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Gunsmoke Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
39 Episodes 1955 - 1956
Episode 1
Matt Gets It
Sat, Sep 10, 1955 30 mins
Matt (James Arness) is forced to shoot it out with a gun-happy outlaw. Grat: Paul Richards. Chester: Dennis Weaver. Doc: Milburn Stone.
Episode 2
Hot Spell
Sat, Sep 17, 1955 30 mins
Angry ranchers are making it almost impossible for an ex-gunman to remain honest. Matt: James Arness. Kitty: Amanda Blake. Chester: Dennis Weaver. Doc: Milburn Stone.
Episode 3
Word of Honor
Sat, Oct 1, 1955 30 mins
A murder witness has become very popular: friends of the victim are looking for him---and so is the killer. Matt: James Arness. Doc: Milburn Stone. Kitty: Amanda Blake.
Episode 4
Home Surgery
Sat, Oct 8, 1955 30 mins
In the desert, Matt and Chester aid a girl whose father is close to death. Matt: James Arness. Chester: Dennis Weaver. Hawtree: Joe De Santis. Holly: Gloria Talbott.
Episode 5
Obie Tater
Sat, Oct 15, 1955 30 mins
Outlaws try to force an old prospector to help them find a gold treasure. Tater: Royal Dano. Matt: James Arness. Chester: Dennis Weaver.
Episode 6
Night Incident
Sat, Oct 29, 1955 30 mins
Nobody believes that young Timmy overheard an outlaw plotting a robbery. Timmy: Peter Votrian. Matt: James Arness. Hinton: Robert Foulk. Doc: Milburn Stone. Kitty: Amanda Blake. Chester: Dennis Weaver.
Episode 7
Smoking Out the Nolans
Sat, Nov 5, 1955 30 mins
Marshal Dillon (James Arness) tries to avert a range war between a landowner and a homesteader. Chester: Dennis Weaver. Doc: Milburn Stone. Kitty: Amanda Blake.
Episode 8
Kite's Reward
Sat, Nov 12, 1955 30 mins
A reformed outlaw must defend himself from a bounty hunter. Matt: James Arness. Travis: Adam Kennedy. Kite: James Griffith. Chester: Dennis Weaver. Kitty: Amanda Blake.
Episode 9
The Hunter
Sat, Nov 26, 1955 30 mins
A buffalo hunter arouses Indian wrath when he enters sacred hunting grounds. Matt: James Arness. Murdock: Peter Whitney. Golden Calf: Richard Gildon. Chester: Dennis Weaver. Kitty: Amanda Blake.
Episode 10
The Queue
Sat, Dec 3, 1955 30 mins
Sebastian Cabot (Bailey) and Keye Luke (Chen) in a tale of racial prejudice. Matt: James Arness. Chester: Dennis Weaver. Doc: Milburn Stone. Kitty: Amanda Blake.
Episode 11
General Parsley Smith
Sat, Dec 10, 1955 30 mins
Parsley Smith, who is noted for his tall tales, claims that the town banker is planning to abscond. Parsley: Raymond Bailey. Drew Holt: James O'Rear. Ed Nash: John Alderson. Matt: James Arness. Chester: Dennis Weaver. Doc: Milburn Stone.
Episode 12
Magnus
Sat, Dec 24, 1955 30 mins
Chester (Dennis Weaver) tries to teach his brother some manners. Magnus: Robert Easton. Doc: Milburn Stone. Kitty: Amanda Blake.
Episode 13
Reed Survives
Sat, Dec 31, 1955 30 mins
Lola Albright, John Carradine and James Drury appear in a drama of love and revenge. Matt: James Arness. Chester: Dennis Weaver. Doc: Milburn Stone. Kitty: Amanda Blake.
Episode 14
Professor Lute Bone
Sat, Jan 7, 1956 30 mins
A certain peddler's in trouble: his patent medicines have proved fatal. Bone: John Abbott. Matt: James Arness. Doc: Milburn Stone. Chester: Dennis Weaver.
