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51. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Blue Heaven (1964)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

8.4
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A runaway kid and a wanted man from East Texas team up to first find the kid's mother and second to shake those who have been chasing the man about a murder in Carver County and robbery he just didn't commit.

Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis

Votes: 243

52. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Blue Horse (1959)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

8.6
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Seriously injured Matt faces a moral dilemma when Blue Horse saves his life and prevents the escape of a prisoner. The Marshal knows that Blue Horse is being sought by the Cavalry as a ... See full summary »

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Gene Nelson

Votes: 200

53. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Bohannan (1972)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

8.3
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A faith healer shows up in Dodge City and is challenged by the skeptics, including Doc.

Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis

Votes: 183

54. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Born to Hang (1957)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

7.6
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Joe Digger is nearly killed by two men who tried to lynch him. Now he is giving Matt until midnight the next day to bring them to jail, or he will track them down and kill them both.

Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 167

55. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Bottleman (1958)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

8.0
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There's a new Faro dealer at the Long Branch. When the town drunk, the meekest man in town, tries to attack him, the dealer swears he'll kill him if he ever tries that again. But he also swears he "never seen him before in his life."

Director: John Rich | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 197

56. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Box O' Rocks (1959)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

7.6
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A man enlists the aid of a parson to fake his own death.

Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Vaughn Taylor

Votes: 178

57. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Breckinridge (1965)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

7.1
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A young attorney newly arrived in Dodge works the law to keep his client out of Matt's clutches, then has ample reason to regret it.

Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis

Votes: 169

58. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Brides and Grooms (1975)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

5.5
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The sons of a loony farmer have all finally found women willing to marry them (the farmer makes a play for Hannah Cobb, in her second appearance, and is turned down again). But finding ... See full summary »

Director: Victor French | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Ken Curtis, Buck Taylor

Votes: 168

59. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Brother Love (1960)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

7.7
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In a family that believes in taking care of its own--including administering punishment within the family for crime--one of two grown brothers appears to have committed murder, but which one?

Director: Franklin Adreon | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 162

60. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Brother Whelp (1959)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

7.8
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A man wants a gunfight with his brother when he returns home, after years away, and finds him married to his girl.

Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 182

61. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Brush at Elkader (1956)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

7.8
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Matt must resort to trickery after he and Chester trail psychopathic killer Lou Shippen to a small town whose citizenry is so frightened of Shippen that they refuse to even point him out.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 213

62. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Buffalo Hunter (1959)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

7.6
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Marshal Dillon has to stop a ruthless, cold-blooded, greedy, buffalo hunter who is in the habit of brutally killing his hired help to avoid paying them their wages.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 177

63. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Buffalo Man (1958)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

8.0
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Doc finds a half-dead man on the side of the road and tells Matt. Matt and Chester ride out to a buffalo hunter's camp but before they get far, the occupants show up not treating them much better than the man the doc found.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 214

64. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Bureaucrat (1957)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

7.4
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A government official from Washington warns Matt that he will relieve him of his duties if he does not start using a firmer hand in Dodge.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 179

65. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: By Line (1966)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

7.7
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The new newspaper in town seems to be in the business of fomenting trouble, starting with its employment as a reporter of the illiterate Festus.

Director: Allen Reisner | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis

Votes: 144

66. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Cain (1957)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

7.7
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Told he has only two months to live, a man is determined to avenge the suicide of a young woman by killing the womanizer he blames for her death.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 188

67. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Cale (1962)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

8.0
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Cale is a bullheaded young drifter who takes a nap in a barn he comes across only to wake up to a shootout between a horse thief and the owner. Cale is shot, wounded, and becomes a suspected accomplice.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 235

68. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Caleb (1964)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

8.9
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Childless and poor, farmer Caleb feels like a failure, and his wife assures him he is one. Caleb moves into town to seek some meaning in his life, and soon finds himself--a man who doesn't wear a gun--challenged to a duel.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Burt Reynolds

Votes: 276

69. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Call Me Dodie (1962)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

8.1
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An adolescent escapee from a cruel orphanage knows she has a lot to learn, and she starts learning it from the rough-and-tumble characters and loafers she encounters in Dodge.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Joby Baker

Votes: 233

70. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Captain Sligo (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

6.1
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A Boston whaling captain settles near Dodge because he says it's the farthest place in the US from the sea. He brawls, courts, regales children with sea tales, grows corn in poor soil, and learns some lessons the hard way.

Director: William Conrad | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis

Votes: 175

71. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Cara (1956)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

7.5
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An old flame of Matt's comes to town, but her presence in Dodge may be motivated by more than sentiment.

Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 191

72. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Carmen (1958)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

7.2
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When an Army payroll is stolen and two soldiers are murdered, the commanding officer of Fort Dodge threatens to put Dodge City under martial law unless Matt can capture the perpetrators within 48 hours.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 181

73. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Carter Caper (1963)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

8.2
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A man with a grudge hits upon the perfect revenge when he spreads the word in Dodge that short-tempered Billy is so good with a gun that he shot down the famous gunfighter, Beau Carter.

Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 222

74. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Catawomper (1962)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

6.5
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Chester is getting home-cooked meals from, and giving guitar lessons to, a spirited young woman who hopes thereby to make her estranged sweetheart jealous.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 224

75. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Cattle Barons (1967)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

7.7
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Two long time feuding cattle barons are set for a showdown in Dodge. This will place Marshal Dillon and the town right in the middle of the trouble.

