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Gunsmoke

Season 1 1955 - 1956
TV-G

  • 1955-09-10T04:00:00Z on CBS
  • 45m
  • 16h 54m (39 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Western, Action, Adventure, Drama
This is a list of episodes from the first season of the television series version of Gunsmoke.

39 episodes

Series Premiere

1955-09-10T04:00:00Z

1x01 Matt Gets It

Series Premiere

1x01 Matt Gets It

  • 1955-09-10T04:00:00Z26m

Dan Grat, a gunman hunted by Texas authorities, seeks refuge in Dodge City. Marshal Dillon goes into action against this outlaw who shoots before he talks.

1955-09-17T04:00:00Z

1x02 Hot Spell

1x02 Hot Spell

  • 1955-09-17T04:00:00Z26m

Matt 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.

1955-10-01T04:00:00Z

1x03 Word of Honor

1x03 Word of Honor

  • 1955-10-01T04:00:00Z26m

Hank 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.

1955-10-08T04:00:00Z

1x04 Home Surgery

1x04 Home Surgery

  • 1955-10-08T04:00:00Z26m

When 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.

1955-10-15T04:00:00Z

1x05 Obie Tater

1x05 Obie Tater

  • 1955-10-15T04:00:00Z26m

Two 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.

1955-10-29T04:00:00Z

1x06 Night Incident

1x06 Night Incident

  • 1955-10-29T04:00:00Z26m

Little Timmy Wyatt witnesses a series of bizarre murders. He has a habit of telling tall tales, so no one will believe him.

1955-11-05T05:00:00Z

1x07 Smoking Out the Nolans

1x07 Smoking Out the Nolans

  • 1955-11-05T05:00:00Z26m

Clay 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.

1955-11-12T05:00:00Z

1x08 Kite's Reward

1x08 Kite's Reward

  • 1955-11-12T05:00:00Z26m

Matt 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.

1955-11-26T05:00:00Z

1x09 The Hunter

1x09 The Hunter

  • 1955-11-26T05:00:00Z26m

Buffalo hunter Jase Murdock is warned by storekeeper Ross to stay out of Indian territory. Matt talks with Murdock's skinner, Golden Calf, who determines that Murdock's medicine is no longer good.

1955-12-03T05:00:00Z

1x10 The Queue

1x10 The Queue

  • 1955-12-03T05:00:00Z26m

Two bullies cut off Chen's pig-tail, gravely dishonoring him in Chinese culture. Chen vows vengeance.

1955-12-10T05:00:00Z

1x11 General Parsley Smith

1x11 General Parsley Smith

  • 1955-12-10T05:00:00Z26m

Old-timer Smith is a former Army officer considered a butcher. He arrives in Dodge City speading rumors about the new Banker, Drew Holt.

1955-12-24T05:00:00Z

1x12 Magnus

1x12 Magnus

  • 1955-12-24T05:00:00Z26m

Chester 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.

1955-12-31T05:00:00Z

1x13 Reed Survives

1x13 Reed Survives

  • 1955-12-31T05:00:00Z26m

Lucy 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.

1956-01-07T05:00:00Z

1x14 Professor Lute Bone

1x14 Professor Lute Bone

  • 1956-01-07T05:00:00Z26m

Doc 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.

1956-01-21T05:00:00Z

1x15 No Handcuffs

1x15 No Handcuffs

  • 1956-01-21T05:00:00Z26m

A dishonest deputy sheriff steals a prisoner from Matt's jail, so Matt and Chester hunt them.

1956-01-28T05:00:00Z

1x16 Reward for Matt

1x16 Reward for Matt

  • 1956-01-28T05:00:00Z26m

Matt kills a man and his widow posts a $1,000 bounty in vengeance. Everyone from sodbusters to gunslingers are out for that reward.

1956-02-04T05:00:00Z

1x17 Robin Hood

1x17 Robin Hood

  • 1956-02-04T05:00:00Z26m

Witnesses refuse to testify against a notorious outlaw.

1956-02-18T05:00:00Z

1x18 Yorky

1x18 Yorky

  • 1956-02-18T05:00:00Z26m

Yorky, 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.

1956-02-25T05:00:00Z

1x19 20-20

1x19 20-20

  • 1956-02-25T05:00:00Z26m

A former lawman tries to keep his failing eyesight a secret from his enemies.

1956-03-03T05:00:00Z

1x20 Reunion '78

1x20 Reunion '78

  • 1956-03-03T05:00:00Z26m

A well-liked hardware drummer is actually a man wanted for multiple murders.

