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1. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Marshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in rough-and-tumble Dodge City.

Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis

Votes: 8,786

2. The Virginian (1962–1971)

TV-PG | 75 min | Western

Personable Western series based in Wyoming from the 1890s onward.

Stars: Doug McClure, James Drury, Lee J. Cobb, Sara Lane

Votes: 3,174

3. The Texan (1958–1960)

13+ | 30 min | Western

The Texan, a Civil War Veteran whose reputation of being the fastest gun in the west precedes him, roams across Texas from town to town, not looking for trouble, but trouble finds him.

Stars: Rory Calhoun, Regis Parton, Duncan Lamont, James Drake

Votes: 334

4. Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)

90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Of the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera. Attracting top ranked directors and scripts, it was often filmed live including the entire first season.

Stars: Richard Joy, Paul Lambert, Helen Kleeb, Charles Bickford

Votes: 419

5. Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1965)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Kraft Suspense Theater was an anthology series which featured a new cast and stories each week.

Stars: David Lewis, Francis De Sales, Harry Townes, Jack Kelly

Votes: 289

6. The Forsaken Westerns (2017– )

30 min | Western

Rare unsold western TV show pilots, anthology and western series episodes. Neglected for years some never transferred to digital format until now. Hundreds of shows are being rescued for this series.

Stars: Bob Terry, Stuart Randall

Votes: 64

7. The Ballad of Josie (1967)

Approved | 102 min | Comedy, Western

A widow stirs things up in a western town by raising sheep instead of cattle--and by organizing the local women to demonstrate for women's suffrage.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Doris Day, Peter Graves, George Kennedy, Andy Devine

Votes: 1,131 | Gross: $1.32M

8. This Savage Land (1969 TV Movie)

G | 97 min | Drama, Western

Ohio widower Ben Pride moves to Kansas with his parents and children shortly after the Civil War. When they arrive in Lawrence they are harassed by Confederate marauders.

Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Glenn Corbett, Kathryn Hays, Andrew Prine

Votes: 122

9. The Road West (1966–1967)

60 min | Western

Ben Pride leads wife Elizabeth and children into 1860's Kansas with the difficult task of homesteading. The family faces various adversities as the try to tame the land. Joining Ben is his ... See full summary »

Stars: Barry Sullivan, Andrew Prine, Brenda Scott, Kelly Corcoran

Votes: 52

10. Gunsmoke

Western | Announced

The citizens of Dodge City look to Marshal Matt Dillon to maintain law and order in the time of the wild West.

Star: Don Keefer

11. Wide Wide World (1955–1958)

90 min | Documentary

Using 40 cameras and 12 mobile vans, this live Sunday afternoon program broadcast events in North America, the Caribbean and Europe. The show alternated with other programs during its run. ... See full summary »

Stars: Dave Garroway, Gary Cooper, Ira Hayes, Maria Tallchief

Votes: 23

12. McMasters of Sweetwater (1974 TV Movie)

30 min | Western

Jack Cassidy stars as a widowed Boston school teacher who moves West to start a new life with his children.

Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Loretta Ball, Errol Bartine, Jack Cassidy, Alan Fudge

13. Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode: The Dungeon (1958)

90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Karl Ohringer is acquitted of murder on grounds that the killing was not intentional. A wealthy and eccentric man, Emery Ganun, decides to take justice into his own hands.

Director: David Swift | Stars: Paul Douglas, Agnes Moorehead, Julie Adams, Patty McCormack

Votes: 9

14. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: 20-20 (1956)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

Troy Carver is an aging ex lawman with poor eyesight being chased by a dirt farmer who wants revenge for the killing of his brother 2 years before.

Director: Charles Marquis Warren | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 211

15. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: 9:12 to Dodge (1968)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Doc helps Matt escort a wounded man to Dodge to stand trial for murder, but Matt gets word by telegram that the man's gang plans to storm the train on which the lawman and his prisoner are traveling.

Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis, James Arness

Votes: 172

16. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: A Family of Killers (1974)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Matt and U.S. Marshal Bob Hargraves team up to hunt a family of particularly sadistic outlaws.

