List of Gunsmoke television episodes

Gunsmoke is an American Western television series developed by Charles Marquis Warren and based on the radio program of the same name.[1] The series ran for 20 seasons, making it the longest-running Western in television history. The first episode aired in the United States on September 10, 1955, and the final episode aired on March 31, 1975.[2][3] All episodes were broadcast in the U.S. by CBS.[4] In the United Kingdom, Gunsmoke was originally broadcast under the title Gun Law.[5]

James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon, 1956

Clockwise from top: Ken Curtis (Festus), Arness (Matt), Amanda Blake (Kitty), and Milburn Stone (Doc) in 1968

Gunsmoke was originally a half-hour program filmed in black-and-white. The series expanded to an hour in length with season seven and began filming in color in season 12. During its run, 635 episodes were broadcast, of which 233 were 30 minutes and 402 were 60 minutes in length. Of the hour-long episodes, 176 were in black-and-white and 226 were in color.[6] During season two, Gunsmoke became one of the 10 most popular programs on American television and moved to number one in the third season. It remained at number one until 1961 and stayed in the top 20 until 1964. The series returned to prominence in 1967 following a shift in its programming time from Saturday to Monday night. From there, Gunsmoke remained in the top 20 for the next seven years, dropping out only in its final season.[4] In May 1975, CBS cancelled the series. Alan Wagner, the network's vice president at the time, said, "It's better to get rid of a program one year too soon than one year too late."[7] Between 1987 and 1994, five television movies based on the series were aired by CBS.[8]

Gunsmoke is set in and around Dodge City, Kansas, in the post-Civil War era and centers on United States Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness) as he enforces law and order in the city. In its original format, the series also focuses on Dillon's friendship with three other citizens of Dodge City: Doctor Galen "Doc" Adams (Milburn Stone), the town's physician; Kitty Russell (Amanda Blake), saloon girl and later owner of the Long Branch Saloon; and Chester Goode (Dennis Weaver), Dillon's assistant.[9] In season eight (1962–63), a fifth regular character was added to the cast: blacksmith Quint Asper (Burt Reynolds), who remained until the end of season 10 (1964–65).[10] Dennis Weaver left the series during season nine (1963–64) and was replaced by Ken Curtis as Festus Haggen, who became deputy to Marshall Dillon.[11] Both Chester and Festus appear together in the season-nine episode "The Prairie Wolfer", and Festus had initially appeared the previous season, playing the same character as a quasi-outlaw helping Dillon track a killer in "Us Haggens". In season 11 (1965–66), another deputy, Clayton Thaddeus Greenwood (Roger Ewing), was added to the cast.[12] Ewing's character was replaced in season 13 (1967–68) by Newly O'Brien (Buck Taylor).[13] Amanda Blake left the series at the end of season 19 (1973–74) and was replaced in the final season by a new character, Miss Hannah, portrayed by Fran Ryan.[14]

As of May 5, 2020, all episodes of Gunsmoke have been released on DVD, while two other collections contain selected episodes from all 20 seasons. All five television movies have been released on DVD, as well.

Series overview

Season		Episodes		Originally aired		Rank	Rating	Tied with
				First aired	Last aired
	1	39		September 10, 1955	August 25, 1956	N/A	N/A	N/A
	2	39		September 8, 1956	June 29, 1957	7	32.7	I've Got a Secret
	3	39		September 14, 1957	June 7, 1958	1	43.1	N/A
	4	39		September 13, 1958	June 13, 1959	1	39.6	N/A
	5	39		September 5, 1959	June 11, 1960	1	40.3	N/A
	6	38		September 3, 1960	June 17, 1961	1	37.3	N/A
	7	34		September 30, 1961	May 26, 1962	3	28.3	N/A
	8	38		September 15, 1962	June 1, 1963	10	27.0	N/A
	9	36		September 28, 1963	June 6, 1964	20	23.5	N/A
	10	36		September 26, 1964	May 29, 1965	27	22.6	N/A
	11	32		September 18, 1965	May 7, 1966	30	21.3	N/A
	12	29		September 17, 1966	April 15, 1967	N/A	N/A	N/A
	13	25		September 11, 1967	March 4, 1968	4	25.5	Family Affair Bonanza
	14	26		September 23, 1968	March 24, 1969	6	24.9	N/A
	15	26		September 22, 1969	March 23, 1970	2	25.9	N/A
	16	24		September 14, 1970	March 8, 1971	5	25.5	N/A
	17	24		September 13, 1971	March 13, 1972	4	26.0	N/A
	18	24		September 11, 1972	March 5, 1973	7	23.6	The Mary Tyler Moore Show
	19	24		September 10, 1973	April 1, 1974	15	22.1	N/A
	20	24		September 9, 1974	March 31, 1975	28	20.5	N/A
	Television movies			September 26, 1987	February 10, 1994	N/A	N/A	N/A

Episodes

• All episodes are listed in order of airdate.
• Series # refers to that episode's number within the overall series.
• Season # refers to the order in which the episode aired within that particular season.

Half-hour era

Seasons 1 - 6
1955/56 through 1960/61
233 half-hour episodes (all black-and-white)
39 episodes for each of the first five seasons, with 38 episodes for the 6th season

Season 1 (1955–56)

Thirty-nine half-hour episodes, black-and-white
Producer: Charles Marquis Warren; associate producer: Norman Macdonnell
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Dennis Weaver (Chester), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty)
Note: The premiere episode was introduced by John Wayne.[15]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Matt Gets It"	Charles Marquis Warren	Screenplay by: Charles Marquis Warren Story by: John Meston	September 10, 1955
United States Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness)[16] of Dodge City must deal with fast trigger-happy outlaw Dan Grat (Paul Richards) who wants his way with the town.
2	2	"Hot Spell"	Charles Marquis Warren	E. Jack Neuman	September 17, 1955
Matt must defend a gunman he despises from townspeople who want to lynch him for a crime he didn't commit.
3	3	"Word of Honor"	Charles Marquis Warren	Screenplay by: Charles Marquis Warren Story by: John Meston	October 1, 1955
To save his own life, murder witness Doc gives his word of honor to the killers (including Claude Akins) that he won't expose them.
4	4	"Home Surgery"	Charles Marquis Warren	John Meston	October 8, 1955
Matt tries to save the life of a man dying of gangrene.
5	5	"Obie Tater"	Charles Marquis Warren	Screenplay by: Charles Marquis Warren Story by: John Meston	October 15, 1955
A group of outlaws try to force an old prospector (Royal Dano) to give up his gold.
6	6	"Night Incident"	Charles Marquis Warren	Charles Marquis Warren	October 29, 1955
No one believes a boy's claims that he overheard an outlaw planning a robbery.
7	7	"Smoking Out the Nolans"	Charles Marquis Warren	Screenplay by: Charles Marquis Warren Story by: John Meston	November 5, 1955
A landowner asks Matt to remove a couple from a home on part of his land, which the couple insists they bought and paid for, and which they refuse to vacate.
8	8	"Kite's Reward"	Charles Marquis Warren	John Meston	November 12, 1955
An ex-outlaw's attempt to hang up his gun proves difficult (George Selk makes first credited appearance as Moss Grimmick).
9	9	"The Hunter"	Charles Marquis Warren	John Dunkel	November 26, 1955
A legendary buffalo hunter (Peter Whitney) invites the wrath of Indians when he sets out to cross their sacred hunting grounds.
10	10	"The Queue"	Charles Marquis Warren	Screenplay by: Sam Peckinpah Story by: John Meston	December 3, 1955
Two men try to force a Chinese man out of Dodge.
11	11	"General Parsley Smith"	Charles Marquis Warren	Screenplay by: John Dunkel Story by: John Meston	December 10, 1955
Parsley Smith (Raymond Bailey), a teller of tall tales, claims the new town banker is plotting to make off with the depositors' money.
12	12	"Magnus"	Charles Marquis Warren	John Meston	December 24, 1955
It's Christmas in Dodge and Chester isn't pleased when his brother Magnus arrives for a visit (Than Wyenn appears).
13	13	"Reed Survives"	Charles Marquis Warren	Les Crutchfield	December 31, 1955
A beautiful young wife (Lola Albright) manipulates a young hired hand into killing her older husband.
14	14	"Professor Lute Bone"	Charles Marquis Warren	Screenplay by: David Victor and Herbert Little, Jr. Story by: John Meston	January 7, 1956
A peddler's miracle curative contains opium and proves fatal.
15	15	"No Handcuffs"	Charles Marquis Warren	Screenplay by: Les Crutchfield Story by: John Meston	January 21, 1956
A man who claims he's innocent of a murder in a corrupt town breaks out of Matt's jail, and his trail leads Matt to the corrupt sheriff (Mort Mills appears).
16	16	"Reward for Matt"	Charles Marquis Warren	Screenplay by: David Victor and Herbert Little, Jr. Story by: John Meston	January 28, 1956
A woman offers a $1,000 reward to the man who kills Matt Dillon.
17	17	"Robin Hood"	Charles Marquis Warren	Screenplay by: Daniel B. Ullman Story by: John Meston	February 4, 1956
Witnesses are refusing to testify against an infamous outlaw (William Hopper) (Barry Atwater appears).
18	18	"Yorky"	Charles Marquis Warren	Screenplay by: Sam Peckinpah Story by: John Meston	February 18, 1956
Matt saves the life of a white boy raised by Indians who was shot trying to retrieve horses stolen from his tribe.
19	19	"20-20"	Charles Marquis Warren	Screenplay by: David Victor and Herbert Little, Jr. Story by: John Meston	February 25, 1956
An ex-lawman and old friend of Matt's arrives in Dodge with failing eyesight, and a man who wants to kill him.
20	20	"Reunion '78"	Charles Marquis Warren	Harold Swanton	March 3, 1956
A well-liked hardware drummer is actually a man wanted for multiple murders.
21	21	"Helping Hand"	Charles Marquis Warren	Screenplay by: David Victor and Herbert Little, Jr. Story by: John Meston	March 17, 1956
Matt attempts to reform a young troublemaker (including James Nusser in a role other than Louie Pheeters).
22	22	"Tap Day for Kitty"	Charles Marquis Warren	Screenplay by: John Dunkel Story by: John Meston	March 24, 1956
An old rancher (John Dehner) decides that he is going to marry Kitty.
23	23	"Indian Scout"	Charles Marquis Warren	John Dunkel	March 31, 1956
When an old Indian scout (Eduard Franz) murders a man (DeForest Kelley), Matt pursues him into Comanche territory.
24	24	"The Pest Hole"	Charles Marquis Warren	David Victor and Herbert Little, Jr.	April 14, 1956
Doc must find a way to thwart a typhoid epidemic in Dodge (Howard McNear appears).
25	25	"The Big Broad"	Charles Marquis Warren	Screenplay by: David Victor and Herbert Little, Jr. Story by: John Meston	April 28, 1956
Matt has to figure a way around a six-foot-tall, 200-pound woman with a six-gun.
26	26	"Hack Prine"	Charles Marquis Warren	John Meston	May 12, 1956
An old friend (Leo Gordon) of Matt's is now a gun-for-hire, in town to kill him.
27	27	"Cooter"	Robert Stevenson	Screenplay by: Sam Peckinpah Story by: John Meston	May 19, 1956
A dishonest gambler (Vinton Hayworth) uses a mentally challenged man (Strother Martin) in a plot against Matt (Robert Vaughn appears).
28	28	"The Killer"	Robert Stevenson	Screenplay by: John Dunkel Story by: John Meston	May 26, 1956
Matt has to stop a cold-blooded killer (Charles Bronson) who preys on over-matched opponents (including James Nusser in a role other than Louie Pheeters) (Dabbs Greer makes first credited appearance as 'Jonas').
29	29	"Doc's Revenge"	Ted Post	John Dunkel	June 9, 1956
Doc has a change of heart about a man he hates and wants to kill face to face when the man is later shot in the back (first credited appearance of Bert Rumsey as 'Bartender').
30	30	"The Preacher"	Robert Stevenson	Screenplay by: John Dunkel Story by: John Meston	June 16, 1956
A preacher (Royal Dano) disgusted by violence is harassed by bully Sam Keeler (Chuck Connors) who despises his timid nature.
31	31	"How to Die for Nothing"	Ted Post	Screenplay by: Sam Peckinpah Story by: John Meston	June 23, 1956
The brother of a man Matt was forced to kill vows to kill Matt by any means necessary (Mort Mills appears).
32	32	"Dutch George"	Robert Stevenson	John Dunkel	June 30, 1956
Matt is forced to arrest his childhood hero (Robert Middleton), who is now the leader of a gang of horse thieves (Tom Pittman appears).
33	33	"Prairie Happy"	Ted Post	Screenplay by: David Victor and Herbert Little, Jr. Story by: John Meston	July 7, 1956
A bitter old man tells fibs about Indians preparing to strike Dodge.
34	34	"Chester's Mail Order Bride"	Robert Stevenson	David Victor and Herbert Little, Jr.	July 14, 1956
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').
35	35	"The Guitar"	Harry Horner	Screenplay by: Sam Peckinpah Story by: John Meston	July 21, 1956
An ex-Union soldier (Aaron Spelling) is forced to use violence against a pair of diehard Rebels (Jacques Aubuchon appears). First episode without the "Boot Hill" intro.
36	36	"Cara"	Robert Stevenson	Screenplay by: David Victor and Herbert Little, Jr. Story by: John Meston	July 28, 1956
Matt discovers that an old girlfriend is working on the opposite side of the law.
37	37	"Mr. and Mrs. Amber"	Ted Post	Screenplay by: David Victor and Herbert Little, Jr. Story by: John Meston	August 4, 1956
A self-described religious prophet makes life miserable for his sister and her husband (Paul Richards).
38	38	"Unmarked Grave"	Ted Post	David Victor and Herbert Little, Jr.	August 18, 1956
An old woman (Helen Kleeb) grieving over the loss of her outlaw son tries to help another young outlaw escape justice (William Hopper and Than Wyenn appear). Boot Hill Intro returns for this episode and appears intermittently hereafter.
39	39	"Alarm at Pleasant Valley"	Ted Post	John Dunkel	August 25, 1956
Homesteaders are ambushed on the way to Dodge (Dan Blocker appears as 'Lieutenant').

Season 2 (1956–57)

