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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
A teen-aged boy who robbed and killed to impress a saloon gal is pursued by Matt. The boy waylays Matt and leaves him for dead, then goes home to his grandmother's house to find her nursing Matt back to health.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by Kathleen HiteGuest stars Betsy Jones-Moreland, Burt Reynolds, Tom Lowell, Harry Bartell, Mabel Albertson, Ted Jordan
Episode 2
A charming cowboy apparently is guilty only of breaking hearts until he gets to Dodge, where he finds two women who may make a killer of him.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by John MestonGuest stars Sheree North, Richard Coogan, Allan Hunt, Burt Reynolds, Alan Baxter
Episode 3
A young rascal meets the outlaw idol of his youth, but the aging gunman, newly released from prison, wants only to go straight.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by Kathleen HiteGuest stars William Talman, Scott Marlowe, Don Haggerty, Hope Summers
Episode 4
Hard-luck Tobe, who's lost his farm, gets a job in town with Chester's help and takes up with a saloon gal, not knowing she's on the run from a beau who's a con man and a killer.
Directed by John EnglishWritten by Paul SavageGuest stars L.Q. Jones, Bud Osborne, Harry Dean Stanton, Harry Townes, Philip Abbott, S. John Launer
Episode 5
A mild-looking cowboy discovers that it's easy to steal, and, soon thereafter, that it's easy to kill as well.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by John MestonGuest stars Chubby Johnson, Dave Willock, Sam Edwards, Andrew Prine, Peggy Rea, George D. Wallace, Shug Fisher, Orville Sherman
Episode 6
A despondent widower goes to work on a farm for two sisters, each of whom finds him fascinating in her own way.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by Kathleen HiteGuest stars James Broderick, Nancy Wickwire, Glenn Strange, Gage Clarke, Mike Lally, Fred Rapport
Episode 7
Quint is hired to escort a family on the first leg of their journey to Oregon. On the way, he learns the reason for their going, a motive that could have repercussions for Quint.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by Kathleen HiteGuest stars Everett Sloane, Burt Reynolds, Sharon Farrell, Don Haggerty, Russell Custer, Charles Seel
Episode 8
A man with a grudge hits upon the perfect revenge when he spreads the word in Dodge that short-tempered Billy is so good with a gun that he shot down the famous gunfighter, Beau Carter.
Directed by Jerry HopperWritten by John MestonGuest stars Anjanette Comer, Glenn Strange, Michael Fox, Barney Phillips, Dennis Cross, William Fawcett, William Phipps, Jeremy Slate
Episode 9
On his way to Larned, Matt, feverish, spends the night at an abandoned shack. When he wakes up after losing a day, a recently released convict who swore to kill Matt, is himself found against a wall, dead, unarmed, shot twice, and the murder weapon appears to belong to the marshal.
Directed by Thomas CarrWritten by John MestonGuest stars Jeanne Cooper, Roy Roberts, Howard Wendell, Harry Lauter, Raymond Guth, Russell Custer, John Kellogg, Richard Devon
Episode 10
When fast-talking killer Charlie Hacker escapes from Matt in Texas, Matt follows him right into Mexico without extradition papers and has to deal with corrupt officials there.
Directed by John EnglishGuest stars Gilbert Roland, Gene Evans, Anna Navarro, Walter Burke
Episode 11
Matt finally catches up to killer Charlie Hacker in Mexico, and has to make a deal with the greedy Mexican police to get Hacker back to the border, with revengeful Mexican bandits in pursuit.
Directed by John EnglishGuest stars Gilbert Roland, Pepe Hern, Gene Evans, Anna Navarro, Ted Jordan
Episode 12
A mild old peddler of patent medicines and card tricks arrives in Dodge with his grown daughter, hoping to settle down, but instead they find their worst luck yet, beginning with a card game with a rich man and his spoiled son.