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

Votes: 135

17. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: A Game of Death... An Act of Love: Part 1 (1973)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

A lawyer passing through Dodge is reluctant to defend two renegade Indians suspected of murdering a powerful rancher's wife.

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

Votes: 159

18. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: A Game of Death... An Act of Love: Part 2 (1973)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

The lawyer defends the 2 renegades accused of murder, and the victim's husband is determined to see they are lynched if they are acquitted.

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

Votes: 164

19. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: A Hat (1967)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

A badly wounded mountain man kills the son of a powerful rancher in self defense and flees to Dodge, where Dillon provides protection for him against the father and his gang.

Director: Robert Totten | Stars: Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis, James Arness

Votes: 204

20. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: A Man Called 'Smith' (1969)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Outlaw Will Smith visits his ex-wife Abelia so she can fence some stolen gold in order for him to escape into Mexico. Festus becomes suspicious when he sees Abelia in a seedy establishment late at night.

Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis, Buck Taylor

Votes: 156

21. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: A Man a Day (1961)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

A band of outlaws offers to pay Matt to make himself scarce while they rob the bank. If he refuses, they promise to kill one man per day until he agrees.

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

Votes: 236

22. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: A Matter of Honor (1969)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Louie Pheeters is convicted of killing a man when he cannot remember the circumstance of that night. Facing five years in prison, Louie has one last chance to set the record straight.

Director: Robert Totten | Stars: Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis, Buck Taylor

Votes: 179

23. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: A Noose for Dobie Price (1968)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

When Dobie Price escapes from the Dodge jail, Dobie's former gang member and cousin rides with Marshal Dillon to bring Dobie back to justice and a date with the hangman.

Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis

Votes: 146

24. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: A Quiet Day in Dodge (1973)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Matt Dillon rides wearily into Dodge City after thirty-six hours in the saddle. At the office he can't get to sleep because Festus is so exuberant about everything. In the course of the day... See full summary »

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

Votes: 197

25. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Town in Chains (1974)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Five ex-Confederate soldiers have robbed the bank in Dodge City and are on the run through Indian territory, followed by Matt Dillon. The outlaws find abandoned Union military uniforms and ... See full summary »

Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Ken Curtis, Buck Taylor

Votes: 136

26. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Abe Blocker (1962)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Civilization is moving in on the isolation of a rugged pioneer friend of Matt's, and he starts using lethal force against the settlers encroaching on the land he regards as his.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: James Arness, Amanda Blake, Burt Reynolds, Chill Wills

Votes: 235

27. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Abelia (1968)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

The Ward gang is on the run after a bank robbery. The gang loses one of the Ward brothers, shot in the stomach, while Abelia and another gang member go to Dodge for a painkiller; in town ... See full summary »

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

Votes: 189

28. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: About Chester (1961)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

While Chester is out searching for Doc, his horse is injured. Chester goes to a house for help and is instead taken prisoner.

Director: Alan Crosland Jr. | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 175

29. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Alarm at Pleasant Valley (1956)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

While on the way back to Dodge, Matt and Chester help homesteaders besieged by Indians.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Lew Brown, Helen Wallace

Votes: 206

30. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Albert (1970)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

A lone banker named Albert pockets cash when a robbery at his bank is stopped short. But when the would-be robbers later read about money missing from the bank, they decide to hold Albert's wife hostage until he helps them try again.

Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis, Buck Taylor

Votes: 150

31. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Alias Festus Haggen (1972)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

A case of mistaken identity is no laughing matter for Festus when a U.S. marshal arrests the good-natured deputy as bloodthirsty murderer Frank Eaton. While Festus stands trial, Matt investigates to clear his friend's name.

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

Votes: 177

32. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: All That (1961)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

A man who lost his wife and all he had returns to Dodge from gold prospecting with three bulging bags to deposit in the bank, and all who scorned him before, including his ex-wife, can't do enough for him.

