Gunsmoke

Season 1

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This is a list of episodes from the first season of the television series version of Gunsmoke.

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39 Episodes

Matt Gets It
E1
Matt Gets ItMatt is critically wounded while attempting to arrest super-fast gunman Dan Grat. Grat runs rampant in Dodge while Matt recovers, but is unpleasantly surprised when the recovered marshal challenges him again.
Hot Spell
E2
Hot SpellMatt intercedes on behalf of ex-con Cope Borden, when Rance Bradley accuses Cope of horse theft and attempts to lynch him. Cope is proven innocent of the charge, but later kills Bradley's nephew in a fair fight during a gambling dispute. Matt is caught in an awkward situation when he must defend the unsavory Cope against the decent people of Dodge.
Word of Honor
E3
Word of HonorHank Worth, son of wealthy rancher Jake Worth, is kidnapped by three men and held for $20,000 ransom. They shoot him in the back for trying to escape. They call on Doc but Hank dies. The killers decide to let Doc go because he is the only doctor within 400 miles and they fear they might need his services someday. Before sparing his life and freeing him, they force the reluctant Doc to give his word of honor that he will never reveal their identities.
Home Surgery
E4
Home SurgeryWhen returning to Dodge, Chester and Matt are confronted by Holly Hawtree, whose father is desperately ill with gangrene. His only hope for survival is amputation of the affected leg. Matt performs the surgery, but the gangrene has spread too far and the old man dies. Matt later discovers that the presumed accident leading to Mr. Hawtree's condition was actually caused by Ben Walling, who has his sights on Holly.
Obie Tater
E5
Obie TaterTwo outlaws seek the rumored hidden fortune of old prospector Obie. They drag him to get him to tell. Obie forgets his cares and disappears on honeymoon with newcomer Ella May. Matt suspiciously questions the simple Obie about Ella May's motives and finds Obie is deeper than he seems.
Night Incident
E6
Night IncidentLittle Timmy Wyatt witnesses a series of bizarre murders. He has a habit of telling tall tales, so no one will believe him.
Smoking Out the Nolans
E7
Smoking Out the NolansClay Young is trying to evict Josh Nolan, who says he paid for the property. Matt and Chester are tied up in reluctantly enforcing eviction law unless they can find another way.
Kite's Reward
E8
Kite's RewardMatt warns skilled gunman Andy Travis, of his choice between quitting the gun or else being constantly hunted and forced to prove himself. Matt finds a way to foil the $1000 bounty on Andy's head.
The Hunter
E9
The HunterMarshal Dillon has to keep bullying buffalo hunter Jase Murdock from traveling south into Indian territory on a hunt for hides. Murdock's plan to trespass and wantonly massacre buffalo promises to spark an uprising.
The Queue
E10
The QueueTwo bullies cut off Chen's pig-tail, gravely dishonoring him in Chinese culture. Chen vows vengeance.
General Parsley Smith
E11
General Parsley SmithOld-timer Smith is a former Army officer considered a butcher. He arrives in Dodge City speading rumors about the new Banker, Drew Holt.
Magnus
E12
MagnusChester is embarrassed at a visit by his estranged mountain man brother Magnus. To prove that Magnus is too uncivilized for town, Chester tours him through the highlights of Dodge: card gambling, drinking, and talking with Kitty. Meanwhile, the Long Branch women plan a Christmas Eve dance which is busted by the spiteful Lucifer Jones.
Reed Survives
E13
Reed SurvivesLucy professes her love for handsome Booth Rider, and concocts a scheme against Ephram. Booth becomes the unwitting pawn in a homicide that culminates in an ironic twist of fate.
Professor Lute Bone
E14
Professor Lute BoneDoc is enraged by traveling medicine man Professor Lute Bone and his opium elixir, and digs up a gun to shoot him with. A lad also hunts him because his father died drinking his elixir, so Bone reconsiders the patent medicine business.
No Handcuffs
E15
No HandcuffsHank Springer who claims the sheriff of Mingo framed him for murder, escapes from Matt's jail, wrongly believing he has killed a deputy in the process, and now has the intention of killing the apparently corrupt sheriff.
Reward for Matt
E16
Reward for MattMatt kills a man and his widow posts a $1,000 bounty in vengeance. Everyone from sodbusters to gunslingers are out for that reward.
Robin Hood
E17
