Gunsmoke

Name: Gunsmoke
Genre: Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
Released: 1955-09-10
Rating: 6.7
Cast: James Arness, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis, Milburn Stone, Woody Chambliss

ENDED20 Seasons635 Episodes★ 6.7

Gunsmoke is a western and action-adventure series on CBS that ran from 1955 to 1975, ending after 20 seasons and 635 episodes.

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NetworkCBS

First AiredSep 10, 1955

Last AiredMar 31, 1975

GenreWestern, Action & Adventure, Drama

Runtime45 min

Created ByJohn Meston

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited States

ProductionFilmaster Productions, Arness Production Company, CBS

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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Cast

James Arness

Marshal Matt Dillon

Amanda Blake

Kitty

Ken Curtis

Festus

Milburn Stone

Doc

Woody Chambliss

Woody Lathrop

Seasons & Episodes20 seasons · 635 episodes

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E1Matt Dillon Must Die

Sep 9, 197445m

A mountain family in an attempt to avenge the death of one of their own capture Matt.

E2Town in Chains

Sep 16, 197445m

A group of bandits attempt to rob a town while masquerading as soldiers.

E3The Guns of Cibola Blanca (1)

Sep 23, 197445m

Doc and fellow stage passenger, Lyla are captured by renegade comancheros.

E4The Guns of Cibola Blanca (2)

Sep 30, 197445m

Matt, Festus and Newly attempt to rescue Doc and Lyla from Shindrow's camp.

E5Thirty a Month and Found

Oct 7, 197445m

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.

E6The Wiving

Oct 14, 197445m

Jed Hockett(Harry Morgan), a farmer, orders his three boys to go to town and return with prospective brides.

E7The Iron Men

Oct 21, 197445m

Matt and former lawman now turned alcoholic, Chauncey Demon go up against land baron Carl Ryker.

E8The Fourth Victim

Nov 4, 197445m

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.

E9The Tarnished Badge

Nov 11, 197445m

Matt's friend, Sheriff Harker runs his town ruthlessly, punishing anyone disobeying him.

E10In Performance of Duty

Nov 18, 197445m

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.

E11Island in the Desert (1)

Dec 2, 197445m

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.

E12Island in the Desert (2)

Dec 9, 197445m

While Matt and Newly hunt for Festus, Ben Snow and Festus attempt to haul his gold out of the desert.

E13The Colonel

Dec 16, 197445m

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.

E14The Squaw

Jan 6, 197545m

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.

E15The Hiders

Jan 13, 197545m

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.

E16Larkin

Jan 20, 197545m

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.

E17The Fires of Ignorance

Jan 27, 197545m

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.

E18The Angry Land

Feb 3, 197545m

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.

E19Brides and Grooms

Feb 10, 197545m

Farmer Jed Hackett (Harry Morgan) decides it's time for his three sons marry the women they brought back from Dodge City.

E20Hard Labor

Feb 24, 197545m

Matt Dillon is sentenced to life imprisonment of hard labor for shooting a fugitive in the town of Bedrock.

E21I Have Promises to Keep

Mar 3, 197545m

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.

E22The Busters

Mar 10, 197545m

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.

E23Manolo

Mar 17, 197545m

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.

E24The Sharecroppers

Mar 31, 197545m

A comedy of errors puts Festus behind a plow, farming for a family of shiftless sharecroppers.

About Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke is a western, action & adventure, drama series on CBS. The show first aired on Sep 10, 1955 and currently has 20 seasons and 635 episodes. Gunsmoke has ended. It has a rating of 6.7/10 based on 120 votes. The cast includes James Arness, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis, Milburn Stone, Woody Chambliss. Created by John Meston.