Gunsmoke

Dillon finds himself in the revengeful hands of a half-crazed widower who plans to hunt Dillon down and kill him to revenge the death of his son, a wanted murderer.

Dillon is captured and held for ransom by five bank robbers he has been pursuing.

Doc and saloon owner Lyla Ross find themselves virtual slaves when they are kidnapped by a band of former Confederate officers-turned-outlaws. Harold Gould guest-stars.

With Doc overdue and a stagecoach with three passengers missing, Matt, Festus, and Newly set out to find their friend. Harold Gould guest-stars.

A sequence of tragedies leads to the death of three cowboys, one of them an old friend of Matt's.

Farmer Jed Hackett orders his three sons to go to town and not return without prospective brides. Harry Morgan guest-stars.

Cameron Mitchell guest-stars as Chauncey Demon, a once highly respected sheriff who has let himself degenerate into a saloon bum, and whose old friend Matt Dillon won't accept his condition as final.

A series of seemingly random killings have the citizens of Dodge City in near panic, but Dillon believes they are part of a pattern in which Doc is slated to be the next target.

Victor French guest-stars as Sheriff Bo Harker, a town tamer who keeps his citizens in line with fear and brutality.

Dillon is frustrated by Judge Kendall's insistence that the letter of the law be maintained and that Emmett Kaysinger and his gang, all known outlaws, be set free unless there is solid evidence to hold them.

Strother Martin guest-stars as Ben Snow, a half-crazed desert hermit who saves Festus's life--only to force him to become a human pack animal.

In the conclusion of a two-part episode, Ben Snow tries to get his long-hidden gold back to civilization to use in fighting an old enemy.

Lee J. Cobb and his daughter Julie Cobb appear together for the first time when Cobb guest-stars as a once-proud military officer who is suddenly faced with a painful and unplanned reunion with his daughter.

Ann Marie Pugh is as a young lady who has her hands full trying to get her lazy family to plant a crop before their landlord runs them off the property.

Fleeing from both Matt Dillon and his double-crossed partners, outlaw Gristy Calhoun discovers that his survival in the badlands depends on an Indian woman.

Karp and his associates, who make their living lawfully by taking skins from range cattle, find themselves confronted by the law when they go beyond their legal rights and do exactly as they please. Ned Beatty guest-stars.

Newly finds himself in a strange alliance with a professional killer as he tries to get his prisoner to Dodge City before they are both killed by bounty hunters.

Allen Garfield guest-stars as a schoolteacher in an episode that makes a strong statement for compulsory education for children, even in the less enlightened Dodge City of the 1870s.

After her parents are killed on the prairie, Dillon takes young Bessie Sutherland to live with her Aunt Rachel, only to find that she is not wanted.

Farmer Jed Hackett decides it is time his three sons marry the women they brought back from Dodge. Harry Morgan and David Soul guest-star.

Matt Dillon is sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labor for shooting a fugitive in the town of Bedrock.

Festus is caught in the middle when an Eastern preacher wants to build a church for the Indians and the townspeople--all of whom are filled with prejudice.

Two bronco busters risk their lives to raise money for a ranch in Montana, only to have the dream ruined by a wild stallion.

Manolo is not recognized as a man in the eyes of his people because he refuses to fight his father, a traditional Basque custom to prove one's manhood.