Gunsmoke (1955)
Cast & Crew
Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Monday, April 15
Friend
Season 9 • Episode 17
A man who saved Matt's life 10 years earlier arrives in Dodge City.
Monday, April 15
Lynott
Season 17 • Episode 8
A former lawman saves Matt's life then agrees to take his place while the marshal's wounds heal.
Monday, April 15
The Tragedian
Season 5 • Episode 20
Matt befriends and tries to help an actor who is caught cheating at cards.
Monday, April 15
Hinka Do
Season 5 • Episode 21
Matt investigates a saloon's mysterious new owner, who may have killed the previous owner.
Tuesday, April 16
The Widowmaker
Season 19 • Episode 5
A former gunfighter (Steve Forrest) tries to live a quiet life with the woman he loves.
Tuesday, April 16
I Thee Wed
Season 5 • Episode 31
A battered wife pays her jailed husband's fine to free him against Matt's advice.
Tuesday, April 16
The Lady Killer
Season 5 • Episode 32
A saloon girl claims she killed a man in self-defense, but Matt is suspicious.
Tuesday, April 16
Blue Heaven
Season 10 • Episode 1
A cowboy wanted for a murder he didn't commit teams up with a runaway.
Tuesday, April 16
The Widow and the Rogue
Season 19 • Episode 7
Festus tries to bring in a personable thief who wants to escape on the way to Dodge.
Tuesday, April 16
A Game of Death ... An Act of Love
Season 19 • Episode 8
A man (Morgan Woodward) seeks revenge after renegades kill his wife and burn his house.
Tuesday, April 16
Deputy Festus
Season 10 • Episode 17
Festus thinks that his cousins are responsible for the death of a man, and pursues them out of town.
Tuesday, April 16
A Game of Death ... An Act of Love
Season 19 • Episode 9
A lawyer (Paul Stevens) agrees to defend the Indians accused of murdering Bear Sanderson's wife.
Tuesday, April 16
Lynch Town
Season 19 • Episode 10
Matt forces drunken Judge Warfield to hold an inquest into the death of a female saloon owner.
Tuesday, April 16
Monopoly
Season 4 • Episode 4
Matt must bluff to uncover a dangerous murderer who is targeting citizens of Dodge.
Tuesday, April 16
Letter of the Law
Season 4 • Episode 5
A rich landowner tries to have a homesteader and his pregnant wife evicted.
Tuesday, April 16
Gold Mine
Season 11 • Episode 15
Kitty inherits a gold mine; Matt is too busy to escort her, so she goes alone to claim it.
Tuesday, April 16
Once a Haggen
Season 9 • Episode 18
A man is stabbed after winning a poker game, and the wrong man may have been arrested.
Tuesday, April 16
Lijah
Season 17 • Episode 9
A hanging-minded jury sits in judgment of Lijah, a silent mountain man.
Tuesday, April 16
Doc Judge
Season 5 • Episode 22
Chester prepares to protect Doc from a gunman who believes that Doc is actually a judge.
Tuesday, April 16
Moo Moo Raid
Season 5 • Episode 23
Trail bosses accuse each other when a valuable cow goes missing .
Wednesday, April 17
Kitty's Love Affair
Season 19 • Episode 6
Kitty falls in love with a reluctant gunfighter after he risks his life to save hers.
Wednesday, April 17
Gentlemen's Disagreement
Season 5 • Episode 33
A man is charged in the death of his wife's ex-beau because of a previous threat.
Wednesday, April 17
Speak Me Fair
Season 5 • Episode 34
Matt investigates when cattle-rustling coincides with an Indian boy's beating.
Wednesday, April 17
Crooked Mile
Season 10 • Episode 2
Quint's life is threatened by his girlfriend's father, who doesn't approve of their romance.
Wednesday, April 17
The Hanging of Newly O'Brien
Season 19 • Episode 11
Doc Adams sends Newly out to check on families in the back country.
Wednesday, April 17
Susan Was Evil
Season 19 • Episode 12
A widow (Kathleen Nolan) falls in love with Matt's wounded prisoner at a remote way station.
