- List of Gunsmoke television episodes
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Gunsmoke is an American western television series developed by Charles Marquis Warren and based on the radio program of the same name.[1] The series ran for 20 seasons, making it the longest-running western in television history. The first episode aired in the United States on September 10, 1955, and the final episode aired on March 31, 1975.[2] [3] All episodes were broadcast in the United States by CBS.[4] In the United Kingdom Gunsmoke was originally broadcast under the title Gun Law.[5]
Gunsmoke was originally a half-hour program filmed in black-and-white. The series expanded to an hour in length with its seventh season and began filming in color with the twelfth. During its run 635 episodes were broadcast, of which 233 were 30 minutes in length. Of the hour-long episodes 176 were in black-and-white and 226 in color.[6] During its second season Gunsmoke became one of the ten most popular programs on American television and moved to number one in its third season. It remained at number one until 1961 and stayed in the top twenty until 1964. The series returned to prominence in 1967 following a shift in its programming time from Saturday to Monday night. From there Gunsmoke remained in the top twenty for the next seven years, dropping out only in its final season.[4] In May 1975 CBS cancelled the series. Alan Wagner, the network's vice president at the time, said, "It's better to get rid of a program one year too soon than one year too late."[7] Between 1987 and 1994 five television movies based on the series were aired by CBS.[8]
Gunsmoke is set in and around Dodge City, Kansas, in the post-Civil War era and centers on United States Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness) as he enforces law and order in the city. In its original format the series also focuses on Dillon's friendship with three other citizens of Dodge City: Doctor Galen "Doc" Adams (Milburn Stone), the town's physician; Kitty Russell (Amanda Blake), owner of the Long Branch Saloon; and Chester Goode (Dennis Weaver), Dillon's assistant.[9] In the eighth season (1962–63) a fifth regular character was added to the cast: blacksmith Quint Asper (Burt Reynolds), who remained until the end of the tenth season (1964–65).[10] Dennis Weaver left the series during the ninth season (1963–64) and was replaced by Ken Curtis as Festus Haggen, who became deputy to Marshall Dillon.[11] Both Chester and Festus appear together in the ninth season episode entitled "The Prairie Wolfer," and Festus had initially appeared the previous season as a quasi-outlaw helping Dillon track a killer in "Us Haggens." In the eleventh season (1965–66), another deputy, Clayton Thaddeus Greenwood (Roger Ewing), was added to the cast.[12] Ewing's character was replaced in the thirteenth season (1967–68) by Newly O'Brien (Buck Taylor).[13] Amanda Blake left the series at the end of the nineteenth season (1973–74) and was replaced in the final season by a new character, Miss Hannah, portrayed by Fran Ryan.[14]
As of 2010 all the episodes from the first four seasons of Gunsmoke have been released on DVD while two other collections contain selected episodes from all twenty seasons. Three of the five television movies have been released on DVD as well.[15]
Episodes
- All episodes are listed in order of airdate.
- Series # refers to that episode's number within the overall series.
- Season # refers to the order in which the episode aired within that particular season.
Season 1 (1955–56)
39 half-hour episodes, black-and-white
Producer: Charles Marquis Warren; associate producer: Norman Macdonnell
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Dennis Weaver (Chester), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty)
Note: The premiere episode was introduced by John Wayne.[16]Series # Season # Title Director Writer(s) Airdate 1 1 "Matt Gets It" Charles Marquis Warren John Meston, Charles Marquis Warren September 10, 1955 2 2 "Hot Spell" Charles Marquis Warren E. Jack Neuman September 17, 1955 3 3 "Word of Honor" Charles Marquis Warren John Meston, Charles Marquis Warren October 1, 1955 4 4 "Home Surgery" Charles Marquis Warren John Meston October 8, 1955 5 5 "Obie Tater" Charles Marquis Warren John Meston, Charles Marquis Warren October 15, 1955 6 6 "Night Incident" Charles Marquis Warren Charles Marquis Warren October 29, 1955 7 7 "Smoking Out the Nolans" Charles Marquis Warren John Meston November 5, 1955 8 8 "Kite's Reward" Charles Marquis Warren John Meston, Charles Marquis Warren November 12, 1955 9 9 "The Hunter" Charles Marquis Warren John Dunkel, John Dunkel November 26, 1955 10 10 "The Queue" Charles Marquis Warren John Meston December 3, 1955 11 11 "General Parsley Smith" Charles Marquis Warren John Meston December 10, 1955 12 12 "Magnus" Charles Marquis Warren John Meston December 24, 1955 13 13 "Reed Survives" Charles Marquis Warren Les Crutchfield December 31, 1955 14 14 "Professor Lute Bone" Charles Marquis Warren John Meston January 7, 1956 15 15 "No Handcuffs" Charles Marquis Warren John Meston January 21, 1956 16 16 "Reward for Matt" Charles Marquis Warren David Victor, Herbert Little, Jr., John Meston January 28, 1956 17 17 "Robin Hood" Charles Marquis Warren John Meston February 4, 1956 18 18 "Yorky" Charles Marquis Warren Sam Peckinpah, John Meston February 18, 1956 19 19 "20–20" Charles Marquis Warren John Meston February 25, 1956 20 20 "Reunion '78" Charles Marquis Warren Harry Swanton March 3, 1956 21 21 "Helping Hand" Charles Marquis Warren David Victor, Herbert Little, Jr. March 17, 1956 22 22 "Tap Day for Kitty" Charles Marquis Warren John Meston March 24, 1956 23 23 "Indian Scout" Charles Marquis Warren John Dunkel March 31, 1956 24 24 "The Pest Hole" Charles Marquis Warren David Victor, Herbert Little, Jr. April 14, 1956 25 25 "The Big Broad" Charles Marquis Warren John Meston April 28, 1956 26 26 "Hack Prine" Charles Marquis Warren John Meston May 12, 1956 27 27 "Cooter" Robert Stevenson John Meston May 19, 1956 28 28 "The Killer" Robert Stevenson John Meston May 26, 1956 29 29 "Doc's Revenge" Ted Post John Dunkel June 9, 1956 30 30 "The Preacher" John Dunkel John Meston June 16, 1956 31 31 "How to Die for Nothing" Ted Post John Meston June 23, 1956 32 32 "Dutch George" Robert Stevenson John Dunkel June 30, 1956 33 33 "Prairie Happy" Ted Post John Meston July 7, 1956 34 34 "Chester's Mail Order Bride" Robert Stevenson David Victor, Herbert Little, Jr. July 14, 1956 35 35 "The Guitar" Harry Horner John Meston July 21, 1956 36 36 "Cara" Robert Stevenson John Meston July 28, 1956 37 37 "Mr. and Mrs. Amber" Ted Post John Meston August 4, 1956 38 38 "Unmarked Grave" Ted Post David Victor, Herbert Little, Jr. August 18, 1956 39 39 "Alarm at Pleasant Valley" Ted Post John Dunkel August 25, 1956 Season 2 (1956–57)
39 half-hour episodes, black-and-white
Producer: Charles Marquis Warren (episodes 40–49, 51–52, 57), Norman Macdonnell (episodes 50, 53–56, 58–78)