Directed by Harry HarrisGuest stars Brooke Bundy, Lloyd Corrigan, Burt Reynolds, Barry Kelley, Sheldon Allman, Tom Simcox, Bill Zuckert
Episode 13
A repugnant drifter hopes to use his nubile daughter to get his hands on a piece of land.
Directed by Jerry HopperWritten by Paul SavageGuest stars James Hampton, Marianna Hill, George Lindsey, Burt Reynolds, Milton Selzer, Lynn Loring, Russell Thorson
Episode 14
A retired lawman and showman wants only to settle down with the Dodge seamstress he left behind twenty years ago, but a young whippersnapper hopes to make a name for himself by challenging the aging gun to a duel.
Directed by Jerry HopperGuest stars James Best, Marsha Hunt, Burt Reynolds, Kent Smith, Robert Sorrells, Glenn Strange, Russell Custer, Rory Mallinson
Episode 15
It's a test of wills when Quint witnesses a murder and the father of one of the prime suspects lowers Quint into a well to try to force him to promise his silence.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by John MestonGuest stars Glenn Strange, William Henry, Burt Reynolds, Ned Glass, Karen Sharpe, Tom Simcox
Episode 16
Festus returns to Dodge from wolfing and is hired by the Cattleman's Association to hunt down the wolves killing everyone's cattle. What he finds is that what's been doing the preying may wind him up in prison if he doesn't get Matt's help.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by John DunkelGuest stars Noah Beery Jr., Burt Reynolds, Don Dubbins, James Drake, Holly McIntire
Episode 17
A man carrying a tempting sum of money is attacked from behind by someone who beats him and leaves him for dead. Lucky for the injured man, an old friend of Matt is there to take him in to Doc Adams for mending.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by Kathleen HiteGuest stars Glenn Strange, Butch Patrick, Burt Reynolds, Tom Reese, Ben Wright, Jan Shepard
Episode 18
A man is stabbed after winning in a poker game, and Festus is suspected.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars Slim Pickens, Howard Wendell, Kenneth Tobey, Roy Barcroft, Elizabeth MacRae
Episode 19
The Ginnis family causes trouble for Doc Adams, because they hate waiting. Will Timble gets hurt at The Long Branch. Doc has to remove Will's hand, which causes Will to leave Dodge because he can't carve wood anymore.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by John MestonGuest stars Glenn Strange, Burt Reynolds, Kevin Hagen, Conlan Carter, Orville Sherman, Denver Pyle, Wright King, Strother Martin
Episode 20
Festus' cousin May Blossom arrives from Texas to marry Festus
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by Kathleen HiteGuest stars Lauri Peters, Richard X. Slattery, Burt Reynolds, Charles H. Gray, Jack Gordon
Episode 21
A family in search of a doctor find Matt and his prisoner unconscious and handcuffed to each other on the prairie. The prisoner wakens first and announces that Matt is the condemned man he is transporting for hanging.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars Glenn Strange, Burt Reynolds, Robert J. Wilke, Warren Oates, James Griffith, Rudy Doucette
Episode 22
Festus finds a little girl out on the prairie. He learns she saw her mother get killed by a stranger. When he takes her to Dodge, Matt hears she was hiding when this happened but can identify this man who may already be in town.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by John MestonGuest stars Glenn Strange, Lyle Bettger, Allyson Ames, Michael Higgins
Episode 23
After some horsing around, Festus breaks some of Quint's equipment. To repair or get anew, they travel to Wichita and meet a saloon girl who tells them she needs to get away from town but her jealous boyfriend is now hot on their trail.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by Kathleen HiteGuest stars Kathleen Nolan, Burt Reynolds, Harry Dean Stanton, Richard Reeves, Rex Holman, Ted Jordan
Episode 24
A saloon girl spurns a man's advances in Wichita and moves to Dodge, where she becomes a respectable married woman, only to be confronted with her past when she discovers that her rancher husband is the nephew of the man she refused.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by John MestonGuest stars Ben Wright, Burt Reynolds, Anthony Caruso, Ed Nelson, Robert F. Simon, Dick Cherney, Russell Custer, Jack Gordon
Episode 25
Festus, returning to Dodge after doing some trapping, sees his girl, April, and they argue over a gift she received. Running off, she hides but her perch gives her a bird's eye view of a murder, one no one believes she witnessed but the killers.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars Glenn Strange, Burt Reynolds, Vic Perrin, Royal Dano, Hal Baylor, Elizabeth MacRae
Episode 26
Caleb Marr comes to Dodge in search of a meaningful life after finally acknowledging his failure at farming.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by Paul SavageGuest stars Dabbs Greer, Glenn Strange, Burt Reynolds, John Dehner, Lane Bradford, Jack Gordon, Ted Jordan, Gary Epper
Episode 27
To earn money to recover the custody of his daughter, an aging man accepts the job of Dodge's first in-town hangman, work no one else wants.
