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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
Matt resigns as Marshall after Tom Samples accuses Matt of killing an innocent man;however, Doc and Matt's old friend Wild Bill Hickok come up with a plan that might clear Matt of this erroneous charge of murder.
Directed by Richard WhorfWritten by John MestonGuest stars Robert J. Wilke, Elisha Cook Jr., Bruce Gordon, John George, Dick Rich
Episode 2
Matt doubts the veracity of Long Branch hostess Holly Fanshaw's claim that she saw trail drover Fly Hoyt murder young Dave Thorp. His suspicions increase further when Hoyt voluntarily returns to Dodge in order to clear his name.
Directed by Richard WhorfWritten by John MestonGuest stars Martin Landau, Peter Breck, Ken Lynch
Episode 3
Matt believes white smugglers supplied the guns that a band of Pawnee used to attack local ranchers.
Directed by Richard WhorfWritten by John MestonGuest stars Dabbs Greer, Frank De Kova, Paul Langton, Sam Edwards
Episode 4
Two murders result when an unscrupulous Eastern businessman named Ivy hires a psychotic killer to help him establish undisputed control of Dodge City's freight shipment business.
Guest stars J. Pat O'Malley, Harry Townes, Robert Gist, Clegg Hoyt, John George
Episode 5
A rich landowner seizes the chance to get a little more acreage when he discovers that a homesteader has failed to file the paperwork to make his quarter section his own.
Directed by Richard WhorfWritten by John MestonGuest stars Clifton James, Al Ruscio, Mary Carver, Bartlett Robinson, Harold J. Stone
Episode 6
Matt and Chester, out of water while riding back to Dodge, come upon a man with two fine horses who is not very trusting. When they meet him later in Dodge, he is much different: friendly and spending money freely.
Guest stars Ron Randell, Walter Barnes
Episode 7
A stagecoach on which Matt and Chester are riding is robbed and another passenger is murdered. Matt utilizes a ruse to incriminate the thieves when a "cowboy" appears and offers to show him where one of the thieves may be buried.
Directed by Ted PostGuest stars Sandy Kenyon, Charles Aidman, John Anderson, John George
Episode 8
Matt refuses to arrest his friend Ben Tiple without more evidence, when the man he has been feuding with is found shot in the back.
Directed by Richard WhorfGuest stars Lew Gallo, Charles Bronson, Tom Greenway
Episode 9
When a stranger leading some immigrants planning on settling outside of Dodge wants Matt to give him a badge to avert trouble, Matt gets suspicious and rides out to their camp to see what is really up.
Directed by Ted PostGuest stars Nita Talbot, Dennis Patrick, Murray Hamilton, Ross Martin
Episode 10
After mild-mannered Hank Blenis is "lynched" by the two men who stole his horse, self-righteous Charlie Drain decides to take the law into his own hands and is led tragically astray by the culprits.
Directed by Richard WhorfGuest stars O.Z. Whitehead, George Macready, Chuck Hayward, Bing Russell, Charles Gray
Episode 11
Two gamblers find Matt incorruptible and attempt to intimidate him by hiring gunman Toque Morlan. The two are ironically unaware that Morlan was Matt's close friend until a long-ago attack by a mob left Morlan scarred and harboring a bitter grudge against lawmen.
Directed by Richard WhorfGuest stars Philip Abbott, Pat Conway, James Westerfield
Episode 12
White men pretending to be Indians attack greenhorn Harry Pope at night, and he kills one of them. Now the dead man's friends want revenge.
Directed by Richard WhorfGuest stars Chris Alcaide
Episode 13
When Doc arrives too late to save his patient, her husband, a good friend of Matt's, blames Doc for her death.
Directed by Jesse HibbsWritten by John MestonGuest stars Robert F. Simon
Episode 14
Financially desperate Jack Fitch robs a stagecoach and abducts passenger Laura Church, unaware that she is "engaged" to an unscrupulous businessman who threatened to ruin her father if he did not agree to the marriage.
Directed by Richard WhorfGuest stars Donald Randolph, Frank Maxwell, John George, Roy Damron
Episode 15
Claustrophobic plainsman Poney Thompson is arrested for murdering a man who maliciously shot his dog, but an ironic fate awaits him after he breaks free from Chester's custody.
Directed by Ted PostWritten by John MestonGuest stars Warren Oates, Charles Maxwell, Andy Clyde, John George
Episode 16
Matt's attempt to find a man who shot at him from ambush leads him and Chester into the middle of a murderous feud between two bitter and isolated mountain families.
Directed by Richard WhorfGuest stars Hope Summers, William Schallert
Episode 17
Over the objections of his sometime partner Rod Allison, treacherous Jim Box murders aging rancher Jesse Wheat, then attempts to steal cattle from Wheat's young widow.
Guest stars Wesley Lau, Jon Lormer, Joan Taylor, Charles Cooper
Episode 18
Matt goes along with a hoax when Chester's aging Uncle Wesley arrives for a visit. Wesley thinks Chester is the marshal and Dillion is his assistant.
Directed by Jesse HibbsWritten by John MestonGuest stars Dabbs Greer, Howard Culver
Episode 19
A man's house is burned and his livestock killed, but he refuses to identify the perpetrators to the marshal.
Directed by Ted PostGuest stars Carl Benton Reid, Alfred Ryder, Dabbs Greer, Read Morgan, John George
Episode 20
An old friend of Doc's, a nurse, is visiting and he hopes she will stay around Dodge. In the meantime Matt is worried that an ex-con is gunning for him even though he thought he was innocent five years ago.