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Dennis Weaver (Chester), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty)[17]Series # Season # Title Director Writer(s) Airdate 40 1 "Cow Doctor" Andrew V. McLaglen John Dunkel, John Meston September 8, 1956 41 2 "Brush at Elkader" Ted Post Les Crutchfield, John Meston September 15, 1956 42 3 "Custer" Ted Post Gil Doud, John Meston September 22, 1956 43 4 "The Round Up" Ted Post Sam Peckinpah, John Meston September 29, 1956 44 5 "Young Man with a Gun" Christian Nyby Winston Miller, John Meston October 20, 1956 45 6 "Indian White" Ted Post Tom Hanley, Jr. October 27, 1956 46 7 "How to Cure a Friend" Ted Post John Meston November 10, 1956 47 8 "Legal Revenge" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston November 17, 1956 48 9 "The Mistake" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston November 24, 1956 49 10 "Greater Love" Ted Post John Meston December 1, 1956 50 11 "No Indians" Ted Post John Meston December 8, 1956 51 12 "Spring Term" Ted Post John Meston December 15, 1956 52 13 "Poor Pearl" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston December 22, 1956 53 14 "Cholera" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston December 29, 1956 54 15 "Pucket's New Year" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston January 5, 1957 55 16 "The Cover Up" William D. Russell John Meston January 12, 1957 56 17 "Sins of the Father" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston January 19, 1957 57 18 "Kick Me" Andrew V. McLaglen Louis Vittes, Endre Bohem, John Meston January 26, 1957 58 19 "Executioner" Andrew V. McLaglen Gil Doud, John Meston February 2, 1957 59 20 "Gone Straight" Ted Post John Meston February 9, 1957 60 21 "Bloody Hands" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston February 16, 1957 61 22 "Skid Row" Ted Post John Meston February 23, 1957 62 23 "Sweet and Sour" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston March 2, 1957 63 24 "Cain" Ted Post John Meston March 9, 1957 64 25 "Bureaucrat" Ted Post John Meston March 16, 1957 65 26 "Last Fling" Ted Post John Meston March 23, 1957 66 27 "Chester's Murder" Ted Post John Meston March 30, 1957 67 28 "The Photographer" William D. Russell John Dunkel April 6, 1957 68 29 "Wrong Man" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston April 13, 1957 69 30 "Big Girl Lost" Ted Post John Meston April 20, 1957 70 31 "What the Whiskey Drummer Heard" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston April 27, 1957 71 32 "Cheap Labor" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston May 4, 1957 72 33 "Moon" William D. Russell John Meston May 11, 1957 73 34 "Who Lives by the Sword" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston May 18, 1957 74 35 "Uncle Oliver" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston May 25, 1957 75 36 "Daddy-O" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston June 1, 1957 76 37 "The Man Who Would Be Marshal" William D. Russell Herbert Little, Jr., David Victor, John Meston June 15, 1957 77 38 "Liar from Blackhawk" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston June 22, 1957 78 39 "Jealousy" Andrew V. McLaglen Sam Peckinpah, John Meston July 6, 1957 Season 3 (1957–58)
39 half-hour episodes, black-and-white
Producer: Norman Macdonnell
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Dennis Weaver (Chester), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty)[18]Series # Season # Title Director Writer(s) Airdate 79 1 "Crack-Up" Ted Post John Meston September 14, 1957 80 2 "Gun for Chester" Louis King John Meston September 21, 1957 81 3 "Blood Money" Louis King John Meston September 28, 1957 82 4 "Kitty's Outlaw" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston October 5, 1957 83 5 "Potato Road" Ted Post John Meston October 12, 1957 84 6 "Jesse" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston October 19, 1957 85 7 "Mavis McCloud" Buzz Kulik Kathleen Hite October 26, 1957 86 8 "Born to Hang" Buzz Kulik John Meston November 2, 1957 87 9 "Romeo" Ted Post John Meston November 9, 1957 88 10 "Never Pester Chester" Richard Whorf John Meston November 16, 1957 89 11 "Fingered" James Sheldon John Meston November 23, 1957 90 12 "How to Kill a Woman" John Rich John Meston November 30, 1957 91 13 "Cows and Cribs" Richard Whorf John Meston, Kathleen Hite December 7, 1957 92 14 "Doc's Reward" Richard Whorf John Meston December 14, 1957 93 15 "Kitty Lost" Ted Post John Meston December 21, 1957 94 16 "Twelfth Night" John Rich John Meston December 28, 1957 95 17 "Joe Phy" Ted Post John Meston January 4, 1958 96 18 "Buffalo Man" Ted Post John Meston January 11, 1958 97 19 "Kitty Caught" Richard Whorf John Meston January 18, 1958 98 20 "Claustrophobia" Ted Post John Meston January 25, 1958 99 21 "Ma Tennis" Buzz Kulik John Meston February 1, 1958 100 22 "Sunday Supplement" Richard Whorf John Meston February 8, 1958 101 23 "Wild West" Richard Whorf John Meston February 15, 1958 102 24 "The Cabin" John Rich John Meston February 22, 1958 103 25 "Dirt" Ted Post Sam Peckinpah March 1, 1958 104 26 "Dooley Surrenders" John Rich John Meston March 8, 1958 105 27 "Joke's on Us" Ted Post John Meston March 15, 1958 106 28 "Bottleman" John Rich John Meston March 22, 1958 107 29 "Laughing Gas" Ted Post James Fonda March 29, 1958 108 30 "Texas Cowboys" John Rich John Meston April 5, 1958 109 31 "Amy's Good Deed" John Rich Kathleen Hite April 12, 1958 110 32 "Hanging Man" John Rich John Meston April 19, 1958 111 33 "Innocent Broad" John Rich John Meston, Kathleen Hite April 26, 1958 112 34 "The Big Con" John Rich John Meston May 3, 1958 113 35 "Widow's Mite" Ted Post John Meston May 10, 1958 114 36 "Chester's Hanging" Ted Post John Meston May 17, 1958 115 37 "Carmen" Ted Post John Meston May 24, 1958 116 38 "Overland Express" Seymour Berns John Meston May 31, 1958 117 39 "The Gentleman" Ted Post John Meston June 7, 1958 Season 4 (1958–59)
39 half-hour episodes, black-and-white
Producer: Norman Macdonnell
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Dennis Weaver (Chester), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty)[19]Series # Season # Title Director Writer(s) Airdate 118 1 "Matt for Murder" Richard Whorf John Meston September 13, 1958 119 2 "The Patsy" Richard Whorf John Meston September 20, 1958 120 3 "Gunsmuggler" Richard Whorf John Meston September 27, 1958 121 4 "Monopoly" Seymour Berns Les Crutchfield, John Meston October 4, 1958 122 5 "Letter of the Law" Richard Whorf John Meston October 11, 1958 123 6 "Thoroughbreds" Richard Whorf John Meston October 18, 1958 124 7 "Stage Hold-Up" Richard Whorf John Meston October 25, 1958 125 8 "Lost Rifle" Richard Whorf John Meston November 1, 1958 126 9 "Land Deal" Ted Post Les Crutchfield November 8, 1958 127 10 "Lynching Man" Richard Whorf John Meston November 15, 1958 128 11 "How to Kill a Friend" Richard Whorf John Meston November 22, 1958 129 12 "Grass" Richard Whorf John Meston November 29, 1958 130 13 "The Cast" Jesse Hibbs John Meston December 6, 1958 131 14 "Robber Bridegroom" Richard Whorf John Meston December 13, 1958 132 15 "Snakebite" Ted Post John Meston December 20, 1958 133 16 "Gypsum Hills Feud" Richard Whorf Les Crutchfield, John Meston December 27, 1958 134 17 "Young Love" Seymour Berns John Meston January 3, 1959 135 18 "Marshal Proudfoot" Jesse Hibbs Tom Hanley, Jr., John Meston January 10, 1959 136 19 "Passive Resistance" Ted Post John Meston January 17, 1959 137 20 "Love of a Good Woman" Arthur Hiller Les Crutchfield, John Meston January 24, 1959 138 21 "Jayhawkers" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston January 31, 1959 139 22 "Kitty's Rebellion" Jesse Hibbs Marian Clark, John Meston February 7, 1959 140 23 "Sky" Ted Post Les Crutchfield February 14, 1959 141 24 "Doc Quits" Edward Ludlum John Meston February 21, 1959 142 25 "The Bear" Jesse Hibbs John Meston February 28, 1959 143 26 "The Coward" Jesse Hibbs John Meston March 7, 1959 144 27 "The F.U." Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston March 14, 1959 145 28 "Wind" Arthur Hiller John Meston March 21, 1959 146 29 "Fawn" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston April 4, 1959 147 30 "Renegade White" Andrew V. McLaglen Les Crutchfield, John Meston April 11, 1959 148 31 "Murder Warrant" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston April 18, 1959 149 32 "Change of Heart" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston April 25, 1959 150 33 "Buffalo Hunter" Ted Post John Meston May 2, 1959 151 34 "The Choice" Ted Post John Meston May 9, 1959 152 35 "There Never Was a Horse" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston May 16, 1959 153 36 "Print Asper" Ted Post John Meston May 23, 1959 154 37 "The Constable" Arthur Hiller John Meston May 30, 1959 155 38 "Blue Horse" Arthur Hiller Marian Clark, John Meston June 6, 1959 156 39 "Cheyennes" Ted Post John Meston June 13, 1959 Season 5 (1959–60)
