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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
Outlaw Yancy Tyce and his outlaw gang try to free Tyce's younger brother now under arrest and being taken to Dodge by Matt.
Directed by Philip LeacockGuest stars Sabrina Scharf, Sheila Larken, Robert Lansing, Sam Edwards, Karl Swenson, Valentin de Vargas, Warren Vanders, William Tannen
Episode 2
Former Dodge Marshal Josh Stryker arrives in town just being released from prison for killing a outlaw in cold blood. He holds Matt responsible for the loss of his arm and the years he spent in prison.
Directed by Robert TottenWritten by Herman GrovesGuest stars Andy Devine, Glenn Strange, Joan Van Ark, Walter Sande, Mills Watson, Morgan Woodward, Royal Dano
Episode 3
Matt is summoned to Coreyville, a run-down cowtown, by a young woman whose brother is on trial for murder.
Directed by Bernard McEveetyWritten by Herman GrovesGuest stars Bruce Glover, Nina Foch, John Schuck, Ruth Roman, Bill Erwin, Kevin Coughlin
Episode 4
An old friend of Kitty's learns he is dying comes to Dodge to try to ""go out in style"".
Directed by Bernard McEveetyGuest stars Glenn Strange, Jack Albertson, Scott Brady, Frank Marth, Vito Scotti, Tom Brown
Episode 5
A white woman refuses to accept her half-breed son, who Festus brings to her home wounded and needing help.
Guest stars Robert Brubaker, Louise Latham, Hal Needham, X Brands
Episode 6
Abelia, the young widow who once saved Festus' life, returns. She learns that she isn't a widow when her outlaw husband appears and forces her to exchange his stolen gold for cash.
Directed by Vincent McEveetyGuest stars Earl Holliman, Roy Roberts, Margarita Cordova, Susan Olsen, Sid Haig, Val Avery, William Fawcett, Jacqueline Scott
Episode 7
Matt, his hardened prisoner Charlie Noon, an Indian woman and her white stepson are tracked by the Comanches as they try to cross the desert. The Indians are going to kill all of them unless Matt hands over the woman, because she left the Comanche leader years before.
Directed by Vincent McEveetyGuest stars Ron Howard, James Best, Miriam Colon
Episode 8
Festus gets mixed up with Merry Florene and her hillbilly clan again as they try to hide a moonshining still and a stolen prize bull in the cellar of the local school.
Guest stars Glenn Strange, Trent Lehman, J. Edward McKinley, James Westerfield, Anthony James, Shug Fisher, Rudy Doucette, Ted Jordan
Episode 9
Louie Pheeters is found at the scene of a murder, the dying man's last words implicate the town alcoholic, who is too drunk to remember what he had just seen.
Directed by Robert TottenGuest stars Glenn Strange, Katherine Justice, John Anderson, Jack Bailey, Richard Bakalyan, Lawrence Mann, Tom Simcox, Walter Sande
Episode 10
Festus acts as guide and driver for a Eastern missionary teacher on route to her first assignment. The only problem is trying to stay ahead of a murderous hillbilly family following them and planning a ambush.
Directed by Marvin J. ChomskyGuest stars Tom Nolan, Anthony James, Eddie Little Sky, Robert B. Williams, Barry Atwater, Eileen Heckart
Episode 11
In an attempt to help his blind daughter, farmer Ben Hurley steals horses for an outlaw gang. Deputy Newly O'Brien arrives at his farm investigating, followed by the outlaws.
Directed by Bernard McEveetyGuest stars Tom Drake, Pamela Dunlap, Anthony Caruso, John Crawford, Rex Holman
Episode 12
Ex-guman Jake MacGraw arrives in Dodge after spending 20 years in prison. The townspeople think he has come for revenge.
Directed by Philip LeacockGuest stars Glenn Strange, Diana Ewing, Sid Haig, Sam Edwards, Sam Melville, J.D. Cannon, Tom Brown, Rudy Doucette
Episode 13
Amos Sadler, a dirt farmer faces the loss of his home when a panic closes down the Dodge City bank. To save it he and his wife plan to break into it and steal some money.