Thirty-nine half-hour episodes, black-and-white
Producer: Charles Marquis Warren (episodes 40–49, 51–52, 57), Norman Macdonnell (episodes 50, 53–56, 58–78)
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Dennis Weaver (Chester), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty)[17]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
40	1	"Cow Doctor"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Screenplay by: John Dunkel Story by: John Meston	September 8, 1956
A wounded Doc may be forced to save the life of the man who wounded him (Tommy Kirk appears).
41	2	"Brush at Elkader"	Ted Post	Screenplay by: Les Crutchfield Story by: John Meston	September 15, 1956
Matt tracks a murderer (Paul Lambert) to a strange town (Elkader) where the people are unwilling to cooperate (Gage Clarke makes first appearance, but in a role other than Dodge House clerk Dobie or bank manager Botkin).
42	3	"Custer"	Ted Post	Screenplay by: Gil Doud Story by: John Meston	September 22, 1956
Matt refuses to turn in a rustler (Brian G. Hutton) for a court-martial. Boot Hill intro clearly shows grave markers with dates of 1882 & 1883, yet episode is set in 1876, the year of the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
43	4	"The Round Up"	Ted Post	Screenplay by: Sam Peckinpah Story by: John Meston	September 29, 1956
Dodge City merchants celebrate the end of a round-up and unite against any acts of violence (Jacques Aubuchon appears).
44	5	"Young Man with a Gun"	Christian Nyby	Screenplay by: Winston Miller Story by: John Meston	October 20, 1956
The brother of an outlaw (Fredd Wayne) Matt killed (by drawing first, as Doc notes aloud) swears revenge (Clegg Hoyt appears, Bert Rumsey credited as 'Bartender').
45	6	"Indian White"	Ted Post	Screenplay by: David Victor and Herbert Little, Jr. Story by: Tom Hanley	October 27, 1956
A white boy who has been raised by Indians learns to live with his own race (Stanley Adams, Abel Fernandez, Clegg Hoyt, Alexander Lockwood, and Marian Seldes appear).
46	7	"How to Cure a Friend"	Ted Post	Screenplay by: Winston Miller Story by: John Meston	November 10, 1956
Matt is used by an old friend (Andrew Duggan) in a con game (Simon Oakland appears).
47	8	"Legal Revenge"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Screenplay by: Sam Peckinpah Story by: John Meston	November 17, 1956
Doc comes upon a homesteader (Philip Bourneuf) with a busted leg and a gun to protect himself from his wife (Cloris Leachman).
48	9	"The Mistake"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Screenplay by: Gil Doud Story by: John Meston	November 24, 1956
Matt leaves Dodge City unprotected when he sets out to find a killer (Mike Connors) (Bert Rumsey credited as 'Bartender', but referred to by Chester as 'Sam Noonan').
49	10	"Greater Love"	Ted Post	Screenplay by: Winston Miller Story by: John Meston	December 1, 1956
An outlaw (Claude Akins) threatens to kill Doc if he does not help his wounded buddy (Frank de Kova and Amzie Strickland appear).
50	11	"No Indians"	Ted Post	Screenplay by: John Dunkel Story by: John Meston	December 8, 1956
Matt and Chester act as decoys to ambush outlaws (including Mickey Simpson) that are masking their crimes as those of renegade Indians (Fintan Meyler and Herbert Rudley appear).
51	12	"Spring Term"	Ted Post	Screenplay by: William F. Leicester Story by: John Meston	December 15, 1956
Matt discovers that he was the intended victim of a murder he is investigating (Stanley Adams, Jack Kruschen, Paul Newlan, Harry Townes, and H. M. Wynant appear).
52	13	"Poor Pearl"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Screenplay by: Sam Peckinpah Story by: John Meston	December 22, 1956
Matt helps a woman (Constance Ford) whose suitors (including Denver Pyle) are about to duel for her affections.
53	14	"Cholera"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Screenplay by: Les Crutchfield Story by: John Meston	December 29, 1956
A landowner (Paul Fix) tries to terrorize homesteaders (Bartlett Robinson and Peg Hillias) off their land (Gordon Gebert, John Smith, and Stuart Whitman appear).
54	15	"Pucket's New Year"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	January 5, 1957
An old buffalo hunter (Edgar Stehli) swears revenge on the skinner (Grant Withers) that left him to die (Richard Deacon appears as banker Botkin, Bert Rumsey credited as 'Bartender').
55	16	"The Cover Up"	William D. Russell	Screenplay by: William N. Robson Story by: John Meston	January 12, 1957
Matt traps a cattleman (Tyler McVey) who shot two homesteaders (including Roy Engel) (Malcolm Atterbury and Vivi Janiss appear).
56	17	"Sins of the Father"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Screenplay by: John Dunkel Story by: John Meston	January 19, 1957
An Indian woman (Angie Dickinson) faces prejudice for her father's raid on Dodge City (Peter Whitney and Paul Wexler appear).
57	18	"Kick Me"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Screenplay by: Endre Bohem and Louis Vittes Story by: John Meston	January 26, 1957
A bank robber (Robert H. Harris) murders his wife and frames Tobeel (Frank de Kova) for the crime (Paul Lambert appears).
58	19	"Executioner"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Screenplay by: Gil Doud Story by: John Meston	February 2, 1957
After a young gunfighter (Liam Sullivan) brazenly kills an over-matched rancher, the rancher's brother wants Matt to settle the score.
59	20	"Gone Straight"	Ted Post	Screenplay by: Les Crutchfield Story by: John Meston	February 9, 1957
Townspeople protect an outlaw (Carl Betz) they believe has reformed (Tige Andrews, Joe De Santis, John Dierkes, Marianne Stewart, and Ward Wood appear).
60	21	"Bloody Hands"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	February 16, 1957
The shooting of several members of an outlaw gang, though in self defense, triggers an emotional crisis in Matt, haunted by memories of all the men he has killed (Lawrence Dobkin, Russell Johnson, and Gloria Marshall appear).
61	22	"Skid Row"	Ted Post	Screenplay by: Gil Doud Story by: John Meston	February 23, 1957
A woman (Susan Morrow) comes a long way from the east to Dodge, only to realize that her fiancé (Joseph Sargent) has lost all his money and does not wish to marry her (Guinn "Big Boy" Williams appears).
62	23	"Sweet and Sour"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	March 2, 1957
A dance-hall girl (Karen Sharpe) manipulates her admirers (including John Alderson, Walter Reed, John Mitchum, and Ken Mayer) into facing each other in gunfights.
63	24	"Cain"	Ted Post	John Meston	March 9, 1957
A former gunslinger's (Mark Roberts) past catches up to him (Harry Bartell, Paul Dubov, and Dan Riss appear).
64	25	"Bureaucrat"	Ted Post	Story by : John Meston Teleplay by : William F. Leicester	March 16, 1957
An official (John Hoyt) from Washington sets out to tame Dodge City (Richard Avonde, William Bryant, Ned Glass, and Ken Lynch appear).
65	26	"Last Fling"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	March 23, 1957
Kitty gets annoyed by a pair of old farmers (including Frank de Kova) who are each trying to have a fling with her (Susan Morrow and Anne O'Neal appear).
66	27	"Chester's Murder"	Ted Post	John Meston	March 30, 1957
Matt reluctantly arrests Chester for murder (Peggie Castle and Murray Hamilton appear).
67	28	"The Photographer"	William D. Russell	John Dunkel	April 6, 1957
A photographer (Sebastian Cabot) from the east seeks to immortalize the violent West (Ned Glass appears, Howard Culver appears in a role other than hotel clerk Uzzell).
68	29	"Wrong Man"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	April 13, 1957
A cowboy vows revenge for the shooting of his friend, who was mistaken for a criminal (Don Keefer and Catherine McLeod, real-life husband and wife, appear as a husband and wife).
69	30	"Big Girl Lost"	Ted Post	John Meston	April 20, 1957
A saloon girl does not want her ex-fiancé (Michael Pate) to know about her job (Judson Pratt appears as Long Branch owner Bill Pence).
70	31	"What the Whiskey Drummer Heard"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Story by : John Meston Teleplay by : Gil Doud	April 27, 1957
Matt fakes his death to lure a gunman (Vic Perrin) out in the open (Robert Karnes appears, Bert Rumsey credited as 'Sam').
71	32	"Cheap Labor"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	May 4, 1957
A former gunslinger (Andrew Duggan) is goaded into a duel by his fiancee's (Peggy Webber) brother (Robert F. Simon) (Susan Morrow appears, and James Nusser appears in a role other than Louie Pheeters, credited as 'Bum').
72	33	"Moon"	William D. Russell	John Meston	May 11, 1957
Matt seeks evidence to convict a poker dealer (Phillip Pine) of murdering a gambler (Stafford Repp) (Rebecca Welles appears).
73	34	"Who Lives by the Sword"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	May 18, 1957
A gunman (Harold J. Stone) manipulates two boys into facing him in a duel (Hal Baylor and Harry Woods appear).
74	35	"Uncle Oliver"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	May 25, 1957
Matt goes after an outlaw (Earle Hodgins) who shot Chester (Paul Wexler appears).
75	36	"Daddy-O"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	June 1, 1957
Kitty's father (John Dehner) arrives in Dodge to try and take her back to New Orleans (Cyril Delevanti appears, and Judson Pratt appears as Long Branch owner Bill Pence). This episode notes Miss Kitty's purchase of half-ownership in the Long Branch Saloon.
76	37	"The Man Who Would Be Marshal"	William D. Russell	Screenplay by: David Victor and Herbert Little, Jr. Story by: John Meston	June 15, 1957
A retired Army officer (Herbert Rudley) asks Matt to appoint him deputy (Walt Barnes, June Carter Cash, Clancy Cooper, and Ned Glass appear).
77	38	"Liar from Blackhawk"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	June 22, 1957
A gunman (John Doucette) tries to start a fight with a braggart (Denver Pyle) (Fred Graham and Strother Martin appear, Bert Rumsey credited as 'Sam').
78	39	"Jealousy"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Screenplay by: Sam Peckinpah Story by: John Meston	June 29, 1957
A hot-tempered man (Jack Kelly) thinks Matt is pursuing his wife (Joan Tetzel) (Ken Drake and Than Wyenn appear).

Season 3 (1957–58)

Thirty-nine half-hour episodes, black-and-white
Producer: Norman Macdonnell
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Dennis Weaver (Chester), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty)[18]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
79	1	"Crack-Up"	Ted Post	John Meston	September 14, 1957
Matt must find out who sent a supposed professional killer (John Dehner) to Dodge and why.
80	2	"Gun for Chester"	Louis King	John Meston	September 21, 1957
The man who threatened to kill Chester arrives in town.
81	3	"Blood Money"	Louis King	John Meston	September 28, 1957
The friendship between Harry Spener (Vinton Hayworth) and Joe Harpe is jeopardized by the fact that there's a price on the latter's head.
82	4	"Kitty's Outlaw"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Screenplay by: Kathleen Hite Story by: John Meston	October 5, 1957
Kitty's old boyfriend (Ainslie Pryor) sets her up in a bank robbery.
83	5	"Potato Road"	Ted Post	John Meston	October 12, 1957
A young man (Tom Pittman) claims that his father (Robert F. Simon) committed a murder (Jeanette Nolan and Morgan Woodward appear).
84	6	"Jesse"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	October 19, 1957
Matt tries to help a young man find his father's killer (Edward Binns appears).
85	7	"Mavis McCloud"	Buzz Kulik	Screenplay by: Kathleen Hite Story by: John Meston	October 26, 1957
A girl (Fay Spain) from the east comes to Dodge to experience life in the west (Robert Cornthwaite and Max Showalter, credited as Casey Adams, appear).
86	8	"Born to Hang"	Buzz Kulik	John Meston	November 2, 1957
After he is saved from hanging, a drifter (Wright King) plots revenge against the men (including Anthony Caruso, Ken Lynch, and Mort Mills) who tried to lynch him (Dorothy Adams appears).
87	9	"Romeo"	Ted Post	John Meston	November 9, 1957
Inspired by the play Romeo and Juliet, the children (Barbara Eden and Robert Vaughn) of feuding family patriarchs (Barry Kelley and Tyler McVey) fall in love (Bill Erwin and Robert McQueeney appear).
88	10	"Never Pester Chester"	Richard Whorf	John Meston	November 16, 1957
Matt hunts down two drifters (including Buddy Baer) who dragged Chester and left him for dead (Paul Birch and Gary Vinson appear, and Woody Chambliss appears in a role other than Woody Lathrop).
89	11	"Fingered"	James Sheldon	John Meston	November 23, 1957
The people of Dodge gets suspicious of Jim Cobbett (John Larch) when his second wife (Virginia Christine) vanishes just like his first (Karl Swenson appears).
90	12	"How to Kill a Woman"	John Rich	Screenplay by: David S. Peckinpah^[A] Story by: John Meston	November 30, 1957
Matt tracks down a gunman (Pernell Roberts) who robbed a stagecoach (Barry Atwater, Jolene Brand, and George Cisar appear, and Robert Brubaker makes first appearance as stagecoach driver Jim Buck).
91	13	"Cows and Cribs"	Richard Whorf	Screenplay by: Kathleen Hite Story by: John Meston	December 7, 1957
The residents of Dodge are wondering where Joe Nadler (Val Avery) gets all his money – and where he goes to spend it (Mabel Albertson, Kathie Browne, Kit Guard, Bartlett Robinson, and Jud Taylor appear).
92	14	"Doc's Reward"	Richard Whorf	John Meston	December 14, 1957
Even though Doc has confessed to murdering the man (Jack Lord) that shot his horse, Matt is unwilling to arrest him (Jean Fenwick appears).
93	15	"Kitty Lost"	Ted Post	John Meston	December 21, 1957
Kitty gets deserted in a desolate plain by a suitor (Warren Stevens) she rejected (Brett King appears, and Stephen Ellsworth assumes role of Bill Pence).
94	16	"Twelfth Night"	John Rich	John Meston	December 28, 1957
The remaining survivors (including James Griffith, Rose Marie, and William Schallert) of two feuding Ozark families face each other in Dodge.
95	17	"Joe Phy"	Ted Post	John Meston	January 4, 1958
Marshal Joe Phy (Paul Richards) uses his reputation as a gunman to maintain order (Morey Amsterdam appears).
96	18	"Buffalo Man"	Ted Post	Screenplay by: Les Crutchfield Story by: John Meston	January 11, 1958
Matt and Chester get caught in the middle of a feud between Indians and buffalo hunters. Note: The fight scene near the end of this episode serves as the basis for an educational film produced by the American Cinema Editors, called Film Editing: Interpretation & Values, used by film students all around the world.[19][20]
97	19	"Kitty Caught"	Richard Whorf	John Meston	January 18, 1958
Bank robbers (Pat Conway and Bruce Gordon)) take Kitty hostage (Charles Tannen appears, and William Keene appears as banker Botkin).
98	20	"Claustrophobia"	Ted Post	John Meston	January 25, 1958
A pair of landgrabbers kill a homesteader's (Vaughn Taylor) mule and hogs to get his ranch (Joe Maross and Jimmy Noel appear).
99	21	"Ma Tennis"	Buzz Kulik	John Meston	February 1, 1958
A woman claims to have killed her outlaw son (Ron Hagerthy) to prevent him from turning himself in (Corey Allen and Russ Bender appear).
100	22	"Sunday Supplement"	Richard Whorf	John Meston	February 8, 1958
A pair (Werner Klemperer and Jack Weston) of journalists from the east cause trouble (Kit Guard, Theodore Newton, and Eddie Little Sky appear).
101	23	"Wild West"	Richard Whorf	John Meston	February 15, 1958
Matt attempts to rescue a child's father (Philip Bourneuf) from kidnappers (Robert Gist and Murray Hamilton) (Phyllis Coates appears).
102	24	"The Cabin"	John Rich	John Meston	February 22, 1958
Matt finds a cabin to shelter himself from a blizzard, only to learn it is occupied by a pair (Claude Akins and Harry Dean Stanton) of bank robbers (Patricia Barry appears).
103	25	"Dirt"	Ted Post	Screenplay by: David S. Peckinpah^[A] Story by: John Meston	March 1, 1958
A newlywed man (Wayne Morris) is shot moments after his wedding (Gail Kobe, June Lockhart, and Ian MacDonald appear).
104	26	"Dooley Surrenders"	John Rich	John Meston	March 8, 1958
Matt sets out to clear Emmett Dooley (Strother Martin), who has been accused of murdering one of his hunting companions (Ken Lynch appears, and James Nusser appears in a role other than Louie Pheeters).
105	27	"Joke's on Us"	Ted Post	John Meston	March 15, 1958
The widow (Virginia Gregg) and son of a man Jake Kaiser (Bartlett Robinson) lynched are out to get him (Kevin Hagen appears).
106	28	"Bottleman"	John Rich	John Meston	March 22, 1958
Tom Cassidy (John Dehner), the town drunk, tries to pick a fight with Dan Clell (Ross Martin), who has just arrived in Dodge (Roxane Berard and Peggy McCay appear, and Barney Phillips appears as Bill Pence).
107	29	"Laughing Gas"	Ted Post	James Fonda	March 29, 1958
A former gunslinger is being bothered by bullies.
108	30	"Texas Cowboys"	John Rich	John Meston	April 5, 1958
Cowboys from Texas set out to avenge their murdered friend.
109	31	"Amy's Good Deed"	John Rich	Screenplay by: Kathleen Hite Story by: John Meston	April 12, 1958
A bitter old woman plots to kill Matt as revenge for the death of her brother.
110	32	"Hanging Man"	John Rich	John Meston	April 19, 1958
Matt suspects murder when a merchant is found hanged in his office.
111	33	"Innocent Broad"	John Rich	Screenplay by: Kathleen Hite Story by: John Meston	April 26, 1958
A woman's boyfriend causes trouble for Matt with his constant fits of jealousy.
112	34	"The Big Con"	John Rich	John Meston	May 3, 1958
Doc is taken hostage by three con artists.
113	35	"Widow's Mite"	Ted Post	John Meston	May 10, 1958
A gambler marries an outlaw's widow for her husband's stolen money.
114	36	"Chester's Hanging"	Ted Post	John Meston	May 17, 1958
Matt arrests a drifter for robbing and murdering a cattle buyer.
115	37	"Carmen"	Ted Post	John Meston	May 24, 1958
An Army major threatens to put Dodge under martial law after soldiers are killed in a robbery.
116	38	"Overland Express"	Seymour Berns	John Meston	May 31, 1958
An outlaw holds up a stagecoach carrying a murderer to trial.
117	39	"The Gentleman"	Ted Post	John Meston	June 7, 1958
One of Kitty's hostesses has fallen in love with a gambler, but one of the girl's old boyfriends has his suspicions.

