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  • TV-14
  • CBS
  • Dec 31, 1966
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  • TV-14
  • CBS
  • Dec 31, 1966
  • 1 h
Gunsmoke

Summary Dodge City, known as the Sodom and Gomorrah of the plains, is a typical frontier city of the late 1800s with typical problems ranging from rumored Indian raids to bank and stage robberies, cattle rustling, and family feuds. All of these must be dealt with within the law and that task falls to Matt Dillon, US Marshal (James Arness). D...

Directed By: Bernard L. Kowalski

Written By: Calvin Clements Sr., Calvin Clements Jr., Paul Savage, Norman MacDonnell, John Meston, Charles Marquis Warren

  • TV-14
  • CBS
  • Dec 31, 1966
  • 1 h
  • TV-14
  • CBS
  • Dec 31, 1966
  • 1 h
Gunsmoke
S12 • Episode 15
The Hanging
Air Date: Dec 31, 1966
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Summary Dodge City, known as the Sodom and Gomorrah of the plains, is a typical frontier city of the late 1800s with typical problems ranging from rumored Indian raids to bank and stage robberies, cattle rustling, and family feuds. All of these must be dealt with within the law and that task falls to Matt Dillon, US Marshal (James Arness). D...

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Episode 1 • Sep 17, 1966 • 1 h
Snap Decision
Matt quits his job as Marshal when he shoots Ray Gilcher, a prisoner and wartime buddy, dead in apparent self defense and it turns out Gilcher was actually trying to save Matt's life.
Episode 2 • Sep 24, 1966 • 1 h
The Goldtakers
A group of outlaws murder soldiers of a gold transport, put on their uniforms, then commandeer the blacksmith's shop in Dodge to extract the gold from its alloy.
Episode 3 • Oct 1, 1966 • 1 h
The Jailer
Etta Stone is a very bitter, older, woman who has Kitty and Matt captured, and thrown into a homemade jail, and now she plans on hanging Matt for the execution of her husband 6 years before.
Episode 4 • Oct 8, 1966 • 1 h
The Mission
Matt is in Mexico to pick up a wanted criminal. When bandits steal his credentials, they spring the criminal with the idea of forming a gang of violence.
Episode 5 • Oct 15, 1966 • 1 h
The Good People
A bounty hunter is falsely charged with murder when he lies about killing a lynched man he thought was wanted by the law.
Episode 6 • Oct 22, 1966 • 1 h
Gunfighter, R.I.P
A gunslinger hired to kill Matt, backs down from his obligation when he gets badly wounded and falls in love with a beautiful Asian woman who is caring for him, and his employers won't stand for it.
Episode 7 • Oct 29, 1966 • 1 h
The Wrong Man
Hootie Kyle felt cheated in a card game by Tenner Jackson. Later, he punches Jackson and takes his thirty dollars back. The next day Hootie returns the money to the Marshal only to be told that Jackson had been murdered.
Episode 8 • Nov 12, 1966 • 1 h
The Whispering Tree
After a robbery, Virgil Stanley buries the money before being captured. It has been eight years and Virgil is being released. He has plans to use the money but has to deal with others with the same idea.
Episode 9 • Nov 19, 1966 • 30 m
The Well
Dodge becomes restless when a severe drought dries up all the wells except for one. Now it becomes a fight to keep living, placing Marshal Dillon in the middle.
Episode 10 • Nov 26, 1966 • 1 h
Stage Stop
A station master sets up stagecoaches to be robbed by a gang, and also routinely beats up his beautiful wife.
Episode 11 • Dec 3, 1966 • 1 h
The Newcomers
Petter Karlgren, a Swedish immigrant, and his father arrive in the untamed west to settle in Dodge. When Petter is baited into a fight, they will find that the west is more untamed and unforgiving than they ever thought.
Episode 12 • Dec 10, 1966 • 1 h
Quaker Girl
When a dying deputy swears in Thad to capture killer Fred Bateman, Thad ends up in a Quaker town, in which the people cannot tell which one is the wanted man.
Episode 13 • Dec 17, 1966 • 1 h
The Moonstone
Chad Timpson is taking care of his mentally challenged brother, Orv. But when a rider comes into Dodge we learn that Chad has a checkered past. A past that may break up the two brothers.
Episode 14 • Dec 24, 1966 • 1 h
Champion of the World
Bull Bannock, ex world heavyweight champion, tries to make a place for himself in Dodge City.
Episode 15 • Dec 31, 1966 • 1 h
The Hanging
Dodge City is the site where notorious outlaw Billy Boles is set to hang. However, the town is occupied by people determined for their own kind of justice.
Episode 16 • Jan 7, 1967 • 1 h
Saturday Night
A cattle-drive, led by Virgil Powell, helps a sick Matt Dillon get his prisoner to Dodge. But the prisoner has made a deal with a cowboy on the drive to avoid a certain hanging.
Episode 17 • Jan 14, 1967 • 1 h
Mad Dog
On the way to help his cousin, Festus is mistaken for a hired gunman. The slow-witted Watson Boys will try to make a name for themselves in this humorous offering.
Episode 18 • Jan 21, 1967 • 1 h
Muley
After a young gunslinger wounds Matt, he comes to Dodge to finish him off and to rob the bank. He gets distracted after going to the Long Branch, where he meets and falls in love with one of Kitty's girls.
Episode 19 • Jan 28, 1967 • 1 h
Mail Drop
A young boy comes to Dodge looking for his father. What he finds is that his father is a wanted outlaw on the run.
Episode 20 • Feb 4, 1967 • 1 h
Old Friend
A Marshal from Arizona has tracked down the men responsible for pillaging his town to an area outside Dodge. He is bound to seek revenge on the outlaws at any cost.
Episode 21 • Feb 11, 1967 • 1 h
Fandango
Episode 22 • Feb 18, 1967 • 1 h
The Returning
Luke Todd's family is hurting due to severe drought. Luke calls his old gang and they decide to rob the freight office in Dodge. When things go wrong, Luke leaves the stolen money for his wife to find. This action only leads to problems.
Episode 23 • Feb 25, 1967 • 1 h
The Lure
Kitty gets caught up in a scheme where lawmen will try to arrest known criminal Dal Neely by using his daughter as bait. But everyone gets more than they bargained for in this story.
Episode 24 • Mar 4, 1967 • 1 h
Noose of Gold
An attorney general uses Matt's friendship with an outlaw for political gain.
Episode 25 • Mar 11, 1967 • 1 h
The Favor
With a man being released from prison that has made threats toward Marshal Dillon, Kitty is torn between a man that saved her life and her duty as a citizen of Dodge City.
Episode 26 • Mar 18, 1967 • 1 h
Mistaken Identity
A drifter tries to settle in Dodge after switching identities with a man he found who had been bit by a rattlesnake, but his plans are complicated when that man is brought into town still unconscious.
Episode 27 • Mar 25, 1967 • 1 h
Ladies from St. Louis
When a bank robber saves five nuns, the nuns look to a higher power to convince the man to turn himself in to the authorities.
Episode 28 • Apr 8, 1967 • 1 h
Nitro! Part 1
A gang hires a jobless man to extract nitroglycerin from dynamite, so they can much more effectively blow open safes.
Episode 29 • Apr 15, 1967 • 1 h
Nitro! Part 2
The man extracting nitroglycerin from dynamite for the gang, begins to lose his nerve in the extremely dangerous process.
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James Arness