39 half-hour episodes, black-and-white
Producer: Norman Macdonnell
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Dennis Weaver (Chester), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty)[20]Series # Season # Title Director Writer(s) Airdate 157 1 "Target" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston September 5, 1959 158 2 "Kitty's Injury" Buzz Kulik John Meston September 19, 1959 159 3 "Horse Deal" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston September 26, 1959 160 4 "Johnny Red" Buzz Kulik John Meston, Les Crutchfield October 3, 1959 161 5 "Kangaroo" Jesse Hibbs John Meston October 24, 1959 162 6 "Tail to the Wind" Christian Nyby Les Crutchfield, John Meston October 10, 1959 163 7 "Annie Oakley" Jesse Hibbs John Meston October 17, 1959 164 8 "Saludos" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston October 31, 1959 165 9 "Brother Whelp" R.G. Springsteen Les Crutchfield, John Meston November 7, 1959 166 10 "The Boots" Jesse Hibbs John Meston November 14, 1959 167 11 "Odd Man Out" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston November 21, 1959 168 12 "Miguel's Daughter" Andrew V. McLaglen Marian Clark, John Meston November 28, 1959 169 13 "Box o' Rocks" R.G. Springsteen Les Crutchfield December 5, 1959 170 14 "False Witness" Ted Post Marian Clark, John Meston December 12, 1959 171 15 "Tag, You're It" Jesse Hibbs Les Crutchfield December 19, 1959 172 16 "Thick 'n' Thin" Stuart Heisler Les Crutchfield, John Meston December 26, 1959 173 17 "Groat's Grudge" Andrew V. McLaglen Marian Clark, John Meston January 2, 1960 174 18 "Big Tom" Andrew V. McLaglen Marian Clark, John Meston January 9, 1960 175 19 "Till Death Do Us" Jean Yarbrough Les Crutchfield January 16, 1960 176 20 "The Tragedian" Arthur Hiller Les Crutchfield, John Meston January 23, 1960 177 21 "Hinka Do" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston January 30, 1960 178 22 "Doc Judge" Arthur Hiller John Meston February 6, 1960 179 23 "Moo Moo Raid" Andrew V. McLaglen Les Crutchfield, John Meston February 13, 1960 180 24 "Kitty's Killing" Arthur Hiller John Meston February 20, 1960 181 25 "Jailbait Janet" Jesse Hibbs Les Crutchfield February 27, 1960 182 26 "UnWanted Deputy" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston, Marian Clark March 5, 1960 183 27 "Where'd They Go" Jesse Hibbs John Meston March 12, 1960 184 28 "Crowbait Bob" Andrew V. McLaglen Les Crutchfield March 26, 1960 185 29 "Colleen So Green" Jean Yarbrough John Meston, Les Crutchfield April 2, 1960 186 30 "The Ex-Urbanites" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston April 9, 1960 187 31 "I Thee Wed" Jesse Hibbs John Meston April 16, 1960 188 32 "The Lady Killer" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston April 23, 1960 189 33 "Gentleman's Disagreement" Jesse Hibbs Les Crutchfield April 30, 1960 190 34 "Speak Me Fair" Andrew V. McLaglen Les Crutchfield May 7, 1960 191 35 "Belle's Back" Jesse Hibbs Les Crutchfield May 14, 1960 192 36 "The Bobsy Twins" Jesse Hibbs John Meston May 21, 1960 193 37 "Old Flame" Jesse Hibbs John Meston, Marian Clark May 28, 1960 194 38 "The Deserter" Arthur Hiller Marian Clark, John Meston June 4, 1960 195 39 "Cherry Red" Andrew V. McLaglen Les Crutchfield June 11, 1960 Season 6 (1960–61)
38 half-hour episodes, black-and-white
Producer: Norman Macdonnell; associate producer: James Arness
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Dennis Weaver (Chester), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty)[21]Series # Season # Title Director Writer(s) Airdate 196 1 "Friend's Pay-Off" Jesse Hibbs John Meston, Marian Clark September 3, 1960 197 2 "The Blacksmith" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston September 17, 1960 198 3 "Small Water" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston, Norman Macdonald September 24, 1960 199 4 "Say Uncle" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston October 1, 1960 200 5 "Shooting Stopover" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston October 8, 1960 201 6 "The Peace Officer" Jesse Hibbs John Meston, Norman Macdonald October 15, 1960 202 7 "Don Matteo" Jesse Hibbs John Meston, Marian Clark October 22, 1960 203 8 "The Worm" Arthur Hiller John Meston October 29, 1960 204 9 "The Badge" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston November 12, 1960 205 10 "Distant Drummer" Arthur Hiller John Meston, Marian Clark November 19, 1960 206 11 "Ben Tolliver's Stud" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston, Norman Macdonald November 26, 1960 207 12 "No Chip" Jean Yarbrough John Meston December 3, 1960 208 13 "The Wake" Gerald Mayer John Meston December 10, 1960 209 14 "The Cook" Ted Post John Meston December 17, 1960 210 15 "Old Fool" Ted Post John Meston December 24, 1960 211 16 "Brother Love" Franklin Adreon John Meston December 31, 1960 212 17 "Bad Sheriff" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston January 7, 1961 213 18 "Unloaded Gun" Jesse Hibbs John Meston January 14, 1961 214 19 "Tall Trapper" Harry Harris John Meston, Marian Clark January 21, 1961 215 20 "Love Thy Neighbor" Dennis Weaver John Meston January 28, 1961 216 21 "Bad Seed" Harry Harris John Meston, Norman Macdonald February 4, 1961 217 22 "Kitty Shot" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston February 11, 1961 218 23 "About Chester" Alan Crosland, Jr. John Meston, Frank Paris February 25, 1961 219 24 "Harriet" Gene Fowler, Jr. John Meston March 4, 1961 220 25 "Potshot" Harry Harris John Meston March 11, 1961 221 26 "Old Faces" Harry Harris John Meston March 18, 1961 222 27 "Big Man" Gerald Mayer John Meston March 25, 1961 223 28 "Little Girl" Dennis Weaver Kathleen Hite April 1, 1961 224 29 "Stolen Horses" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston, Norman Macdonald April 8, 1961 225 30 "Minnie" Harry Harris John Meston April 15, 1961 226 31 "Bless Me Till I Die" Ted Post John Meston, Ray Kemper April 22, 1961 227 32 "Long Hours, Short Pay" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston April 29, 1961 228 33 "Hard Virtue" Dennis Weaver John Meston May 6, 1961 229 34 "The Imposter" Byron Paul John Meston May 13, 1961 230 35 "Chester's Dilemma" Ted Post John Meston, Vic Perrin May 20, 1961 231 36 "The Love of Money" Ted Post John Meston May 27, 1961 232 37 "Melinda Miles" William Dario John Meston June 3, 1961 233 38 "Colorado Sheriff" Jesse Hibbs John Meston June 17, 1961 Season 7 (1961–62)
34 one-hour episodes, black-and-white
Producer: Norman Macdonnell; associate producer: Frank Paris
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Dennis Weaver (Chester), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty)[22]Series # Season # Title Director Writer(s) Airdate 234 1 "Perce" Harry Harris John Meston September 30, 1961 235 2 "Old Yellow Boots" Ted Post John Meston October 7, 1961 236 3 "Miss Kitty" Harry Harris Kathleen Hite October 14, 1961 237 4 "Harper's Blood" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston October 21, 1961 238 5 "All That" Harry Harris John Meston October 28, 1961 239 6 "Long, Long Trail" Andrew V. McLaglen Kathleen Hite November 4, 1961 240 7 "The Squaw" Gerald Mayer John Dunkel November 11, 1961 241 8 "Chesterland" Ted Post Kathleen Hite November 18, 1961 242 9 "Milly" Richard Whorf Hal Moffett, John Meston November 25, 1961 243 10 "Indian Ford" Andrew V. McLaglen John Dunkel December 2, 1961 244 11 "Apprentice Doc" Harry Harris Kathleen Hite December 9, 1961 245 12 "Nina's Revenge" Tay Garnett John Meston December 16, 1961 246 13 "Marry Me" Dennis Weaver Kathleen Hite December 23, 1961 247 14 "A Man a Day" Harry Harris John Meston December 30, 1961 248 15 "The Do-Badder" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston January 6, 1962 249 16 "Lacey" Harry Harris Kathleen Hite January 