Season 4 (1958–59)

Thirty-nine half-hour episodes, black-and-white
Producer: Norman Macdonnell
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Dennis Weaver (Chester), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty)[21]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
118	1	"Matt for Murder"	Richard Whorf	John Meston	September 13, 1958
A witness claims to have seen Matt kill Red Samples' partner.
119	2	"The Patsy"	Richard Whorf	Story by : John Meston Teleplay by : Les Crutchfield	September 20, 1958
One of the dance-hall girls accuses a man of murder.
120	3	"Gunsmuggler"	Richard Whorf	Story by : John Meston Teleplay by : Les Crutchfield	September 27, 1958
Matt investigates an alleged Indian raid that seems to have wiped out a family.
121	4	"Monopoly"	Seymour Berns	Screenplay by: Les Crutchfield Story by: John Meston	October 4, 1958
A stranger is purchasing all the local freight lines.
122	5	"Letter of the Law"	Richard Whorf	Story by : John Meston Teleplay by : Les Crutchfield	October 11, 1958
Matt attempts to get a man and his expectant wife evicted from their home.
123	6	"Thoroughbreds"	Richard Whorf	John Meston	October 18, 1958
Matt and Chester meet a man with two horses on the way back to Dodge who is not very friendly – until they see him spending money freely.
124	7	"Stage Hold-Up"	Ted Post	Story by : John Meston Teleplay by : Les Crutchfield	October 25, 1958
A robber holds up a stagecoach carrying Matt, then turns up in Dodge.
125	8	"Lost Rifle"	Richard Whorf	John Meston	November 1, 1958
A man who has had every motive to commit a murder swears that he is innocent.
126	9	"Land Deal"	Ted Post	Story by : John Meston Teleplay by : Les Crutchfield	November 8, 1958
Matt gets suspicious of a land agent's generous offer.
127	10	"Lynching Man"	Richard Whorf	John Meston	November 15, 1958
The townspeople prepare for a lynching when a pair of saddle tramps kill a homesteader and steal his horse.
128	11	"How to Kill a Friend"	Richard Whorf	John Meston	November 22, 1958
Matt tells a pair of gamblers to get out of Dodge, but they hire a gunman to kill him.
129	12	"Grass"	Richard Whorf	John Meston	November 29, 1958
A rancher takes Matt's advice and arms himself against Indians, then shoots a cowboy dressed as an Indian.
130	13	"The Cast"	Jesse Hibbs	John Meston	December 6, 1958
A rancher blames Doc for the death of his wife.
131	14	"Robber Bridegroom"	Richard Whorf	John Meston	December 13, 1958
A girl refuses to testify against the robbers who kidnapped her.
132	15	"Snakebite"	Ted Post	John Meston	December 20, 1958
One of the drifters who killed a man's dog is found dead.
133	16	"Gypsum Hills Feud"	Richard Whorf	Story by : John Meston Teleplay by : Les Crutchfield	December 27, 1958
Matt and Chester get caught in the middle of a bloody mountain feud between the Peavys and the Cades.
134	17	"Young Love"	Seymour Berns	John Meston	January 3, 1959
The widow of a cattleman falls in love with the man who supposedly killed her husband.
135	18	"Marshal Proudfoot"	Jesse Hibbs	Story by : Tom Hanley Teleplay by : John Meston	January 10, 1959
Chester's uncle thinks he is the marshal of Dodge City.
136	19	"Passive Resistance"	Ted Post	John Meston	January 17, 1959
An elderly sheepherder who is against violence refuses to tell Matt the identity of the two cattleman who killed his sheep, burned his house, and left him for dead.
137	20	"Love of a Good Woman"	Arthur Hiller	Story by : John Meston Teleplay by : Les Crutchfield	January 24, 1959
A recently released convict jeopardizes his parole when he sets out to kill Matt.
138	21	"Jayhawkers"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	January 31, 1959
A drover asks Matt and Chester to help him protect his boss' herd from a renegade raid.
139	22	"Kitty's Rebellion"	Jesse Hibbs	Story by : Marian Clark Teleplay by : John Meston	February 7, 1959
An old friend's brother attempts to 'save' Kitty from life as a saloonkeeper.
140	23	"Sky"	Ted Post	Story by : John Meston Teleplay by : Les Crutchfield	February 14, 1959
A young man steals a horse when he is accused of murder.
141	24	"Doc Quits"	Edward Ludlum	John Meston	February 21, 1959
Doc suspects the new town doctor of being a charlatan.
142	25	"The Bear"	Jesse Hibbs	John Meston	February 28, 1959
A former saloon girl's upcoming marriage is jeopardized by her old boyfriend.
143	26	"The Coward"	Jesse Hibbs	John Meston	March 7, 1959
Matt's double is murdered, leaving the residents of Dodge very confused.
144	27	"The F.U."	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	March 14, 1959
Onie Baker is found dead after a quarrel with Al Clovis, who has gone missing.
145	28	"Wind"	Arthur Hiller	John Meston	March 21, 1959
Matt suspects the new saloon girl of being affiliated with a crooked gambler.
146	29	"Fawn"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	April 4, 1959
Matt frees a white woman and her daughter from slavery by the Indians.
147	30	"Renegade White"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Story by : John Meston Teleplay by : Les Crutchfield	April 11, 1959
After getting out of jail, Ord Spicer begins selling rifles to Indians.
148	31	"Murder Warrant"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	April 18, 1959
Matt protects a suspected killer from a trigger-happy deputy.
149	32	"Change of Heart"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	April 25, 1959
Brisco Casis tries to stop his brother from marrying a saloon girl.
150	33	"Buffalo Hunter"	Ted Post	John Meston	May 2, 1959
The head of a buffalo-hunting party is unwilling to tell Matt what he knows about the murders of two of his skinners.
151	34	"The Choice"	Ted Post	John Meston	May 9, 1959
A pair of strangers are on Matt's 'wanted list'.
152	35	"There Never Was a Horse"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	May 16, 1959
A nasty gunfighter kills a drunk to force Matt into a showdown.
153	36	"Print Asper"	Ted Post	John Meston	May 23, 1959
Print Asper wishes to leave his ranch to his sons, but his attorney has other plans.
154	37	"The Constable"	Arthur Hiller	John Meston	May 30, 1959
A ranch foreman threatens to boycott Dodge City commerce if his cowboys are not left alone.
155	38	"Blue Horse"	Andrew V. McLaglen and Ted Post	Story by : Marian Clark Teleplay by : John Meston	June 6, 1959
Matt is delivering a prisoner to Dodge when he is thrown, and must stay with his quarry while Chester gets help.
156	39	"Cheyennes"	Ted Post	John Meston	June 13, 1959
Matt hunts down the Indians who are killing settlers.

Season 5 (1959–60)

Thirty-nine half-hour episodes, black-and-white
Producer: Norman Macdonnell
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Dennis Weaver (Chester), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty)[22]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
157	1	"Target"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Story by : Les Crutchfield Teleplay by : John Meston	September 5, 1959
A gypsy girl's father disapproves of a young man's romance with her.
158	2	"Kitty's Injury"	Buzz Kulik	Story by : Marian Clark Teleplay by : John Meston	September 19, 1959
Kitty sustains injury from falling off a horse.
159	3	"Horse Deal"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	September 26, 1959
Matt seems to be too lazy to catch horse thieves when ranchers are being sold stolen horses.
160	4	"Johnny Red"	Buzz Kulik	Story by : Les Crutchfield Teleplay by : John Meston	October 3, 1959
Matt suspects a new arrival of being a ruthless criminal.
161	5	"Tail to the Wind"	Christian Nyby	Story by : Les Crutchfield Teleplay by : John Meston	October 10, 1959
A rancher who has been threatened refuses Matt's help.
162	6	"Annie Oakley"	Jesse Hibbs	John Meston	October 17, 1959
A woman who has been feeling neglected by her husband manipulates him into fighting a neighbor.
163	7	"Kangaroo"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	October 24, 1959
A family of psychopaths takes Chester hostage.
164	8	"Saludos"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Story by : Les Crutchfield Teleplay by : John Meston	October 31, 1959
Three cowboys are suspected of shooting a woman who is half Native American.
165	9	"Brother Whelp"	R.G. Springsteen	Story by : Les Crutchfield Teleplay by : John Meston	November 7, 1959
A man returns to Dodge to kill his brother as revenge for marrying his fiancée.
166	10	"The Boots"	Jesse Hibbs	John Meston	November 14, 1959
A young man is unaware that his hero was once a gunslinger.
167	11	"Odd Man Out"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Story by : Les Crutchfield Teleplay by : John Meston	November 21, 1959
Matt suspects foul play when an old farmer claims his wife left him.
168	12	"Miguel's Daughter"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Story by : Marian Clark Teleplay by : John Meston	November 28, 1959
Although Kitty has prevented two men from molesting Chavela Ramirez, the girl's father wants revenge.
169	13	"Box o' Rocks"	R.G. Springsteen	Les Crutchfield	December 5, 1959
A coffin at a funeral is found to be filled with rocks.
170	14	"False Witness"	Ted Post	Story by : Marian Clark Teleplay by : John Meston	December 12, 1959
A man claims he can identify a murderer just to get attention.
171	15	"Tag, You're It"	Jesse Hibbs	Les Crutchfield	December 19, 1959
A notorious gunfighter comes to Dodge, making the townspeople curious as to who he's after.
172	16	"Thick 'n' Thin"	Stuart Heisler	Story by : Les Crutchfield Teleplay by : John Meston	December 26, 1959
Two old ranch partners have a falling out.
173	17	"Groat's Grudge"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Story by : Marian Clark Teleplay by : John Meston	January 2, 1960
A former Rebel sets out to settle the score with a cowboy he thinks killed his wife during Sherman's march through Georgia.
174	18	"Big Tom"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Story by : Marian Clark Teleplay by : John Meston	January 9, 1960
A scheming fighting manager sets up a dangerous boxing match.
175	19	"Till Death Do Us"	Jean Yarbrough	Les Crutchfield	January 16, 1960
A killer targets an eccentric old man and his wife.
176	20	"The Tragedian"	Arthur Hiller	Story by : Les Crutchfield Teleplay by : John Meston	January 23, 1960
An out-of-work actor gets in trouble for playing marked cards.
177	21	"Hinka Do"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Les Crutchfield	January 30, 1960
The new saloonkeeper in Dodge is a woman who knows how to handle a six-shooter.
178	22	"Doc Judge"	Arthur Hiller	John Meston	February 6, 1960
With Matt out of town, Doc only has Chester to protect him when his life is threatened.
179	23	"Moo Moo Raid"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Story by : Les Crutchfield Teleplay by : John Meston	February 13, 1960
Two trail bosses argue over how to get across a swollen river.
180	24	"Kitty's Killing"	Arthur Hiller	Story by : Marian Clark Teleplay by : John Meston	February 20, 1960
Kitty risks herself to stop an attempted murder.
181	25	"Jailbait Janet"	Jesse Hibbs	Les Crutchfield	February 27, 1960
One of a bandit's children kills a man during a robbery.
182	26	"Unwanted Deputy"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Story by : Marian Clark Teleplay by : John Meston	March 5, 1960
A convicted murderer's brother runs against Matt for marshal.
183	27	"Where'd They Go"	Jesse Hibbs	Story by : Les Crutchfield Teleplay by : John Meston	March 12, 1960
A storekeeper accuses a farmer of robbing him, but has no proof.
184	28	"Crowbait Bob"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Les Crutchfield	March 26, 1960
Kitty is named the sole heir in Crowbait Bob's will.
185	29	"Colleen So Green"	Jean Yarbrough	Story by : Les Crutchfield Teleplay by : John Meston	April 2, 1960
A Southern belle uses her charm to take over Dodge.
186	30	"The Ex-Urbanites"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	April 9, 1960
Chester takes care of Doc when they are ambushed by a pair of outlaws.
187	31	"I Thee Wed"	Jesse Hibbs	Story by : Les Crutchfield Teleplay by : John Meston	April 16, 1960
A man keeps beating his wife after she pays the fine for his jail time.
188	32	"The Lady Killer"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	April 23, 1960
Matt suspects Kitty's new saloon girl is a hired killer.
189	33	"Gentleman's Disagreement"	Jesse Hibbs	Les Crutchfield	April 30, 1960
A showdown is set to take place between the blacksmith and a gunman who used to court his wife.
190	34	"Speak Me Fair"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Les Crutchfield	May 7, 1960
On a hunting trip, Matt, Doc and Chester find a savagely beaten Indian boy.
191	35	"Belle's Back"	Jesse Hibbs	Les Crutchfield	May 14, 1960
Belle Ainsley returns to Dodge, but does not receive a warm welcome.
192	36	"The Bobsy Twins"	Jesse Hibbs	John Meston	May 21, 1960
Twin brothers try to kill all Indians.
193	37	"Old Flame"	Jesse Hibbs	Story by : Marian Clark Teleplay by : John Meston	May 28, 1960
An old girlfriend asks Matt to protect her from her husband.
194	38	"The Deserter"	Arthur Hiller	Story by : Marian Clark Teleplay by : John Meston	June 4, 1960
A soldier and a civilian conspire to steal an Army payroll.
195	39	"Cherry Red"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Les Crutchfield	June 11, 1960
Matt is reluctant to tell Cherry O'Dell that her husband's been killed.

Season 6 (1960–61)

Thirty-eight half-hour episodes, black-and-white
Producer: Norman Macdonnell; associate producer: James Arness
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Dennis Weaver (Chester), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty)[23]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
196	1	"Friend's Pay-Off"	Jesse Hibbs	Story by : Marian Clark Teleplay by : John Meston	September 3, 1960
A dying man claims that a friend of Matt's is a bank robber.
197	2	"The Blacksmith"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Story by : Norman MacDonnell Teleplay by : John Meston	September 17, 1960
Dodge's blacksmith plans his wedding to his mail-order bride.
198	3	"Small Water"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	September 24, 1960
Matt is forced to kill a man for resisting arrest, only to incur the wrath of the man's family.
199	4	"Say Uncle"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	October 1, 1960
A young man suspects his uncle of murdering his father.
200	5	"Shooting Stopover"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Story by : Marian Clark Teleplay by : John Meston	October 8, 1960
Matt tries to bring a killer to Wichita on a stagecoach carrying a woman, a preacher and a huge shipment of gold.
201	6	"The Peace Officer"	Jesse Hibbs	Story by : Norman MacDonnell Teleplay by : John Meston	October 15, 1960
A former sheriff plans his revenge on Matt for firing him.
202	7	"Don Matteo"	Jesse Hibbs	Story by : Marian Clark Teleplay by : John Meston	October 22, 1960
Esteban Garcia arrives in Dodge to kill Grave Tabor, who has already been kicked out.
203	8	"The Worm"	Arthur Hiller	John Meston	October 29, 1960
A buffalo hunter comes to Dodge not only to sell his hides, but also to pick a fight.
204	9	"The Badge"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Story by : Marian Clark Teleplay by : John Meston	November 12, 1960
Matt is wounded and taken hostage by a pair of outlaws.
205	10	"Distant Drummer"	Arthur Hiller	Story by : Marian Clark Teleplay by : John Meston	November 19, 1960
Matt has trouble with a couple of troublesome mule skinners.
206	11	"Ben Tolliver's Stud"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Story by : Norman MacDonnell Teleplay by : John Meston	November 26, 1960
A ranch hand is accused of stealing a horse by his former boss.
207	12	"No Chip"	Jean Yarbrough	John Meston	December 3, 1960
A feud ensues when the Dolans' cattle stray onto the Mossmans' land.
208	13	"The Wake"	Gerald Mayer	John Meston	December 10, 1960
A drifter tries to give his friend a proper burial.
209	14	"The Cook"	Ted Post	John Meston	December 17, 1960
A drifter's cooking is preferred over the food at a local café.
210	15	"Old Fool"	Ted Post	John Meston	December 24, 1960
A widow pursues a married man.
211	16	"Brother Love"	Franklin Adreon	John Meston	December 31, 1960
A dying storekeeper's last word is Matt's only clue to finding the man who killed him.
212	17	"Bad Sheriff"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	January 7, 1961
A desperado impersonates a sheriff and turns in a fellow outlaw.
213	18	"Unloaded Gun"	Jesse Hibbs	Story by : Marian Clark Teleplay by : John Meston	January 14, 1961
Matt catches a fever while tracking down outlaws.
214	19	"Tall Trapper"	Harry Harris Jr.	Story by : Marian Clark Teleplay by : John Meston	January 21, 1961
The morning after a couple take shelter with a trapper, the woman is found beaten to death.
215	20	"Love Thy Neighbor"	Dennis Weaver	John Meston	January 28, 1961
Peter Scooper starts a feud between his family and the Galloways when he takes potatoes from the Galloway farm.
216	21	"Bad Seed"	Harry Harris	Story by : Norman MacDonnell Teleplay by : John Meston	February 4, 1961
A girl asks Matt to save her from her alcoholic father.
217	22	"Kitty Shot"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	February 11, 1961
Kitty gets shot trying to stop a fight in her saloon.
218	23	"About Chester"	Alan Crosland Jr.	Story by : Frank Paris Teleplay by : John Meston	February 25, 1961
Doc has gone missing and it is up to Chester to find him.
219	24	"Harriet"	Gene Fowler Jr.	John Meston	March 4, 1961
A girl comes to Dodge on foot after she witnesses her father's murder.
220	25	"Potshot"	Harry Harris Jr.	John Meston	March 11, 1961
Bank robbers bushwhack Chester on their way to Dodge.
221	26	"Old Faces"	Harry Harris	John Meston	March 18, 1961
There is something familiar about Tom Cook's new bride.
222	27	"Big Man"	Gerald Mayer	John Meston	March 25, 1961
Matt must prove his innocence when he is accused of beating a man to death.
223	28	"Little Girl"	Dennis Weaver	Story by : Kathleen Hite Teleplay by : John Meston	April 1, 1961
Matt and Chester find a burnt-down shack and a girl who claims her father died in the blaze.
224	29	"Stolen Horses"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Story by : Norman MacDonnell Teleplay by : John Meston	April 8, 1961
Matt and Chester track down a horse thief.
225	30	"Minnie"	Harry Harris	John Meston	April 15, 1961
A woman named Minnie Higgins falls in love with Doc.
226	31	"Bless Me Till I Die"	Ted Post	Story by : Ray Kemper Teleplay by : John Meston	April 22, 1961
A man nearly kills a couple on their way to Dodge.
227	32	"Long Hours, Short Pay"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	April 29, 1961
A gunrunner gets the Pawnees mad in order to sell his weapons.
228	33	"Hard Virtue"	Dennis Weaver	John Meston	May 6, 1961
A man gets a job, unaware that his boss is trying to make a move on his wife.
229	34	"The Imposter"	Byron Paul	Story by : Kathleen Hite Teleplay by : John Meston	May 13, 1961
A man claims to be a sheriff from Texas, but a murder gets everyone suspicious about him.
230	35	"Chester's Dilemma"	Ted Post	Story by : Vic Perrin Teleplay by : John Meston	May 20, 1961
Chester learns a terrible secret about a girl who is sweet on him.
231	36	"The Love of Money"	Ted Post	John Meston	May 27, 1961
A retired lawman falls for a saloon hostess on his way to a new life.
232	37	"Melinda Miles"	William D. Faralla	John Meston	June 3, 1961
A woman is torn between the man she loves and the one her father picked for her.
233	38	"Colorado Sheriff"	Jesse Hibbs	John Meston	June 17, 1961
Matt and Chester must find out who shot two strangers from Colorado.

