• Air date: 03 Sep '60 38 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 (38)
    • 1. Friend's Pay-Off

      03 Sep '60
      Matt is summoned to help an old friend, Ab Butler, who has been shot in the back and left for dead. However, Matt faces a difficult situation when Ab's partner shows up and tells his side of the story.
    • 2. The Blacksmith

      17 Sep '60
      German immigrant and town blacksmith, Emil Wolhter and his German mail order bride, Gretchen Mueller, are to be married. Matt, Doc and Chester along with Emil meet Gretchen at the stage station. Emil and Gretchen throw a big wedding party for all their friends in Dodge;however, not everyone in Dodge is friendly to Emil and Gretchen. Town troublemaker Tolman has it in for Emil because Tolman thinks that Emil cheated him in a blacksmith deal. Tolman and his gang scheme up a plan to get Emil W
    • 3. Small Water

      24 Sep '60
      Matt arrests Finn Pickett after recognizing his face from a wanted poster. On the way back to Dodge, Pickett's vengeful sons try to free their father as Matt and Chester face a water shortage.
    • 4. Say Uncle

      01 Oct '60
      Martin Nagel is a hard working store owner that has plans to build up his business and eventually leave the business to his son, Lee Nagel. When Martin Nagel is killed in a freak accident, Lee Nagel thinks that his Uncle (Hutch) did the killing. Lee is highly suspicious of his Uncle Hutch and attempts to convince Marshall Dillon that his Uncle killed his Father to claim the family business.
    • 5. Shooting Stopover

      08 Oct '60
      While Matt and Chester are transporting a prisoner on a stage coach to Wichita, Matt learns that the stage is also carrying gold. Matt fears that outlaws might attack the stage for the gold. While at a stagecoach stopover, the outlaws attack the station. Matt, Chester, the stagecoach driver along with a traveling preacher and a young woman, attempt to fight off the outlaws the best they can.
    • 6. The Peace Officer

      15 Oct '60
      Matt is called in to deal with a corrupt sheriff in Tascosa.
    • 7. Don Matteo

      22 Oct '60
      Matt's old friend, Esteban Garcia, tracks a man into Dodge and plans to kill him for stealing his wife.
    • 8. The Worm

      29 Oct '60
      A buffalo hunter (Spadden) and his partner Ritchie come to Dodge City causing trouble. Spadden has the reputation for bullying other people and bullying his buffalo skinner, Ritchie. When Jim Cornet's friend is killed in a fight by Spadden, Spadden and Cornet have angry words. Later that evening, Matt and Chester discover Jim Cornet's body lying dead in an alley. They also discover Cornet lying drunk in the alley just a few feet away from Jim Cornet's body. Since Matt and Cornet had been ar
    • 9. The Badge

      12 Nov '60
      While Marshall Matt Dillon is pursuing two fugitives from justice, he is taken captive by the same men Matt is pursuing. One of the outlaws (Augie) shoots Matt and the outlaws take Matt captive. One thing that Matt notices right off is how abusive one of the outlaws is to the other. Rack abuses and humiliates Augie. After Matt sees how Rack abuses Augie, Matt tries to play on Augie's anger at Rack in the hopes that Augie might help Matt in this predicament. After Matt works on Augie's hatred
    • 10. Distant Drummer

      19 Nov '60
      A young army drummer named Raffie is terrorized by two bullying mule skinners.
    • 11. Ben Tolliver's Stud

      26 Nov '60
      Jake Creed accuses his young hired hand, Ben Tolliver, of horse theft.
    • 12. No Chip

      03 Dec '60
      The vicious Dolan brothers move in on a tough cattle rancher and his non-violent son.
    • 13. The Wake

      10 Dec '60
      Gus Mather comes into Dodge and throws a big wake for a man named Orson Boggs Doc and Chester are suspicious of this whole wake situation, but Chester and Doc attend the wake nonetheless and partake of the free drinks. When Matt comes back to Dodge from his business trip, Chester informs Matt on what has been going on . Matt also thinks something strange is going on as well. Matt and Chester are so suspicious of Gus Mather's story about Orson Boggs, they decide to do an investigation on all o
    • 14. The Cook

      17 Dec '60
      A young drifter takes a job as cook at Delmonico's but accidentally kills a crazy buffalo hunter who complains about his cooking.
    • 15. Old Fool

      24 Dec '60
      A scheming woman (Else Hedgepath), who is after the money and wealth of Hannibal Bass, makes a play for Hannibal, but runs into some serious, SERIOUS trouble though when she tangles with *MRS* Bass!
    • 16. Brother Love

      31 Dec '60
    • 17. Bad Sheriff

      07 Jan '61
    • 18. Unloaded Gun

      14 Jan '61
      When 2 outlaws shoot and kill a storekeeper and his young employee, Matt sets out on to the prairie to find the killers. When one of the killers (Red Lime) dies from a gunshot wound from Marshall Dillon's gun, the other outlaw (Joe Lime) vows revenge on Matt Dillon for killing his Brother When Matt returns back to Dodge without the men and with a fever, Doc gives Matt something to help him rest and fight the fever. While Matt is resting, Chester cleans Matt's gun. Chester removes all of t
    • 19. Tall Trapper

      21 Jan '61
    • 20. Love Thy Neighbor

      28 Jan '61
    • 21. Bad Seed

      04 Feb '61
    • 22. Kitty Shot

      11 Feb '61
    • 23. About Chester

      25 Feb '61
    • 24. Harriet

      04 Mar '61
    • 25. Potshot

      11 Mar '61