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Gunsmoke Season 12 Episodes
Season 12 Episode Guide
29 Episodes 1966 - 1967
Episode 1
Snap Decision
Sat, Sep 17, 1966 60 mins
Matt turns in his badge after he's forced to kill a horse thief who was once his friend. Matt: James Arness. Tucker: Claude Akins. Shaver: Michael Strong. Kipp: Michael Cole. Doc: Milburn Stone. Kitty: Amanda Blake. Thad: Roger Ewing.
Episode 2
The Goldtakers
Sat, Sep 24, 1966 45 mins
A gang of thieves commandeers the Dodge City blacksmith shop to divide a gigantic bar of gold.
Episode 3
The Jailer
Sat, Oct 1, 1966 45 mins
Six years after her husband's hanging, Ma Stone plots her revenge against Matt Dillon by first kidnapping Kitty to use as a lure and then jailing Matt to be hanged on the morning of the second day with Kitty watching as her man died.
Episode 4
The Mission
Sat, Oct 8, 1966 45 mins
Marshal Dillon is helped by an apparently friendly young runaway who later faces him as a deadly adversary.
Episode 5
The Good People
Sat, Oct 15, 1966 60 mins
Matt plays on a young man's guilty conscience as he searches for the men who lynched a suspected rustler. Seth: Tom Simcox. Rucker: Morgan Woodward. Gabe: Allen Case. Burke: Ted Jordan.
Episode 6
Gunfighter, R.I.P.
Sat, Oct 22, 1966 60 mins
While a Chinese girl tends wounded Joe Bascome, the hired gunslinger reconsiders his mission: killing Matt. Ching Lee: France Nuyen. Matt: James Arness. Paul: Michael Conrad.
Episode 7
The Wrong Man
Sat, Oct 29, 1966 60 mins
A farmer is charged with murder when the cardsharp who won his borrowed money is found dead. Kyle: Carroll O'Connor. Matt: James Arness. Festus: Ken Curtis. James: Kevin O'Neal. Doc: Milburn Stone. Wilton: Charles Kuenstle.
Episode 8
The Whispering Tree
Sat, Nov 12, 1966 60 mins
Ex-convict Virgil Stanley returns to his farm and family to search for the loot he stashed. Matt: James Arness. Ada: Jacqueline Scott. Doc: Milburn Stone. Redmond: Edward Asner.
Episode 9
The Well
Sat, Nov 19, 1966 60 mins
In drought-stricken Dodge, Festus looks for water while Matt uses a rainmaker to give the town hope. Matt: James Arness. Tobias: Guy Raymond. Doc: Milburn Stone. Festus: Ken Curtis. Janie: Joan Payne. Kitty: Amanda Blake.
Episode 10
Stage Stop
Sat, Nov 26, 1966 60 mins
At a stage stop, Doc, a pregnant woman and a blind man make a stand against bandits. Doc: Milburn Stone. Jed: John Ireland. Lori: Anne Whitfield. Simon: Jack Ging. Curt: Joseph Ruskin. Matt: James Arness.
Episode 11
The Newcomers
Sat, Dec 3, 1966 60 mins
Immigrant Lars Karlgren must decide whether to pay off a blackmailer who says he saw Lars' son murder. Matt: James Arness. Petter: Jon Voight. Lars: Karl Swenson. Handley: Robert Sorrells. Kitty: Amanda Blake. Festus: Ken Curtis.
Episode 12
Quaker Girl
Sat, Dec 10, 1966 60 mins
Mistaken identities and a gang of cutthroats threaten a deputized Thad, who's transporting a killer across the plains. Ellis: Liam Sullivan. Bateman: William Shatner. Matt: James Arness.
Episode 13
Moonstone
Sat, Dec 17, 1966 60 mins
Chad Timpson fears that his criminal past will be exposed by a violent conflict involving his girlfriend, his brother and a former partner. Matt: James Arness. Kitty: Amanda Blake. Doc: Milburn Stone. Phillips: Warren Kemmerling. Madge: Gail Kobe. Orv: Tom Skerritt.
Episode 14
Champion of the World
Sat, Dec 24, 1966 60 mins
Ex-fighter Bull Bannock teams up with a con artist to pressure Kitty into selling the Long Branch. Kitty: Amanda Blake. Matt: James Arness. Professor: Dan Tobin. Thad: Roger Ewing. Gopher: Ralph Rose.
Episode 15
The Hanging
Sat, Dec 31, 1966 60 mins
As a murderer waits for his partners to free him, Matt tries to determine how and when the men will strike. Boles: Tom Stern. Ivy: Kit Smythe. Matt: James Arness. Oro: Henry Darrow. Warren: Robert Knapp. Doc: Milburn Stone.