One-hour black-and-white era

Seasons 7 - 11
1961/62 through 1965/66
176 black-and-white full-hour episodes
(all two-parters counted as two individual hour-long episodes)

Season 7 (1961–62)

Thirty-four one-hour episodes, black-and-white
Producer: Norman Macdonnell; associate producer: Frank Paris
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Dennis Weaver (Chester), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty)[24]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
234	1	"Perce"	Harry Harris	John Meston	September 30, 1961
An outlaw named Perce McCall helps Matt fend off three gunmen, much to everyone's surprise.
235	2	"Old Yellow Boots"	Ted Post	John Meston	October 7, 1961
Since a fortune-hunting cowboy is engaged to a wealthy woman, he is suspected of murdering her brother, who objected to their union.
236	3	"Miss Kitty"	Harry Harris	Kathleen Hite	October 14, 1961
When Kitty takes a young boy off the stagecoach one night, Matt attempts to figure out his identity.
237	4	"Harper's Blood"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	October 21, 1961
A man tries to balance the "bad blood" between his sons upon learning that his wife's grandfather was a murderer.
238	5	"All That"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	October 28, 1961
A rancher tries to save his property from foreclosure.
239	6	"Long, Long Trail"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Kathleen Hite	November 4, 1961
Matt accompanies a young woman on a treacherous journey across the desert where they face sandstorms, thirst and Indians.
240	7	"The Squaw"	Gerald Mayer	John Dunkel	November 11, 1961
A fun-loving man tries to make up for lost time after his wife dies.
241	8	"Chesterland"	Ted Post	Kathleen Hite	November 18, 1961
Chester purchases a piece of land when he gets engaged.
242	9	"Milly"	Richard Whorf	Story by : Hal Moffett Teleplay by : John Meston	November 25, 1961
Milly Glover decides to marry the first available in order to support herself and her brother.
243	10	"Indian Ford"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Dunkel	December 2, 1961
Matt helps an Indian-hating officer find a white girl, hoping the search will not end in violence.
244	11	"Apprentice Doc"	Harry Harris	Kathleen Hite	December 9, 1961
Doc is kidnapped by a gang of outlaws to treat one who has been injured and another turns out to be an expert in medicine.
245	12	"Nina's Revenge"	Tay Garnett	John Meston	December 16, 1961
Nina Sharky hatches a plan to get away from her tight-fisted father and fortune-hunting husband.
246	13	"Marry Me"	Dennis Weaver	Kathleen Hite	December 23, 1961
Sweet Billy Cathcart tries to find a woman for his big brother since family custom dictates that the oldest get married first.
247	14	"A Man a Day"	Harry Harris	John Meston	December 30, 1961
Outlaws threaten to kill someone every day unless Matt gets out of town.
248	15	"The Do-Badder"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	January 6, 1962
A pair of drifters plot to ambush a prospector who is on his way to Dodge after striking big.
249	16	"Lacey"	Harry Harris	Kathleen Hite	January 13, 1962
A man is suspected of murdering his fiancée's father.
250	17	"Cody's Code"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	January 20, 1962
A wounded outlaw jeopardizes Cody Durham's courtship with Rose Loring.
251	18	"Old Dan"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Kathleen Hite	January 27, 1962
Doc tries to keep an alcoholic off the bottle.
252	19	"Catawomper"	Harry Harris	Story by : James Favor Teleplay by : John Meston	February 10, 1962
A woman tries to make her boyfriend jealous when she has had enough of his attitude.
253	20	"Half Straight"	Ted Post	John Meston	February 17, 1962
Matt is stalked by a hired killer.
254	21	"He Learned About Women"	Tay Garnett	Story by : John Rosser Teleplay by : John Meston	February 24, 1962
Matt goes after a band of comancheros who raided a camp and kidnapped a girl.
255	22	"The Gallows"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	March 3, 1962
Matt is certain that the man convicted of murder, he is taking to the gallows, is innocent.
256	23	"Reprisal"	Harry Harris	John Meston	March 10, 1962
A woman plots her revenge on Matt for killing her husband in a gunfight.
257	24	"Coventry"	Christian Nyby	John Meston	March 17, 1962
A man and his expectant wife are stranded on the prairie and Dean Beard is unwilling to help them, especially since he has been ostracized after being acquitted of murder.
258	25	"The Widow"	Ted Post	John Dunkel	March 24, 1962
A widow (Joan Hackett) arrives in Dodge to collect the remains of her husband, who was killed in an Indian massacre.
259	26	"Durham Bull"	Harry Harris	Story by : Jack Shettlesworth Teleplay by : John Meston	March 31, 1962
A gang's luck turns around when they come to Dodge.
260	27	"Wagon Girls"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	April 7, 1962
Matt meets a mail-order bride on the prairie who claims that she is trying to run away from a ruthless wagon master.
261	28	"The Dealer"	Harry Harris	Television Story and Teleplay by: John Dunkel Based on a Story by: Les Crutchfield	April 14, 1962
A woman resents her suitor more than ever when he kills her father in self-defense.
262	29	"The Summons"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Story by : Marian Clark Teleplay by : Kathleen Hite	April 21, 1962
An outlaw kills his partner for a huge reward, except there was never a price in the first place.
263	30	"The Dreamers"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	April 28, 1962
A miner tries to use his new-found wealth to win over Kitty.
264	31	"Cale"	Harry Harris	Kathleen Hite	May 5, 1962
A young rider is wounded when he is suspected of being a horse thief's accomplice.
265	32	"Chester's Indian"	Joseph Sargent	Kathleen Hite	May 12, 1962
While on a fishing trip, Chester shoots an Indian who was courting a white teenage girl, whom Matt tries to save from her ruthless father.
266	33	"The Prisoner"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Robert E. Thompson	May 19, 1962
A military prison escapee shows up in Dodge.
267	34	"The Boys"	Harry Harris	John Meston	May 26, 1962
A snake-oil pitchman hatches a scheme to swindle the citizens of Dodge.

Season 8 (1962–63)

Thirty-eight one-hour episodes, black-and-white
Producer: Norman Macdonnell; associate producer: Frank Paris
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Dennis Weaver (Chester), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Burt Reynolds (Quint Asper)[25]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
268	1	"The Search"	Harry Harris	Kathleen Hite	September 15, 1962
A suspected horse thief tries to survive in the wilderness when he gets hurt fleeing from his pursuers.
269	2	"Call Me Dodie"	Harry Harris	Kathleen Hite	September 22, 1962
Matt meets a girl who ran away from an orphanage that functions like a prison.
270	3	"Quint Asper Comes Home"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	September 29, 1962
A half-Indian named Quint Asper vows revenge on all white men when a pair of drifters kill his father and threaten his mother.
271	4	"Root Down"	Sobey Martin	Kathleen Hite	October 6, 1962
A woman attempts to lure Chester into marriage.
272	5	"Jenny"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	October 13, 1962
An outlaw's girl takes a shine to Matt.
273	6	"Collie's Free"	Harry Harris	Kathleen Hite	October 20, 1962
After spending eight years in prison, Collie Patten plots his revenge on Matt.
274	7	"The Ditch"	Harry Harris	Les Crutchfield	October 27, 1962
Matt tries to prevent a range war as a rancher takes steps to cut off the homesteaders' water supply.
275	8	"The Trappers"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Dunkel	November 3, 1962
The friendship between two trappers is ruined when one leaves the other to die during an Indian attack.
276	9	"Phoebe Strunk"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	November 10, 1962
Phoebe Strunk and her murderous clan terrorize Dodge.
277	10	"The Hunger"	Harry Harris	Jack Curtis	November 17, 1962
Matt comes to the rescue when a father and son abuse the mother and daughter.
278	11	"Abe Blocker"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	November 24, 1962
Matt pursues a frontiersman who is using force to take homesteaders' land.
279	12	"The Way It Is"	Harry Harris	Kathleen Hite	December 1, 1962
Kitty meets an injured traveler after Matt breaks a date with her.
280	13	"Us Haggens"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Les Crutchfield	December 8, 1962
Matt hunts down outlaw Black Jack Haggen and is assisted by the killer's nephew Festus, who has his own reasons for wanting to find his uncle.
281	14	"Uncle Sunday"	Joseph Sargent	John Meston	December 15, 1962
Chester's uncle Sunday comes to visit, and Chester's plan to shorten that visit does not exactly work out.
282	15	"False Front"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Story by : Hal Moffett Teleplay by : John Meston	December 22, 1962
A gambler makes a bet that a man who has never used a gun can pass as a gunslinger.
283	16	"Old Comrade"	Harry Harris	John Dunkel	December 29, 1962
A fall guy learns that his father, a general, is dying.
284	17	"Louis Pheeters"	Harry Harris	John Meston	January 5, 1963
The town drunk witnesses a man killing his wife's alleged lover.
285	18	"The Renegades"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	January 12, 1963
Quint tries to convince an Army officer that white renegades are responsible for starting the latest Indian uprising.
286	19	"Cotter's Girl"	Harry Harris	Kathleen Hite	January 19, 1963
Matt attempts to civilize a teenage mountain girl.
287	20	"The Bad One"	Charles Martin	Gwen Bagni	January 26, 1963
Matt must find out why a woman is refusing to identify a stagecoach robber.
288	21	"The Cousin"	Harry Harris	Story by : Marian Clark Teleplay by : Kathleen Hite	February 2, 1963
Matt's foster brother forces him into a showdown.
289	22	"Shona"	Ted Post	John Meston	February 9, 1963
As the citizens of Dodge deal with the strain of Indian raids, a farmer brings his ailing Indian wife into town for treatment.
290	23	"Ash"	Harry Harris	John Meston	February 16, 1963
The friendship between business partners is jeopardized when one of them sustains a head injury, changing his personality.
291	24	"Blind Man's Bluff"	Ted Post	John Meston	February 23, 1963
While searching for a murderer, Matt is beaten so badly he cannot see straight.
292	25	"Quint's Indian"	Fred Jackman, Jr.	Story by : Marian Clark Teleplay by : John Meston	March 2, 1963
Quint is accused of horse theft and beaten by a group of vigilantes.
293	26	"Anybody Can Kill a Marshal"	Harry Harris	Kathleen Hite	March 9, 1963
A pair of outlaws hire a drifter to do what they could not: kill Matt Dillon.
294	27	"Two of a Kind"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Merwin Gerard	March 16, 1963
Matt gets caught in the middle of a feud between two immigrants.
295	28	"I Call Him Wonder"	Harry Harris	Kathleen Hite	March 23, 1963
The bigoted citizens of Dodge refuse to hire a drifter just because he has picked up an orphaned Indian boy.
296	29	"With a Smile"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Teleplay by : John Meston Based on a story by: Bud Furillo & George Main	March 30, 1963
A powerful rancher's spoiled son gets violent when a pretty girl rebuffs his affections.
297	30	"The Far Places"	Harry Harris	John Dunkel	April 6, 1963
Matt tries to ease the tension between a rancher and her son.
298	31	"Panacea Sykes"	William Conrad	Kathleen Hite	April 13, 1963
The elderly Panacea Sykes is a conniving thief bent on robbing Kitty.
299	32	"Tell Chester"	Joseph Sargent	Frank Paris	April 20, 1963
A girl Chester likes has no idea that the man she has her eye on is already married.
300	33	"Quint-Cident"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Kathleen Hite	April 27, 1963
Quint incurs the wrath of a widow he turned down.
301	34	"Old York"	Harry Harris	John Meston	May 4, 1963
Matt comes face to face with the outlaw who saved his life long ago.
302	35	"Daddy Went Away"	Joseph Sargent	Story by : John Rosser Teleplay by : Kathleen Hite	May 11, 1963
A widow returns Chester's affections.
303	36	"The Odyssey of Jubal Tanner"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Paul Savage	May 18, 1963
A saloon girl and a drifter team up to find the man who murdered the girl's fiancė and shot the drifter.
304	37	"Jeb"	Harry Harris	Paul Savage	May 25, 1963
A man buys an allegedly stolen horse from a farm boy, which proves to be a big mistake.
305	38	"The Quest for Asa Janin"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Paul Savage	June 1, 1963
Matt becomes convinced that Dave Ingalls is innocent of murder, so he sets out to find the real killer before Ingalls is wrongfully hanged.

