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Gunsmoke Season 6 Episodes

38 Episodes 1960 - 1961

Episode 1

Friend's Pay-Off

Sat, Sep 3, 196030 mins

Badly wounded, Matt's old friend won't identify the man who shot him, but does say he expects the gunman to return to finish the job.

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Episode 2

The Blacksmith

Sat, Sep 17, 196030 mins

Troublemakers trick an immigrant blacksmith into leaving his house on his wedding night, then burn it down.

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Episode 3

Small Water

Sat, Sep 24, 196030 mins

Matt arrests Finn Pickett based on a circular that indicates he is wanted for murder in Oklahoma Territory. Pickett repeatedly proclaims his innocence and vows that his prairie-savvy sons will do whatever is necessary to free him.

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Episode 4

Say Uncle

Sat, Oct 1, 196030 mins

Lee Nagel suspects his visiting uncle of murder when his father is killed in their store in an apparent accident.

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Episode 5

Shooting Stopover

Sat, Oct 8, 196030 mins

There is $10,000 in gold being shipped on a stagecoach, Matt and Chester are escorting a prisoner on that stagecoach, and there is a beautiful lady Laura and a pastor along as passengers. Is there danger afoot when the stage stopover is strangely empty?

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Episode 6

The Peace Officer

Sat, Oct 15, 196030 mins

Matt strips the badge from crooked Tascosa sheriff Clegg Rawlins, but knows he will likely face an ambush attempt during his return trip to Dodge City. He gets unexpected assistance from Rawlins' jilted girlfriend Stella, who meets the Marshal on horseback in an attempt to escape Rawlins and begin life anew in Dodge.

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Episode 7

Don Matteo

Sat, Oct 22, 196030 mins

Esteban Garcia, an old friend of Matt's (Don Matteo), rides in to Dodge trailing Garth Tabor, a loathsome gunslinger who has already had a run in with Matt at the Long Branch. When Estaban informs Matt of his intent to kill Tabor to protect his family honor, Matt tries to talk him out of it, informing him that, despite their friendship, if he goes through with the killing, he'll have to answer to Matt.

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Episode 8

The Worm

Sat, Oct 29, 196030 mins

Murders follow when a buffalo hunter and his browbeaten partner come to town.

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Episode 9

The Badge

Sat, Nov 12, 196030 mins

Out on the prairie, Matt is shot and taken captive by two outlaws, one of whom is a weakling abused and bossed around by the other.

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Episode 10

Distant Drummer

Sat, Nov 19, 196030 mins

Two roughnecks (Sloat and Grade) cruelly harass Raffie Bly, a confused and defenseless young man who suffered a serious head trauma while serving as a drummer in the Civil War.

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Episode 11

Ben Tolliver's Stud

Sat, Nov 26, 196030 mins

A row with his boss makes Ben quit his job. He leaves but says goodbye to Jake's daughter first. When he takes a horse for lost wages, Jake swears he'll kill him. The tables are turned when a hard and fast rule of Jake's soon backfires.

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Episode 12

No Chip

Sat, Dec 3, 196030 mins

The ruthless Dolan Brothers are letting their cattle encroach on Jeff Mossman's land. Jeff gets no support from his weak, effeminate son Pete, even after a shooting outside the Long Branch. The increasing hostility can only lead to murder.

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Episode 13

The Wake

Sat, Dec 10, 196030 mins

Gus Mather arrives in Dodge in a wagon, carrying the coffin of his best friend, Orson Boggs. Boggs died of a sickness, Gus wants to give him a proper wake, and invites anyone to join in free liquor at the Longbranch. Matt asks Gus who Boggs was, Gus says they're from Redbank Country. The morning after the wake, Matt is too curious, decides to ride to Redbank Country to find out about Boggs. Matt and Chester finally find Mrs. Boggs, who says her husband didn't have any friends. The story continues to unfold as Mrs Boggs later shows up in Dodge. A couple of classic lines by these characters. Matt to prairie man traveling to Dodge: "Pay your bills and don't kill anyone, and you won't have any trouble" (words to live by). Matt says about Mrs. Boggs: "I think she's hiding something". Chester: "Too bad is ain't her face, if you ask me".

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Episode 14

The Cook

Sat, Dec 17, 196030 mins

The cuisine prepared by a new cook at Delmonico's is very popular with the citizens of Dodge City, but one dissatisfied customer ends up dead after confronting the cook over his meal.

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Episode 15

Old Fool

Sat, Dec 24, 196030 mins

A seductive, yet impoverished, widow pursues long-married Hannibal Bass hoping to get her hands on his farm and his worldly goods. His wife confronts her and violence ensues.

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Episode 16

Brother Love

Sat, Dec 31, 196030 mins

In a family that believes in taking care of its own--including administering punishment within the family for crime--one of two grown brothers appears to have committed murder, but which one?

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Episode 17

Bad Sheriff

Sat, Jan 7, 196130 mins

A stagecoach is robbed. One of the thieves gets suspicious about his partner, he shoots him and kills him. Two men respond to the gunshots, claiming to be the Sheriff and a deputy. But they are also crooks who want the $5000 reward money.

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Episode 18

Unloaded Gun

Sat, Jan 14, 196130 mins

Red and Joe Lime are no-good murderous brothers, and Matt has to track 'em down out on the prairie. Trouble is, Matt comes down with a fever due to missing out on so much sleep in the last couple of weeks. This situation causes some serious problems for all involved when Matt has to return to Dodge because he is too sick to pursue the Lime brothers.

