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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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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
Disturbed over being forced to kill a prisoner who was trying to save his life, Matt Dillion turns in his badge.
Directed by Mark RydellGuest stars Michael Strong, Michael Cole, Glenn Strange, Claude Akins, Orville Sherman, Howard Culver
Episode 2
A gang of thieves commandeers the Dodge City blacksmith shop to divide a gigantic bar of gold.
Directed by Vincent McEveetyGuest stars Glenn Strange, Roy Jenson, Martin Landau, Denver Pyle, Ted Jordan, Brad Weston
Episode 3
Six years after her husband's hanging, Ma Stone plots her revenge against Matt Dillon by first kidnapping Kitty to use as a lure and then jailing Matt to be hanged on the morning of the second day with Kitty watching as her man died.
Directed by Vincent McEveetyGuest stars Glenn Strange, Bette Davis, Julie Sommars, Zalman King, Robert Sorrells, Tom Skerritt, Bruce Dern
Episode 4
Marshal Dillon is helped by an apparently friendly young runaway who later faces him as a deadly adversary.
Directed by Mark RydellGuest stars Arch Johnson, Warren Oates, Jim Davis, Robert F. Simon, Robert Random, Steve Ihnat, Rafael Campos
Episode 5
A respectable rancher and his son hang an innocent man and allow a bewhiskered bounty hunter to go on trial for the murder.
Directed by Robert TottenGuest stars Glenn Strange, Tom Simcox, Allen Case, Morgan Woodward, Shug Fisher, Ted Jordan
Episode 6
A gunfighter (McGavin) hired to murder Matt Dillion gets wounded while trying to save the life of an elderly Chinese man.
Directed by Mark RydellGuest stars Stefan Gierasch, Glenn Strange, Darren McGavin, Michael Conrad, France Nuyen
Episode 7
Hootie Kyle is a poor but honest farmer whose credit has run out. Matt Dillon and Festus lend him some money, then he gets swindled out of it in a poker game. Later Hootie gets circumstantially framed for the murder of the card shark who swindled him.
Directed by Robert TottenGuest stars Carroll O'Connor, Glenn Strange, Terry Frost, Kevin O'Neal, Clifton James, James Anderson, Gilman Rankin, Victor Izay
Episode 8
After eight years in a prison for robbery a farmer returns home and hopes to find the stolen fortune he had buried under a tree.
Directed by Vincent McEveetyGuest stars John Saxon, Stephen McEveety, Jacqueline Scott, Morgan Woodward, Lane Chandler, Rex Holman, Ed Asner, Roy Barcroft
Episode 9
All of Dodge City is suffering from a drought. A rainmaker (Guy Raymond) tries to put an end to it before the town's public well, their last source of water, runs dry.
Directed by Marc DanielsWritten by Francis M. CockrellGuest stars Karl Lukas, Ted Gehring, Elizabeth Rogers, Ted Jordan, Lovyss Bradley
Episode 10
Doc Adams takes up arms to defend a gold shipment from bandits, first during a stagecoach ambush and then at a weigh station. He is aided by a blind man and a wounded man in the battle against the bandits.
Directed by Irving J. MooreGuest stars Joseph Ruskin, Glenn Strange, Sid Haig, Jack Ging, Andy Albin, John Ireland, Anne Whitfield, Steve Raines
Episode 11
Lars Karlgren, a Scandinavian immigrant and his teenage son Petter, find the West even wilder than they had imagined when they settle in Dodge City. Petter gets framed for a murder of a man who was picking a fight with him.
Directed by Robert TottenGuest stars Glenn Strange, Jon Voight, Charles Dierkop, Karl Swenson, John Pickard, Ben Wright, Robert Sorrells
Episode 12
The identity of a criminal is confused with that of deputy marshal Thad, when a Quaker party rescues the pair from a do-or-die fight.
Directed by Bernard L. KowalskiGuest stars Glenn Strange, William Shatner, Warren Vanders, Liam Sullivan, Timothy Carey, Tom Reese, Ben Johnson, William Bryant
Episode 13
A young farmer's former partner-in-crime, girlfriend and slow-witted brother figure in the discovery of his forgotten past.
Written by Paul SavageGuest stars Mike Kellin, Glenn Strange, Warren J. Kemmerling, Gail Kobe, Tom Skerritt, Jeff Pomerantz, Ted Jordan
Episode 14
Bull Bannock (Alan Hale), retired heavyweight champion of the world, attempts to make a home for himself in Dodge City, and tries to buy Miss Kitty's Longbranch Saloon.
Directed by Marc DanielsGuest stars Gale Robbins, Glenn Strange, Jane Dulo, Don Keefer, Dan Tobin, Ted Jordan, Troy Melton, John McLiam
Episode 15
To Marshal Matt Dillon and his deputies falls their grimmest task in many years-- the hanging of a ruthless gunman.