Wednesday, April 17
One Killer on Ice
Season 10 • Episode 18
A would-be bounty hunter has hidden motives, and Matt gets caught in his plan.
Wednesday, April 17
The Deadly Innocent
Season 19 • Episode 13
Festus' ward, a young man with no family, is arrested after he injures a man for tormenting a cat.
Wednesday, April 17
A Child Between
Season 19 • Episode 14
A fugitive and his wife refuse to take Newley's medical help for their baby.
Wednesday, April 17
Thoroughbreds
Season 4 • Episode 6
An odd stranger comes to Dodge with money and two thoroughbred horses.
Wednesday, April 17
Stage Hold Up
Season 4 • Episode 7
Matt tries to capture bandits who rob a stagecoach on which Matt and Chester are riding.
Wednesday, April 17
Death Watch
Season 11 • Episode 16
Two bounty hunters vie for a $30,000 reward for a wanted Mexican bandit.
Wednesday, April 17
No Hands
Season 9 • Episode 19
A rowdy clan of hunters assaults a carpenter, but justice is served in Dodge.
Wednesday, April 17
My Brother's Keeper
Season 17 • Episode 10
Seeking refuge from a storm, Festus stumbles into a cave where an elderly Indian lies dying.
Wednesday, April 17
Kitty's Killing
Season 5 • Episode 24
Kitty endangers her life when a man seeks revenge on a rancher.
Wednesday, April 17
Jailbait Janet
Season 5 • Episode 25
A farmer and his family rob a train when they blame a fire on one the the railroad's locamotives.
Thursday, April 18
The Widow and the Rogue
Season 19 • Episode 7
Festus tries to bring in a personable thief who wants to escape on the way to Dodge.
Thursday, April 18
Belle's Back
Season 5 • Episode 35
An outlaw's girl is back in town and may know more than she admits.
Thursday, April 18
The Bobsy Twins
Season 5 • Episode 36
Two eccentric brothers declare their intentions to kill Indians.
Thursday, April 18
Old Man
Season 10 • Episode 3
Danny must help an old man framed for a murder that he didn't commit.
Thursday, April 18
A Family of Killers
Season 19 • Episode 15
A jailbreak reunites an outlaw family which then waits to ambush Matt and a lawman.
Thursday, April 18
Like Old Times
Season 19 • Episode 16
A reformed criminal (Nehemiah Persoff) meets with his former sweetheart (Gloria DeHaven).
Thursday, April 18
Chief Joseph
Season 10 • Episode 19
An Indian leader meets with hostility in Dodge City while enroute to the White House.
Thursday, April 18
The Town Tamers
Season 19 • Episode 17
Matt and another marshal are ordered to restore peace and order in a lawless town.
Thursday, April 18
Cowtown Hustler
Season 19 • Episode 22
A high-stakes match gives an aging, down-and-out pool player the chance to regain his self-respect.
Thursday, April 18
Lost Rifle
Season 4 • Episode 8
Matt is reluctant to make an arrest when a friend is accused of murder.
Thursday, April 18
Land Deal
Season 4 • Episode 9
Trouble results when a con man meets an immigrant's wife outside of Dodge City.
Thursday, April 18
Sweet Billy, Singer of Songs
Season 11 • Episode 17
Festus works to find a wife for a his nephew, who must find enough money for her dowry.
Thursday, April 18
Drago
Season 17 • Episode 11
An elderly trailblazer sets out to track down the slayer of a woman who had befriended him.
Thursday, April 18
Unwanted Deputy
Season 5 • Episode 26
A hanged murderer's brother seeks to avenge his death.
Thursday, April 18
Where'd They Go
Season 5 • Episode 27
A conniving farmer accused of robbery outsmarts Matt and Chester when they come to arrest him.
Friday, April 19
Lynch Town
Season 19 • Episode 10
Matt forces drunken Judge Warfield to hold an inquest into the death of a female saloon owner.
Friday, April 19
Old Flame
Season 5 • Episode 37
Matt's old flame seeks protection after claiming to have been robbed, but Kitty is suspicious.