13, 1962 250 17 "Cody's Code" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston January 20, 1962 251 18 "Old Dan" Andrew V. McLaglen Kathleen Hite January 27, 1962 252 19 "Catawomper" Harry Harris James Favor February 10, 1962 253 20 "Half Straight" Ted Post John Meston February 17, 1962 254 21 "He Learned About Women" Tay Garnett John Rosser February 24, 1962 255 22 "The Gallows" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston March 3, 1962 256 23 "Reprisal" Harry Harris John Meston March 10, 1962 257 24 "Coventry" Christian Nyby John Meston March 17, 1962 258 25 "The Widow" Ted Post John Dunkel March 24, 1962 259 26 "Durham Bull" Harry Harris Jack Shettlesworth March 31, 1962 260 27 "Wagon Girls" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston April 7, 1962 261 28 "The Dealer" Harry Harris Les Crutchfield April 14, 1962 262 29 "The Summons" Andrew V. McLaglen Marian Clark April 21, 1962 263 30 "The Dreamers" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston April 28, 1962 264 31 "Cale" Harry Harris Kathleen Hite May 5, 1962 265 32 "Chester's Indian" Joseph Sargent Kathleen Hite May 12, 1962 266 33 "The Prisoner" Andrew V. McLaglen Robert E. Thompson May 19, 1962 267 34 "The Boys" Harry Harris John Meston May 26, 1962 Season 8 (1962–63)
38 one-hour episodes, black-and-white
Producer: Norman Macdonnell; associate producer: Frank Paris
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Dennis Weaver (Chester), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Burt Reynolds (Quint Asper)[23]Series # Season # Title Director Writer(s) Airdate 268 1 "The Search" Harry Harris Kathleen Hite September 15, 1962 269 2 "Call Me Dodie" Harry Harris Kathleen Hite September 22, 1962 270 3 "Quint Asper Comes Home" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston September 29, 1962 271 4 "Root Down" Sobey Martin Kathleen Hite October 6, 1962 272 5 "Jenny" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston October 13, 1962 273 6 "Collie's Free" Harry Harris Kathleen Hite October 20, 1962 274 7 "The Ditch" Harry Harris Les Crutchfield October 27, 1962 275 8 "The Trappers" Andrew V. McLaglen John Dunkel November 3, 1962 276 9 "Phoebe Strunk" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston November 10, 1962 277 10 "The Hunger" Harry Harris Jack Curtis November 17, 1962 278 11 "Abe Blocker" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston November 24, 1962 279 12 "The Way It Is" Harry Harris Kathleen Hite December 1, 1962 280 13 "Us Haggens" Andrew V. McLaglen Les Crutchfield December 8, 1962 281 14 "Uncle Sunday" Joseph Sargent John Meston December 15, 1962 282 15 "False Front" Andrew V. McLaglen Hall Moffett December 22, 1962 283 16 "Old Comrade" Harry Harris John Dunkel December 29, 1962 284 17 "Louis Pheeters" Harry Harris John Meston January 5, 1963 285 18 "The Renegades" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston January 12, 1963 286 19 "Cotter's Girl" Harry Harris Kathleen Hite January 19, 1963 287 20 "The Bad One" Sobey Martin Gwen Bagni January 26, 1963 288 21 "The Cousin" Harry Harris Marian Clark February 2, 1963 289 22 "Shona" Ted Post John Meston February 9, 1963 290 23 "Ash" Harry Harris John Meston February 16, 1963 291 24 "Blind Man's Bluff" Ted Post John Meston February 23, 1963 292 25 "Quint's Indian" Fred Jackman Marian Clark March 1, 1963 293 26 "Anybody Can Kill a Marshal" Harry Harris Kathleen Hite March 8, 1963 294 27 "Two of a Kind" Andrew V. McLaglen Merwin Gerard March 16, 1963 295 28 "I Call Him Wonder" Harry Harris Kathleen Hite March 23, 1963 296 29 "With a Smile" Andrew V. McLaglen George Main, Bud Furillo March 30, 1963 297 30 "The Far Places" Harry Harris John Dunkel April 6, 1963 298 31 "Panacea Sykes" William Conrad Kathleen Hite April 13, 1963 299 32 "Tell Chester" Joseph Sargent Frank Paris April 20, 1963 300 33 "Quint-Cident" Andrew V. McLaglen Kathleen Hite April 27, 1963 301 34 "Old York" Harry Harris John Meston May 4, 1963 302 35 "Daddy Went Away" Joseph Sargent John Rosser May 11, 1963 303 36 "The Odyssey of Jubal Tanner" Andrew V. McLaglen Paul Savage May 18, 1963 304 37 "Jeb" Harry Harris Paul Savage May 25, 1963 305 38 "The Quest for Asa Janin" Andrew V. McLaglen Paul Savage June 1, 1963 Season 9 (1963–64)
36 one-hour episodes, black-and-white
Producer: Norman Macdonnell; associate producer: Frank Paris
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Dennis Weaver (Chester), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Ken Curtis (Festus), Burt Reynolds (Quint Asper)[24]Series # Season # Title Director Writer(s) Airdate 306 1 "Kate Heller" Harry Harris Kathleen Hite September 28, 1963 307 2 "Lover Boy" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston October 5, 1963 308 3 "Legends Don't Sleep" Harry Harris Kathleen Hite October 12, 1963 309 4 "Tobe" John English Paul Savage October 19, 1963 310 5 "Easy Come" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston October 26, 1963 311 6 "My Sister's Keeper" Harry Harris Kathleen Hite November 2, 1963 312 7 "Quint's Trail" Harry Harris Kathleen Hite November 9, 1963 313 8 "Carter Caper" Jerry Hopper John Meston November 16, 1963 314 9 "Ex-Con" Thomas Carr John Meston November 30, 1963 315 10 "Extradition" – Part 1 John English Anthony Ellis December 7, 1963 316 11 "Extradition" – Part 2 John English Anthony Ellis December 14, 1963 317 12 "The Magician" Harry Harris John Kneubuhl December 21, 1963 318 13 "Pa Hack's Brood" Jerry Hopper Paul Savage December 28, 1963 319 14 "The Glory and the Mud" Jerry Hopper Gwen Bagni January 4, 1964 320 15 "Dry Well" Harry Harris John Meston January 11, 1964 321 16 "Prairie Wolfer" Andrew V. McLaglen John Dunkel January 18, 1964 322 17 "Friend" Harry Harris Kathleen Hite January 25, 1964 323 18 "Once a Haggen" Andrew V. McLaglen Les Crutchfield February 1, 1964 324 19 "No Hands" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston February 8, 1964 325 20 "May Blossom" Andrew V. McLaglen Kathleen Hite February 15, 1964 326 21 "The Bassops" Andrew V. McLaglen Tom Hanley February 22, 1964 327 22 "The Kite" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston February 29, 1964 328 23 "Comanches Is Soft" Harry Harris Kathleen Hite March 7, 1964 329 24 "Father's Love" Harry Harris John Meston March 14, 1964 330 25 "Now That April's Here" Andrew V. McLaglen Les Crutchfield March 21, 1964 331 26 "Caleb" Harry Harris Paul Savage March 28, 1964 332 27 "Owney Tupper Had a Daughter" Jerry Hopper Paul Savage April 4, 1964 333 28 "Bently" Harry Harris John Kneubuhl April 11, 1964 334 29 "Kitty Cornered" John Brahm Kathleen Hite April 18, 1964 335 30 "The Promoter" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston April 25, 1964 336 31 "Trip West" Harry Harris John Dunkel May 2, 1964 337 32 "Scot Free" Harry Harris Kathleen Hite May 9, 1964 338 33 "The Warden" Andrew V. McLaglen Les Crutchfield May 16, 1964 339 34 "Homecoming" Harry Harris Shimon Bar-David May 23, 1964 340 35 "The Other Half" Andrew V. McLaglen John Dunkel May 30, 1964 341 36 "Journey for Three" Harry Harris Frank Paris June 6, 1964 Season 10 (1964–65)
36 one-hour episodes, black-and-white
Producer: Norman Macdonnell (episodes 342–348, 350, 352, 361, 367), Philip Leacock (episodes 349, 351, 353–360, 362–366, 368–377); associate producer: Frank Paris
