John Meston
Director
Gunsmoke (1955)
Season 2
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.
Released Sept. 10, 1955
Episode 45 min
10+
Genres: Action, Drama, Western
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Watch Providers: Pluto TV, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel + 4 more, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Philo, YouTube TV
Production Companies: Filmaster Productions, Arness Production Company, CBS
Network: CBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English,
Spanish
S2E1 - Cow Doctor
After he is summoned unknowingly by Ben Pitcher to treat one of his cows, a human patient of Doc's dies. During a fight with Pitcher, Doc is knifed.
Sept. 8, 1956, midnight
8.0
S2E2 - Brush at Elkader
After his friend Ben Williams is shot down by Lou Shippen, Matt travels to Elkader to bring him him. The only problem, he doesn't know what he looks like and the town is protecting Shippen.
Sept. 15, 1956, midnight
8.0
S2E3 - Custer
Matt refuses to turn the rustler Joe Trimble over to Major Banker for court-martial.
Sept. 22, 1956, midnight
S2E4 - The Round Up
Matt closes up shops to a group of drunken cowboys, which causes trouble.
Sept. 29, 1956, midnight
S2E5 - Young Man with a Gun
After gunman, Sam Kercher is killed by Matt, his 16-year-old brother arrives to fight Matt.
Oct. 20, 1956, midnight
S2E6 - Indian White
At Fort Dodge, home of the third cavalry, Mrs. Mary Cullen tells the colonel that the twelve year old white boy they recovered from the Cheyenne is her son Dennis. The tribe had taken him when he was two years old.
Oct. 27, 1956, midnight
S2E7 - How to Cure a Friend
Matt is used by an old friend in a con game.
Nov. 10, 1956, midnight
S2E8 - Legal Revenge
Doc comes upon a homesteader with a busted leg—and a gun to protect himself from his wife.
Nov. 17, 1956, midnight
S2E9 - The Mistake
Matt leaves Dodge City unprotected when he sets out to find a killer (Mike Connors) (Bert Rumsey credited as 'Bartender', but referred to by Chester as 'Sam Noonan').
Nov. 24, 1956, midnight
S2E10 - Greater Love
An outlaw threatens to kill Doc if he does not help his wounded buddy.
Dec. 1, 1956, midnight
S2E11 - No Indians
Matt and Chester act as decoys to ambush outlaws (including Mickey Simpson) that are masking their crimes as those of renegade Indians (Fintan Meyler and Herbert Rudley appear).
Dec. 8, 1956, midnight
S2E12 - Spring Term
Matt discovers that he was the intended victim of a murder he is investigating.
Dec. 15, 1956, midnight
S2E13 - Poor Pearl
Matt helps a woman whose suitors are about to duel for her affections.
Dec. 22, 1956, midnight
S2E14 - Cholera
A landowner (Paul Fix) tries to terrorize homesteaders (Bartlett Robinson and Peg Hillias) off their land (Gordon Gebert, John Smith, and Stuart Whitman appear).
Dec. 29, 1956, midnight
S2E15 - Pucket's New Year
An old buffalo hunter (Edgar Stehli) swears revenge on the skinner (Grant Withers) that left him to die (Richard Deacon appears as banker Botkin, Bert Rumsey credited as 'Bartender').
Jan. 5, 1957, midnight
S2E16 - The Cover Up
Matt traps a cattleman (Tyler McVey) who shot two homesteaders (including Roy Engel) (Malcolm Atterbury and Vivi Janiss appear).
Jan. 12, 1957, midnight
S2E17 - Sins of the Father
An Indian woman (Angie Dickinson) faces prejudice for her father's raid on Dodge City (Peter Whitney and Paul Wexler appear).
Jan. 19, 1957, midnight
S2E18 - Kick Me
A bank robber (Robert H. Harris) murders his wife and frames Tobeel (Frank de Kova) for the crime (Paul Lambert appears).
Jan. 26, 1957, midnight
S2E19 - Executioner
A young gunfighter, Tom Clegg, forces farmer Abe Curry into a duel and kills him. Matt can't arrest Clegg since Abe drew first. However, Abe's brother Morgan plots revenge.
Feb. 2, 1957, midnight
S2E20 - Gone Straight
Townspeople protect an outlaw (Carl Betz) they believe has reformed (Tige Andrews, Joe De Santis, John Dierkes, Marianne Stewart, and Ward Wood appear).