Friday, April 19
The Deserter
Season 5 • Episode 38
A thieving deserter's parents defend him at gunpoint against Matt.
Friday, April 19
The Violators
Season 10 • Episode 4
Indian-style murders panic the citizens of Dodge, but Matt suspects that all is not as it seems.
Friday, April 19
The Foundling
Season 19 • Episode 18
A homeless baby triggers maternal instincts in two women, one of whom is Kitty.
Friday, April 19
The Iron Blood of Courage
Season 19 • Episode 19
A threatening range war brings a mercenary gunman to Dodge City.
Friday, April 19
The Schoolmarm
Season 19 • Episode 20
A widower tries to protect the reputation of his son's teacher.
Friday, April 19
A Trail of Bloodshed
Season 19 • Episode 21
A boy tracks down the man who killed his father and will avenge his death at any cost.
Friday, April 19
Lynching Man
Season 4 • Episode 10
Rancher Charlie Drain takes matters into his own hands when traveling cowboys lynch a newcomer.
Friday, April 19
How to Kill a Friend
Season 4 • Episode 11
Gamblers unwittingly hire Matt's old friend to protect them from the law.
Friday, April 19
Killer at Large
Season 11 • Episode 20
Festus kills a drunken sharpshooter in self-defense, then leaves town to avoid arrest.
Friday, April 19
Crowbait Bob
Season 5 • Episode 28
The town bum's relatives are displeased when he dies and leaves everything he owns to Kitty.
Friday, April 19
Colleen So Green
Season 5 • Episode 29
A lovely, helpless Southern belle charms the men in town, who all want to help when she is robbed.
Saturday, April 20
How to Kill a Woman
Season 3 • Episode 12
Matt and Chester keep watch for a killer who is murdering stagecoach passengers in cold blood.
Saturday, April 20
A Song for the Dying
Season 10 • Episode 21
An angry man comes to Dodge to hunt for the doctor who failed to save his wife during childbirth.
Sunday, April 21
The Preacher
Season 1 • Episode 30
Matt substitutes himself to save newcomer Seth Tandy from a beating at the hands of a loud braggart.
Sunday, April 21
How to Die for Nothing
Season 1 • Episode 31
A man swears to avenge his brother, whom Matt killed in self-defense.
Monday, April 22
Cherry Red
Season 5 • Episode 39
A robber's widow is sought out by a man who was involved in her husband's death.
Monday, April 22
Friend
Season 9 • Episode 17
A man who saved Matt's life 10 years earlier arrives in Dodge City.
Monday, April 22
Doctor's Wife
Season 10 • Episode 5
A new doctor's wife spreads malicious rumors about Doc Adams to get patients to the new practice.
Monday, April 22
Grass
Season 4 • Episode 12
A practical joke quickly turns into a deadly feud between friends.
Monday, April 22
The Cast
Season 4 • Episode 13
Doc finds himself a target after he is unable to save a friend's wife during surgery.
Monday, April 22
The Raid
Season 11 • Episode 18
A gang of bank robbers heads for Dodge City, but must deal with Matt before they can hit the bank.
Monday, April 22
Mayblossom
Season 9 • Episode 20
Festus' cousin Mayblossom arrives from Texas to fulfill a pact from childhood and marry him.
Monday, April 22
The Bullet
Season 17 • Episode 12
A bushwhacked Matt will die or become paralyzed unless a bullet is removed.
Monday, April 22
The Ex-Urbanites
Season 5 • Episode 30
On the prairie and far from Dodge, Chester must fend off outlaws while saving Doc's life.
Monday, April 22
I Thee Wed
Season 5 • Episode 31
A battered wife pays her jailed husband's fine to free him against Matt's advice.
Tuesday, April 23
A Game of Death ... An Act of Love
Season 19 • Episode 8
A man (Morgan Woodward) seeks revenge after renegades kill his wife and burn his house.
Tuesday, April 23
The Blacksmith
Season 6 • Episode 2
A rancher and a bully disrupt a blacksmith's wedding by burning down his house.
Tuesday, April 23
Small Water
Season 6 • Episode 3
Matt and Chester are threatened by a prisoner's family who swears he is innocent.