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Milburn Stone (Doc), Ken Curtis (Festus), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Burt Reynolds (Quint Asper)[25]Series # Season # Title Director Writer(s) Airdate 342 1 "Blue Heaven" Michael O'Herlihy Les Crutchfield September 26, 1964 343 2 "Crooked Mile" Andrew V. McLaglen Les Crutchfield October 3, 1964 344 3 "Old Man" Harry Harris John Meston October 10, 1964 345 4 "The Violators" Harry Harris John Dunkel October 17, 1964 346 5 "Doctor's Wife" Harry Harris George Eckstein October 24, 1964 347 6 "Take Her, She's Cheap" Harry Harris Kathleen Hite October 31, 1964 348 7 "Help Me Kitty" Harry Harris Kathleen Hite November 7, 1964 349 8 "Hung High" Mark Rydell John Meston November 14, 1964 350 9 "Jonah Hutchinson" Harry Harris Calvin Clements, Sr. November 21, 1964 351 10 "Big Man, Big Target" Michael O'Herlihy John Mantley November 28, 1964 352 11 "Chicken" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston December 5, 1964 353 12 "Innocence" Harry Harris John Meston December 12, 1964 354 13 "Aunt Thede" Sutton Roley Kathleen Hite December 19, 1964 355 14 "Hammerhead" Christian Nyby Anthony Ellis December 26, 1964 356 15 "Double Entry" Joseph Sargent Les Crutchfield January 2, 1965 357 16 "Run, Sheep, Run" Harry Harris John Meston January 9, 1965 358 17 "Deputy Festus" Harry Harris Calvin Clements, Sr. January 16, 1965 359 18 "One Killer on Ice" Joseph H. Lewis Richard Carr January 23, 1965 360 19 "Chief Joseph" Mark Rydell Thomas Warner January 30, 1965 361 20 "Circus Trick" William F. Claxton Les Crutchfield February 6, 1965 362 21 "Song for Dying" Allen Reisner Harry Kronman February 13, 1965 363 22 "Winner Take All" Vincent McEveety Les Crutchfield February 20, 1965 364 23 "Eliab's Aim" Richard C. Sarafian Will Corry February 27, 1965 365 24 "Thursday's Child" Robert Lewin Robert Lewin March 6, 1965 366 25 "Breckinridge" Vincent McEveety Les Crutchfield March 13, 1965 367 26 "Bank Baby" Andrew V. McLaglen John Meston March 20, 1965 368 27 "The Lady" Mark Rydell John Mantley March 27, 1965 369 28 "Dry Road to Nowhere" Vincent McEveety Harry Kronman April 3, 1965 370 29 "Twenty Miles from Dodge" Mark Rydell Clyde Ware April 10, 1965 371 30 "The Pariah" Harry Harris Calvin Clements, Sr. April 17, 1965 372 31 "Gilt Guilt" Harry Harris Kathleen Hite April 24, 1965 373 32 "Bad Lady from Brookline" Michael O'Herlihy Gustave Field May 1, 1965 374 33 "Two Tall Men" Vincent McEveety Frank Q. Dobbs, Robert Stewart May 8, 1965 375 34 "Honey Pot" Harry Harris John Meston May 15, 1965 376 35 "The New Society" Harry Harris John Meston May 22, 1965 377 36 "He Who Steals" Vincent McEveety Frank Q. Dobbs, Robert Stewart May 29, 1965 Season 11 (1965–66)
32 one-hour episodes, black-and-white
Producer: Philip Leacock; associate producer: John Mantley
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Ken Curtis (Festus), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Roger Ewing (Thad)[26]Series # Season # Title Director Writer(s) Airdate 378 1 "Seven Hours to Dawn" Vincent McEveety Clyde Ware September 18, 1965 379 2 "The Storm" Joseph Sargent Paul Savage September 25, 1965 380 3 "Clayton Thaddeus Greenwood" Joseph Sargent Calvin Clements, Sr. October 2, 1965 381 4 "Ten Little Indians" Mark Rydell George Eckstein October 9, 1965 382 5 "Taps for Old Jeb" James Sheldon Les Crutchfield October 16, 1965 383 6 "Kioga" Harry Harris Robert Lewin October 23, 1965 384 7 "The Bounty Hunter" Harry Harris Paul Savage October 30, 1965 385 8 "The Reward" Marc Daniels Scott Hunt, Beth Keele, Gilbert Ralston November 6, 1965 386 9 "Malachi" Gary Nelson William Putman November 13, 1965 387 10 "The Pretender" Vincent McEveety Calvin Clements, Sr. November 20, 1965 388 11 "South Wind" Allen Reisner Jack Bartlett November 27, 1965 389 12 "The Hostage" Vincent McEveety Joe Ann December 4, 1965 390 13 "Outlaw's Woman" Mark Rydell Clyde Ware December 11, 1965 391 14 "The Avengers" Vincent McEveety Don Mullally December 18, 1965 392 15 "Gold Mine" Abner Biberman Beth Keele, Scott Hunt December 25, 1965 393 16 "Death Watch" Mark Rydell Calvin Clements, Sr. January 8, 1966 394 17 "Sweet Billy, Singer of Songs" Alvin Ganzer Gustave Field January 15, 1966 395 18 "The Raid" – Part 1 Vincent McEveety Clyde Ware January 22, 1966 396 19 "The Raid" – Part 2 Vincent McEveety Clyde Ware January 29, 1966 397 20 "Killer at Large" Marc Daniels Calvin Clements, Sr. February 5, 1966 398 21 "My Father's Guitar" Robert Totten Hal Sitowitz February 12, 1966 399 22 "Wishbone" Marc Daniels Paul Savage February 19, 1966 400 23 "Sanctuary" Harry Harris Calvin Clements, Sr. February 26, 1966 401 24 "Honor Before Justice" Harry Harris Frank Q. Dobbs, Robert Stewart March 5, 1966 402 25 "The Brothers" Tay Garnett Tom Hanley March 12, 1966 403 26 "Which Dr." Peter Graves Les Crutchfield March 19, 1966 404 27 "Harvest" Harry Harris Les Crutchfield March 26, 1966 405 28 "By Line" Allen Reisner Les Crutchfield April 9, 1966 406 29 "Treasure of John Walking Fox" Marc Daniels Leo Bagby April 16, 1966 407 30 "My Father, My Son" Robert Totten Hal Sitowitz April 23, 1966 408 31 "Parson Comes to Town" Marc Daniels Verne Jay April 30, 1966 409 32 "Prime of Life" Robert Totten Dan Ullman May 7, 1966 Season 12 (1966–67)
29 one-hour episodes, color
Executive producer: Philip Leacock; producer: John Mantley
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Ken Curtis (Festus), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Roger Ewing (Thad)
CBS cancelled the series due to low ratings. However, letters of protest and pressure from his wife persuaded William S. Paley, the network's chief executive, to re-instate Gunsmoke for a thirteenth season.[27][28]
Note: In 1997 TV Guide ranked "The Jailer" as episode number 28 on it's "100 Greatest Episodes of All Time" list.[29]Series # Season # Title Director Writer(s) Airdate 410 1 "Snap Decision" Mark Rydell Dick Carr September 17, 1966 411 2 "The Goldtakers" Vincent McEveety Clyde Ware September 24, 1966 412 3 "The Jailer" Vincent McEveety Hal Sitowitz October 1, 1966 413 4 "The Mission" Mark Rydell Richard Carr October 8, 1966 414 5 "The Good People" Robert Totten James Landis October 15, 1966 415 6 "Gunfighter, R.I.P." Mark Rydell Michael Fisher October 22, 1966 416 7 "The Wrong Man" Robert Totten Robert Lewin October 29, 1966 417 8 "The Whispering Tree" Vincent McEveety Calvin Clements, Sr. November 12, 1966 418 9 "The Well" Marc Daniels Francis Cockrell November 19, 1966 419 10 "Stage Stop" Irving J. Moore Hal Sitowitz November 26, 1966 420 11 "The Newcomers" Robert Totten Calvin Clements, Sr. December 3, 1966 421 12 "Quaker Girl" Bernard L. Kowalski Preston Wood December 10, 1966 422 13 "The Moonstone" Richard Colla Paul Savage December 17, 1966 423 14 "Champion of the World" Marc Daniels Les Crutchfield December 24, 1966 424 15 "The Hanging" Bernard L. Kowalski Calvin Clements, Jr. December 31, 1966 425 16 "Saturday Night" Robert Totten Clyde Ware January 7, 1967 426 17 "Mad Dog" Charles R. Rondeau Jay Simms January 14, 1967 427 18 "Muley" Allen Reisner Les Crutchfield January 21, 1967 428 19 "Mail Drop" Robert Totten Calvin Clements, Sr. January 28, 1967 429 20 "Old Friend" Allen Reisner Clyde Ware February 4, 1967 430 21 "Fandango" James Landis Don Ingalls February 11, 1967 431 22 "The Returning" Marc Daniels James Landis February 18, 1967 432 23 "The Lure" Marc Daniels Clyde Ware February 25, 1967 433 24 "Noose of Gold" Irving J. Moore Preston Wood March 4, 1967 434 25 "The Favor" Marc Daniels Don Ingalls March 11, 1967 435 26 "Mistaken Identity" Robert Totten Paul Savage, Les Crutchfield March 18, 1967 436 27 "Ladies from St. Louis" Irving J. Moore Clyde Ware March 25, 1967 437 28 "Nitro!" – Part 1 Robert Totten Preston Wood April 8, 1967 438 29 "Nitro!" – Part 2 Robert Totten Preston Wood April 15, 1967 Season 13 (1967–68)
25 one-hour episodes, color
Producer: John Mantley; associate producer: Joseph Dackow
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Ken Curtis (Festus), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Buck Taylor (Newly)