Episode 16
Saturday Night
Sat, Jan 7, 1967 60 mins
Matt faces unknown danger on a cattle drive, where one of the drovers plots to free the marshal's prisoner. Virgil: Leif Erickson. Doc: Milburn Stone. Craddock: William C. Watson. Ross: Victor French. Thad: Roger Ewing.
Episode 17
Mad Dog
Sat, Jan 14, 1967 60 mins
In the town of Bucklin, Festus runs into trouble when he's mistaken for a hired killer. Pinto: George Lindsey. Rand: Denver Pyle. Roan: Hoke Howell. Travers: George Murdock.
Episode 18
Muley
Sat, Jan 21, 1967 60 mins
A young outlaw who wounded Matt returns to finish the job, but the gunman's thoughts keep wandering in the direction of a girl. Matt: James Arness. Muley: Zalman King. Kitty: Amanda Blake. Lucky: Lane Bradbury. Thad: Roger Ewing. Doc: Milburn Stone.
Episode 19
Mail Drop
Sat, Jan 28, 1967 60 mins
A young boy may provide a clue to the whereabouts of his father, an outlaw being hunted by Matt. Roberts: John Anderson. Festus: Ken Curtis. Walsh: Bing Russell.
Episode 20
Old Friend
Sat, Feb 4, 1967 60 mins
Marshal Burl Masters isn't about to lose his quarry---even if it means shooting first and asking questions later. Matt: James Arness. Willa: Delphi Lawrence. Festus: Ken Curtis. Cheeno: Valentin de Vargas. Thad: Roger Ewing. Trail: Carlos Rivas.
Episode 21
Fandango
Sat, Feb 11, 1967 60 mins
Matt may be forced to arm the murderer he's bringing in: both men are being hunted by a rancher. Lorca: Mario Alcaide. Tyson: Torin Thatcher.
Episode 22
The Returning
Sat, Feb 18, 1967 60 mins
Amy Todd is an honest woman who faces temptation when her outlaw husband flees, leaving her with $20,000---money she desperately needs. Todd: Michael Ansara. Matt: James Arness. Burke: Ted Jordan. Shem: Johnnie Whitaker. Festus: Ken Curtis. Doc: Milburn Stone. Thad: Roger Ewing.
Episode 23
The Lure
Sat, Feb 25, 1967 60 mins
An outlaw kidnaps Kitty, who makes a bid for freedom by turning the fugitive's daughter against him. Dal: Stephen McNally. Carrie: Kim Darby. Matt: James Arness. Festus: Ken Curtis. Doc: Milburn Stone.
Episode 24
Noose of Gold
Sat, Mar 4, 1967 60 mins
A state official uses Matt's friendship with an outlaw in an attempt to nab the gunman and reward money. Farron: Steve Ihnat. Gunther: Sam Gilman. Matt: James Arness.
Episode 25
The Favor
Sat, Mar 11, 1967 60 mins
Kitty is torn between Marshal Dillon and the man he is searching for---a killer who once saved her life. Matt: James Arness. John Crowley: James Daly. Kitty: Amanda Blake. Adam Haley: William Bramley. Thad: Roger Ewing. Bonnie Mae Haley: Diane Ladd. Festus: Ken Curtis.
Episode 26
Mistaken Identity
Sat, Mar 18, 1967 60 mins
A fugitive using Mel Gates's identity must act fast when Matt arrives in town with an injured man---the real Gates. Ed: Albert Salmi. Gates: Hal Lynch. Doc: Milburn Stone. Timmons: Ken Mayer.
Episode 27
Ladies From St. Louis
Sat, Mar 25, 1967 60 mins
A group of nuns bring their wounded protector to Dodge---without revealing his criminal past. Sweeney: Claude Akins. Matt: James Arness. Sister Ellen: Josephine Hutchinson. Sister Ruth: Aneta Corsaut. Doc: Milburn Stone.
Episode 28
Nitro
Sat, Apr 8, 1967 60 mins
Part 1. David Canary plays a drifter who mixes up nitroglycerin for a gang. Matt: James Arness. Kitty: Amanda Blake. Anne Gilchrist: Bonnie Beecher. Ben Stearman: Tom Reese. Red Bailey: Eddie Firestone. Joe Keller: Robert Rothwell. Louie Pheeters: James Nusser. Farnum: Dub Taylor.
Episode 29
Nitro! Part 2
Sat, Apr 15, 1967 60 mins
Conclusion. McClaney mixes one last batch of nitroglycerin. Matt: James Arness. Anne: Bonnie Beecher. Louie: James Nusser. Ben Stearman: Tom Reese. Kitty: Amanda Blake. Doc: Milburn Stone. Red Bailey: Eddie Firestone. Joe Keller: Robert Rothwell. Farnum: Dub Taylor.