Directed by Philip LeacockGuest stars Roy Roberts, Jodie Foster, John Anderson, Robert Karnes, Cliff Osmond, Louise Latham, Walter Burke, Warren Vanders
Episode 14
A scoundrel tries to con three nuns.
Guest stars Lynn Hamilton
Episode 15
Sergeant Holly, a alcoholic loving veteran is getting ready to retire. Just hours before it, a Apache prisoner in his custody escapes with Kitty as a hostage, forcing the Sergeant to go AWOL to get the prisoner back.
Directed by Bernard McEveety, Vincent McEveetyWritten by William KelleyGuest stars Richard Anderson, Glenn Strange, John Crawford, Sam Melville, Forrest Tucker, Richard Hale
Episode 16
An orphan steals from Matt but could risk his own life when he tries to help out in an ambush.
Directed by Philip LeacockGuest stars Loretta Swit, Glenn Strange, Robert Brubaker
Episode 17
The feund between Noah Haimes and Clete Bloden gets very bad as romance begins between Haime's son & Bloden's daughter.
Directed by Vincent McEveetyGuest stars Glenn Strange, Sean McClory, Peter Jason, Laurie Mock, Ron Hayes, William Fawcett, Richard X. Slattery, Margarita Cordova
Episode 18
Doc Adams's old friend is thought to be a thief.
Directed by Bernard McEveetyWritten by Calvin Clements Sr.Guest stars Glenn Strange, Benny Rubin, Howard Culver, Rudy Doucette, Ted Jordan
Episode 19
Kitty leaves Dodge City after seeing Matt hurt again.
Directed by Vincent McEveetyGuest stars Glenn Strange, William O'Connell, Henry Jones, Jack Lambert, Roy Jenson, John Milford, Beverly Garland, Rudy Doucette
Episode 20
After a Bank teller tries to foil a bank robber the bank teller takes some money which could cause trouble.
Directed by Vincent McEveetyGuest stars Glenn Strange, Roy Roberts, Dorothy Neumann, Milton Selzer, William Schallert, Robert Random, L.Q. Jones, Natalie Masters
Episode 21
Matt must rescue a teenage girl from indians and bring her back to her family.
Directed by Bernard McEveetyGuest stars John Beck, Glenn Strange, Jean Allison, Dub Taylor, Victor French, Ted Jordan
Episode 22
A friend of Newly's is about the victim of a con game.
Directed by Philip LeacockGuest stars Glenn Strange, Walker Edmiston, Roy Roberts, Cliff Osmond, Frank Marth, Charles Seel, Steve Raines, Troy Melton
Episode 23
With Matt out helping the Army deliver a gold shipment, Dodge is wide open for Morgan and his men to come in with a Gatlin gun and take over. Breaking into the Long Branch, Morgan is helping himself to whiskey when Kitty shoots him hitting him in the shoulder and the face. With Matt and the gold on the way and Morgan sitting with a big gun and a fever and a crazy streak from the permanent scar he's gonna have, Dodge can only wait to see what comes next.
Directed by Bernard McEveetyGuest stars Mills Watson, Steve Forrest, Read Morgan, Hal Needham, Charlotte Stewart, Charles Seel, Jonathan Goldsmith
Episode 24
Sam takes a special interest in Eric Tabray, who is running around in a gang committing crimes in Dodge.
Directed by Philip LeacockGuest stars William Callaway, Royal Dano, John Schuck, Rudy Doucette, Michael Burns, Ted Jordan
Episode 25
An ex-convict wants revenge against the partner that ran out on him.
Directed by Vincent McEveetyWritten by William KelleyGuest stars Earl Holliman, Robert Totten, Morgan Woodward
Episode 26
After an outlaw becomes a victim of his own gang he tries to Matt bring in the gang that made him a victim.
Directed by Bernard McEveetyGuest stars Paul Stewart, Joaquín Martínez, Gregg Palmer, Ken Mayer, Ted Jordan, Robert Swan, Jorge Moreno
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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