Gunsmoke began its thirteenth season in a new time-slot (Monday nights at 7:30 PM). With this the series returned to being among the top ten highest rated programs, where it remained for the next six seasons.[30]Series # Season # Title Director Writer(s) Airdate 439 1 "The Wreckers" Robert Totten Hal Sitowitz September 11, 1967 440 2 "Cattle Barons" Gunnar Hellstrom Clyde Ware September 18, 1967 441 3 "The Prodigal" Bernard McEveety Calvin Clements, Sr. September 25, 1967 442 4 "Vengeance" – Part 1 Richard C. Sarafian Calvin Clements, Sr. October 2, 1967 443 5 "Vengeance" – Part 2 Richard C. Sarafian Calvin Clements, Sr. October 9, 1967 444 6 "A Hat" Robert Totten Ron Bishop October 16, 1967 445 7 "Hard Luck Henry" John Rich Warren Douglas October 23, 1967 446 8 "Major Glory" Robert Totten Clyde Ware, Dick Carr October 30, 1967 447 9 "The Pillagers" Vincent McEveety Calvin Clements, Sr. November 6, 1967 448 10 "Prairie Wolfer" Robert Butler Calvin Clements, Sr. November 13, 1967 449 11 "Stranger in Town" E. Darrell Hallenbeck Emily Mosher, John Dunkel November 20, 1967 450 12 "Death Train" Gunnar Hellstrom Ken Trevey November 27, 1967 451 13 "Rope Fever" David Alexander Chris Rellas December 4, 1967 452 14 "Wonder" Irving J. Moore Mary Worell, William Blinn December 8, 1967 453 15 "Baker's Dozen" Irving J. Moore Charles Joseph December 25, 1967 454 16 "The Victim" Vincent McEveety Hal Sitowitz January 1, 1968 455 17 "Deadman's Law" John Rich Calvin Clements, Jr. January 8, 1968 456 18 "Nowhere to Run" Vincent McEveety Ron Honthaner, Robert Totten January 15, 1968 457 19 "Blood Money" Robert Totten Hal Sitowitz January 22, 1968 458 20 "Hill Girl" Robert Totten Calvin Clements, Sr. January 29, 1968 459 21 "The Gunrunners" Irving J. Moore Hal Sitowitz February 5, 1968 460 22 "The Jackals" Alvin Ganzer Calvin Clements, Jr. February 12, 1968 461 23 "The First People" Robert Totten Calvin Clements, Sr. February 19, 1968 462 24 "Mr. Sam'l" Gunnar Hellstrom Harry Kronman February 26, 1968 463 25 "A Noose for Dobie Price" Richard C. Sarafian Anthony Ellis March 4, 1968 Season 14 (1968–69)
26 one-hour episodes, color
Producer / executive producer: John Mantley; associate producer: Joseph Dackow
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Ken Curtis (Festus), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Buck Taylor (Newly)[31]Series # Season # Title Director Writer(s) Airdate 464 1 "Lyle's Kid" Bernard McEveety Calvin Clements, Sr. September 23, 1968 465 2 "The Hide Cutters" Bernard McEveety Jack Turly September 30, 1968 466 3 "Zavala" Vincent McEveety Paul Savage October 7, 1968 467 4 "Uncle Finney" Bernard McEveety Calvin Clements, Sr. October 14, 1968 468 5 "Slocum" Leo Penn Ron Bishop October 21, 1968 469 6 "O'Quillian" John Rich Ron Bishop October 28, 1968 470 7 "9:12 to Dodge" Marvin J. Chomsky Preston Wood November 11, 1968 471 8 "Abelia" Vincent McEveety Calvin Clements, Sr. November 18, 1968 472 9 "Railroad!" Marvin Chomsky Arthur Rowe November 25, 1968 473 10 "The Miracle Man" Bernard McEveety Calvin Clements, Sr. December 2, 1968 474 11 "Waco" Robert Totten Ron Bishop December 9, 1968 475 12 "Lobo" Bernard McEveety Jim Byrnes December 16, 1968 476 13 "Johnny Cross" Herschel Daugherty Calvin Clements, Sr. December 23, 1968 477 14 "The Money Store" Vincent McEveety William Blinn December 30, 1968 478 15 "The Twisted Heritage" Bernard McEveety Robert Heverly, Jack Turley January 6, 1969 479 16 "Time of the Jackals" Vincent McEveety Richard Fielder January 13, 1969 480 17 "Mannon" Robert Butler Ron Bishop January 20, 1969 481 18 "Goldtown" Gunnar Hellstrom Calvin Clements, Sr. January 27, 1969 482 19 "The Mark of Cain" Vincent McEveety Ron Bishop February 3, 1969 483 20 "Reprisal" Bernard McEveety Jack Hawn February 10, 1969 484 21 "The Long Night" John Rich Dick Carr February 17, 1969 485 22 "The Night Riders" Irving J. Moore Calvin Clements, Sr. February 24, 1969 486 23 "The Intruder" Vincent McEveety Jim Byrnes March 3, 1969 487 24 "The Good Samaritans" Bernard McEveety Paul Savage March 10, 1969 488 25 "The Prisoner" Leo Penn Calvin Clements, Sr. March 17, 1969 489 26 "Exodus 21.22" Herschel Daugherty Arthur Rowe March 24, 1969 Season 15 (1969–70)
26 one-hour episodes, color
Executive producer: John Mantley; producer: Joseph Dackow
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Ken Curtis (Festus), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Buck Taylor (Newly)[32]Series # Season # Title Director Writer(s) Airdate 490 1 "The Devil's Outpost" Philip Leacock Bob Bash September 22, 1969 491 2 "Stryker" Robert Totten Herman Groves September 29, 1969 492 3 "Coreyville" Bernard McEveety Herman Groves October 6, 1969 493 4 "Danny" Bernard McEveety Preston Wood October 13, 1969 494 5 "Hawk" Gunnar Hellstrom Kay Lenard, Jess Carneol October 20, 1969 495 6 "A Man Called Smith" Vincent McEveety Calvin Clements, Sr. October 27, 1969 496 7 "Charlie Noon" Vincent McEveety Jim Byrnes November 3, 1969 497 8 "The Still" Gunnar Hellstrom Calvin Clements, Sr. November 10, 1969 498 9 "A Matter of Honor" Robert Totten Joy Dexter November 17, 1969 499 10 "The Innocent" Marvin J. Chomsky Walter Black November 24, 1969 500 11 "Ring of Darkness" Bernard McEveety Arthur Dales December 1, 1969 501 12 "MacGraw" Philip Leacock Kay Leonard, Jess Carneol December 8, 1969 502 13 "Roots of Fear" Philip Leacock Arthur Browne, Jr. December 15, 1969 503 14 "The Sisters" Philip Leacock William Kelley December 29, 1969 504 15 "The War Priest" Vincent McEveety William Kelley January 5, 1970 505 16 "The Pack Rat" Philip Leacock Jim Byrnes, Arthur Browne, Jr. January 12, 1970 506 17 "The Judas Gun" Vincent McEveety Harry Kronman January 19, 1970 507 18 "Doctor Herman Schultz, M. D." Bernard McEveety Benny Rubin January 26, 1970 508 19 "The Badge" Vincent McEveety Jim Byrnes February 2, 1970 509 20 "Albert" Vincent McEveety Jim Byrnes February 9, 1970 510 21 "Kiowa" Bernard McEveety Ron Bishop February 16, 1970 511 22 "Celia" Philip Leacock Harry Kronman February 23, 1970 512 23 "Morgan" Bernard McEveety Jess Carneol, Kay Lenard March 2, 1970 513 24 "The Thieves" Philip Leacock Thomas Tompson March 9, 1970 514 25 "Hackett" Vincent McEveety William Kelley March 16, 1970 515 26 "The Cage" Bernard McEveety Calvin Clements, Sr. March 23, 1970 Season 16 (1970–71)
24 one-hour episodes, color
Executive producer: John Mantley; producer: Joseph Dackow (episodes 516–528), Leonard Katzman (episodes 529–539)
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Ken Curtis (Festus), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Buck Taylor (Newly)
Note: "Pike", the two-part episode that ended the season, was later developed into a spin-off series entitled Dirty Sally.[33][34]Series # Season # Title Director Writer(s) Airdate 516 1 "Chato" Vincent McEveety Paul F. Edwards September 14, 1970 517 2 "The Noose" Vincent McEveety Arthur Browne, Jr. September 21, 1970 518 3 "Stark" Robert Totten Donald S. Sanford September 28, 1970 519 4 "Sam McTavish, M.D." Bernard McEveety Gerry Day, Bethel Leslie October 5, 1970 520 5 "Gentry's Law" Vincent McEveety Jack Miller October 12, 1970 521 6 "Snow Train" – Part 1 Gunnar Hellstrom Preston Wood October 19, 1970 522 7 "Snow Train" – Part 2 Gunnar Hellstrom Preston Wood October 26, 1970 523 8 "Luke" Bernard McEveety Jack Miller November 2, 1970 524 9 "The Gun" Bernard McEveety Donald S. Sanford November 9, 1970 525 10 "The Scavengers" Robert Totten Jim Byrnes November 16, 1970 526 11 "The Witness" Philip Leacock Shimon Wincelberg November 23, 1970 527 12 "McCabe" Bernard McEveety Jim Byrnes November 30, 1970 528 13 "The Noonday Devil" Philip Leacock William Kelley December 7, 1970 529 14 "Sergeant Holly" Bernard McEveety William Kelley December 14, 1970 530 15 "Jenny" Robert Totten Jack Miller December 28, 1970 531 16 "Captain Sligo" William Conrad William Kelley January 4, 1971 532 17 "Mirage" Vincent McEveety Jack Miller January 11, 1971 533 18 "The Tycoon" Bernard McEveety Robert Vincent January 25, 1971 534 19 "Jaekel" Bernard McEveety Calvin Clements, Sr. February 1, 1971 535 20 "Murdoch" Robert Totten Jack Miller February 8, 1971 536 21 "Cleavus" Vincent McEveety Donald Z. Koplowitz, Richard D. Scott February 15, 1971 537 22 "Lavery" Vincent McEveety Donald S. Sanford February 22, 1971 538 23 "Pike" – Part 1 Bernard McEveety Jack Miller March 1, 1971 539 24 "Pike" – Part 2 Bernard McEveety Jack Miller March 8, 1971 Season 17 (1971–72)
