by Jim ByrnesGuest stars Van Williams, Hal Baylor, Nicholas Hammond, David Brian, Ford Rainey, Gene Evans, Victor Izay, Kim O’Brien
Episode 6
Jed Hockett(Harry Morgan), a farmer, orders his three boys to go to town and return with prospective brides.
Directed by Victor FrenchWritten by Earl W. WallaceGuest stars Karen Grassle, Michele Marsh, John Reilly, Herman Poppe, Dennis Redfield, Harry Morgan, Fran Ryan, Linda Sublette
Episode 7
Matt and former lawman now turned alcoholic, Chauncey Demon go up against land baron Carl Ryker.
Written by John MantleyGuest stars John Russell, Barbara Colby, Marc Alaimo, Cameron Mitchell, George Murdock, William Bryant
Episode 8
A series of seemingly random killings have the citizens of Dodge City in near panic, but Dillon believes they are part of a pattern in which Doc is slated to be the next target.
Directed by Bernard McEveetyGuest stars Victor Kilian, Ben Bates, Biff McGuire, Leonard Stone, Howard Culver, Ted Jordan, Bob Harks, Paul Sorensen
Episode 9
Matt's friend, Sheriff Harker runs his town ruthlessly, punishing anyone disobeying him.
Directed by Michael O'HerlihyGuest stars Nick Nolte, Jimmy McNichol, William Katt, Hank Worden, Ruth McDevitt, Ross Elliott, Jimmy Lydon, Sam Edwards
Episode 10
Matt is frustrated by Judge Kendall's insistence that the letter of the law be maintained, which could result in Emmett Kaysinger and his boys, all known outlaws, be set free unless there is solid evidence to hold them for a double murder and robbery they committed.
Guest stars Paul Koslo, Michael MacRae, Theodore Lehmann, Martin Kove, David Huddleston, Eduard Franz, Rance Howard, Bill Erwin
Episode 11
Festus, in the desert hunting escaped killer Gard Dixon is wounded by the outlaw. He is found by Ben Snow, a half-crazy hermit who has been living in the desert with his gold for many years.
Guest stars Regis Cordic, Strother Martin, Ted Jordan
Episode 12
While Matt and Newly hunt for Festus, Ben Snow and Festus attempt to haul his gold out of the desert.
Guest stars Regis Cordic, Strother Martin
Episode 13
Lee J. Cobb and his daughter Julie Cobb appear together for the first time when Cobb guest-stars as a once-proud military officer who is suddenly faced with a painful and unplanned reunion with his daughter.
Directed by Bernard McEveetyGuest stars Lee J. Cobb, Daniel J. Travanti, Roy Jenson, Julie Cobb, Randolph Roberts
Episode 14
Fleeing from both Matt Dillon and his double-crossed partners, outlaw Gristy Calhoun discovers that his survival in the badlands depends on an Indian woman.
Guest stars Arlene Martel, William Campbell, Tom Reese, X Brands, John Saxon, Morgan Paull
Episode 15
A farmer comes by and asks Sharp where is cow is, Matt tells the milk cow owner that he has no proof to arrest ""the hiders."" The farmer wants to go after them himself. Matt tells the men that will leave Dodge if anyone else complains. Dink escapes from Carp after being hurt, Festus finds Dink and treats his wounds. Dink tells Festus he likes waking up in the morning, Martha warns Dink to watch for Carp. Carp asks Dink to help kill Festus.
Directed by Victor FrenchWritten by Paul SavageGuest stars Ned Beatty, Mitch Vogel, Robert Donner, Ted Jordan, Lee de Broux
Episode 16
Newly finds himself in a strange alliance with a professional killer as he tries to return to Dodge City with his prisoner (Jaeckel) before they are both killed by a trio of bounty hunters.
Guest stars Robert Gentry, Jack Rader, Maggie Malooly, Anthony Caruso, Gilman Rankin, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Sorrells
Episode 17
Henry Decory is a schoolteacher who makes a strong statement for compulsory education for frontier children as a stubborn father feels that books and education are a waste of time and tries to keep his son Tommy out of school.
Directed by Victor FrenchGuest stars Lance Kerwin, Allen Garfield, Herb Vigran, John Vernon, Diane Shalet, John Pickard, George DiCenzo, Carl Pitti
Episode 18
Matt takes a young orphan Bessie Sutherland after her parents were killed on the prairie, to live with her Aunt Rachel. Rachel tells Matt that because of the devastating experiences that she has had, does not want to take in her niece, besides she wants to sell her land.
Directed by Bernard McEveetyGuest stars Dayton Lummis, Phil Chambers
Episode 19
Farmer Jed Hackett (Harry Morgan) decides it's time for his three sons marry the women they brought back from Dodge City.
Directed by Victor FrenchWritten by Earl W. WallaceGuest stars Jim Backus, David Soul, Amanda McBroom, Ray Girardin, Michele Marsh, Spencer Milligan, Herman Poppe, Dennis Redfield
Episode 20
Matt Dillon is sentenced to life imprisonment of hard labor for shooting a fugitive in the town of Bedrock.
Directed by Bernard McEveetyWritten by Earl W. WallaceGuest stars John Colicos, Hal Williams, Don Megowan, Kevin Coughlin, Gregory Sierra, William Smith, Gerald McRaney
Episode 21
Festus is caught in the middle when an Eastern preacher (David Wayne) wants to build a church for the Indians and the townspeople to share, but by all of whom that are filled with prejudice.
Directed by Vincent McEveetyWritten by Earl W. WallaceGuest stars David Wayne, Fran Ryan, Ted Jordan
Episode 22
Two bronco busters try to raise money for a ranch in Montana, only to have the dream ruined when one of them gets a death threatening head injury when thrown off by a wild stallion.
Directed by Bernard McEveety, Vincent McEveetyGuest stars Randy Boone, Gary Busey, John Beck, Gregg Palmer, Fran Ryan
Episode 23
Manolo (Robert Urich)is a Basque youth who is not recognized as a man in the eyes of his people because he refuses to fight his father Alejo (Nehemiah Persoff), a traditional Basque custom to prove one's manhood.
Written by Earl W. WallaceGuest stars Michael Gregory, Brion James, Robert Urich, Mark Shera, Alma Beltran, Jess Walton, Nehemiah Persoff, Fran Ryan
Episode 24
A comedy of errors puts Festus behind a plow, farming for a family of shiftless sharecroppers.
Directed by Leonard KatzmanWritten by Earl W. WallaceGuest stars Graham Jarvis, Susanne Benton, Bruce Boxleitner, Lisa Eilbacher, Victor French, Ted Jordan
Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
James ArnessMarshal Matt Dillon
Amanda BlakeKitty
Dennis WeaverChester
Ken CurtisFestus
Milburn StoneDoc
Woody ChamblissWoody Lathrop
Glenn StrangeSam Noonan
Dabbs GreerJonas
CBSUnited States
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