Feb. 9, 1957, midnight
S2E21 - Bloody Hands
The shooting of several members of an outlaw gang, though in self defense, triggers an emotional crisis in Matt, haunted by memories of all the men he has killed (Lawrence Dobkin, Russell Johnson, and Gloria Marshall appear).
Feb. 16, 1957, midnight
S2E22 - Skid Row
An Eastern girl makes the long trip to Dodge, only to find that her fiancé has lost his money and won't marry her.
Feb. 23, 1957, midnight
S2E23 - Sweet and Sour
Rena Decker, a new dance hall girl, purposely gets her admirers into fighting over her. Despite Kitty's negative opinion of her, Matt befreinds Rena and gets her a job at the Long Branch. Soon afterward, 4 men are dead and Rena is the cause.
March 2, 1957, midnight
S2E24 - Cain
Ex-gunslinger Joel Adams' past is about to catch up with him.
March 9, 1957, midnight
S2E25 - Bureaucrat
A Washington official is determined to tame Dodge City.
March 16, 1957, midnight
S2E26 - Last Fling
Kitty gets annoyed by a pair of old farmers who are each trying to have a fling with her.
March 23, 1957, midnight
S2E27 - Chester's Murder
Chester is drinking at the Long Branch and gets into an argument with a gambler over a girl. When the marshal breaks it up, he tells Chester to bring the man to jail. On the way there, the man is killed and everyone thinks Chester did it.
March 30, 1957, midnight
8.0
S2E28 - The Photographer
Dodge City meets a Photographer who shows the residents how a camera works. Jacoby wants to take pictures of how the Wild West looks. When Matt learns someone died, he thinks the photographer may have hired someone to kill Grubby for a picture of the west.
April 6, 1957, midnight
7.0
S2E29 - Wrong Man
A cowboy vows revenge for the shooting of his friend, who was mistaken for a criminal (Don Keefer and Catherine McLeod, real-life husband and wife, appear as a husband and wife).
April 13, 1957, midnight
S2E30 - Big Girl Lost
Philip Locke is looking for Laura Simmons, a saloon girl, but she doesn't want him to know where she works. Laura tells Matt that she and Philip were previously engaged, and she asks him not to say anything about her job. Philip warns Matt that he will be killed if he doesn't tell the truth.
April 20, 1957, midnight
S2E31 - What the Whiskey Drummer Heard
Matt fakes his death to lure a gunman (Vic Perrin) out in the open (Robert Karnes appears, Bert Rumsey credited as 'Sam').
April 27, 1957, midnight
S2E32 - Cheap Labor
A former gunfighter has turned away from violence, but his fiancee's brother is determined to goad him into a gunfight.
May 4, 1957, midnight
S2E33 - Moon
After Charlie Brewer is found dead, Jack Salter who was a friend of Charlie Brewer comes to Matt's office saying Vint killed Brewer. Matt then tries to find out if Jack is right.
May 11, 1957, midnight
S2E34 - Who Lives by the Sword
Joe Delk causes trouble at The Long Branch after shooting two men who were unarmed.
May 18, 1957, midnight
S2E35 - Uncle Oliver
Matt goes after an outlaw (Earle Hodgins) who shot Chester (Paul Wexler appears).
May 25, 1957, midnight
S2E36 - Daddy-O
Kitty's father, Wayne Russell, arrives in Dodge to meet his daughter after abandoning her and her mother as a baby. He insists that saloon life is not fit for a proper lady and wants to take her back to New Orleans so he can pamper her and invest her savings in his freight business.
June 1, 1957, midnight
S2E37 - The Man Who Would Be Marshal
A former Army Officer wants Matt Dillon's job. Matt then takes Mr. Egan on his rounds. Matt lets Egan try his brand of justice that almost costs Egan his life.
June 15, 1957, midnight
S2E38 - Liar from Blackhawk
A braggart tries to provoke a gunfight with a harmless drunk.
June 22, 1957, midnight
S2E39 - Jealousy
Jack Kelly plays a hot-tempered husband who thinks Matt is after his wife.
July 6, 1957, midnight
Network: CBS
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 26 min.
Released: Sept. 10, 1955
Last Air Date: March 31, 1975, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-G
Common sense age: 10+
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