• Air date: 14 Sep '57 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)
    • 26. Dooley Surrenders

      08 Mar '58
      Hide skinner Emmett Dooley thinks he killed a man while drunk and turns himself in.
    • 27. Joke's on Us

      15 Mar '58
      Jake Kaiser and some other ranchers hung Frank Tillman thinking he was a horse thief but they were wrong. Tillman's wife and son won't tell the Marshall who did it.
    • 28. Bottleman

      22 Mar '58
      Tom Cassidy (a drunk) tries to kill Dan Clell (a new gambler) in town.
    • 29. Laughing Gas

      29 Mar '58
      Ernie Stubblefield trying to put his past behind him changes his name to Earl Stafford and is traveling with a laughing gas show. Cloud Marsh tries the gas and gets laughed at by the town. Angry he and his brothers attack Stubblefield/Stafford.
    • 30. Texas Cowboys

      05 Apr '58
      A Texas cowhand is murdered and they won't tell the Marshall who did it so Matt decides to close all the saloons and shops till they do.
    • 31. Amy's Good Deed

      12 Apr '58
      Amy Slatter comes to Dodge to try and get Matt to kill her because in the Dakota territory Matt had to kill her brother.
    • 32. Hanging Man

      19 Apr '58
      Someone keeps hanging people in Dodge and making it look like suicide.
    • 33. Innocent broad

      26 Apr '58
      Linda Bell comes to Dodge to meet her fiance Lou Paxon. Lou makes Linda take a job at the Long Branch. Matt is suspicious of Lou and Joe Bassett.
    • 34. The Big Con

      03 May '58
      Mr Shaneway wants Mr Pap at the bank to loan him $20,000 for a poker bet. Doc gets kidnapped.
    • 35. Widow's Mite

      10 May '58
      Gambler Leach Fields marries Zach Morton's widow Ada thinking she knows where the money Zach stole is.
    • 36. Chester's Hanging

      17 May '58
      Matt arrests James Cando. Cando tells Lee Binders to break him out. In the attempt to get him out Cando tries to hang Chester.
    • 37. Carmen

      24 May '58
      A secret Army payroll is stolen and two soldiers killed. The Major threatens Matt with martial law if the thieves aren't caught. Matt suspects Jenny Lane, a new girl at the Long Branch of being involved.
    • 38. Overland Express

      31 May '58
      Matt and Chester track Nation for a killing in Dodge. Nation kills their horses then gives himself up. They wind up having to take a stage back to Dodge. Nation recognizes a man on the stage and helps Matt prevent a robbery.
    • 39. The Gentleman

      07 Jun '58
      Marcus France, a "Gentleman Gambler" comes to Dodge and falls in love with Bonnie Damon. Tiller Evans thinks Bonnie is his girl. Matt has to keep Tiller from killing France.