Matt Dillon, Matt

Milburn Stone

Doc

Amanda Blake

Kitty, Kitty Russell

Ken Curtis

Festus, Brisco Cass, Festus Haggen

Dennis Weaver

Chester

Glenn Strange

Sam, Sam Noonan, Man

Fred McDougall

Townsman, Bartender, Barfly

Bert Madrid

Townsman, Barfly, Bartender

Buck Taylor

Newly, Leonard Parker, Newly O'Brian

Ted Jordan

Burke, Nathan Burke, Shiloh

John Breen

Townsman, Barfly, Waiter, Bartender, Court Clerk, Courtroom Spectator, Cowboy, Party Guest, Saloon Dealer

Rudy Sooter

Townsman, Barfly, Rudy, Bartender, Musician, Party Guest, Farmer, Fiddler, Guitar Player, Trooper

Fred Dale

Townsman, Barfly, Cowboy, Cowhand, Fred, Gang Member, Guard, Gunman, Raider

James Nusser

Louie Pheeters, Bum, Crowe, Dick, Louie, Man, Nelson, Ranson, Wilkins

Bert Rumsey

Bartender, Sam, Sam, Bartender, Bartender Sam, Long Branch Bartender, The Bartender, Townsman

Mathew McCue

Townsman, Joe, Waiter, Barfly, Joe the Waiter, Joe, The Waiter, Man Outside Saloon, Party Guest, Trial Spectator

Clem Fuller

Clem, Townsman, Barfly, Bartender, Cowboy, Joe, Longbranch Patron, Stage Passenger

Pete Kellett

Townsman, Brawler, Cowhand, Henchman, Sergeant, Barfly, Bartender, Cowboy, Hodad, Joe, Poker Player, 1st Hidecutter, 1st Spectator, Al, Biggs, Buffalo Hunter, Conniston Rider, Curt, Deputy, Drucker, Frank, Gang Member, Guard #1, Mac, Monk, Quaker, Shotgun, Stoney, Trooper, Willy Hooker

Cactus Mack

Townsman, Barfly, Cowhand, Passerby, Stage Driver, Barfly with Gun, Cowboy, Diner Patron, Gunman, Pa, Trial Spectator

Michael Jeffers

Townsman, Barfly, Juror, Bank Manager, Bartender, Club Patron, Cowboy, Cowhand, Dealer, Hotel Guest, Whitey

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