Director: Gunnar Hellström | Stars: Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis, James Arness

Votes: 144

76. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Celia (1970)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

7.5
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Newly's best friend becomes the victim of a con game perpetrated by a pretty young woman and her partner.

Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis, Buck Taylor

Votes: 136

77. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Champion of the World (1966)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

6.9
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Bull Bannock, ex world heavyweight champion, tries to make a place for himself in Dodge City.

Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis

Votes: 171

78. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Change of Heart (1959)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

7.8
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Matt becomes suspicious when Jerry Cass's plans to marry saloon hostess Bella Grant are complicated by Bella's sudden insistence that Jerry leave his recently-inherited ranch for six months.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 192

79. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Charlie Noon (1969)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

8.5
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Matt Dillon is escorting his prisoner Charlie Noon back to Dodge City when he encounters a runaway Indian bride being pursued by the braves of her tribe. The Indians have mistaken Charlie ... See full summary »

Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis

Votes: 194

80. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Chato (1970)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

8.0
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Chato is a mixed-race Native American with a serious grudge against lawmen. He also has a remarkable athletic ability: he can run and jump over mountain ledges while keeping up a steady ... See full summary »

Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis

Votes: 179

81. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Cheap Labor (1957)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

8.2
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A man wants to marry a woman whose brother may be willing to resort to violence to keep her from leaving home.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Andrew Duggan

Votes: 204

82. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Cherry Red (1960)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

7.6
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The widow of a stagecoach robber is courted by the man who, unbeknownst to the widow, is the one who shot her husband.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 164

83. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Chester's Dilemma (1961)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

7.8
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A pretty girl arrives in town and chases Chester, who's happy for her to do so, but the young woman has a secret that may land her in jail.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 145

84. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Chester's Hanging (1958)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

8.0
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When Jim Cando is thrown in jail by Matt, for a robbery and murder, he orders his partner to get him out by any means, or he will implicate him in the crime too.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 179

85. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Chester's Indian (1962)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

7.5
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On his way to a fishing vacation, Chester stumbles into a human drama when he wounds a fleeing Indian that he mistakes for a thief. However, the Indian has already touched the heart of a lonely young white woman.

Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 200

86. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Chester's Mail Order Bride (1956)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

7.9
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Chester has been writing to a mail-order bride who is now coming to Dodge to marry him. What Chester has neglected to tell Matt and Doc is that the picture he sent her wasn't his but the marshal's.

Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 236

87. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Chester's Murder (1957)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

7.5
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When the drunkard whom Chester escorts to jail is shot dead, Chester is suspected of the murder.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 199

88. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Chesterland (1961)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

8.4
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Chester becomes engaged more or less accidentally, but he takes to heart his obligation to his betrothed, leaving his job with Mr. Dillon to devote himself to homesteading a barren quarter section.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 255

89. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Cheyennes (1959)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

7.7
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Matt seeks the help of wise Chief Long Robe to track down gunrunners who are supplying renegade Cheyenne braves with rifles used to murder prairie-dwelling families. Long Robe provides Matt... See full summary »

Director: Ted Post | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Walter Brooke, Tom Brown

Votes: 154

90. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Chicken (1964)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

8.7
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Mistakenly hailed as a hero who downed four robbers, a man rethinks his decision to let folks regard him as a gunfighter when protecting the woman he wants calls for a gunman's skill.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Burt Reynolds

Votes: 215

91. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Chief Joseph (1965)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

8.4
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Chief Joseph has come to town suffering from pneumonia. When he and his party are refused lodging at the hotel, a stranger steps in offering his room. Local sentiment is against this and like a boiling over teapot, trouble begins to brew.

Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis

Votes: 179

92. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Cholera (1956)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

7.7
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A landowner's attempt to evict homesteaders is helped by a cholera outbreak.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Peg Hillias

Votes: 188

93. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Circus Trick (1965)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

7.7
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A circus family comes to town and charms the populace who don't know the family's real stock-in-trade is larceny.

Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Burt Reynolds

Votes: 173

94. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Claustrophobia (1958)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

7.7
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Matt and Chester find a man shot in the back in his lonely cabin and the immediate suspects are two men who have been trying to force him to sell his land.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 181

95. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Clayton Thaddeus Greenwood (1965)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

8.0
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Thad, son of and deputy to an Oklahoma sheriff, arrives in Dodge pursuing vandals on his father's warrant, not realizing the Oklahoma warrant isn't executable in Dodge.

Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis

Votes: 196

96. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Cleavus (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

6.7
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Festus' old fried Cleavus stumbles onto a bag of gold dust worth more than anything he's ever owned in his life. The serendipitous discovery convinces Cleavus his luck has finally changed and he begins living life like never before.

Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis

Votes: 136

97. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Cody's Code (1962)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

7.7
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Cody is a well-liked citizen of Dodge. He's building a house and getting married. When he befriends a stranger, his perfect life is turned upside down.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 197

98. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Colleen So Green (1960)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

7.7
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A Southern belle, originally from Virginia, charms Chester and many others in Dodge, but not including Kitty.

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 198

99. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Collie's Free (1962)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

7.8
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Released after eight bitter years in prison, Collie Patten has difficulty adjusting to the fact that things have inevitably changed with respect to his relationships with his wife, his son, and the citizens of Dodge.

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Jason Evers

Votes: 197

100. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Colorado Sheriff (1961)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

7.7
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Matt and Chester find Rod Ellison shot and paralyzed on the prairie and return him to Dodge for surgery. Ben Witter abrasively advises Matt that he is a deputy sheriff from Pueblo who has ... See full summary »

Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 137



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