Season 9 (1963–64)

Thirty-six one-hour episodes, black-and-white
Producer: Norman Macdonnell; associate producer: Frank Paris
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Dennis Weaver (Chester), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Ken Curtis (Festus), Burt Reynolds (Quint Asper)[26]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
306	1	"Kate Heller"	Harry Harris	Kathleen Hite	September 28, 1963
A young man commits murder and ambushes Matt.
307	2	"Lover Boy"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	October 5, 1963
A ladies' man takes up with a married woman. Last episode in which Ken Curtis appears as a character other than Festus.
308	3	"Legends Don't Sleep"	Harry Harris	Kathleen Hite	October 12, 1963
After getting out of prison, an infamous gunman meets a cocky young man eager to cash in on his reputation.
309	4	"Tobe"	John English	Paul Savage	October 19, 1963
Tobe Hostader befriends a saloon girl whose ex-boyfriend is near.
310	5	"Easy Come"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	October 26, 1963
Elmo Sippy is superficially pleasant, but is actually a psychopathic killer, devoid of restraint or remorse.
311	6	"My Sister's Keeper"	Harry Harris	Kathleen Hite	November 2, 1963
A grief-stricken widower gets a job as a hired hand for two sisters.
312	7	"Quint's Trail"	Harry Harris	Kathleen Hite	November 9, 1963
Quint guides a family on a hazardous trail to Oregon.
313	8	"Carter Caper"	Jerry Hopper	John Meston	November 16, 1963
A man gets beaten up for trying to steal another man's horse, and plots his revenge.
314	9	"Ex-Con"	Thomas Carr	John Meston	November 30, 1963
An ex-convict comes to Dodge with the intention of shooting Matt dead. Note: This episode was pre-empted due to the coverage of the Assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963.
315	10	"Extradition (Part 1)"	John English	Antony Ellis	December 7, 1963
Matt tracks an accused murderer to Texas.
316	11	"Extradition (Part 2)"	John English	Antony Ellis	December 14, 1963
Matt, the murderer, and the lieutenant ride back to the border -- followed by bandits.
317	12	"The Magician"	Harry Harris	John A. Kneubuhl	December 21, 1963
A traveling medicine man is accused of cheating at cards.
318	13	"Pa Hack's Brood"	Jerry Hopper	Paul Savage	December 28, 1963
Pa Hack tries to get his daughter married to a successful rancher, so he can lead an idle life.
319	14	"The Glory and the Mud"	Jerry Hopper	Gwen Bagni	January 4, 1964
A young man tries to make a name for himself as a fast draw when Matt turns him down as deputy.
320	15	"Dry Well"	Harry Harris	John Meston	January 11, 1964
A married woman is having affairs with men much younger than her husband.
321	16	"Prairie Wolfer"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Dunkel	January 18, 1964
Someone or something is slaughtering cattle.
322	17	"Friend"	Harry Harris	Kathleen Hite	January 25, 1964
Matt heads to a nearby town to investigate a friend's death.
323	18	"Once a Haggen"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Les Crutchfield	February 1, 1964
A friend of Festus' is accused of murdering the man who bested them at poker.
324	19	"No Hands"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	February 8, 1964
Doc is threatened by the Ginnis clan when he fails to respond quickly to their demands for treatment.
325	20	"May Blossoms"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Kathleen Hite	February 15, 1964
Festus' cousin Mayblossom comes to town to marry him because of a pact between their fathers.
326	21	"The Bassops"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Tom Hanley	February 22, 1964
A family finds Matt and a prisoner handcuffed to one another - with the prisoner claiming to be the marshal.
327	22	"The Kite"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	February 29, 1964
Matt must stop a killer from realizing his victim's daughter was a witness.
328	23	"Comanches Is Soft"	Harry Harris	Kathleen Hite	March 7, 1964
After spending a wild night in Wichita, Quint and Festus deal with a saloon girl who claims they invited her to Dodge.
329	24	"Father's Love"	Harry Harris	John Meston	March 14, 1964
A woman learns that the man who tried to have his way with her is her husband's uncle.
330	25	"Now That April's Here"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Les Crutchfield	March 21, 1964
The only ones who believe Festus' girlfriend witnessed a murder are the killers themselves.
331	26	"Caleb"	Harry Harris	Paul Savage	March 28, 1964
Caleb Marr comes to Dodge in search of a meaningful life after finally acknowledging his failure at farming.
332	27	"Owney Tupper Had a Daughter"	Jerry Hopper	Paul Savage	April 4, 1964
Owney Tupper starts behaving "responsibly" in order to retrieve his daughter from her aunt's custody.
333	28	"Bently"	Harry Harris	John A. Kneubuhl	April 11, 1964
Chester doubts a man's deathbed murder confession, so he sets out to find the real killer. Chester's last episode.
334	29	"Kitty Cornered"	John Brahm	Kathleen Hite	April 18, 1964
A rival saloon owner forces Kitty into a deadly competition.
335	30	"The Promoter"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	April 25, 1964
An ex-farmer decides to become a fight promoter to make his fortune.
336	31	"Trip West"	Harry Harris	John Dunkel	May 2, 1964
A timid bank clerk goes through a surprising change in personality when he is told he only has a short time to live.
337	32	"Scot Free"	Harry Harris	Kathleen Hite	May 9, 1964
Rob Scot leaves his family and prepares to start a new life with Nora Brand – after they dispose of her husband's body.
338	33	"The Warden"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Les Crutchfield	May 16, 1964
Festus protects a young Indian maiden from a farmer who bought her from her father.
339	34	"Homecoming"	Harry Harris	Shimon Bar-David^[B]	May 23, 1964
The ex-husband of Hector Lowell's wife claims that the Lowells' home, land and business belong to him.
340	35	"The Other Half"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Dunkel	May 30, 1964
A love triangle between a girl and twin brothers turns tragic.
341	36	"Journey for Three"	Harry Harris	Frank Paris	June 6, 1964
A stranger accompanies two brothers on their trip to California.

Season 10 (1964–65)

Thirty-six one-hour episodes, black-and-white
Producer: Norman Macdonnell (episodes 342–348, 350, 352, 361, 367), Philip Leacock (episodes 349, 351, 353–360, 362–366, 368–377); associate producer: Frank Paris
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Milburn Stone (Doc), Ken Curtis (Festus), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Burt Reynolds (Quint Asper)[27]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
342	1	"Blue Heaven"	Michael O'Herlihy	Les Crutchfield	September 26, 1964
A young man and a fugitive team up as they run from their respective pursuers.
343	2	"Crooked Mile"	Andrew V. McLaglen	Les Crutchfield	October 3, 1964
A girl's whip-wielding father does not approve of her romance with Quint.
344	3	"Old Man"	Harry Harris	John Meston	October 10, 1964
Matt must find out who killed Joe Silva when an old man is framed for the crime.
345	4	"The Violators"	Harry Harris	John Dunkel	October 17, 1964
A man's scalping leads the citizens of Dodge to suspect the Indians of doing the deed.
346	5	"Doctor's Wife"	Harry Harris	George Eckstein	October 24, 1964
A new doctor arrives in Dodge and his wife starts a smear campaign against Doc Adams.
347	6	"Take Her, She's Cheap"	Harry Harris	Kathleen Hite	October 31, 1964
A grateful family gives Matt their daughter to be his bride.
348	7	"Help Me, Kitty"	Harry Harris	Kathleen Hite	November 7, 1964
Kitty and an unmarried expectant mother end up in the desert when bandits attack their stagecoach.
349	8	"Hung High"	Mark Rydell	John Meston	November 14, 1964
A lawman-hater causes trouble for Matt and a retired marshal.
350	9	"Jonah Hutchinson"	Harry Harris	Calvin Clements, Sr.	November 21, 1964
After spending 30 years in prison, Jonah Hutchinson sets out to rebuild his ranching empire.
351	10	"Big Man, Big Target"	Michael O'Herlihy	John Mantley	November 28, 1964
Pike Beechum plots to off his lover's husband.
352	11	"Chicken"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	December 5, 1964
A meek man is given credit for killing four outlaws.
353	12	"Innocence"	Harry Harris	John Meston	December 12, 1964
The hatred between two men is intensified by their affections for the same girl.
354	13	"Aunt Thede"	Sutton Roley	Kathleen Hite	December 19, 1964
Festus' aunt Thede and a young woman both seek to get married.
355	14	"Hammerhead"	Christian Nyby	Antony Ellis	December 26, 1964
A wealthy gambler comes to Dodge to buy horses, leading rival traders to have a race to demonstrate the speed of their steeds.
356	15	"Double Entry"	Joseph Sargent	Les Crutchfield	January 2, 1965
Brad McCain tries to take advantage of his friendship with Matt.
357	16	"Run, Sheep, Run"	Harry Harris	John Meston	January 9, 1965
A man causes trouble for a young couple when he buys a ranch from them and refuses to pay for a year.
358	17	"Deputy Festus"	Harry Harris	Calvin Clements, Sr.	January 16, 1965
Festus, acting as Matt's deputy, learns that the drunken trappers he put in jail are his cousins.
359	18	"One Killer on Ice"	Joseph H. Lewis	Richard Carr	January 23, 1965
Two bounty hunters talk Matt into protecting them and their prisoner from ambush.
360	19	"Chief Joseph"	Mark Rydell	Story by : Thomas Warner Teleplay by : Clyde Ware	January 30, 1965
A desperately ill chief causes tension when he lodges in the Dodge House.
361	20	"Circus Trick"	William F. Claxton	Les Crutchfield	February 6, 1965
Festus's girlfriend joins a circus troupe.
362	21	"Song for Dying"	Allen Reisner	Harry Kronman	February 13, 1965
A carefree minstrel faces the wrath of the vengeful Lukens clan.
363	22	"Winner Take All"	Vincent McEveety	Les Crutchfield	February 20, 1965
Matt intervenes when an intese feud between the Renner brothers reaches its breaking point.
364	23	"Eliab's Aim"	Richard C. Sarafian	Will Corry	February 27, 1965
Festus' nephew Eliab comes gunning for his right ear lobe.
365	24	"Thursday's Child"	Joseph H. Lewis	Robert Lewin	March 6, 1965
Doc falls for a woman (Jean Arthur) who's haunted by her past.
366	25	"Breckinridge"	Vincent McEveety	Les Crutchfield	March 13, 1965
A lawyer from the east questions Matt's every move.
367	26	"Bank Baby"	Andrew V. McLaglen	John Meston	March 20, 1965
Bert Clum plots to rob pilgrim families in nearby camps.
368	27	"The Lady"	Mark Rydell	John Mantley	March 27, 1965
A woman who used to be rich takes a job at the Long Branch while she and her niece are on their way to San Francisco.
369	28	"Dry Road to Nowhere"	Vincent McEveety	Harry Kronman	April 3, 1965
Matt must find out why a gunman is stalking a temperance preacher.
370	29	"Twenty Miles from Dodge"	Mark Rydell	Clyde Ware	April 10, 1965
A gang of outlaws abduct Kitty and her fellow stagecoach passengers.
371	30	"The Pariah"	Harry Harris	Calvin Clements, Sr.	April 17, 1965
An immigrant's life improves when he kills an outlaw - at least for a while.
372	31	"Gilt Guilt"	Harry Harris	Kathleen Hite	April 24, 1965
Doc treats a woman and her son for scurvy.
373	32	"Bad Lady from Brookline"	Michael O'Herlihy	Gustave Field	May 1, 1965
A woman tries to raise her son in Dodge after her husband is killed in a gunfight.
374	33	"Two Tall Men"	Vincent McEveety	Frank Q. Dobbs & Robert Stewart, Jr.	May 8, 1965
Festus goes after the bandits who robbed and assaulted Doc.
375	34	"Honey Pot"	Harry Harris	John Meston	May 15, 1965
Newcomer Ben Stack makes a play for saloon girl Honey Dare.
376	35	"The New Society"	Joseph Sargent	Calvin Clements, Sr.	May 22, 1965
Matt faces fear and hostility in Ridge Town where he investigates an old murder case.
377	36	"He Who Steals"	Harry Harris	John Meston	May 29, 1965
A cowboy admires a buffalo hunter too much to admit that the buffalo hunter is also a thief. (Final John Meston script.)

Season 11 (1965–66)

Thirty-two one-hour episodes, black-and-white
Producer: Philip Leacock; associate producer: John Mantley
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Ken Curtis (Festus), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Roger Ewing (Thad)[28]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
378	1	"Seven Hours to Dawn"	Vincent McEveety	Clyde Ware	September 18, 1965
A treacherous gang of outlaws take over Dodge. Guest stars include John Drew Barrymore, Michael Vandever, Morgan Woodward, Al Lettieri, Allen Jaffe, and Johnny Seven.
379	2	"The Storm"	Joseph Sargent	Paul Savage	September 25, 1965
A buffalo hunter is sentenced to be hanged for a murder he did not commit, the real culprits being the sons of Matt's old friend Adam Benteen(Forrest Tucker).
380	3	"Clayton Thaddeus Greenwood"	Joseph Sargent	Calvin Clements, Sr.	October 2, 1965
Thad Greenwood (Roger Ewing) trails the four tough guys who caused his father (Paul Fix) to suffer a fatal heart attack. Guest stars include Jack Elam and Allen Jaffe.
381	4	"Ten Little Indians"	Mark Rydell	George Eckstein	October 9, 1965
Matt must find out who hired the gunfighters that he has been facing in and out of Dodge. Guest stars include Nehemiah Persoff, John Marley, Warren Oates, Bruce Dern, and Zalman King.
382	5	"Taps for Old Jeb"	James Sheldon	Les Crutchfield	October 16, 1965
Prospector Jeb Carter (Ed Begley) hires a bodyguard (Wayne Rogers) to protect his gold after years of searching finally pay off. Also features Morgan Woodward, Arthur Batanides, and Roger Ewing as Thad.
383	6	"Kioga"	Harry Harris	Robert Lewin	October 23, 1965
Kioga, a young and wounded Pawnee Indian (Teno Pollick), comes to Dodge City to hunt down the fur trader (Neville Brand) who killed his father and attacked his sister.
384	7	"The Bounty Hunter"	Harry Harris	Paul Savage	October 30, 1965
A bounty hunter (Robert Lansing) is drawn out of retirement to find the man who murdered a rich rancher's son.
385	8	"The Reward"	Marc Daniels	Gilbert Ralston, Scott Hunt & Beth Keele	November 6, 1965
A convicted gold-mine swindler (James Whitmore) gets out of prison to resume mining – with money he is accused of stealing.
386	9	"Malachi"	Gary Nelson	William Putman	November 13, 1965
Town drunk Malachi Harper (Harry Townes) poses as marshal just to impress his brother.
387	10	"The Pretender"	Vincent McEveety	Calvin Clements, Sr.	November 20, 1965
The Dano brothers (Tom Skerritt and Tom Simcox) return home from prison to a dying mother and a bitter father. Also featured are Nehemiah Persoff and Julie Sommars.
388	11	"South Wind"	Allen Reisner	Jack Bartlett	November 27, 1965
A 12-year-old boy (Pat Cardi) goes into hiding after witnessing his father's murder. Also featured is Bruce Dern in a celebrated performance.
389	12	"The Hostage"	Vincent McEveety	Story by : Joe Ann Johnson Teleplay by : Clyde Ware	December 4, 1965
Four convicts take Matt hostage on their way to Mexico. Guest starring future Kolchak the Nightstalker co-stars Darren McGavin and Simon Oakland.
390	13	"Outlaw's Woman"	Mark Rydell	Clyde Ware	December 11, 1965
Matt is surprised to see that the fleeing train robber he shot is a woman (Lane Bradbury).
391	14	"The Avengers"	Vincent McEveety	Donn Mullally	December 18, 1965
A judge and his two sons (James Gregory, John Saxon, and Les Brown Jr) plot their revenge when they suspect Festus and Kitty of murdering a member of their family.
392	15	"Gold Mine"	Abner Biberman	Scott Hunt & Beth Keele	December 25, 1965
This lighthearted episode shines the spotlight on Kitty, who travels alone to the rough mining town of Pickaxe to claim a gold mine, meeting the eccentric Gibbijohn family and a deaf-mute boy. Guest starring John Anderson, Paul Carr and Tom Nardini.
393	16	"Death Watch"	Mark Rydell	Calvin Clements, Sr.	January 8, 1966
Matt attempts to protect wounded outlaw Johnny Drago (Frank Silvera) from a pair of bounty hunters. Guest starring Albert Salmi, Alfred Ryder, and Robert Foulk.
394	17	"Sweet Billy, Singer of Songs"	Alvin Ganzer	Gustave Field	January 15, 1966
Festus' nephew Billy (Robert Random) comes to Dodge to find a wife.
395	18	"The Raid (Part 1)"	Vincent McEveety	Clyde Ware	January 22, 1966
A band out of outlaws terrorize Dodge. Guest stars include Gary Lockwood, John Kellogg, Jim Davis, John Anderson, Michael Conrad, Richard Jaeckel, and Jeremy Slate. (This episode also boasts a Franz Waxman score.)
396	19	"The Raid (Part 2)"	Vincent McEveety	Clyde Ware	January 29, 1966
The outlaws take Doc hostage after they rob the bank and set Dodge on fire. (Franz Waxman score)
397	20	"Killer at Large"	Marc Daniels	Calvin Clements, Sr.	February 5, 1966
Festus flees Dodge after killing a medicine-show sharpshooter in a gunfight. Guest starring Geraldine Brooks, Tim O'Kelly, Stuart Erwin, and Cyril Delevanti.
398	21	"My Father's Guitar"	Robert Totten	Hal Sitowitz	February 12, 1966
A wandering guitarist named Jason (Beau Bridges) believes his father's guitar is more valuable than a person's life. Also features Steve Ihnat, Charles Dierkop, and Dub Taylor.
399	22	"Wishbone"	Marc Daniels	Paul Savage	February 19, 1966
Matt goes after three bandits who robbed a stagecoach and killed the driver and guard. Meanwhile, Doc is bit by a rattlesnake. Guest starring Victor French, Lyle Waggoner, Lew Gallo, and Billy Beck.
400	23	"Sanctuary"	Harry Harris	Calvin Clements, Sr.	February 26, 1966
A bank robber takes refuge in a church where he holds the pastor and two women hostage. Guest starring Sean Garrison, Jack Grinnage, Joan Blackman, and Virginia Gregg.
401	24	"Honor Before Justice"	Harry Harris	Story by : Frank Q. Dobbs & Robert Stewart, Jr. Teleplay by : Frank Q. Dobbs	March 5, 1966
John Two-Bears (Noah Beery Jr) is sentenced to death by the Osage Council for a murder he did not commit. His daughter (France Nuyen) seeks Matt's help and intervention. Also featured are Barton MacLane and Michael Ansara.
402	25	"The Brothers"	Tay Garnett	Tom Hanley	March 12, 1966
Matt captures a young criminal named Billy (Bobby Crawford), who must endure Matt's moralizing while waiting to be broke out of jail by his outlaw brother and hero Ed (Scott Marlowe).
403	26	"Which Dr."	Peter Graves	Les Crutchfield	March 19, 1966
Buffalo hunters kidnap Doc and Festus. Guest starring R.G. Armstrong, George Lindsey, Gregg Palmer, and Shelley Morrison (Trivia: directed by James Arness' kid brother Peter Graves just prior to his finding fame as Jim Phelps on Mission: Impossible.)
404	27	"Harvest"	Harry Harris	Les Crutchfield	March 26, 1966
Ben Payson's daughter Betsy (Lesley Ann Warren) falls in love with one of the Scottish homesteaders who have threatened to take her family's land (James MacArthur). Guest starring George Kennedy and Karl Swenson.
405	28	"By Line"	Allen Reisner	Les Crutchfield	April 9, 1966
Despite his illiteracy, Festus becomes a reporter for Dodge's new paper, The Dodge City Clarion. Guest starring Chips Rafferty and Denver Pyle.
406	29	"Treasure of John Walking Fox"	Marc Daniels	Story by : Leo Bagby Teleplay by : Clyde Ware	April 16, 1966
John Walking Fox's (Leonard Nimoy) $50 gold piece starts gold fever in Dodge City, and makes the man a target of robbers. Also features Jim Davis, Richard Webb, and Lloyd Gough.
407	30	"My Father, My Son"	Robert Totten	Hal Sitowitz	April 23, 1966
A gunslinger kills a young man out to gain a reputation, then faces the wrath of the dead man's family. Guest starring Western icons Lee Van Cleef and Jack Elam, along with John McLiam and Zalman King.
408	31	"Parson Comes to Town"	Marc Daniels	Verne Jay	April 30, 1966
A stranger wearing a murdered preacher's coat causes tension in Dodge when he announces his intention to watch someone die. Guest star Sam Wanamaker.
409	32	"Prime of Life"	Robert Totten	Daniel B. Ullman	May 7, 1966
Young Kyle Stoner (Jonathan Lippe) is a fast gun involved with a pair of thieves who beat up Festus. Guest starring Douglas Kennedy and Joe Don Baker. (Trivia: this is the final black-and-white episode.)