Episode 15
No Handcuffs
Sat, Jan 21, 1956 30 mins
An innocent man was arrested to cover up for a crooked sheriff---and Matt knows it. Matt: James Arness. Hank: Vic Perrin. Sheriff: Charles Gray. Chester: Dennis Weaver.
Episode 16
Reward for Matt
Sat, Jan 28, 1956 30 mins
A small boy gets caught in a barbed-wire fence---while he's stealing potatoes. Matt: James Arness. Peter: David Kent. Rose: Jeanette Nolan. Scooper: Jack Elam. Galloway: Ken Lynch. Chester: Dennis Weaver. Doc: Milburn Stone. Kitty: Amanda Blake.
Episode 17
Robin Hood
Sat, Feb 4, 1956 30 mins
Witnesses refuse to testify against a notorious outlaw. Matt: James Arness. Vince: James McCallion. Doc: Milburn Stone. Kitty: Amanda Blake. Bowen: Barry Atwater. Botkin: Wilfrid Knapp. Chester: Dennis Weaver. Mrs. Bowen: Nora Marlowe.
Episode 18
Yorky
Sat, Feb 18, 1956 30 mins
Yorky (Jeff Silver), a white boy reared by Indians, won't wait for Matt's justice: he goes after horse thieves himself. Matt: James Arness. Mrs. Seldon: Mary Gregory. Brant: Howard Petrie. Tom: Dennis Cross.
Episode 19
20-20
Sat, Feb 25, 1956 30 mins
A former lawman tries to keep his failing eyesight a secret from his enemies. Polen: Martin Kingsley. Matt: James Arness. Doc: Milburn Stone. Kitty: Amanda Blake.
Episode 20
Reunion '78
Sat, Mar 3, 1956 30 mins
A cowboy plots to kill the man who wronged him years before. Jerry: Val Dufour. Matt: James Arness. Culley: Maurice Manson. Belle: Marion Brash. Kitty: Amanda Blake.
Episode 21
Helping Hand
Sat, Mar 17, 1956 30 mins
Matt has trouble from a would-be tough guy. Matt: James Arness. Doc: Milburn Stone. Wilkins: Jim Nusser. Chester: Dennis Weaver. Kitty: Amanda Blake. Pence: Ken L. Smith.
Episode 22
Tap Day for Kitty
Sat, Mar 24, 1956 30 mins
An elderly rancher's interest in Kitty makes trouble for Matt (James Arness). Kitty: Amanda Blake. Cullers: John Dehner. Doc: Milburn Stone. Chester: Dennis Weaver.
Episode 23
Indian Scout
Sat, Mar 31, 1956 30 mins
Matt trails an accused murderer into Comanche territory. Matt: James Arness. Buffalo Tongue: Pat Hogan. Bailey: DeForest Kelley. Chester: Dennis Weaver. Doc: Milburn Stone. Kitty: Amanda Blake.
Episode 24
The Pest Hole
Sat, Apr 14, 1956 30 mins
Word of a typhoid epidemic spreads through Dodge. Matt: James Arness. Doc: Milburn Stone. Pelzer: Patrick O'Moore. Bradley: Howard McNear. Berkleman: Norbert Schiller. Olive: Evelyn Scott. Chester: Dennis Weaver. Kitty: Amanda Blake.
Episode 25
The Big Broad
Sat, Apr 28, 1956 30 mins
Matt's adversary: Lena Wave, who's 6-feet tall and weighs 200 pounds. Lena: Dee J. Thompson. Fitzgerald: Terry Becker. Matt: James Arness. Kitty: Amanda Blake.
Episode 26
Hack Prine
Sat, May 12, 1956 30 mins
Hack Prine (Leo Gordon) used to be a friend of Matt's, but he's in town now as a hired killer. Matt: James Arness. Chester: Dennis Weaver. Doc: Milburn Stone.
Episode 27
Cooter
Sat, May 19, 1956 30 mins
A mentally disabled child becomes a pawn in a plot against Matt (James Arness). Cooter: Strother Martin. Gambler: Vinton Hayworth. Chester: Dennis Weaver. Doc: Milburn Stone. Pate: Brett King.