Tuesday, April 23
Take Her, She's Cheap
Season 10 • Episode 6
A man offers to sell his daughter to Matt, who refuses; trouble ensues when the girl falls for Matt.
Tuesday, April 23
Robber Bridegroom
Season 4 • Episode 14
The victim of a stagecoach robbery and kidnapping refuses to testify against her abductor.
Tuesday, April 23
Snakebite
Season 4 • Episode 15
A man wrongfully accused of murder dies before the real killer is found.
Tuesday, April 23
The Raid
Season 11 • Episode 19
A gang of bank robbers kidnap Doc Adams after one of them is injured.
Tuesday, April 23
The Bassops
Season 9 • Episode 21
A killer handcuffed to unconscious Matt claims to be the marshal.
Tuesday, April 23
The Bullet
Season 17 • Episode 13
Festus and Newley overpower outlaws transferring stolen gold from a train to a wagon.
Tuesday, April 23
The Lady Killer
Season 5 • Episode 32
A saloon girl claims she killed a man in self-defense, but Matt is suspicious.
Tuesday, April 23
Gentlemen's Disagreement
Season 5 • Episode 33
A man is charged in the death of his wife's ex-beau because of a previous threat.
Wednesday, April 24
A Game of Death ... An Act of Love
Season 19 • Episode 9
A lawyer (Paul Stevens) agrees to defend the Indians accused of murdering Bear Sanderson's wife.
Wednesday, April 24
Say Uncle
Season 6 • Episode 4
A man pursues his uncle, who he believes to have murdered his father.
Wednesday, April 24
Shooting Stopover
Season 6 • Episode 5
Robbers attack the stagecoach Matt and Chester are using to transport a prisoner.
Wednesday, April 24
Help Me Kitty
Season 10 • Episode 7
Kitty tries to help an expectant mother, but the two end up on a perilous journey.
Wednesday, April 24
Gypsum Hills Feud
Season 4 • Episode 16
In pursuit of a shooter, Matt and Chester become caught in a blood feud between two families.
Wednesday, April 24
Young Love
Season 4 • Episode 17
A murder victim's widow loves one of the men suspected of the crime.
Wednesday, April 24
My Father's Guitar
Season 11 • Episode 21
A boy's intense love for the guitar that used to belong to his father leads to murder.
Wednesday, April 24
The Kite
Season 9 • Episode 22
Festus finds a girl on the prairie who saw her mother get killed by a stranger.
Wednesday, April 24
The Bullet
Season 17 • Episode 14
Doc must decide whether to risk operating on the gravely wounded Matt.
Wednesday, April 24
Speak Me Fair
Season 5 • Episode 34
Matt investigates when cattle-rustling coincides with an Indian boy's beating.
Wednesday, April 24
Belle's Back
Season 5 • Episode 35
An outlaw's girl is back in town and may know more than she admits.
Thursday, April 25
The Hanging of Newly O'Brien
Season 19 • Episode 11
Doc Adams sends Newly out to check on families in the back country.
Thursday, April 25
The Peace Offer
Season 6 • Episode 6
A nearby town wants Matt's help in getting rid of its corrupt sheriff.
Thursday, April 25
Don Matteo
Season 6 • Episode 7
Matt finds that he must kill a friend in the line of duty when the man plots a murder.
Thursday, April 25
Hung High
Season 10 • Episode 8
Matt is framed for the murder of a convicted killer while transporting the prisoner to be hanged.
Thursday, April 25
Marshal Proudfoot
Season 4 • Episode 18
Matt, Doc and Kitty resort to deception to make Chester look good in the eyes of his visiting uncle.
Thursday, April 25
Passive Resistance
Season 4 • Episode 19
A non-violent sheepherder refuses to identify the people who burned his house and killed his sheep.
Thursday, April 25
The Wishbone
Season 11 • Episode 22
Festus tries his best to help when Doc Adams is bitten by a snake.
Thursday, April 25
No Tomorrow
Season 17 • Episode 16
A man becomes caught up in a falsified rustling charge, jailbreak and murder.