One-hour color era

Seasons 12 - 20
1966/67 through 1974/75
226 color episodes (all full-hour)
(all two- or three-parters counted as two or three individual hour-long episodes)

Season 12 (1966–67)

Twenty-nine one-hour episodes, color
Executive producer: Philip Leacock; producer: John Mantley
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Ken Curtis (Festus), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Roger Ewing (Thad)
CBS cancelled the series due to low ratings. However, letters of protest and pressure from his wife persuaded William S. Paley, the network's chief executive, to re-instate Gunsmoke for a thirteenth season.[29][30]
Note: In 1997 TV Guide ranked "The Jailer" as episode No. 28 on its "100 Greatest Episodes of All Time" list.[31]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
410	1	"Snap Decision"	Mark Rydell	Richard Carr	September 17, 1966
Matt turns in his badge after being forced to kill a horse thief who was once his friend (first color episode).
411	2	"The Goldtakers"	Vincent McEveety	Clyde Ware	September 24, 1966
An outlaw brings his cohorts to Dodge to melt down the shipment of gold they have stolen.
412	3	"The Jailer"	Vincent McEveety	Hal Sitowitz	October 1, 1966
A powerful matriarch (guest star Bette Davis) plots her revenge on Matt for having her husband hanged six years ago.
413	4	"The Mission"	Mark Rydell	Richard Carr	October 8, 1966
While in Mexico, Matt has his badge, horse and prisoner stolen by Americans.
414	5	"The Good People"	Robert Totten	James Landis	October 15, 1966
Matt uses a young man's guilty conscience to find the men responsible for lynching a suspected rustler.
415	6	"Gunfighter, R.I.P."	Mark Rydell	Story by : Michael Fisher Teleplay by : Hal Sitowitz	October 22, 1966
A gunslinger (Darren McGavin) hired to kill Matt reconsiders when a Chinese girl (France Nuyen) tends to his wounds.
416	7	"The Wrong Man"	Robert Totten	Story by : Robert Lewin Teleplay by : Clyde Ware	October 29, 1966
A farmer (Carroll O'Connor) is charged with murdering the card shark who won his borrowed money.
417	8	"The Whispering Tree"	Vincent McEveety	Calvin Clements, Sr.	November 12, 1966
An ex-convict (John Saxon) returns home to find the loot he stashed.
418	9	"The Well"	Marc Daniels	Francis Cockrell	November 19, 1966
When Dodge is struck by a drought, Festus looks for water and Matt uses a rainmaker to give the people hope.
419	10	"Stage Stop"	Irving J. Moore	Hal Sitowitz	November 26, 1966
Doc takes a stand against bandits at a stage stop along with a pregnant woman and a blind man.
420	11	"The Newcomers"	Robert Totten	Calvin Clements, Sr.	December 3, 1966
An immigrant must decide whether to pay off a blackmailer who claims to have seen the immigrant's son commit murder.
421	12	"Quaker Girl"	Bernard L. Kowalski	Preston Wood	December 10, 1966
After being deputized, Thad deals with mistaken identity and a pair of outlaws as he takes a killer across the plains.
422	13	"The Moonstone"	Richard A. Colla	Paul Savage	December 17, 1966
An ex-criminal fears that a conflict involving his girlfriend, brother and old partner will reveal his past.
423	14	"Champion of the World"	Marc Daniels	Les Crutchfield	December 24, 1966
An ex-fighter and a con artist conspire to persuade Kitty into selling the Long Branch.
424	15	"The Hanging"	Bernard L. Kowalski	Story by : Calvin Clements, Jr. Teleplay by : Calvin Clements, Sr.	December 31, 1966
Matt must determine how and when the partners of a murderer he has in custody will make their move.
425	16	"Saturday Night"	Robert Totten	Clyde Ware	January 7, 1967
One of the drovers in a cattle drive plans to free Matt's prisoner.
426	17	"Mad Dog"	Charles R. Rondeau	Jay Simms	January 14, 1967
Festus is mistaken for a hired gunman in the town of Bucklin.
427	18	"Muley"	Allen Reisner	Les Crutchfield	January 21, 1967
Although a young outlaw has wounded Matt, he is unable to concentrate on finishing the marshal off because of his affections for a girl.
428	19	"Mail Drop"	Robert Totten	Calvin Clements, Sr.	January 28, 1967
A boy comes looking for his father, unaware that he is a wanted outlaw.
429	20	"Old Friend"	Allen Reisner	Clyde Ware	February 4, 1967
Marshal Burl Masters trails the gang of outlaws who burned his town and ran off with his woman.
430	21	"Fandango"	James Landis	Don Ingalls	February 11, 1967
A rancher is stalking Matt and his prisoner.
431	22	"The Returning"	Marc Daniels	James Landis	February 18, 1967
An honest woman in need of money faces temptation when her outlaw husband goes on the lam, leaving her $20,000.
432	23	"The Lure"	Marc Daniels	Clyde Ware	February 25, 1967
Kitty is abducted by an outlaw and tries to turn his daughter against him to escape.
433	24	"Noose of Gold"	Irving J. Moore	Clyde Ware	March 4, 1967
A state official uses Matt's friendship with an outlaw for personal gain.
434	25	"The Favor"	Marc Daniels	Don Ingalls	March 11, 1967
Kitty is torn between Matt and the man he is looking for – a vengeful killer who once saved her life.
435	26	"Mistaken Identity"	Robert Totten	Paul Savage and Les Crutchfield	March 18, 1967
A fugitive learns that the man whose identity he is using is being brought in by Matt. Guest stars: Albert Salmi and Sam Melville
436	27	"Ladies from St. Louis"	Irving J. Moore	Clyde Ware	March 25, 1967
A group of nuns bring their injured protector to Dodge – without mentioning he is a former criminal.
437	28	"Nitro! (Part 1)"	Robert Totten	Preston Wood	April 8, 1967
A gang hires a drifter to mix nitroglycerin for them.
438	29	"Nitro! (Part 2)"	Robert Totten	Preston Wood	April 15, 1967
The drifter hired by the gang mixes one last batch of nitroglycerin.

Season 13 (1967–68)

Twenty-five one-hour episodes, color
Producer: John Mantley; associate producer: Joseph Dackow
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Ken Curtis (Festus), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Buck Taylor (Newly)
Gunsmoke began its thirteenth season in a new time-slot (Monday nights at 7:30 PM). With this the series returned to being among the top ten highest rated programs, where it remained for the next six seasons.[32]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
439	1	"The Wreckers"	Robert Totten	Hal Sitowitz	September 11, 1967
Kitty pins Matt's badge on an unconscious outlaw to protect the marshal from a holdup gang.
440	2	"Cattle Barons"	Gunnar Hellström	Clyde Ware	September 18, 1967
Cattle barons fight over a large herd.
441	3	"The Prodigal"	Bernard McEveety	Calvin Clements, Sr.	September 25, 1967
A journalist looking for a sensational story talks Matt into reopening a murder case, where the marshal finds himself the prime suspect.
442	4	"Vengeance (Part 1)"	Richard C. Sarafian	Calvin Clements, Sr.	October 2, 1967
Matt tries to help when a drifter plans to avenge his friends who were trampled by a rancher's horsemen.
443	5	"Vengeance (Part 2)"	Richard C. Sarafian	Calvin Clements, Sr.	October 9, 1967
The drifter who is still bent on avenging his friends is arrested for murdering a town boss.
444	6	"A Hat"	Robert Totten	Ron Bishop	October 16, 1967
A stray bullet ruins a frontiersman's hat, setting off a chain reaction of violence and retribution.
445	7	"Hard Luck Henry"	John Rich	Warren Douglas	October 23, 1967
Festus goes to Pratt County with his clumsy cousin Henry to determine how a chest of gold should be divided among the Haggen clan.
446	8	"Major Glory"	Robert Totten	Story by : Clyde Ware and Richard Carr Teleplay by : Richard Carr	October 30, 1967
A pair of Army deserters wait for the perfect opportunity to murder the sergeant who has been harassing him.
447	9	"The Pillagers"	Vincent McEveety	Calvin Clements, Sr.	November 6, 1967
A gang of outlaws kidnap Newly and Kitty based on their assumption that Newly is a doctor.
448	10	"Prairie Wolfer"	Robert Butler	Calvin Clements, Sr.	November 13, 1967
While Festus is acting marshal, a pair of trappers steal $20,000 from a fur trader who refused to buy their pelts.
449	11	"Stranger in Town"	E. Darrell Hallenbeck	Story by : Emily Mosher and John Dunkel Teleplay by : John Dunkel	November 20, 1967
A hired killer gets distracted by his ex-wife and the son he never knew.
450	12	"Death Train"	Gunnar Hellström	Ken Trevey	November 27, 1967
The passengers of a railroad car are quarantined for a fever that could spread.
451	13	"Rope Fever"	David Alexander	Chris Rellas	December 4, 1967
A sheriff enjoys his new-found glory when he puts Festus in jail on a trumped-up murder charge.
452	14	"Wonder"	Irving J. Moore	Story by : Mary Worrell and William Blinn Teleplay by : William Blinn	December 18, 1967
Matt helps an Indian boy find a drifter who is being bothered by disgruntled cowboys.
453	15	"Baker's Dozen"	Irving J. Moore	Charles Joseph Stone	December 25, 1967
Doc fights to keep three orphaned babies from being separated.
454	16	"The Victim"	Vincent McEveety	Story by : Hal Sitowitz Teleplay by : Arthur Rowe	January 1, 1968
Matt and a sheriff face off against a lynch mob.
455	17	"Deadman's Law"	John Rich	Calvin Clements, Jr.	January 8, 1968
A group of vigilantes terrorizes Dodge as Festus goes looking for Matt.
456	18	"Nowhere to Run"	Vincent McEveety	Story by : Robert Totten Teleplay by : Ron Honthaner	January 15, 1968
A pair of teenage thieves fear that their partner, who is stuck in a well, will give them away.
457	19	"Blood Money"	Robert Totten	Hal Sitowitz	January 22, 1968
The father of a young gunfighter tries to end his son's career by wounding his gun hand.
458	20	"Merry Florene 1 - Hill Girl"	Robert Totten	Calvin Clements, Sr.	January 29, 1968
Newly rescues an ignorant hill girl, Merry Florene, from her uncivilized half-brothers Roland and Elbert. He brings her to Dodge City and arranges for a job at Jonas' general store. The two ruffians find her and try to force her to help them rob the store.
459	21	"The Gunrunners"	Irving J. Moore	Hal Sitowitz	February 5, 1968
An old trapper attempts to mete out justice to Army deserters who injured his adopted Indian son.
460	22	"The Jackals"	Alvin Ganzer	Calvin Clements, Jr.	February 12, 1968
Matt trails the man who plotted the murder of an old friend to Mexico.
461	23	"The First People"	Robert Totten	Calvin Clements, Sr.	February 19, 1968
A politically ambitious Indian agent falsely accuses Matt of participating in a murder committed on the reservation.
462	24	"Mr. Sam'l"	Gunnar Hellström	Harry Kronman	February 26, 1968
A rainmaker offers hope when Dodge is struck by a drought.
463	25	"A Noose for Dobie Price"	Richard C. Sarafian	Antony Ellis	March 4, 1968
Matt enlists the help of a former outlaw to find two condemned killers who escaped from jail.

Season 14 (1968–69)

Twenty-six one-hour episodes, color
Producer / executive producer: John Mantley; associate producer: Joseph Dackow
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Ken Curtis (Festus), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Buck Taylor (Newly)[33]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
464	1	"Lyle's Kid"	Bernard McEveety	Calvin Clements, Sr.	September 23, 1968
Matt intervenes when a former lawman plans to use his son to settle a grudge.
465	2	"The Hidecutters[34]"	Bernard McEveety	Jack Turley	September 30, 1968
Matt joins a cattle drive to prevent violence between a trail boss and his hands.
466	3	"Zavala"	Vincent McEveety	Paul Savage	October 7, 1968
A young Mexican youngster has an ulterior motive for befriending Matt.
467	4	"Merry Florene 2 - Uncle Finney"	Bernard McEveety	Calvin Clements, Sr.	October 14, 1968
When Merry Florene's half-brothers return to Dodge to turn in their 103 year old Uncle Finney for fifty dollars, you know some shenanigans are afoot.
468	5	"Slocum"	Leo Penn	Ron Bishop	October 21, 1968
A Bible-spouting, moonshine-swilling rancher threatens Matt.
469	6	"O'Quillian"	John Rich	Ron Bishop	October 28, 1968
Matt is forced to protect a troublemaking Irishman.
470	7	"9:12 to Dodge"	Marvin J. Chomsky	Preston Wood	November 11, 1968
Matt and Doc have a tense train ride as they take a prisoner back to Dodge.
471	8	"Abelia"	Vincent McEveety	Calvin Clements, Sr.	November 18, 1968
Outlaws use a widow's home as their hideout.
472	9	"Railroad!"	Marvin J. Chomsky	Arthur Rowe	November 25, 1968
Matt clashes with a railroad boss who is determined to buy a homesteader's land.
473	10	"The Miracle Man"	Bernard McEveety	Calvin Clements, Sr.	December 2, 1968
An Irish drummer falls for the woman he intended to swindle.
474	11	"Waco"	Robert Totten	Ron Bishop	December 9, 1968
Fate seems to have other plans for Matt as he takes a prisoner back to Dodge.
475	12	"Lobo"	Bernard McEveety	Jim Byrnes	December 16, 1968
Matt and an old mountain man face off against angry cattlemen and greedy bounty hunters.
476	13	"Johnny Cross"	Herschel Daugherty	Calvin Clements, Sr.	December 23, 1968
Newly intervenes when a pair of bounty hunters attempt to kill a desperado who swears that he is innocent.
477	14	"The Money Store"	Vincent McEveety	William Blinn	December 30, 1968
Two children rob a bank.
478	15	"The Twisted Heritage"	Bernard McEveety	Story by : Robert Heverly and Jack Turley Teleplay by : Paul Savage and Arthur Rowe	January 6, 1969
Kitty clashes with the tyrannical mother of a rancher she just rescued.
479	16	"Time of the Jackals"	Vincent McEveety	Story by : Paul Savage Teleplay by : Paul Savage and Richard Fielder	January 13, 1969
Matt finds himself marked for death as he looks for a killer.
480	17	"Mannon"	Robert Butler	Ron Bishop	January 20, 1969
A former Quantrill Raider comes to Dodge to face Matt in a gunfight.
481	18	"Merry Florene 3 - Gold Town"	Gunnar Hellström	Calvin Clements, Sr.	January 27, 1969
Merry Florene is back, along with her remaining half-brother Elbert Moses and cousin Smiley. Merry pesters Newly while the boys scam Dodge City with a salted gold mine.
482	19	"The Mark of Cain"	Vincent McEveety	Ron Bishop	February 3, 1969
An ex-Confederate is haunted by his past.
483	20	"Reprisal"	Bernard McEveety	Story by : Jack Hawn Teleplay by : Jack Hawn and Paul Savage	February 10, 1969
Doc must choose between delivering a baby or saving the life of a man who committed a murder.
484	21	"The Long Night"	John Rich	Story by : Richard Carr Teleplay by : Paul Savage	February 17, 1969
A group of bounty hunters intend to get even with Matt.
485	22	"The Night Riders"	Irving J. Moore	Calvin Clements, Sr.	February 24, 1969
Festus faces a group of renegades bent on regaining land they lost during the Civil War.
486	23	"The Intruder"	Vincent McEveety	Jim Byrnes	March 3, 1969
Festus seeks help for his prisoner.
487	24	"The Good Samaritans"	Bernard McEveety	Paul Savage	March 10, 1969
A family of former slaves give Matt shelter when he is injured.
488	25	"The Prisoner"	Leo Penn	Calvin Clements, Sr.	March 17, 1969
Kitty is left in charge of a man about to be hanged for murder, but she believes that he is innocent and refuses to let another sheriff take him away.
489	26	"Exodus 21:22"	Herschel Daugherty	Arthur Rowe	March 24, 1969
A former lawman goes after the men who murdered his wife.