Episode 28
The Killer
Sat, May 26, 1956 30 mins
Charles Bronson plays a man new to Dodge---but an old friend to trouble. Matt: James Arness. Kitty: Amanda Blake. Doc: Milburn Stone. Chester: Dennis Weaver.
Episode 29
Doc's Revenge
Sat, Jun 9, 1956 30 mins
Doc (Milburn Stone) is accused of murder. Matt: James Arness. Maddow: Ainslie Pryor. Ben Bartlett: Harry Bartell. Clem Maddow: Chris Alcaide. Chester: Dennis Weaver.
Episode 30
The Preacher
Sat, Jun 16, 1956 30 mins
Chuck Connors appears as Sam Keeler in this story of a new preacher who's determined to clean up Dodge. Tandy: Royal Dano. Matt: James Arness. Humbert: Paul DeVoe. Doc: Milburn Stone. Chester: Dennis Weaver. Kitty: Amanda Blake.
Episode 31
How to Die for Nothing
Sat, Jun 23, 1956 30 mins
Matt is hunted by the brother of a man he killed. Matt: James Arness. Howard: Mort Mills. Zack: James Nolan. Reizling: Maurice Manson. Chester: Dennis Weaver. Jacklin: Lawrence Dobkin.
Episode 32
Dutch George
Sat, Jun 30, 1956 30 mins
Matt must arrest his boyhood idol, who now leads a notorious gang of horse thieves. Matt: James Arness. Doc: Milburn Stone. Kitty: Amanda Blake. Chester: Dennis Weaver.
Episode 33
Prairie Happy
Sat, Jul 7, 1956 30 mins
A bitter old man spreads rumors of an impending Indian raid on Dodge. Tewksbury: Robert Ellenstein. Matt: James Arness. Chester: Dennis Weaver. Kitty: Amanda Blake.
Episode 34
Chester's Mail Order Bride
Sat, Jul 14, 1956 30 mins
Chester's mail-order bride arrives in Dodge---but Chester has changed his mind about marriage. Ann: Mary Carver. Chester: Dennis Weaver. Linus: Joel Ashley. Brady: Russell Thorson. Kitty: Amanda Blake.
Episode 35
The Guitar
Sat, Jul 21, 1956 30 mins
Goaded by two diehard Rebels, a former Union soldier resorts to violence. Short: Jacques Aubuchon. Matt: James Arness. Pindle: Aaron Spelling. Tyler: Charles Gray. Doc: Milburn Stone. Kitty: Amanda Blake.
Episode 36
Cara
Sat, Jul 28, 1956 30 mins
Matt encounters an ex-girl friend---who's now working on the wrong side of the law. Cara: Jorja Curtright. Matt: James Arness. Chester: Dennis Weaver. Doc: Milburn Stone.
Episode 37
Mr. and Mrs. Amber
Sat, Aug 4, 1956 30 mins
A self-styled religious prophet (Ainslie Pryor) is making life miserable for his daughter and new son-in-law. Amber: Paul Richards. Sarah: Gloria McGhee. Matt: James Arness. Chester: Dennis Weaver. Kitty: Amanda Blake. Doc: Milburn Stone. Jonas: Dabbs Greer. Simon: Bing Russell.
Episode 38
Unmarked Grave
Sat, Aug 18, 1956 30 mins
A young outlaw uses an old woman as a pawn in his bid for freedom. Rusty: Ron Hagerthy. Matt: James Arness. Mrs. Randolph: Helen Plebe. Sloane: William Hopper. Chester: Dennis Weaver. Darby: Than Wyenn. Munro: Joe Scudero. Kitty: Amanda Blake.
Episode 39
Alarm at Pleasant Valley
Sat, Aug 25, 1956 30 mins
Homesteader is ambushed while traveling to the safety of Dodge City. Matt: James Arness. Fraser: Lew Brown. Alice: Dorothy Schuyler. Mrs. Fraser: Helen Wallace. Ted: Bill White Jr. Chester: Dennis Weaver.