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

Votes: 246

33. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Amy's Good Deed (1958)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

Amy Slater gets to Dodge and tells Matt she came to die. He suggests seeing Doc Adams, she says she's not sick but that Matt could help. When asked how, she says "you're going to kill me." Learning the truth, he decides how to handle it.

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

Votes: 183

34. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Annie Oakley (1959)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

Is the homely, sharp-tongued, middle-aged wife of a homesteader really inciting men to fight to the death for her affections?

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

Votes: 176

35. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Anybody Can Kill a Marshal (1963)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Two men want to rob the bank in Dodge, but are unwilling to try it while Matt lives. A man agrees to accept the job of killing the marshal, attaching some rather peculiar conditions to his acceptance.

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

Votes: 229

36. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Apprentice Doc (1961)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

A young outlaw finds he has a knack for medicine and turns straight, telling Doc he wants to be his pupil.

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

Votes: 230

37. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Arizona Midnight (1973)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

A very short man rides in on a Giant Horse into Dodge and offers $50 to any man who will take care of him from midnight to dawn tonight, the first light of the full moon, when he will turn into a "Were-Elephant."

Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis

Votes: 162

38. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Ash (1963)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Ben and Ash are business partners and the best of friends, until a blow on the head changes Ben's personality and leads to a confrontation over a woman that may part the friends for good.

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

Votes: 237

39. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Aunt Thede (1964)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Festus's ornery aunt arrives, squats on a piece of land, sets up a still, and comes to the rescue of a pair of star-crossed lovers.

Director: Sutton Roley | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Ken Curtis, Jeanette Nolan

Votes: 236

40. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Bad Lady from Brookline (1965)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Just arriving in Dodge, Molly McConnell looks for her husband. When she finds out he's been killed, and Dillon is responsible, she wonders why he didn't tell her in the first place and sets out to learn how to shoot so she can kill him.

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

Votes: 235

41. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Bad Seed (1961)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

Matt rescues teen-aged Trudy Trent from a life of isolated poverty with her incestuous and alcoholic father, but he subsequently learns that "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" when he... See full summary »

Director: Harry Harris | Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Anne Helm

Votes: 193

42. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Bad Sheriff (1961)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

A man shoots his partner, flees, and is caught by two men claiming to be lawmen.

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

Votes: 145

43. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Baker's Dozen (1967)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

When triplets are born to a dying woman, Doc Adams will do all he can to keep the babies together instead of sending them to an orphanage.

Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis, James Arness

Votes: 191

44. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Bank Baby (1965)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Bert Clum uses his clan to get what he wants. They are camped outside of Dodge. When they meet a small wagon train, he hatches a plot to rob the local bank. But he needs to snatch a baby to hide behind first.

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

Votes: 176

45. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Belle's Back (1960)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

Belle Ainesly rides into town after 3 years absence. Seems she ran off with an unsavory character 3 years ago, and all of Dodge feels she's a "bad" woman. Belle says she is coming back to stay at the family ranch.

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

Votes: 162

46. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Ben Tolliver's Stud (1960)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

A row with his boss makes Ben quit his job. He leaves but says goodbye to Jake's daughter first. When he takes a horse for lost wages, Jake swears he'll kill him. The tables are turned when a hard and fast rule of Jake's soon backfires.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Amanda Blake, John Lupton

Votes: 169

47. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Bently (1964)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

A dying man confesses to a murder of which he was acquitted, but Chester suspects the man was lying.

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

Votes: 217

48. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Big Girl Lost (1957)

TV-PG | 30 min | Western

A saloon gal's old beau is in town, and she expects trouble when he finds out where she is working.

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

Votes: 190

49. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Big Man (1961)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

To protect Kitty, Matt is forced to physically (and publicly) subdue fractious troublemaker Pat Swarner. When Swarner is subsequently found murdered, oft-inebriated Jud Sloan's claim that ... See full summary »

Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake

Votes: 159

50. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode: Big Man, Big Target (1964)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Ellie Merchant, the wife of farmer Joe Merchant, is having a passionate affair with outlaw Pike Beechum. Beechum intends to remove Joe and any other obstacle between him and Ellie.

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

Votes: 181