24 one-hour episodes, color
Executive producer: John Mantley; producer: Leonard Katzman; associate producer: Ron Honthaner
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Ken Curtis (Festus), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Buck Taylor (Newly)[35]Series # Season # Title Director Writer(s) Airdate 540 1 "The Lost" Robert Totten Jack Miller, Warren Vanders September 13, 1971 541 2 "Phoenix" Paul Stanley Anthony Lawrence September 20, 1971 542 3 "Waste" – Part 1 Vincent McEveety Jim Byrnes September 27, 1971 543 4 "Waste" – Part 2 Vincent McEveety Jim Byrnes October 4, 1971 544 5 "New Doctor in Town" Philip Leacock Jack Miller October 11, 1971 545 6 "The Legend" Philip Leacock Calvin Clements, Jr. October 18, 1971 546 7 "Trafton" Bernard McEveety Ron Bishop October 25, 1971 547 8 "Lynott" Gunnar Hellstrom Ron Bishop November 1, 1971 548 9 "Lijah" Irving J. Moore William Blinn November 8, 1971 549 10 "My Brother's Keeper" Paul Stanley Arthur Dales November 15, 1971 550 11 "Drago" Paul Stanley Jim Byrnes November 22, 1971 551 12 "Gold Train: The Bullet" – Part 1 Bernard McEveety Jim Byrnes November 29, 1971 552 13 "Gold Train: The Bullet" – Part 2 Bernard McEveety Jim Byrnes December 6, 1971 553 14 "Gold Train: The Bullet" – Part 3 Bernard McEveety Jim Byrnes December 13, 1971 554 15 "P.S. Murry Christmas" Herb Wallerstein William Kelley December 27, 1971 555 16 "No Tomorrow" Irving J. Moore Richard Fielder January 3, 1972 556 17 "Hidalgo" Paul Stanley Colley Cibber January 10, 1972 557 18 "Tara" Bernard McEveety William Kelley January 17, 1972 558 19 "One for the Road" Bernard McEveety Jack Miller January 24, 1972 559 20 "The Predators" Bernard McEveety Calvin Clements, Sr. January 31, 1972 560 21 "Yankton" Vincent McEveety Jim Byrnes February 7, 1972 561 22 "Blind Man's Buff" Herb Wallerstein Ron Honthaner February 21, 1972 562 23 "Alias Festus Haggin" Vincent McEveety Calvin Clements. March 6, 1972 563 24 "The Wedding" Bernard McEveety Harry Kronman March 13, 1972 Season 18 (1972–73)
24 one-hour episodes, color
Executive producer: John Mantley; producer: Leonard Katzman; associate producer: Ron Honthaner.
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Ken Curtis (Festus), Buck Taylor (Newly)[36]Series # Season # Title Director Writer(s) Airdate 564 1 "The River" – Part 1 Herb Wallerstein Jack Miller September 11, 1972 565 2 "The River" – Part 2 Herb Wallerstein Jack Miller September 18, 1972 566 3 "Bohannan" Alf Kjellin William Kelley September 25, 1972 567 4 "The Judgement" Philip Leacock Shimon Wincelberg October 2, 1972 568 5 "The Drummer" Bernard McEveety Richard Fielder October 9, 1972 569 6 "Sarah" Gunnar Hellström Calvin Clements, Sr. October 16, 1972 570 7 "The Fugitives" Irving J. Moore Charles Joseph October 23, 1972 571 8 "Eleven Dollars" Irving J. Moore Paul Savage October 30, 1972 572 9 "Milligan" Bernard McEveety Ron Bishop November 6, 1972 573 10 "Tatum" Gunnar Hellström Jim Byrnes November 13, 1972 574 11 "The Sodbusters" Robert Butler Ron Bishop November 20, 1972 575 12 "The Brothers" Gunnar Hellström Clavin Clements November 27, 1972 576 13 "Hostage!" Gunnar Hellström Paul F. Edwards December 11, 1972 577 14 "Jubilee" Herb Wallerstein Jack Freeman December 18, 1972 578 15 "Arizona Midnight" Irving J. Moore Dudley Bromley January 1, 1973 579 16 "Homecoming" Gunnar Hellström Calvin Clements, Sr. January 8, 1973 580 17 "Shadler" Arnold Laven Jim Byrnes January 15, 1973 581 18 "Patricia" Alf Kjellin Calvin Clements, Sr. January 22, 1973 582 19 "Quiet Day in Dodge" Alf Kjellin Jack Miller January 29, 1973 583 20 "Whelan's Men" Paul F. Edwards Ron Bishop February 5, 1973 584 21 "Kimbro" Gunnar Hellström Jim Byrnes February 12, 1973 585 22 "Jesse" Bernard McEveety Jim Byrnes February 19, 1973 586 23 "Talbot" Vincent McEveety Jim Byrnes February 26, 1973 587 24 "This Golden Land" Gunnar Hellström Hal Sitowitz March 5, 1973 Season 19 (1973–74)
24 one-hour episodes, color
Executive producer: John Mantley; producer: Leonard Katzman; associate producer: Ron Honthaner
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Ken Curtis (Festus), Milburn Stone (Doc), Amanda Blake (Kitty), Buck Taylor (Newly)[37]Series # Season # Title Director Writer(s) Airdate 588 1 "Women for Sale" – Part 1 Vincent McEveety Jim Byrnes September 10, 1973 589 2 "Women for Sale" – Part 2 Vincent McEveety Jim Byrnes September 17, 1973 590 3 "Matt's Love Story" Gunnar Hellstrom Ron Bishop September 24, 1973 591 4 "The Boy and the Sinner" Bernard McEveety Hal Sitowitz October 1, 1973 592 5 "The Widow-Maker" Bernard McEveety Paul F. Edwards October 8, 1973 593 6 "Kitty's Love Affair" Vincent McEveety S.L. Kotar, J.E. Gessler, Paul Savage October 22, 1973 594 7 "The Widow and the Rogue" Bernard McEveety Harvey Marlowe, Paul Savage October 29, 1973 595 8 "A Game of Death ... An Act of Love" – Part 1 Gunnar Hellstrom Paul F. Edwards November 5, 1973 596 9 "A Game of Death … An Act of Love" – Part 2 Gunnar Hellstrom Paul F. Edwards November 12, 1973 597 10 "Lynch Town" Bernard McEveety Calvin Clements, Sr., Anne Snyder, Joann Carlino November 19, 1973 598 11 "The Hanging of Newly O'Brien" Alf Kjellin Calvin Clements, Sr. November 26, 1973 599 12 "Susan Was Evil" Bernard McEveety William Keys December 3, 1973 600 13 "The Deadly Innocent" Bernard McEveety Calvin Clements, Sr. December 17, 1973 601 14 "The Child Between" Irving J. Moore Harry Kronman December 24, 1973 602 15 "A Family of Killers" Gunnar Hellstrom William Keys January 14, 1974 603 16 "Like Old Times" Irving J. Moore Richard Fielder January 21, 1974 604 17 "The Town Tamers" Gunnar Hellstrom Paul Savage January 28, 1974 605 18 "The Foundling" Bernard McEveety Jim Byrnes February 11, 1974 606 19 "The Iron Blood of Courage" Gunnar Hellstrom Ron Bishop February 18, 1974 607 20 "The Schoolmarm" Bernard McEveety Dick Nelson February 25, 1974 608 21 "Trail of Bloodshed" Bernard McEveety Earl W. Wallace March 1, 1974 609 22 "Cowtown Hustler" Gunnar Hellstrom Jim Byrnes March 11, 1974 610 23 "To Ride a Yeller Horse" Vincent McEveety Calvin Clements, Sr. March 18, 1974 611 24 "The Disciple" Gunnar Hellstrom Shimon Wincelberg April 1, 1974 Season 20 (1974–75)
24 one-hour episodes, color
Executive producer: John Mantley; producer: Leonard Katzman; associate producer: Ron Honthaner
Regular cast: James Arness (Matt Dillon), Ken Curtis (Festus), Milburn Stone (Doc), Buck Taylor (Newly), Fran Ryan (Hannah)[38]Series # Season # Title Director Writer(s) Airdate 612 1 "Matt Dillon Must Die!" Victor French Ray Goldrup September 9, 1974 613 2 "A Town in Chains" Bernard McEveety Ron Bishop September 16, 1974 614 3 "The Guns of Cibola Blanca" – Part 1 Gunnar Hellstrom Paul Savage September 23, 1974 615 4 "The Guns of Cibola Blanca" – Part 2 Gunnar Hellstrom Paul Savage September 30, 1974 616 5 "Thirty a Month and Found" Bernard McEveety Jim Byrnes October 7, 1974 617 6 "The Wiving" Victor French Earl W. Wallace October 14, 1974 618 7 "The Iron Men" Gunnar Hellstrom John Mantley October 21, 1974 619 8 "The Fourth Victim" Bernard McEveety Jim Byrnes November 4, 1974 620 9 "The Tarnished Badge" Michael O'Herlihy Robert Vincent November 11, 1974 621 10 "In Performance of Duty" Gunnar Hellstrom William Keys November 18, 1974 622 11 "Island in the Desert" – Part 1 Gunnar Hellstrom Jim Byrnes December 2, 1974 623 12 "Island in the Desert" – Part 2 Gunnar Hellstrom Jim Byrnes December 9, 1974 624 13 "The Colonel" Bernard McEveety Arthur Dales December 16, 1974 625 14 "The Squaw" Gunnar Hellstrom Jim Byrnes January 6, 1975 626 15 "The Hiders" Victor French Paul Savage January 13, 1975 627 16 "Larkin" Gunnar Hellstrom Jim Byrnes January 20, 1975 628 17 "The Fires of Ignorance" Victor French Jim Byrnes January 27, 1975 629 18 "The Angry Land" Bernard McEveety Herman Groves February 3, 1975 630 19 "Brides and Grooms" Victor French Earl W. Wallace February 10, 1975 631 20 "Hard Labor" Bernard McEveety Hal Sitowitz February 24, 1975 632 21 "I Have Promises to Keep" Gunnar Hellstrom Jim Byrnes March 3, 1975 633 22 "The Busters" Bernard McEveety Jim Byrnes March 10, 1975 634 23 "Manolo" Gunnar Hellstrom Harriet Charles, Earl W. Wallace March 17, 1975 635 24 "The Sharecroppers" Leonard Katzman Earl W. Wallace March 31, 1975 Television movies
