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Western Television
Season One
Welcome to season one of the western television show, Gunsmoke. This western television series ran for 20 seasons. The first six seasons were 30 minute episodes with a total of 233. Starting with season seven, the series expanded to one hour episodes. The series began televising in color starting with season twelve. The information on this page has been gathered from
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This is the very first episode. It starts off with an introduction by a very young John Wayne. September 10, 1955 |
United States Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness) of Dodge City must deal with fast trigger-happy outlaw Dan Grat (Paul Richards) who wants his way with the town. |
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September 17, 1955 |
Matt must defend a gunman he despises from townspeople who want to lynch him for a crime he didn't commit. |
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October 1, 1955 |
To save his own life, murder witness Doc gives his word of honor to the killers that he won't expose them. |
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October 8, 1955 |
Matt tries to save the life of a man dying of gangrene. |
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October 15, 1955 |
A group of outlaws try to force an old prospector to give up his gold. |
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October 29, 1955 |
No one believes a boy's claims that he overheard an outlaw planning a robbery. |
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November 5, 1955 |
A landowner asks Matt to remove a couple from a home on part of his land, which the couple insists they bought and paid for, and which they refuse to vacate. |
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November 12, 1955 |
An ex-outlaw's attempt to hang up his gun proves difficult. |
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November 26, 1955 |
A legendary buffalo hunter invites the wrath of Indians when he sets out to cross their sacred hunting grounds. |
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December 3, 1955 |
Two men try to force a Chinese man out of Dodge. |
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December 10, 1955 |
Parsley Smith, a teller of tall tales, claims the new town banker is plotting to make off with the depositors' money. |
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December 24, 1955 |
It's Christmas in Dodge and Chester isn't pleased when his brother Magnus arrives for a visit. |
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December 31, 1955 |
A beautiful young wife manipulates a young hired hand into killing her older husband. |
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January 7, 1956 |
A peddler's miracle curative contains opium and proves fatal. |
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January 21, 1956 |
A man who claims he's innocent of a murder in a corrupt town breaks out of Matt's jail, and his trail leads Matt to the corrupt sheriff. |
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January 28, 1956 |
A woman offers a $1,000 reward to the man who kills Matt Dillon. |
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February 4, 1956 |
Witnesses are refusing to testify against an infamous outlaw. |
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February 18, 1956 |
Matt saves the life of a white boy raised by Indians who was shot trying to retrieve horses stolen from his tribe. |
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February 25, 1956 |
An ex-lawman and old friend of Matt's arrives in Dodge with failing eyesight, and a man who wants to kill him. |
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March 3, 1956 |
A well-liked hardware drummer is actually a man wanted for multiple murders. |
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March 17, 1956 |
Matt attempts to reform a young troublemaker. |
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March 24, 1956 |
An old rancher decides that he is going to marry Kitty. |
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March 31, 1956 |
When an old Indian scout murders a man, Matt pursues him into Comanche territory. |
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April 14, 1956 |
Doc must find a way to thwart a typhoid epidemic in Dodge. |
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April 28, 1956 |
Matt has to figure a way around a six-foot-tall, 200-pound woman with a six-gun. |
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May 12, 1956 |
An old friend of Matt's is now a gun-for-hire, in town to kill him. |
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May 19, 1956 |
A dishonest gambler uses a mentally challenged man in a plot against Matt. |
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May 26, 1956 |
Matt has to stop a cold-blooded killer (Charles Bronson) who preys on over-matched opponents. |
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June 9, 1956 |
Doc has a change of heart about a man he hates and wants to kill face to face when the man is later shot in the back. |
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June 16, 1956 |
A preacher disgusted by violence is harassed by bully Sam Keeler (Chuck Connors) who despises his timid nature. |
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June 23, 1956 |
The brother of a man Matt was forced to kill vows to kill Matt by any means necessary. |
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June 30, 1956 |
Matt is forced to arrest his childhood hero, who is now the leader of a gang of horse thieves. |
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July 7, 1956 |
A bitter old man tells fibs about Indians preparing to strike Dodge. |
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July 14, 1956 |
When Chester's mail-order bride arrives, neither she nor Chester are what the other are expecting. |
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July 21, 1956 |
An ex-Union soldier is forced to use violence against a pair of diehard Rebels. |
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July 28, 1956 |
Matt discovers that an old girlfriend is working on the opposite side of the law. |
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August 4, 1956 |
A self-described religious prophet makes life miserable for his sister and her husband. |
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August 18, 1956 |
An old woman grieving over the loss of her outlaw son tries to help another young outlaw escape justice. |
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August 25, 1956 |
A homesteader is ambushed on the way to Dodge. |
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