1956-03-17T05:00:00Z

1x21 Helping Hand

1x21 Helping Hand

  • 1956-03-17T05:00:00Z26m

A 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.

1956-03-24T05:00:00Z

1x22 Tap Day for Kitty

1x22 Tap Day for Kitty

  • 1956-03-24T05:00:00Z26m

An 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.

1956-03-31T05:00:00Z

1x23 Indian Scout

1x23 Indian Scout

  • 1956-03-31T05:00:00Z26m

When an old Indian scout (Eduard Franz) murders a man (DeForest Kelley), Matt pursues him into Comanche territory.

1956-04-14T05:00:00Z

1x24 The Pest Hole

1x24 The Pest Hole

  • 1956-04-14T05:00:00Z26m

Doc must find a way to thwart a typhoid epidemic in Dodge (Howard McNear appears).

1956-04-28T05:00:00Z

1x25 The Big Broad

1x25 The Big Broad

  • 1956-04-28T05:00:00Z26m

Matt has to figure a way around a six-foot-tall, 200-pound woman with a six-gun.

1956-05-12T04:00:00Z

1x26 Hack Prine

1x26 Hack Prine

  • 1956-05-12T04:00:00Z26m

Hack Prine, a friend of Matt's rides into Dodge. However he is there as a gunman, for Matt Dillon.

1956-05-19T04:00:00Z

1x27 Cooter

1x27 Cooter

  • 1956-05-19T04:00:00Z26m

A dishonest gambler (Vinton Hayworth) uses a mentally challenged man (Strother Martin) in a plot against Matt (Robert Vaughn appears).

1956-05-26T04:00:00Z

1x28 The Killer

1x28 The Killer

  • 1956-05-26T04:00:00Z26m

Charles 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.

1956-06-09T04:00:00Z

1x29 Doc's Revenge

1x29 Doc's Revenge

  • 1956-06-09T04:00:00Z26m

A stranger comes to Dodge, and Doc bewilders and dismays Chester and Matt by arming himself and vowing to kill the man.

1956-06-16T04:00:00Z

1x30 The Preacher

1x30 The Preacher

  • 1956-06-16T04:00:00Z26m

Seth, a newcomer to Dodge is bullied by Keeler, a boxer.

1956-06-23T04:00:00Z

1x31 How to Die for Nothing

1x31 How to Die for Nothing

  • 1956-06-23T04:00:00Z26m

The brother of a man Matt was forced to kill vows to kill Matt by any means necessary (Mort Mills appears).

1956-06-30T04:00:00Z

1x32 Dutch George

1x32 Dutch George

  • 1956-06-30T04:00:00Z26m

Matt's Childhood hero, Dutch George is now the leader of a notorious gang of horse thieves he must now stop.

1956-07-07T04:00:00Z

1x33 Prairie Happy

1x33 Prairie Happy

  • 1956-07-07T04:00:00Z26m

A bitter old man spreads rumors of an impending Indian raid on Dodge.

When Chester's mail-order bride arrives, neither she nor Chester are what the other are expecting (first credited appearance of Bert Rumsey as 'Sam').

1956-07-21T04:00:00Z

1x35 The Guitar

1x35 The Guitar

  • 1956-07-21T04:00:00Z26m

An ex-Union soldier is forced to use violence against a pair of diehard Rebels (Jacques Aubuchon appears). First episode without the "Boot Hill" intro.

1956-07-28T04:00:00Z

1x36 Cara

1x36 Cara

  • 1956-07-28T04:00:00Z26m

Matt encounters an ex-girl friend---who's now working on the wrong side of the law.

1956-08-04T04:00:00Z

1x37 Mr. and Mrs. Amber

1x37 Mr. and Mrs. Amber

  • 1956-08-04T04:00:00Z26m

A self-styled religious prophet (Ainslie Pryor) is making life miserable for his daughter and new son-in-law..

1956-08-18T04:00:00Z

1x38 Unmarked Grave

1x38 Unmarked Grave

  • 1956-08-18T04:00:00Z26m

A young outlaw uses an old woman as a pawn in his bid for freedom.

Season Finale

1956-08-25T04:00:00Z

1x39 Alarm at Pleasant Valley

Season Finale

1x39 Alarm at Pleasant Valley

  • 1956-08-25T04:00:00Z26m

While on the way back to Dodge, Matt and Chester discover a homsteading family fleeing Pleasant Valley, which is besieged by Indians.

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