Robin HoodHoldup man John Henry Jordan repeatedly escapes conviction by robbing only the wealthy and sparing poorer persons who are potential witnesses against him. His luck runs out when Matt's efforts force him to victimize ordinary citizens.
Yorky
E18
YorkyYorky, a white boy who was brought up by Arapahoes, is victimized by horse thieves. Accused of their crime, he is shot by the vengeful Abe Brandt and his son. Matt is also targeted by the horse thieves.
20-20
E19
20-20A former lawman tries to keep his failing eyesight a secret from his enemies.
Reunion '78
E20
Reunion '78Jerry Shand finds himself facing a hangman's noose after killing jovial hardware drummer Andy Culley, but Matt learns that Culley was a former Quantrill raider and senses that reticent Long Branch hostess Belle Archer is the key to proving Jerry's claim of self-defense.
Helping Hand
E21
Helping HandA would-be tough guy picks on the wrong man in an attempt to make a name for himself when he tries to involve Marshal Matt Dillon by staging a street fight.
Tap Day for Kitty
E22
Tap Day for KittyAn old sodbuster comes to town and decides he wants to marry Kitty. When he won't leave her alone she declares she'll shoot him if he pesters her anymore.
Indian Scout
E23
Indian ScoutAmos Cartwright is an Indian scout for the army and is suspected of deliberately allowing his troop to be ambushed by the Comanches, and now the brother of one of the dead soldiers is planning to kill him.
The Pest Hole
E24
The Pest HoleDoc must find a way to thwart a typhoid epidemic in Dodge (Howard McNear appears).
The Big Broad
E25
The Big BroadMatt has to figure a way around a six-foot-tall, 200-pound woman with a six-gun.
Hack Prine
E26
Hack PrineFar from Dodge and without a horse Matt Dillon still manages to bring in Lee Timble...a man wanted for murder. Lee's brother Dolph swears that he'll get him out. Meanwhile, an old friend of Dillon's, Hack Prine, has arrived in Dodge to take a job. Happy to see each other they reminisce about old times both unaware that the job Hack is in Dodge for is killing Dillon.
Cooter
E27
CooterA dishonest gambler (Vinton Hayworth) uses a mentally challenged man (Strother Martin) in a plot against Matt (Robert Vaughn appears).
The Killer
E28
The KillerCharles Bronson guest stars as a cowardly gunslinger who only goes after old men or young kids who aren't very experienced with guns. But, when Matt Dillon gives him an ultimatum, he shows his true colors.
Doc's Revenge
E29
Doc's RevengeDoc bristles at a stranger who has just ridden in with two friends. With the proverbial blood in his eye, Doc fetches an old six-shooter and confronts the stranger. What's going on with the normally mild-mannered town doctor. Fortunately, Matt intervenes in time. We expect the object of Doc's anger, Clem (Chris Alcaide), to be a dis-likable roughneck. But he's not. Instead he's courteous and understanding even after Doc's sworn to kill him.
The Preacher
E30
The PreacherSeth, a newcomer to Dodge is bullied by Keeler, a boxer.
How to Die for Nothing
E31
How to Die for NothingTwo drunk trail herders, one of whom draws on Matt. Matt is forced to defend himself, and kills the man. The dead man's brother (Mort Mills), another crew member, swears vengeance and now Matt must deal with the threat.
Dutch George
E32
Dutch GeorgeMatt's Childhood hero, Dutch George is now the leader of a notorious gang of horse thieves he must now stop.
Prairie Happy
E33
Prairie HappyA bitter old man spreads rumors of an impending Indian raid on Dodge.
Chester's Mail Order Bride
E34
Chester's Mail Order BrideWhen Chester's mail-order bride arrives, neither she nor Chester are what the other are expecting (first credited appearance of Bert Rumsey as 'Sam').
The Guitar
E35
The GuitarWeed Pindle is a rather mild mannered wandering guitar player who is in Dodge. A couple of the rowdier cowboys have started having fun at his expense getting him drunk. When they find out he fought for the Union in the 3rd Illinois Cavalry their fun turns serious and they are set on hanging the peaceful player. Chester and some of the other citizens are just as determined to prevent it.
Cara
E36
CaraMatt encounters an ex-girl friend---who's now working on the wrong side of the law.
Mr. and Mrs. Amber
E37
Mr. and Mrs. AmberA self-styled religious prophet (Ainslie Pryor) is making life miserable for his daughter and new son-in-law..
Unmarked Grave
E38
Unmarked GraveA young outlaw uses an old woman as a pawn in his bid for freedom.
Alarm at Pleasant Valley
E39
Alarm at Pleasant ValleyWhile on the way back to Dodge, Matt and Chester discover a homsteading family fleeing Pleasant Valley, which is besieged by Indians.