Season 15 (1969–70)

Twenty-six one-hour episodes, color
Executive producer: John Mantley; producer: Joseph Dackow
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Ken Curtis (Festus), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Buck Taylor (Newly)[35]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
490	1	"The Devil's Outpost"	Philip Leacock	Story by : Bob Barbash Teleplay by : Bob Barbash and Jim Byrnes	September 22, 1969
A wily outlaw is determined to free his younger brother from Matt's custody.
491	2	"Stryker"	Robert Totten	Herman Groves	September 29, 1969
Matt is headed for a showdown with marshal-turned-outlaw John Stryker.
492	3	"Coreyville"	Bernard McEveety	Herman Groves	October 6, 1969
Two feuding women refuse to reveal the identity of the killer Matt is looking for.
493	4	"Danny"	Bernard McEveety	Preston Wood	October 13, 1969
An ailing con man plans to kill Matt to ensure his financial future.
494	5	"Hawk"	Gunnar Hellström	Kay Lenard & Jess Carneol	October 20, 1969
A woman refuses to acknowledge that a half-Indian boy is her son.
495	6	"A Man Called Smith"	Vincent McEveety	Calvin Clements, Sr.	October 27, 1969
A widow is not what she seems to be.
496	7	"Charlie Noon"	Vincent McEveety	Jim Byrnes	November 3, 1969
Comanches follow Matt, his prisoner, an Indian widow and her white stepson.
497	8	"Merry Florene 4 - The Still"	Gunnar Hellström	Calvin Clements, Sr.	November 10, 1969
Merry Florene is back -but this time she has herself a good job as an interim school teacher in Dodge. But when her kinfolks arrive, we are again in for more buffoonery from her family members.
498	9	"A Matter of Honor"	Robert Totten	Joy Dexter	November 17, 1969
The town drunk is accused of a murder he witnessed.
499	10	"The Innocent"	Marvin J. Chomsky	Walter Black	November 24, 1969
A missionary teacher heads for her first assignment.
500	11	"Ring of Darkness"	Bernard McEveety	Arthur Dales^[C]	December 1, 1969
A farmer faces a moral dilemma when he steals horses for a gang of outlaws to help his blind daughter.
501	12	"MacGraw"	Philip Leacock	Kay Lenard & Jess Carneol	December 8, 1969
Ex-gunslinger Jake McGraw has returned to Dodge after twenty years in prison and for some reason has taken an interest in a saloon hostess and a young cowboy.
502	13	"Roots of Fear"	Philip Leacock	Arthur Browne, Jr.	December 15, 1969
A dirt farmer and his kin plot to break into the bank when it's closed due to a panic.
503	14	"The Sisters"	Philip Leacock	William Kelley	December 29, 1969
A scoundrel tries to con three nuns.
504	15	"The War Priest"	Bernard McEveety	William Kelley	January 5, 1970
A drunken cavalry sergeant pursues an Indian warrior who takes Kitty hostage.
505	16	"The Pack Rat"	Philip Leacock	Story by : Arthur Browne, Jr. Teleplay by : Arthur Browne, Jr. and Jim Byrnes	January 12, 1970
A young thief sets a fatal trap for Matt as the marshal takes an escaped prisoner to Dodge.
506	17	"The Judas Gun"	Vincent McEveety	Harry Kronman	January 19, 1970
A hired gunman changes the balance of power in a family feud.
507	18	"Doctor Herman Schultz, M.D."	Bernard McEveety	Story by : Benny Rubin Teleplay by : Calvin Clements, Sr.	January 26, 1970
A hypnotist uses his skill to steal money.
508	19	"The Badge"	Vincent McEveety	Jim Byrnes	February 2, 1970
After Matt is shot and taken prisoner by two bank robbers, he tricks one into turning against his partner.
509	20	"Albert"	Vincent McEveety	Jim Byrnes	February 9, 1970
A bank teller foils a robbery and keeps the money for himself, only to wind up helping the robbers with their next attempt.
510	21	"Kiowa"	Bernard McEveety	Ron Bishop	February 16, 1970
Matt helps search for a group of raiders who abducted a rancher's daughter.
511	22	"Celia"	Philip Leacock	Harry Kronman	February 23, 1970
Newly must prove that a girl is a con artist bent on swindling a blacksmith.
512	23	"Morgan"	Bernard McEveety	Kay Lenard & Jess Carneol	March 2, 1970
Outlaws take over Dodge and wait for Matt to arrive with a large shipment of gold.
513	24	"The Thieves"	Philip Leacock	Thomas Thompson	March 9, 1970
The bartender takes an interest in a juvenile delinquent on probation.
514	25	"Hackett"	Vincent McEveety	William Kelley	March 16, 1970
An ex-convict seeks revenge on a farmer who ran out on him during a robbery years ago.
515	26	"The Cage"	Bernard McEveety	Calvin Clements, Sr.	March 23, 1970
Matt leads a posse to find a gang of gold thieves.

Season 16 (1970–71)

Twenty-four one-hour episodes, color
Executive producer: John Mantley; producer: Joseph Dackow (episodes 516–528), Leonard Katzman (episodes 529–539)
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Ken Curtis (Festus), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Buck Taylor (Newly)
Note: "Pike", the two-part episode that ended the season, was later developed into a spin-off series entitled Dirty Sally.[36][37]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
516	1	"Chato"	Vincent McEveety	Paul F. Edwards	September 14, 1970
Matt heads to New Mexico to track down a wily killer with a knach for murdering lawmen.
517	2	"The Noose"	Vincent McEveety	Arthur Browne, Jr.	September 21, 1970
A stranger comes to Dodge to avenge his father's hanging.
518	3	"Stark"	Robert Totten	Donald Sanford	September 28, 1970
Bounty hunter Louis Stark blackmails his prisoner, whose father is a wealthy rancher.
519	4	"Sam McTavish, M.D."	Bernard McEveety	Bethel Leslie & Gerry Day	October 5, 1970
Dr. Samuel (her father wanted a boy) McTavish answers Doc Adam's ad for a temporary replacement.
520	5	"Gentry's Law"	Vincent McEveety	Jack Miller	October 12, 1970
A land baron considers his family above the law.
521	6	"Snow Train (Part 1)"	Gunnar Hellström	Preston Wood	October 19, 1970
The Sioux are after the white man who sold them poisonous whisky.
522	7	"Snow Train (Part 2)"	Gunnar Hellström	Preston Wood	October 26, 1970
Matt must find out who sold the Indians poisonous whisky when they take a trainload of passengers hostage.
523	8	"Luke"	Bernard McEveety	Jack Miller	November 2, 1970
Outlaw Luke Dangerfield's dying wish is to see his daughter.
524	9	"The Gun"	Bernard McEveety	Donald Sanford	November 9, 1970
A newspaperman from St. Louis exploits a teenage bank clerk who killed a notorious gunfighter.
525	10	"The Scavengers"	Robert Totten	Jim Byrnes	November 16, 1970
A bounty is placed on Indians for allegedly massacring a camp site.
526	11	"The Witness"	Philip Leacock	Shimon Wincelberg	November 23, 1970
A father gets rid of witnesses against his murderous son.
527	12	"McCabe"	Bernard McEveety	Jim Byrnes	November 30, 1970
Matt's prisoner McCabe is targeted by a lynch mob.
528	13	"The Noon Day Devil"	Philip Leacock	William Kelley	December 7, 1970
A priest tries to save his murderous twin brother's soul.
529	14	"Sergeant Holly"	Bernard McEveety	William Kelley	December 14, 1970
A sergeant sets out to find the man who framed him for stealing an Army payroll.
530	15	"Jenny"	Robert Totten	Jack Miller	December 28, 1970
A bank robber hopes to recoup his losses after losing his money gambling.
531	16	"Captain Sligo"	William Conrad	William Kelley	January 4, 1971
A retired whaler moves to Kansas and begins courting a widow.
532	17	"Mirage"	Vincent McEveety	Jack Miller	January 11, 1971
Festus comes back from a desert shootout with no memory of what exactly took place.
533	18	"The Tycoon"	Bernard McEveety	Robert Vincent Wright	January 25, 1971
Festus falls prey to a husband-hunter after coming into money.
534	19	"Jaekel"	Bernard McEveety	Story by : True Boardman & Thelma Boardman Teleplay by : Calvin Clements, Sr.	February 1, 1971
A pardoned convict returns to the woman he killed for.
535	20	"Murdoch"	Robert Totten	Jack Miller	February 8, 1971
An aging lawman sets out to get the Carver gang - unaware that his son is with them.
536	21	"Cleavus"	Vincent McEveety	Richard Scott	February 15, 1971
An unlucky fellow jumps a dead man's claim and starts courting Kitty.
537	22	"Lavery"	Vincent McEveety	Donald Sanford	February 22, 1971
A troublemaker, out on probation, reunites with his old gang.
538	23	"Dirty Sally (Part 1) Pike 1"	Bernard McEveety	Jack Miller	March 1, 1971
Crusty old Sally Fergus nurses a wounded young outlaw named Cyrus Pike back to health.
539	24	"Dirty Sally (Part 2) Pike 2"	Bernard McEveety	Jack Miller	March 8, 1971
Having taken a shine to Cyrus while tending to his wounds, Sally tries to persuade him not to steal anymore.

Season 17 (1971–72)

Twenty-four one-hour episodes, color
Executive producer: John Mantley; producer: Leonard Katzman; associate producer: Ron Honthaner
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Ken Curtis (Festus), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Buck Taylor (Newly)[38]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
540	1	"The Lost"	Robert Totten	Story by : Warren Vanders Teleplay by : Jack Miller	September 13, 1971
Kitty befriends a wild child when she gets lost. (last Totten-directed episode)
541	2	"Phoenix"	Paul Stanley	Anthony Lawrence	September 20, 1971
An ex-convict starts hiring himself out as a killer.
542	3	"Waste (Part 1)"	Vincent McEveety	Jim Byrnes	September 27, 1971
Matt's search for an outlaw leads him to a boy without a mother and wagonload of saloon girls.
543	4	"Waste (Part 2)"	Vincent McEveety	Jim Byrnes	October 4, 1971
Matt gets trapped in a deserted fort with the boy and saloon girls.
544	5	"New Doctor in Town"	Philip Leacock	Jack Miller	October 11, 1971
The new town doctor finds it hard to be accepted as he tries to fill Doc Adams' shoes.
545	6	"The Legend"	Philip Leacock	Calvin Clements, Jr.	October 18, 1971
A man heads down the same path as his outlaw brothers.
546	7	"Trafton"	Bernard McEveety	Ron Bishop	October 25, 1971
An outlaw's compassion for his victims proves to be his downfall.
547	8	"Lynott"	Gunnar Hellström	Ron Bishop	November 1, 1971
An easygoing former lawman fills in for Matt.
548	9	"Lijah"	Irving J. Moore	William Blinn	November 8, 1971
A mountain man is accused of killing three people.
549	10	"My Brother's Keeper"	Paul Stanley	Arthur Dales^[C]	November 15, 1971
Festus tries to keep an old Indian alive, even though he wishes to die in peace.
550	11	"Drago"	Paul Stanley	Jim Byrnes	November 22, 1971
A scout hunts down the man who murdered his female benefactor.
551	12	"The Bullet (Part 1)"	Bernard McEveety	Jim Byrnes	November 29, 1971
Doc tries to save Matt when the marshal gets wounded.
552	13	"The Bullet (Part 2)"	Bernard McEveety	Jim Byrnes	December 6, 1971
A group of bandits delay Matt's journey to Denver where the wounded marshal needs an operation.
553	14	"The Bullet (Part 3)"	Bernard McEveety	Jim Byrnes	December 13, 1971
Doc performs an emergency surgery on Matt to save the marshal's life.
554	15	"P.S. Murry Christmas"	Herb Wallerstein	William Kelley	December 27, 1971
A drifter and seven orphans find a way to melt the cold heart of the orphanage headmistress at Christmastime.
555	16	"No Tomorrow"	Irving J. Moore	Richard Fielder	January 3, 1972
A falsely accused homesteader fights to prove his innocence.
556	17	"Hidalgo"	Paul Stanley	Colley Cibber	January 10, 1972
An outlaw shoots Matt and leaves him to die in the desert of Chihuahua.
557	18	"Tara"	Bernard McEveety	William Kelley	January 17, 1972
A charming widow plays Newly against a gunman.
558	19	"Dirty Sally (Part 3) One for the Road"	Bernard McEveety	Jack Miller	January 24, 1972
A drunk escapes from his reproving daughter.
559	20	"The Predators"	Bernard McEveety	Calvin Clements, Sr.	January 31, 1972
A 'mad' dog is killing cattle and sheep, while a vengeful gunman sets out to kill a man who shot him in the back four years ago.
560	21	"Yankton"	Vincent McEveety	Jim Byrnes	February 7, 1972
A saddle tramp uses a rancher's money to court his daughter.
561	22	"Blind Man's Buff"	Herb Wallerstein	Ron Honthaner	February 21, 1972
A lonely widow takes care of a wounded man she finds outside her cabin.
562	23	"Alias Festus Haggin"	Vincent McEveety	Calvin Clements, Sr.	March 6, 1972
A case of mistaken identity ensues when Festus is believed to be wanted for murder.
563	24	"The Wedding"	Bernard McEveety	Harry Kronman	March 13, 1972
A couple is determined to get married over her father's objections.