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Episode 19

Tall Trapper

Sat, Jan 21, 196130 mins

A man and his wife come across a lone trapper and make camp with him. Next day, the husband comes to Dodge to report to Doc that his wife is sick, but Doc finds the woman beaten to death, and the husband accuses the trapper.

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Episode 20

Love Thy Neighbor

Sat, Jan 28, 196130 mins

The theft of a sack of potatoes leads to increasingly violent hostilities between the Scooper and Galloway families.

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Episode 21

Bad Seed

Sat, Feb 4, 196130 mins

Matt rescues teen-aged girl Trudy Trent from a life of isolation and poverty with her overbearing, alcoholic father. Matt takes her into Dodge City and helps her get a job and some support. But when Matt rejects Trudy's misguided marriage proposal toward him, he learns that "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned".

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Episode 22

Kitty Shot

Sat, Feb 11, 196130 mins

Dillon goes after cowboy Jake Bayloe after he guns down his partner in the Long Branch , shooting Kitty in the crossfire and critically wounding her.

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Episode 23

About Chester

Sat, Feb 25, 196130 mins

While Chester is out searching for Doc, his horse is injured. Chester goes to a house for help and is instead taken prisoner.

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Episode 24

Harriet

Sat, Mar 4, 196130 mins

After witnessing the callous murder of her kindly father, Harriet Horne disregards Matt's advice and unwisely attempts to exact revenge on the perpetrators by making them jealous rivals for her attention.

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Episode 25

Potshot

Sat, Mar 11, 196130 mins

A concealed gunman takes a shot at Chester, and it may have been a bank robber, or it may have been someone who's been making trouble at the Long Branch.

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Episode 26

Old Faces

Sat, Mar 18, 196130 mins

Hot-headed Tom's new wife used to be a river-boat girl, and when a gunman from her old life recognizes her, a battle between the two men is brewing.

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Episode 27

Big Man

Sat, Mar 25, 196130 mins

To protect Kitty, Matt is forced to physically (and publicly) subdue fractious troublemaker Pat Swarner. When Swarner is subsequently found murdered, oft-inebriated Jud Sloan's claim that the Marshal was the killer seems uncomfortably credible.

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Episode 28

Little Girl

Sat, Apr 1, 196130 mins

Marshal Dillon must find a suitable home for Charity Gill, a young orphan, after the little girl's father dies when his cabin catches fire. Charity insists that she should live with the Dodge City lawman.

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Episode 29

Stolen Horses

Sat, Apr 8, 196130 mins

Horse thief murders a man to get his horses. Matt tracks the criminal to a Kiowa camp.

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Episode 30

Minnie

Sat, Apr 15, 196130 mins

A rough, rowdy prairie girl with a bullet wound in her arm comes into Dodge. When she meets Doc Adams, she sets her sights on him. He rebuffs her, but she becomes even more aggressive. Matt, Chester, and Kitty are amused and delighted.

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Episode 31

Bless Me Till I Die

Sat, Apr 22, 196130 mins

A local resident and hate-filled former convict, Nate Bush, informs Marshall Dillion that he thinks the new arrival in town, Cole Treadwell, may actually be an escaped convict, Cole Trankin, from the Arizona Territorial Prison. Nate is newley married and seeking to become a Doctor. After a misfortune of events, Matt has to tell his new bride something has happened to her husband.

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Episode 32

Long Hours, Short Pay

Sat, Apr 29, 196130 mins

A gunrunner supplies the Pawnee with weapons. Matt arrests him, but when the Pawnee find out, they capture Matt and free his prisoner.

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Episode 33

Hard Virtue

Sat, May 6, 196130 mins

Hot tempered Andy Coe and his wife want to sell their wagon to Moss, but can't when Ed Fallon's team spooks and crashes into their wagon. Fallon pays for the broken wagon and gives Andy a job. Fallon is sweet on Andy's wife.

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Episode 34

The Imposter

Sat, May 13, 196130 mins

A man claiming to be a sheriff from Texas comes to Dodge and asks Matt for help tracking down a named fugitive, but the man may not be a sheriff.

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Episode 35

Chester's Dilemma

Sat, May 20, 196130 mins

A pretty girl arrives in town and chases Chester, who's happy for her to do so, but the young woman has a secret that may land her in jail.

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Episode 36

The Love of Money

Sat, May 27, 196130 mins

When an ex-marshal passing through town is shot in the back, Matt suspects a new saloon gal might have had something to do with it.

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Episode 37

Melinda Miles

Sat, Jun 3, 196130 mins

When Roy Tayloe is murdered following a poker game, quick-tempered Harry Miles is certain that daughter Melinda's suitor Tom Potter is the killer. Miles quickly becomes impatient with Matt's methodical investigation of the crime and threatens to kill Potter himself unless he stays away from Melinda.

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Episode 38

Colorado Sheriff

Sat, Jun 17, 196130 mins

Matt and Chester find Rod Ellison shot and paralyzed on the prairie and return him to Dodge for surgery. Ben Witter abrasively advises Matt that he is a deputy sheriff from Pueblo who has come to Dodge to arrest Ellison for robbery, but Matt is suspicious of Witter's refusal to produce a valid arrest warrant.

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