Thursday, April 25
The Bobsy Twins
Season 5 • Episode 36
Two eccentric brothers declare their intentions to kill Indians.
Thursday, April 25
Old Flame
Season 5 • Episode 37
Matt's old flame seeks protection after claiming to have been robbed, but Kitty is suspicious.
Friday, April 26
Susan Was Evil
Season 19 • Episode 12
A widow (Kathleen Nolan) falls in love with Matt's wounded prisoner at a remote way station.
Friday, April 26
The Worm
Season 6 • Episode 8
A knife-fighting hunter and his partner come to town and threaten Matt and Chester.
Friday, April 26
The Badge
Season 15 • Episode 19
Kitty, seeing Matt wounded again, closes the Long Branch and leaves Dodge.
Friday, April 26
Jonah Hutchison
Season 10 • Episode 9
A man returns to Dodge City after 30 years in prison, ready to take back what was his.
Friday, April 26
Love of a Woman
Season 4 • Episode 20
An ex-con whom Matt wrongly arrested years ago comes to Dodge City to get revenge.
Friday, April 26
Jayhawkers
Season 4 • Episode 21
Matt helps a trail boss escape prairie raiders by escorting his cattle herd to Dodge.
Friday, April 26
Sanctuary
Season 11 • Episode 23
A bandit holds hostages inside a church while Doc Adams treats his wounds.
Friday, April 26
The Deserter
Season 5 • Episode 38
A thieving deserter's parents defend him at gunpoint against Matt.
Friday, April 26
Cherry Red
Season 5 • Episode 39
A robber's widow is sought out by a man who was involved in her husband's death.
Saturday, April 27
The Lady
Season 10 • Episode 27
A woman and her niece stop in Dodge. The aunt is proposed to, which threatens the niece's plans.
Saturday, April 27
Dutch George
Season 1 • Episode 32
Matt has an awkward reunion with Dutch George, an old friend who is currently branded a horse thief.
Saturday, April 27
Prairie Happy
Season 1 • Episode 33
Matt returns to Dodge City to find the town fearing a Pawnee attack.
Sunday, April 28
Chester's Mail Order Bride
Season 1 • Episode 34
Chester's Eastern pen pal is coming to Dodge to marry him, but he has deceived her.
Sunday, April 28
The Guitar
Season 1 • Episode 35
Matt Dillon has a problem in preventing two cowhands from hanging a visiting Texan.
Monday, April 29
Distant Drummer
Season 6 • Episode 10
Matt helps a brain-damaged former drummer boy who has been accused of murder.
Monday, April 29
Ben Tolliver's Stud
Season 6 • Episode 11
Matt helps a man who is fired after being accused of stealing his boss's horses.
Monday, April 29
Big Man, Big Target
Season 10 • Episode 10
Matt trails a man suspected of framing a farmer for horse-stealing.
Monday, April 29
Kitty's Rebellion
Season 4 • Episode 22
Kitty objects to a visiting friend's attempts to save her honor.
Monday, April 29
Sky
Season 4 • Episode 23
A young man flees Dodge after being accused of murdering an older saloon girl.
Monday, April 29
Honor Before Justice
Season 11 • Episode 24
An Indian girl defies the laws of her people to save her father.
Monday, April 29
Comanches Is Soft
Season 9 • Episode 23
Quint and Festus fall for the same girl while out of town, and her jealous boyfriend is not happy.
Monday, April 29
Hidalgo
Season 17 • Episode 17
Matt, critically injured, becomes allied with a boy, an old man and a young woman.
Tuesday, April 30
The Deadly Innocent
Season 19 • Episode 13
Festus' ward, a young man with no family, is arrested after he injures a man for tormenting a cat.
Tuesday, April 30
No Chip
Season 6 • Episode 12
Neighbors victimize a rancher with their cattle, but the conflict leads to murder.
Tuesday, April 30
The Wake
Season 6 • Episode 13
A henpecked husband plots to escape his wife, but Matt interferes with his plan.
Tuesday, April 30
Chicken
Season 10 • Episode 11
A cowboy with a false reputation as a gunfighter must decide whether to fight for a woman.