Directed by Jerry HopperWritten by Paul SavageGuest stars Jay C. Flippen, Noreen Corcoran, James Seay, Burt Reynolds, Berkeley Harris
Episode 28
A dying man confesses to a murder of which he was acquitted, but Chester suspects the man was lying.
Directed by Harry HarrisGuest stars Jan Clayton, Charles McGraw, Burt Reynolds, Bill Erwin, Rudy Doucette, Dorothy Neumann
Episode 29
Competing with Kitty is a fancy new woman in town with plenty of money to build a new saloon and a secret from the past life she recently left behind.
Directed by John BrahmWritten by Kathleen HiteGuest stars Glenn Strange, Joseph Sirola, Shug Fisher, Burt Reynolds, Jacqueline Scott
Episode 30
Henry Huckaby, a local farmer and fed up with a sore back and an empty belly leaves to seek his fortune in Dodge. After several failed ideas he hits on one that may make him rich but could also cost him his life.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by John MestonGuest stars Don Collier, Wilhelm von Homburg, Shug Fisher, Burt Reynolds, Allen Case, Gregg Palmer, Vic Perrin, Peggy Stewart
Episode 31
Given three months to live by a quack peddler of patent medicines, a mousy bank clerk quits his job, withdraws all his money, makes ready to go to California, and falls for a girl who may endanger what time he has remaining.
Directed by Harry HarrisGuest stars Herbert Anderson, Percy Helton, Sharon Farrell, Henry Rowland, Vinton Hayworth, H.M. Wynant
Episode 32
Rob Scot considers himself a man who could stay or go when it came to women. He may have met his match though when a woman he desires, along with her husband, take over an abandoned homestead, and they come to where Rob works to look over some stock.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by Kathleen HiteGuest stars Patricia Owens, Julie Sommars, Jack Betts, Russ McCubbin, Harry Bartell
Episode 33
A traveling salesman meets up with Bull Foot, an Indian who mainly sells vegetables. When goods are traded for a squaw, he is upset when she runs away and into the arms of Festus, whose mule she steals, only to return home awaiting sale to the next customer.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars Christopher Connelly, Julie Parrish, George Kennedy, Anthony Caruso
Episode 34
Orval returns from seven years in prison for killing his wife's lover, vowing to reclaim his house and business. Edna tries to goad her new husband and Orval's son into a plot to kill Orval; then her head is turned by a traveling salesman.
Directed by Harry HarrisGuest stars Burt Reynolds, Tom Lowell, Émile Genest, Jack Elam, Phyllis Coates, Howard Culver, Harold J. Stone
Episode 35
Jess, Jay's twin, is shot and killed by an unknown assailant while working late at the family business. When a stranger to Dodge is suspected, Matt does his best to track him down and bring him to justice.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars Patric Knowles, Lee Kinsolving, Paul Fix
Episode 36
Two brothers traveling to California are joined by a third man who soon proves to be a wrong 'un, manhandling and killing a young woman they encounter on the prairie and turning on Quint when he shows up to share his rabbits with them.
Directed by Harry HarrisGuest stars Michael J. Pollard, Mark Goddard, Burt Reynolds
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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