Directed by Bernard L. KowalskiGuest stars Henry Darrow, Glenn Strange, Richard Bakalyan, Tom Stern, Morgan Woodward, Byron Foulger, Larry Ward, Anna Navarro
Episode 16
A vengeful prisoner poses a continual threat to the life of Marshal Matt Dillon.
Directed by Robert TottenGuest stars Leif Erickson, Glenn Strange, Dub Taylor, Victor French
Episode 17
Festus Haggen is mistaken for a hired gunman and offered $300 to fight, and run out of town, the 3 sons of a man his cousin is accused of killing.
Directed by Charles R. RondeauGuest stars Glenn Strange, George Murdock, Hoke Howell, Denver Pyle, Dub Taylor, Butch Patrick, George Lindsey, Iggie Wolfington
Episode 18
A young gunman (Zalman King) falls for one of Kitty's saloon girls (Lane Bradbury) while waiting to kill Marshal Matt Dillon and rob the bank.
Directed by Allen ReisnerGuest stars Glenn Strange, Marc Cavell, Ross Hagen, Zalman King, Howard Culver, Rudy Doucette, Ted Jordan, Lane Bradbury
Episode 19
A boy (Eddie Hodges) comes to Dodge City in search of his father only to learn that he is a wanted criminal.
Directed by Robert TottenGuest stars Glenn Strange, Eddie Hodges, John Anderson, Bing Russell
Episode 20
An embittered lawman (Fritz Weaver) seeks revenge against the men who destroyed his town and took away his wife.
Directed by Allen ReisnerGuest stars Delphi Lawrence, Fritz Weaver, Glenn Strange, Robert B. Williams, William Benedict, Valentin de Vargas, Ron Nyman
Episode 21
Matt Dillon tries to bring a man to justice in spite of an onslaught of an crazed vengeful lawman wishing to exact his own revenge.
Guest stars Walter Baldwin, Mario Alcalde, Diana Muldaur, Torin Thatcher, Joe Higgins, Paul Fix, Shug Fisher
Episode 22
After eight years as a down-on-his-luck farmer, husband & father, and reformed outlaw (Michael Ansara) tries to make ends meet by rejoinning his old gang to rob the Dodge City freight office.
Directed by Marc DanielsGuest stars Glenn Strange, Roy Roberts, Kenneth Mars, Johnny Whitaker, Richard Webb, Lois Nettleton, Michael Ansara, Billy Halop
Episode 23
Private detectives use Kitty and the daughter (Kim Darby) of an outlaw to trap the girl's fugitive father (Stephen McNally).
Directed by Marc DanielsGuest stars Kim Darby, Paul Picerni, Stephen McNally, Martin E. Brooks, Val Avery, John Pickard, Warren Vanders, Ted Jordan
Episode 24
Deputy District Attorney Shephard will do anything to further his career, including having outlaw John Farron killed, instead of being able to give himself up.
Directed by Irving J. MooreGuest stars Jack Bailey, Glenn Strange, Harry Basch, Vincent Gardenia, Michael Preece, Robert B. Williams, Steve Ihnat, Jan Shepard
Episode 25
Kitty's conscience is torn between her sense of obligation to a man (James Daly) who saved her life and her concern for the law and Marshal Matt Dillon.
Directed by Marc DanielsGuest stars Glenn Strange, James Daly, Fred J. Scollay, Diane Ladd, Lew Gallo, Rudy Doucette, Russell Custer, Roger Ewing
Episode 26
Outlaw Ed Carstairs trades identities with a man dying of a snakebite wound, then is suprised when the man is brought into Dodge and seems to be recovering.
Directed by Robert TottenWritten by Paul SavageGuest stars Glenn Strange, Sam Melville, Ken Mayer, Albert Salmi
Episode 27
A group of Nuns traveling out West nurse the wounds of outlaw Worth Sweeney, who was injured while defending them from his partners.
Directed by Irving J. MooreGuest stars Glenn Strange, Vic Tayback, John Carter, Henry Darrow, Josephine Hutchinson, Claude Akins, Aneta Corsaut
Episode 28
Part 1: Down on his luck drifter is offered a dangerous, but profitable job of mixing nitroglycerine for outlaws who are using it to rob banks. George also falls in love with a saloon girl and begins a business venture with his earnings.
Directed by Robert TottenGuest stars David Canary, Glenn Strange, Carl Pitti, Eddie Firestone, Tom Reese, Dub Taylor
Episode 29
Part 2: George wants to quit making the nitro, feeling that his luck is running out, but his outlaw partners won't let him.
Directed by Robert TottenGuest stars David Canary, Glenn Strange, Eddie Firestone, Tom Reese, Dub Taylor
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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