• Air date: 05 Sep '59 39 episodes
      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.
  • List of Episodes (39)
    • 1. Target

      05 Sep '59
    • 2. Kitty's Injury

      19 Sep '59
      After Miss Kitty is injured from falling from a horse, Matt seeks help from some poor farmers.Matt determines early on that the Farmer (Raff Juson) , his wife and son are strange people that will probably not offer any assistance in helping Miss Kitty When the Farmer refuses to help Matt and Kitty, Matt forces Raff Judson's son (Lootie) to go into Dodge to get Doc Adams. When Lootie does not return from Dodge with Doc, Matt sends the Farmer (Raff Judsin) to search for them. Lootie eventually
    • 3. Horse Deal

      26 Sep '59
    • 4. Johnny Red

      03 Oct '59
    • 5. Kangaroo

      24 Oct '59
      When a crazy man and his two songs whip a cowboy with a bullwhip almost killing the cowboy, Matt rescues the cowboy from the severe whipping. When Matt asks Chester to untie the cowboy, the man makes threats to punish Chester for his sinful ways. As Chester is walking home from the Long Branch, the man and his two songs kidnap Chester. They bring Chester to their camp to stand trial in a Kangaroo court. Since they think Chester interfered with the with the whipping of the cowboy, they plan
    • 6. Tail to the Wind

      10 Oct '59
    • 7. Annie Oakley

      17 Oct '59
    • 8. Saludos

      31 Oct '59
      Matt and Chester find a young Indian woman (Sochi) on the prairie suffering from a gun shot wound. Matt and Chester take the young woman to Doc Adams for medical treatment, but the overall outlook for recovery does not look promising Once Matt hears that a white man shot the woman, Matt and Chester set after the man. While Matt and Chester are searching the prairie for the man who shot Sochi, they run into three white men. Matt and Chester plan to take the three men back to Dodge so Sochi ca
    • 9. Brother Whelp

      07 Nov '59
      A man wants to gunfight when he returns home, after years away, and finding his brother married to his girl.
    • 10. The Boots

      14 Nov '59
    • 11. Odd Man Out

      21 Nov '59
    • 12. Miguel's Daughter

      28 Nov '59
    • 13. Box o' Rocks

      05 Dec '59
    • 14. False Witness

      12 Dec '59
    • 15. Tag, You're It

      19 Dec '59
    • 16. Thick 'n' Thin

      26 Dec '59
    • 17. Groat's Grudge

      02 Jan '60
    • 18. Big Tom

      09 Jan '60
    • 19. Till Death Do Us

      16 Jan '60
    • 20. The Tragedian

      23 Jan '60
    • 21. Hinka Do

      30 Jan '60
      The new rootin tootin owner of ""The Lady Gay"" (Mamie)comes to Dodge and opens a saloon. When she opens the saloon, she lets the Dodge cowpokes know that she is very handy with a gun and will use that gun on any trouble makers in her saloon. At first Matt, Doc and Chester are quite amused at Mamie, but Matt begins to have some concerns about Mamie. Matt, Doc and Chester think that Mamie might be involved in some foul play concerning the previous owner of the Lady Gay Saloon (Herman Bleeker)
    • 22. Doc Judge

      06 Feb '60
      While Matt is away on business, Doc gets threatened by an ex convict (Brice Harp) who claims that Doc Adams sentenced him to a long term in Prison. Doc tries to explain to the man that he was never a judge and has always been a doctor, but the man does not believe Doc. Since Chester is worried about the ex convict trying to take out some kind of revenge on Doc, Chester cooks up a scheme that will save Doc from possible danger.
    • 23. Moo Moo Raid

      13 Feb '60
    • 24. Kitty's Killing

      20 Feb '60
      When an older gentlemen, Jacob Leech, comes into the Dodge jail house and tells Matt and Chester that he plans to kill a man named Ollie Radford, Matt puts Jacob Leech in the jail for the night to cool off. When the next day arrives, Jacob seems to have had a change of heart about killing Ollie Radford. He tells Matt that he has had a change of heart. Matt and Chester run into Ollie Radford the next day and Radford tells Matt and Chester that he was married to Jacob Leech's daughter. Late on
    • 25. Jailbait Janet

      27 Feb '60