Season 18 (1972–73)

Twenty-four one-hour episodes, color
Executive producer: John Mantley; producer: Leonard Katzman; associate producer: Ron Honthaner.
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Ken Curtis (Festus), Buck Taylor (Newly)[39]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
564	1	"The River (Part 1)"	Herb Wallerstein	Jack Miller	September 11, 1972
Bandits chase Matt down Oregon's Rogue River.
565	2	"The River (Part 2)"	Herb Wallerstein	Jack Miller	September 18, 1972
Matt's adventure on Oregon's Rogue River comes to a thrilling conclusion.
566	3	"Bohannan"	Alf Kjellin	William Kelley	September 25, 1972
A faith healer is asked to cure a terminally ill boy.
567	4	"The Judgement"	Philip Leacock	Shimon Wincelberg	October 2, 1972
A gunman plots revenge against the man who turned him in as an Army deserter.
568	5	"The Drummer"	Bernard McEveety	Richard Fielder	October 9, 1972
A salesman is forced to face his past.
569	6	"Sarah"	Gunnar Hellström	Calvin Clements, Sr.	October 16, 1972
An old flame of Matt's gets him involved with stage robbers.
570	7	"The Fugitives"	Irving J. Moore	Charles Joseph Stone	October 23, 1972
Doc is kidnapped and forced to save an outlaw's life.
571	8	"Eleven Dollars"	Irving J. Moore	Paul Savage	October 30, 1972
Festus sets out to settle an $11 estate.
572	9	"Milligan"	Bernard McEveety	Ron Bishop	November 6, 1972
A farmer is accused of shooting someone in the back.
573	10	"Tatum"	Gunnar Hellström	Jim Byrnes	November 13, 1972
A dying gunman endures a long, sad journey to see his estranged daughters.
574	11	"The Sodbusters"	Robert Butler	Ron Bishop	November 20, 1972
A sodbuster fights a cattle baron for her water supply.
575	12	"The Brothers"	Gunnar Hellström	Calvin Clements, Sr.	November 27, 1972
An outlaw's brother seeks revenge on Kitty for shooting him.
576	13	"Hostage!"	Gunnar Hellström	Paul F. Edwards	December 11, 1972
After Matt kills a member of the Dog Soldiers, the rest of the gang shoot Kitty for revenge.
577	14	"Jubilee"	Herb Wallerstein	Story by : Jack Freeman Teleplay by : Paul Savage	December 18, 1972
A poor sodbuster leaves his farm to race his prized quarter horse.
578	15	"Arizona Midnight"	Irving J. Moore	Dudley Bromley	January 1, 1973
A midget claims that he will turn into an elephant at midnight.
579	16	"Homecoming"	Gunnar Hellström	Calvin Clements, Sr.	January 8, 1973
A pair of outlaws return to Dodge to see their dying mother and take Kitty and Doc hostage.
580	17	"Shadler"	Arnold Laven	Jim Byrnes	January 15, 1973
A condemned man posing as a priest is forced to help a stricken town.
581	18	"Patricia"	Alf Kjellin	Calvin Clements, Sr.	January 22, 1973
Newly gets engaged to a leukemia victim.
582	19	"A Quiet Day in Dodge"	Alf Kjellin	Jack Miller	January 29, 1973
Matt has a trying day as he deals with a vicious prisoner, a brawl at the Long Branch, a nine-year-old thief and Kitty giving him the silent treatment.
583	20	"Whelan's Men"	Paul F. Edwards	Ron Bishop	February 5, 1973
A gang of outlaws take over Dodge while Matt is away, but a poker game with Kitty proves to be their undoing.
584	21	"Kimbro"	Gunnar Hellström	Jim Byrnes	February 12, 1973
Matt's mentor in law enforcement is now on the skids.
585	22	"Jesse"	Bernard McEveety	Jim Byrnes	February 19, 1973
Festus runs into a friend who has escaped from prison.
586	23	"Talbot"	Vincent McEveety	Jim Byrnes	February 26, 1973
An outlaw's plans to rob the bank are sidetracked by his attraction to the woman whose husband he killed.
587	24	"This Golden Land"	Gunnar Hellström	Hal Sitowitz	March 5, 1973
A Jewish family's faith is tested by the son's senseless death.

Season 19 (1973–74)

Twenty-four one-hour episodes, color
Executive producer: John Mantley; producer: Leonard Katzman; associate producer: Ron Honthaner
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Ken Curtis (Festus), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Buck Taylor (Newly)[40]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
588	1	"Women for Sale (Part 1)"	Vincent McEveety	Jim Byrnes	September 10, 1973
Matt goes up against white-slave traders.
589	2	"Women for Sale (Part 2)"	Vincent McEveety	Jim Byrnes	September 17, 1973
Matt continues his pursuit of white-slave traders.
590	3	"Matt's Love Story"	Gunnar Hellström	Ron Bishop	September 24, 1973
An amnesiac Matt falls in love with a young widow.
591	4	"The Boy and the Sinner"	Bernard McEveety	Hal Sitowitz	October 1, 1973
A farm boy tries to stop a man from giving up his honor for booze.
592	5	"The Widow-Maker"	Bernard McEveety	Paul F. Edwards	October 8, 1973
An ex-gunman is unable to put his reputation behind him.
593	6	"Kitty's Love Affair"	Vincent McEveety	Story by : Joan E. Gessler & Susan Kotar Teleplay by : Paul Savage	October 22, 1973
A reformed gunfighter begins a courtship with Kitty.
594	7	"The Widow and the Rogue"	Bernard McEveety	Story by : Harvey Marlowe and Paul Savage Teleplay by : Paul Savage	October 29, 1973
Festus takes a charming, unethical petty thief back to Dodge, but must rely on him to protect a widow and her son.
595	8	"A Game of Death...An Act of Love (Part 1)"	Gunnar Hellström	Paul F. Edwards	November 5, 1973
A cattleman seeks vengeance against the Indians he suspects of killing his wife.
596	9	"A Game of Death...An Act of Love (Part 2)"	Gunnar Hellström	Paul F. Edwards	November 12, 1973
The Indians accused of murdering a cattleman's wife stand trial.
597	10	"Lynch Town"	Bernard McEveety	Story by : Anne Snyder & Joann Carlino Teleplay by : Calvin Clements, Sr.	November 19, 1973
An alcoholic judge is forced by Matt to hold an inquest into the death of a female saloonkeeper that resulted in the lynching of an innocent drifter.
598	11	"The Hanging of Newly O'Brien"	Alf Kjellin	Calvin Clements, Sr.	November 26, 1973
A backwoods community wants to hang Newly for a failed emergency operation he performed.
599	12	"Susan Was Evil"	Bernard McEveety	William Keys	December 3, 1973
Matt asks two women to take care of a wounded outlaw.
600	13	"The Deadly Innocent"	Bernard McEveety	Calvin Clements, Sr.	December 17, 1973
A mentally challenged young man struggles to live as an adult.
601	14	"The Child Between"	Irving J. Moore	Harry Kronman	December 24, 1973
Newly tries to help care for the sick baby of a wanted man and his untrusting Indian wife.
602	15	"A Family of Killers"	Gunnar Hellström	William Keys	January 14, 1974
Matt and a fellow marshal work together to track down a murderous family.
603	16	"Like Old Times"	Irving J. Moore	Richard Fielder	January 21, 1974
A reformed safecracker tries to start his life over.
604	17	"The Town Tamers"	Gunnar Hellström	Paul Savage	January 28, 1974
Matt and another marshal attempt to bring justice to a frontier town.
605	18	"The Foundling"	Bernard McEveety	Jim Byrnes	February 11, 1974
Matt must find a home for an abandoned baby girl.
606	19	"The Iron Blood of Courage"	Gunnar Hellström	Ron Bishop	February 18, 1974
A gunfighter is hired to settle a disagreement over water rights.
607	20	"The Schoolmarm"	Bernard McEveety	Dick Nelson	February 25, 1974
An unmarried schoolteacher finds that she is pregnant as a result of her being raped.
608	21	"Trail of Bloodshed"	Bernard McEveety	Story by : Earl W. Wallace Teleplay by : Paul Savage	March 4, 1974
A young farmer sets out to find the man who killed his father.
609	22	"Cowtown Hustler"	Gunnar Hellström	Jim Byrnes	March 11, 1974
A has-been pool player (portrayed by Jack Albertson) looks for a way to regain others' respect.
610	23	"To Ride a Yellow Horse"	Vincent McEveety	Calvin Clements, Sr.	March 18, 1974
A mother seeks to fulfill her dreams for her children.
611	24	"Disciple"	Gunnar Hellström	Shimon Wincelberg	April 1, 1974
Matt's life is changed when his gun arm is seriously wounded.

Season 20 (1974–75)

Twenty-four one-hour episodes, color
Executive producer: John Mantley; producer: Leonard Katzman (episodes 612-624, 635), John G. Stephens (episodes 625-634); associate producer: Ron Honthaner
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Ken Curtis (Festus), Milburn Stone (Doc), Buck Taylor (Newly), Fran Ryan (Hannah)[41]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
612	1	"Matt Dillon Must Die!"	Victor French	Ray Goldrup	September 9, 1974
A crazed killer bent on avenging his son's death captures Matt.
613	2	"A Town in Chains"	Bernard McEveety	Ron Bishop	September 16, 1974
A gang of bank robbers take over a town to do one last heist.
614	3	"The Guns of Cibola Blanca (Part 1)"	Gunnar Hellström	Paul Savage	September 23, 1974
Outlaws hold Doc and a woman hostage at a desert stronghold.
615	4	"The Guns of Cibola Blanca (Part 2)"	Gunnar Hellström	Paul Savage	September 30, 1974
Matt, Festus and Newly hatch a plan to rescue Doc and his female companion from the outlaws who have taken them hostage.
616	5	"Thirty a Month and Found"	Bernard McEveety	Jim Byrnes	October 7, 1974
Three drovers find their way of life jeopardized by the railroad.
617	6	"The Wiving"	Victor French	Earl W. Wallace	October 14, 1974
A farmer sends his sons into town to pick up brides.
618	7	"The Iron Men"	Gunnar Hellström	John Mantley	October 21, 1974
Matt takes on the task of rehabilitating a drunk ex-lawman.
619	8	"The Fourth Victim"	Bernard McEveety	Jim Byrnes	November 4, 1974
There is a killer on the loose in Dodge.
620	9	"The Tarnished Badge"	Michael O'Herlihy	Robert Vincent Wright	November 11, 1974
Matt deals with a sheriff (Victor French) who rules his town with an iron fist...and who does not take it well when he is asked to resign. Guest star: Nick Nolte
621	10	"In Performance of Duty"	Gunnar Hellström	William Keys	November 18, 1974
A family of outlaws stay a step ahead of the law by killing anyone who sees them.
622	11	"Island in the Desert (Part 1)"	Gunnar Hellström	Jim Byrnes	December 2, 1974
A half-crazy hermit rescues Festus.
623	12	"Island in the Desert (Part 2)"	Gunnar Hellström	Jim Byrnes	December 9, 1974
The hermit forces Festus to make packs of gold across the desert.
624	13	"The Colonel"	Bernard McEveety	Arthur Dales^[C]	December 16, 1974
A town drunk who was once an officer of the Army deals with his daughter's upcoming marriage.
625	14	"The Squaw"	Gunnar Hellström	Jim Byrnes	January 6, 1975
An outlaw on the run (John Saxon) must rely on an Indian woman cast off from her own tribe (Arlene Martel) if he is to survive in the badlands.
626	15	"The Hiders"	Victor French	Paul Savage	January 13, 1975
Festus tries to talk a teenager into leaving a gang of men who cut the skins off dead cattle and steal from farmers.
627	16	"Larkin"	Gunnar Hellström	Jim Byrnes	January 20, 1975
Newly tries to take a killer to Dodge with bounty hunters on his tail.
628	17	"The Fires of Ignorance"	Victor French	Jim Byrnes	January 27, 1975
A teacher fights for children's right to education as he clashes with the father of one of his students.
629	18	"The Angry Land"	Bernard McEveety	Story by : Herman Groves Teleplay by : Jim Byrnes	February 3, 1975
An orphaned girl is turned away by her only relative.
630	19	"The Wiving 2 - Brides and Grooms"	Victor French	Earl W. Wallace	February 10, 1975
A farmer tries to get his sons married.
631	20	"Hard Labor"	Bernard McEveety	Story by : Hal Sitowitz Teleplay by : Earl W. Wallace	February 24, 1975
Matt is convicted for a crime he did not commit and is sentenced to a life of hard labor in the judge's silver mine.
632	21	"I Have Promises to Keep"	Vincent McEveety	Story by : William Putman Teleplay by : William Putman and Earl W. Wallace	March 3, 1975
An ailing preacher is determined to build a church for the Comanches, despite the objecions of both whites and Indians.
633	22	"The Busters"	Vincent McEveety	Jim Byrnes	March 10, 1975
A broncobuster has only two days to live after getting a fatal injury from getting thrown off a stallion.
634	23	"Manolo"	Gunnar Hellström	Story by : Harriet Charles and Earl W. Wallace Teleplay by : Earl W. Wallace	March 17, 1975
A Basque sheepherder refuses to fight his father to prove his manhood.
635	24	"The Sharecroppers"	Leonard Katzman	Earl W. Wallace	March 31, 1975
Festus ends up plowing crops for a family of farmers after accidentally shooting one of them in the leg and bringing him home.

Television movies (1987–1994)

Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge	Vincent McEveety	Jim Bynes	September 26, 1987
Gunsmoke: The Last Apache	Charles Correll	Earl W. Wallace	March 18, 1990
Gunsmoke: To the Last Man	Jerry Jameson	Earl W. Wallace	January 10, 1992
Gunsmoke: The Long Ride	Jerry Jameson	Bill Stratton	May 8, 1993
Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice	Jerry Jameson	Harry and Renee Longstreet	February 10, 1994

Home media releases

All twenty seasons of Gunsmoke and all five reunion films are available on DVD in Region 1. Two box sets—The 50th Anniversary Collection and The Director's Collection—have been released on DVD in Region 1.

Gunsmoke season DVD releases
Season	Episodes	Discs	Release date	Ref
1	39	6	July 17, 2007	[42]
2	Volume 1: 20	3	January 8, 2008	[43]
	Volume 2: 19	3	May 27, 2008	[44]
3	Volume 1: 20	3	December 9, 2008	[45]
	Volume 2: 19	3	May 26, 2009	[46]
4	Volume 1: 20	3	October 5, 2010	[47]
	Volume 2: 19	3	December 14, 2010	[48]
5	Volume 1: 20	3	October 11, 2011	[49]
	Volume 2: 19	3	December 13, 2011	[50]
6	Volume 1: 19	3	August 7, 2012	[51]
	Volume 2: 19	3	October 16, 2012	[52]
7	Volume 1: 17	5	December 11, 2012	[53]
	Volume 2: 17	5	February 5, 2013	[54]
8	Volume 1: 19	5	May 7, 2013	[55]
	Volume 2: 19	5	May 7, 2013	[55]
9	Volume 1: 18	5	August 6, 2013	[56]
	Volume 2: 18	5	August 6, 2013	[56]
10	Volume 1: 18	5	August 12, 2014	[57]
	Volume 2: 18	5	August 12, 2014	[57]
11	Volume 1: 16	4	December 2, 2014	[58]
	Volume 2: 16	4	December 2, 2014	[58]
12	Volume 1: 15	4	September 20, 2016	[59]
	Volume 2: 14	4	September 20, 2016	[59]
13	Volume 1: 15	4	May 22, 2018	[60]
	Volume 2: 10	3	May 22, 2018	[61]
14	Volume 1: 15	4	February 5, 2019	[62]
	Volume 2: 11	3	February 5, 2019	[63]
15	Volume 1: 15	4	October 1, 2019	[64]
	Volume 2: 11	3	October 1, 2019	[65]
16	24	6	December 10, 2019	[66]
Gunsmoke – 50th Anniversary DVD releases
Volume	Episodes	Discs	Release date	Ref
1	17	3	January 3, 2006	[67]
2	12	3	January 3, 2006	[68]
1 & 2	29	6	January 3, 2006	[69]
Gunsmoke – The Director's Collection DVD releases
Volume	Episodes	Discs	Release date	Ref
—	15	3	November 14, 2006	[70]
Gunsmoke TV-movie DVD releases
Title		Discs	Release date	Ref
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge		1	May 11, 2004	[71]
Gunsmoke: The Last Apache		1	May 11, 2004	[72]
Gunsmoke: To the Last Man		1	May 11, 2004	[73]
The Gunsmoke Movie Collection		3	May 11, 2004	[74]
Gunsmoke: The Long Ride		1	February 14, 2017	[75]
Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice		1	September 13, 2016	[76]

Notes

1. ^ A. "David S. Peckinpah" is a pseudonym for Sam Peckinpah.
2. ^ B. "Shimon Bar-David" is a pseudonym for Shimon Wincelberg.
3. ^ C. "Arthur Dales" is a pseudonym for Howard Dimsdale.

See also

• List of Gunsmoke radio episodes

Footnotes

1. Barbaras 1990, pp. 74–75
2. Barbaras 1990, pp. 444, 742
3. Costello 2006, pp. 255, 539
4. Newcomb, Horace (2010). "Gunsmoke". The Museum of Broadcast Communications. Archived from the original on 2009-10-10. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
5. Barbaras 1990, p. 5
6. Costello 2006, pp. 255–539
7. Barbaras 1990, p. 154
8. Costello 2006, pp. 541–557
9. Barbaras 1990, pp. 87–102
10. Barbaras 1990, pp. 114–116
11. Barbaras 1990, pp. 116–118
12. Barbaras 1990, pp. 126–127
13. Barbaras 1990, pp. 147–148
14. Barbaras 1990, p. 101
15. Costello 2006, pp. 255–270
16. "James Arness, Marshal on 'Gunsmoke,' Dies at 88". NyTimes.com. June 3, 2011. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
17. Costello 2006, pp. 270–285
18. Costello 2006, pp. 285–299
19. Film Editing: Interpretation and Value (film). American Cinema Editors, Inc. 1959. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
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• Barbaras, SuzAnne & Gabor (1990). Gunsmoke: A Complete History. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 0-89950-418-3.

External links

• Arness, James. "The Official Web Site of James Arness". Retrieved March 22, 2010.
• Newcomb, Horace (2010). "Gunsmoke". The Museum of Broadcast Communications. Archived from the original on 2009-10-10. Retrieved March 21, 2010.