# Title Director Writer(s) Airdate[39] 1 Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge Vincent McEveety Jim Bynes September 26, 1987 2 Gunsmoke: The Last Apache Charles Correll Earl W. Wallace March 18, 1990 3 Gunsmoke: To the Last Man Jerry Jameson Earl W. Wallace January 10, 1992 4 Gunsmoke: The Long Ride Jerry Jameson Bill Stratton May 8, 1993 5 Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice Jerry Jameson Harry and Renee Longstreet February 10, 1994 Nielsen ratings
Season Season premiere Season finale Timeslot Nielsen rating[40] Programs airing opposite Gunsmoke[40] NBC ABC 1 September 10, 1955 August 25, 1956 Saturday, 10–10:30 — The George Gobel Show Tomorrow's Careers 2 September 15, 1956 July 6, 1957 Saturday, 10–10:30 8 The George Gobel Show Masquerade Party 3 September 14, 1957 June 7, 1958 Saturday, 10–10:30 1 What's It For Mike Wallace Interviews 4 September 13, 1958 June 13, 1959 Saturday, 10–10:30 1 Cimarron City Sammy Kaye's Music 5 September 5, 1959 June 11, 1960 Saturday, 10–10:30 1 Five Fingers Jubilee USA 6 September 3, 1960 June 17, 1961 Saturday, 10–10:30 1 The Nation's Future Fight of the Week 7 September 30, 1961 May 26, 1962 Saturday, 10–11:00 3 NBC Saturday Night at the Movies Fight of the Week 8 September 15, 1962 June 1, 1963 Saturday, 10–11:00 10 NBC Saturday Night at the Movies Fight of the Week 9 September 28, 1963 May 6, 1964 Saturday, 10–11:00 20 NBC Saturday Night at the Movies The Jerry Lewis Show 10 September 26, 1964 May 29, 1965 Saturday, 10–11:00 27 NBC Saturday Night at the Movies Hollywood Palace 11 September 18, 1965 May 7, 1966 Saturday, 10–11:00 30 NBC Saturday Night at the Movies Hollywood Palace 12 September 24, 1966 April 15, 1967 Saturday, 10–11:00 34 NBC Saturday Night at the Movies Hollywood Palace 13 September 11, 1967 March 4, 1968 Monday, 7:30–8:30 4 The Monkees
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.Cowboy in Africa 14 September 23, 1968 March 24, 1969 Monday, 7:30–8:30 6 I Dream of Jeannie
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-InThe Avengers 15 September 22, 1969 March 23, 1970 Monday, 7:30–8:30 2 My World and Welcome to It
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-InThe Music Scene
The New People16 September 14, 1970 March 8, 1971 Monday, 7:30–8:30 5 The Red Skelton Show
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-InThe Young Lawyers 17 September 20, 1971 March 13, 1972 Monday, 8–9:00 4 Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In Nanny and the Professor 18 September 11, 1972 March 5, 1973 Monday, 8–9:00 8 Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In The Rookies 19 September 10, 1973 April 1, 1974 Monday, 8–9:00 15 Lotsa Luck
DianaThe Rookies 20 September 9, 1974 March 31, 1975 Monday, 8–9:00 28 Born Free The Rookies Home media release
The first three seasons of Gunsmoke and the first three reunion films are available on DVD in Region 1. Two box sets—The 50th Annversary Collection and The Director's Collection—have been released on DVD in Region 1.
Gunsmoke season DVD releases Season Episodes Discs Release date Ref 1 39 6 July 17, 2007 [41] 2 Volume 1: 20 3 January 8, 2008 [42] Volume 2: 19 3 May 27, 2008 [43] 3 Volume 1: 20 3 December 9, 2008 [44] Volume 2: 19 3 May 26, 2009 [45] 4 Volume 1: 20 3 October 5, 2010 [46] Volume 2: 19 3 December 14, 2010 [47] 5 Volume 1: 20 3 October 11, 2011 [48] Volume 2: 19 3 December 13, 2011 [49] Gunsmoke – 50th Anniversary DVD releases Volume Episodes Discs Release date Ref 1 17 3 January 3, 2006 [50] 2 12 3 January 3, 2006 [51] 1 & 2 29 6 January 3, 2006 [52] Gunsmoke – The Director's Collection DVD releases Volume Episodes Discs Release date Ref — 15 3 November 14, 2006 [53] Gunsmoke TV-movie DVD releases Title Discs Release date Ref Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge 1 May 11, 2004 [54] Gunsmoke: The Last Apache 1 May 11, 2004 [55] Gunsmoke: To the Last Man 1 May 11, 2004 [56] The Gunsmoke Movie Collection 3 May 11, 2004 [57] See also
Footnotes
- ^ Barbaras 1990, pp. 74–75
- ^ Barbaras 1990, p. 444, 742
- ^ Costello 2006, p. 255, 539
- ^ a b Newcomb, Horace (2010). "Gunsmoke". The Museum of Broadcast Communications. http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=gunsmoke. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
- ^ Barbaras 1990, p. 5
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- ^ "Gunsmoke: Season One". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000PHX5KU. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
- ^ "Gunsmoke: Season Two (Volume 1)". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000W8OM68. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
- ^ "Gunsmoke: Season Two (Volume 2)". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0013LRKVM/. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
- ^ "Gunsmoke: Season Three (Volume 1)". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001E6JC1W/. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
- ^ "Gunsmoke: Season Three (Volume 2)". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001TWT0CW/. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
- ^ "Gunsmoke: Season Four". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003XEKXYI/. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
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- ^ "Gunsmoke: Season Five, Volume 1". TVShowsOnDVD.com. http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/Gunsmoke-5th-Season-Volume-1/11447. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
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- ^ "Gunsmoke: 50th Anniversary Collection (Volume 1)". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BITUZ2/. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
- ^ "Gunsmoke: 50th Anniversary Collection (Volume 2)". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BITUZC/. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
- ^ "Gunsmoke: 50th Anniversary Collection (Volumes 1 & 2)". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BITUYI/. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
- ^ "Gunsmoke: The Director's Collection". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000H7JCHI/. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
- ^ "Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001JXPXY/. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
- ^ "Gunsmoke: The Last Apache". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001JXQ1U/. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
- ^ "Gunsmoke: To the Last Man". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001JXQ2O/. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
- ^ "The Gunsmoke Movie Collection". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001NBND4/. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
References
- Costello, Ben (2006). Gunsmoke: An American Institution. Chandler, Arizona: Five Star Publications, Inc. ISBN 978-1-58985-014-9.
- Barbaras, SuzAnne & Gabor (1990). Gunsmoke: A Complete History. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 0-89950-418-3.
External links
- Arness, James. "The Official Web Site of James Arness". http://www.jamesarness.com/. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
- Newcomb, Horace (2010). "Gunsmoke". The Museum of Broadcast Communications. http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=gunsmoke. Retrieved March 21, 2010.
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