Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.
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Vint is a crooked card dealer being watched by a gunman hired by a card player to make sure he can not cheat, so he resorts to murder and robbery to recover his losses.
The episode was rated 7.61 from 28 votes.
Matt closes up shops to a group of drunken cowboys, which causes trouble.
The episode was rated 7.61 from 36 votes.
Matt jails the wife abusing Sam Baxter on suspicion of murdering 2 squatters on his land, but after he gets locked up, a 3rd squatter is murdered.
The episode was rated 7.61 from 31 votes.
Kitty's long-lost father, who abandoned her when she was a baby, shows up in Dodge, eager to take her back to New Orleans with him.
The episode was rated 7.67 from 27 votes.
A man, abandoned and permanently crippled by the cold on the prairie, is rescued by Matt and Chester and struggles to find a purpose.
The episode was rated 7.70 from 30 votes.
When a man suspected of murder can't establish his alibi, Matt arrests the man. After the prisoner draws a gun on Chester and escapes, evidence suggests he might not be guilty.
The episode was rated 7.71 from 34 votes.
After he is summoned unknowingly by Ben Pitcher to treat one of his cows,a human patient of Doc's dies. Durning a fight with Pitcher, Doc is knifed.
The episode was rated 7.72 from 43 votes.
The shooting of several members of an outlaw gang, though in self defense, triggers an emotional crisis in Matt, haunted by memories of all the men he has killed.
The episode was rated 7.73 from 30 votes.
A man wants to marry a woman whose brother may be willing to resort to violence to keep her from leaving home.
The episode was rated 7.77 from 30 votes.
After gunman, Sam Kercher is killed by Matt, his 16-year old brother arrives to fight Matt.
The episode was rated 7.79 from 28 votes.
Doc comes upon a new homesteader confined to bed with a badly infected leg and a gun under the bedclothes for protection against his wife.
The episode was rated 7.81 from 37 votes.
Matt is put in a difficult position by the arrival of Nick Search, an old friend who has since become a gambler with a fast draw and a reputation for dishonesty.
The episode was rated 7.84 from 37 votes.
A white man and his Indian wife, passing through Dodge, become targets of violence after it is learned that the wife's father led deadly raids against white settlers.
The episode was rated 7.97 from 30 votes.
Matt strongly suspects that it is actually white men who are responsible for a murderous series of "Indian raids" that have terrorized prairie-dwelling families.
The episode was rated 8.00 from 27 votes.
Grief-stricken rancher Morgan Curry proves willing to go to any length necessary to get revenge after cocksure gunman Tom Clegg kills his brother Abe in a needlessly provoked gunfight.
The episode was rated 8.11 from 28 votes.
