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Gunsmoke Season 19 Episodes
Season 19 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1973 - 1974
Episode 1
Women for Sale: Part 1
Mon, Sep 10, 1973 60 mins
James Whitmore plays a white-slave trader in the first of a two-part drama. Matt: James Arness. Stella: Shani Wallis. Britt: Nicholas Hammond. Cynthia: Kathleen Cody.
Episode 2
Women for Sale: Part 2
Mon, Sep 17, 1973 60 mins
Conclusion of a story about Matt's pursuit of white-slave traders. Fitzpatrick: James Whitmore. Matt: James Arness. Stella: Shani Wallis. Britt: Nicholas Hammond. Cynthia: Kathleen Cody. Marcy: Dawn Lyn.
Episode 3
Matt's Love Story
Mon, Sep 24, 1973 60 mins
A love story for Matt, a victim of amnesia. Matt: James Arness. Mike: Michael Learned. Les Dean: Victor French. Starcourt: Keith Andes. Monte: Jonathan Lippe. Cordelius: William Schallert.
Episode 4
The Boy and the Sinner
Mon, Oct 1, 1973 60 mins
Ron Moody as a man willing to trade his honor for booze; Vincent Van Patten as a farm boy who cares enough to stop him. Matt: James Arness. Miller: Warren Vanders. Eaton: John Crawford.
Episode 5
The Widowmaker
Mon, Oct 8, 1973 60 mins
A former gunman finds it difficult to live down his reputation. Matt: James Arness. Teresa: Barra Grant. Kitty: Amanda Blake. Goodpastor: David Huddleston. Kid Chama: Randolph Sierra.
Episode 6
Kitty's Love Affair
Mon, Oct 22, 1973 60 mins
Richard Kiley stars as a reformed gunfighter who stirs a romantic interest in Kitty. Matt: James Arness. Corley: Leonard Stone. Sheb: Christopher Connelly.
Episode 7
The Widow and the Rogue
Mon, Oct 29, 1973 60 mins
Festus's prisoner is a roguish thief who is long on charm but short on ethics. Festus: Ken Curtis. Martha: Beth Brickell. Caleb: Clay O'Brien. Matt: James Arness. Doc: Milburn Stone.
Episode 8
A Game of Death...An Act of Love
Mon, Nov 5, 1973 60 mins
Part 1 of 2. A cattleman seeks revenge against the Indians he thinks murdered his wife. Cora: Donna Mills. Wolfe: Paul Stevens. Lavinia: Whitney Blake.
Episode 9
A Game of Death... An Act of Love: Part 2
Mon, Nov 12, 1973 60 mins
A murder trial concludes a drama about frontier justice. Bear: Morgan Woodward. Matt: James Arness. Cora: Donna Mills. Wolfe: Paul Stevens. May: Michael Learned. Dekker: Garry Walberg.
Episode 10
Lynch Town
Mon, Nov 19, 1973 60 mins
David Wayne as an alcoholic judge content to play puppet for the town boss. Rob: Mitch Vogel. Matt: James Arness. Sheriff: Warren Kemmerling.
Episode 11
The Hanging of Newly O'Brien
Mon, Nov 26, 1973 60 mins
A noose awaits Newly in a backwoods community where he performed an unsuccessful emergency operation. Kermit: Billy Green Bush. Tim: Jimmy Van Patten. Grandma: Jessamine Milner.
Episode 12
Susan Was Evil
Mon, Dec 3, 1973 60 mins
A morality drama about a wounded outlaw and two women asked to take care of him. Nellie: Kathleen Nolan. Susan: Kathy Cannon. Matt: James Arness. Newt: George DiCenzo. Sam: Henry Olek.
Episode 13
The Deadly Innocent
Mon, Dec 17, 1973 60 mins
A powerful young man with the mind of a child faces a dim future in the adult world. Festus: Ken Curtis. Doc: Milburn Stone. Barnett: Charles Dierkop.
Episode 14
The Child Between
Mon, Dec 24, 1973 60 mins
Care for a sick baby involves Newly with a wanted man and his distrustful Indian wife (Alexandra Morgan). Dahoma: John Dierkes.
Episode 15
A Family of Killers
Mon, Jan 14, 1974 60 mins
A U.S. marshal conducts a vendetta against a family of killers. Matt: James Arness. Elton: Anthony Caruso. Crazy Harley: Mills Watson. Ham: Morgan Paull. Jonnalee: Zina Bethune.
Episode 16
Like Old Times
Mon, Jan 21, 1974 45 mins
An old safe cracker is set free and he comes back to Dodge to find his former lady love. When two men looking to steal a lot of money come to town and approach him about unlocking the safe at the station, he accepts their proposal, sort of.
Episode 17
The Town Tamers
Mon, Jan 28, 1974 60 mins
Matt and a fellow marshal try to bring law and order to a frontier town. Martha: Jean Allison. Caleb: Ike Eisenmann. Badger: Leo Gordon. Aikens: Rex Holman.
Episode 18
The Foundling
Mon, Feb 11, 1974 60 mins
Matt tries to find a home for an abandoned baby girl. Kitty: Amanda Blake. Lettie: Kay Lenz. Maylee: Bonnie Bartlett. Joseph: Donald Moffat. Agnes: Dran Hamilton. Doc: Milburn Stone.
Episode 19
The Iron Blood of Courage
Mon, Feb 18, 1974 60 mins
A gunman is hired to settle a dispute over water rights. Anderson: Gene Evans. Matt: James Arness. Burdette: Lloyd Bochner. Mignon: Mariam Colon. Ellie: Mariette Hartley.
Episode 20
The Schoolmarm
Mon, Feb 25, 1974 60 mins
An unwed rape victim fears for her reputation after discovering that she is pregnant. Carl: Lin McCarthy. Lester: Todd Lookinland. Matt: James Arness. Doc: Milburn Stone. Stokes: Scott Walker.
Episode 21
Trail of Bloodshed
Mon, Mar 4, 1974 60 mins
A farm youth sets out in pursuit of his father's killer. Gambler: Craig Stevens. Festus: Ken Curtis. Joanie: Janit Baldwin.
Episode 22
Cowtown Hustler
Mon, Mar 11, 1974 60 mins
Jack Albertson as a has-been pool hustler on a comeback trail. Rope: Jonathan Lippe. Matt: James Arness. Sally: Nellie Bellflower. Willie: John Davis Chandler.
Episode 23
To Ride a Yeller Horse
Mon, Mar 18, 1974 60 mins
A story about a mother's dreams for her children. Joan: Louise Latham. Anna May: Kathleen Cody. Chester: Thomas Leopold. Matt: James Arness. Orlo: John Reilly. Doc: Milburn Stone.
Episode 24
The Disciple
Mon, Apr 1, 1974 60 mins
A badly wounded gun arm drastically alters the life of Matt Dillon. Lem: Dennis Redfield. Kitty: Amanda Blake. Loveday: Frank Marth.