Directed by Arthur HillerGuest stars Jacqueline Scott, Kevin Hagen
Episode 21
Trail boss Dolph Quince sends for his friend Matt to help escort his cattle herd into Dodge because he is having trouble with Jayhawkers (Kansas renegades), and he hopes to ease the animosity his men have towards all Kansans.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars Jack Elam, Lane Bradford, Chuck Hayward
Episode 22
An old friend of the family comes to Dodge looking for Kitty, but when he finds out she's a saloon owner, he's dismayed. Intent on defending her honor wherever she is insulted, he nearly gets himself killed. Kitty finally tells him that she has no honor, and he keeps making a fool out of himself thinking otherwise. It sends him away and saves his life at the same time.
Directed by Jesse HibbsWritten by John MestonGuest stars Richard Rust, Addison Powell, Barry McGuire, Tom Greenway, Ben Wright, Howard Culver, John George, Cactus Mack
Episode 23
Young Billy flees Dodge in fear after being suspected of shooting dead an older saloon girl whose sexual advances he had been resisting.
Directed by Ted PostGuest stars Allen Case, Linda Watkins, Roy Barcroft, Patricia Huston
Episode 24
Doc takes hard the death of a homesteader under his care; then a flashy new medicine man comes to town and takes away many of his patients.
Written by John MestonGuest stars Fiona Hale, Wendell Holmes, Jack Grinnage, Bartlett Robinson
Episode 25
Rivalry for the affections of a former saloon gal leads to a frame-up for murder.
Directed by Jesse HibbsGuest stars Norma Crane, Grant Williams, Guy Wilkerson, Russell Johnson, Denver Pyle
Episode 26
A coward gambler, who's too cheap to hire a gunman, wants Matt dead for a beating he got from him years ago, so he starts some talk around Dodge about the big reputation any person could gain, if they simply killed Matt.
Directed by Jesse HibbsGuest stars Sheldon Allman, House Peters Jr., William Phipps, Barry Atwater, Barney Phillips, Rudy Doucette, John George
Episode 27
When Onie Becker is shot down on the streets of Dodge after quarreling with Al Clovis in a poker game, everyone thinks Al Clovis committed the shooting. The plot thickens after Matt and Chester pursue Clovis on a train headed out of Dodge.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by John MestonGuest stars Bert Freed, Joe Flynn, Edward Faulkner, Steve Raines, Herschel Graham
Episode 28
Men start killing each other over saloon girl Dolly Varden, who seems to bring gamblers luck just by standing next to them when they're playing cards.
Directed by Arthur HillerGuest stars Whitney Blake, Dabbs Greer, Mark Miller, Walter Burke, Allan Lurie, Roy Engel, John George
Episode 29
After years of captivity, a white woman and her half-Indian daughter are set free by the Indians, but they are shunned in Dodge.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars Peggy Stewart, Robert Rockwell, Raymond Guth, Phil Harvey, Robert Karnes, Joseph Kearns, John George
Episode 30
A gunfight in the Long Branch forces Matt to arrest a drunk. Letting him go since it was a fair fight, he suspects him of selling guns to the Indians, and goes after him even though he may run into those Indians.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars Hank Patterson, Barney Phillips, Michael Pate
Episode 31
Matt and Dodge City's businessmen employ an unusual tactic to save ambush victim Lee Prentice from being taken to corrupt Baker City to face certain hanging on a trumped-up murder charge.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars Onslow Stevens, Ed Nelson, Mort Mills, Joseph Kearns
Episode 32
Matt becomes suspicious when Jerry Cass's plans to marry saloon hostess Bella Grant are complicated by Bella's sudden insistence that Jerry leave his recently-inherited ranch for six months.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars James Drury
Episode 33
Marshal Dillon has to stop a ruthless, cold-blooded, greedy, buffalo hunter who is in the habit of brutally killing his hired help to avoid paying them their wages.
Directed by Ted PostWritten by John MestonGuest stars Tom Holland, Garry Walberg, Harold J. Stone, Lou Krugman
Episode 34
Matt tries to help Andy Hill, a young gunman who is apparently trying very hard to go straight, by getting him a job riding shotgun on the stagecoach.
Directed by Ted PostGuest stars Darryl Hickman, Charles Maxwell, Dick Rich
Episode 35
Gunman Kin Creed arrives in Dodge determined to enhance his reputation by outdrawing Matt in a gunfight. He goes to great lengths to force Matt into a confrontation and is able to wound him, but it proves to be a pyrrhic victory.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars William Wellman Jr., Jack Lambert, Joseph Sargent
Episode 36
Print Asper is suspected of attempted murder when he forces a crooked lawyer, at gunpoint, to return the ranch he stole from him, and the lawyer still ends up getting shot later by someone.
Directed by Ted PostGuest stars Robert Ivers, Ted Knight, J. Pat O'Malley
Episode 37
Dodge City's businessmen learn a hard lesson when they reject Matt's advice and hire a meek constable to handle a gang of rowdy but free-spending trail cowboys.
Directed by Arthur HillerGuest stars John Mitchum, Victor Lundin, William Bryant, John Larch, Joseph Kearns, Strother Martin
Episode 38
Seriously injured Matt faces a moral dilemma when Blue Horse saves his life and prevents the escape of a prisoner. The Marshal knows that Blue Horse is being sought by the Cavalry as a fugitive from a reservation, and he is well aware that he is duty-bound to assist their search in any way possible.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars Monte Hale, Gene Nelson, Michael Pate
Episode 39
Matt seeks the help of wise Chief Long Robe to track down gunrunners who are supplying renegade Cheyenne braves with rifles used to murder prairie-dwelling families. Long Robe provides Matt with the needed information, but warns him that the death of even a single brave could lead to a violent uprising.
Guest stars Walter Brooke, Chuck Roberson, Tom Brown, Ralph Moody, Eddie Little Sky, Dennis Cross
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
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