Tuesday, April 30
Doc Quits
Season 4 • Episode 24
Doc quits his practice after his patients leave him to go to a quack.
Tuesday, April 30
The Bear
Season 4 • Episode 25
A man framed for murder retaliates after he and his wife are tricked by a jealous suitor.
Tuesday, April 30
The Brothers
Season 11 • Episode 25
An outlaw is determined to free his brother from jail after a robbery gone wrong.
Tuesday, April 30
Father's Love
Season 9 • Episode 24
A rancher commits murder to gain his nephew's wife, who scorned him years earlier.
Tuesday, April 30
Tara
Season 17 • Episode 18
Newly is unaware a charming young woman (Michele Carey) has a shady past.
Wednesday, May 1
A Child Between
Season 19 • Episode 14
A fugitive and his wife refuse to take Newley's medical help for their baby.
Wednesday, May 1
The Cook
Season 6 • Episode 14
After a customer is killed, Matt must hunt a talented chef over the town's objections.
Wednesday, May 1
Old Fool
Season 6 • Episode 15
Matt finds himself stuck in the middle of a domestic triangle with an old married couple.
Wednesday, May 1
Innocence
Season 10 • Episode 12
Two jealous cowboys fight over a new saloon hostess the night before her wedding.
Wednesday, May 1
The Coward
Season 4 • Episode 26
A cowardly man wants Matt dead, and tries to convince the townspeople to do the deed.
Wednesday, May 1
The F.U.
Season 4 • Episode 27
Matt tries to get to the bottom of a murder, a fugitive with an alibi, and a bank robbery.
Wednesday, May 1
Which Doctor?
Season 11 • Episode 26
Doc is abducted and forced to operate on a child during a fishing trip with Festus.
Wednesday, May 1
Now That April's Here
Season 9 • Episode 25
Festus' girlfriend claims she witnessed a murder after the couple has an argument.
Wednesday, May 1
One for the Road
Season 17 • Episode 19
A wealthy alcoholic flees from his daughter and her fiance who have designs on his estate.
Thursday, May 2
A Family of Killers
Season 19 • Episode 15
A jailbreak reunites an outlaw family which then waits to ambush Matt and a lawman.
Thursday, May 2
Brother Love
Season 6 • Episode 16
Matt must determine which of two brothers is a murderer, and their family isn't helping.
Thursday, May 2
Bad Sheriff
Season 6 • Episode 17
A robber kills his partner and is caught by a sheriff who acts more like a bounty hunter.
Thursday, May 2
Aunt Thede
Season 10 • Episode 13
Festus' gun-toting aunt arrives in Dodge City and settles right in.
Thursday, May 2
Wind
Season 4 • Episode 28
A gambler's lady, said to be good luck, tries to shoot Matt in the back.
Thursday, May 2
Fawn
Season 4 • Episode 29
Matt rescues a woman and her half-Indian daughter, but they get a cold reception in Dodge.
Thursday, May 2
Harvest
Season 11 • Episode 27
The son and daughter of feuding homesteaders fall in love, with disastrous consequences.
Thursday, May 2
The Predators
Season 17 • Episode 20
An ex-gunfighter comes to Dodge seeking revenge against a man who betrayed him in a range war.
Friday, May 3
Like Old Times
Season 19 • Episode 16
A reformed criminal (Nehemiah Persoff) meets with his former sweetheart (Gloria DeHaven).
Friday, May 3
Unloaded Gun
Season 6 • Episode 18
A feverish and exhausted Matt must track down Red and Joe Lime, robbers and cold-blooded murderers.
Friday, May 3
Tall Trapper
Season 6 • Episode 19
Matt unwittingly jails an innocent man for murder after a woman is beaten to death.
Friday, May 3
Hammerhead
Season 10 • Episode 14
Festus is challenged to a high-stakes horse race, and some may not be playing by the rules.
Friday, May 3
Renegade White
Season 4 • Episode 30
Indians take Matt captive while he is trailing a suspected gunrunner.
Friday, May 3
Murder Warrant
Season 4 • Episode 31
Matt concocts a plan to prevent a man from being lynched in a corrupt town.