Gunsmoke es una serie de drama de televisión y radio estadounidense ambientada en el Oeste. Creada por el director Norman MacDonnell y el guionista John Meston, la historia tiene lugar en Dodge City, Kansas y sus alrededores, durante la colonización del oeste americano. El personaje principal es el sheriff Marshal Matt Dillon, interpretado por James Arness.
La serie cuenta con 20 temporadas entre 1955 y 1975 y fue la serie estadounidense de drama más larga con 635 episodios. In 2010, Ley y Orden batió este récord de 20 temporadas. Al final de su transmisión en 1975, el columnista de Los Angeles Times, Cecil Smith, escribió: "Gunsmoke ha sido la dramatización de la legenda épica del oeste americano. Nuestra propia Odisea e Ilíada, creada con los elementos básicos de una novela de bajo presupuesto del oeste".
Friend's Pay-Off 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1960-09-03
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Matt is summoned to help an old friend, Ab Butler, who has been shot in the back and left for dead. However, Matt faces a difficult situation when Ab's partner shows up and tells his side of the story.
The Blacksmith 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1960-09-17
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Troublemakers trick an immigrant blacksmith into leaving his house on his wedding night, then burn it down.
Small Water 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1960-09-24
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Matt arrests Finn Pickett after recognizing his face from a wanted poster. On the way back to Dodge, Pickett's vengeful sons try to free their father as Matt and Chester face a water shortage.
Say Uncle 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1960-10-01
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Lee Nagel suspects his visiting uncle of murder when his father is killed in their store in an apparent accident.
Shooting Stopover 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1960-10-08
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: While transporting a prisoner with Chester on a stagecoach to Wichita, Matt learns that the stagecoach is also carrying a shipment of gold, and he suspects the coach might be targeted by outlaws.
The Peace Officer 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1960-10-15
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Matt is called in to deal with a corrupt sheriff in Tascosa.
Don Matteo 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1960-10-22
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Matt's old friend, Esteban Garcia, tracks a man into Dodge and plans to kill him for stealing his wife.
The Worm 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1960-10-29
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Murders follow when a buffalo hunter and his browbeaten partner come to town.
The Badge 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1960-11-12
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Out on the prairie, Matt is shot and taken captive by two outlaws, one of whom is a weakling abused and bossed around by the other.
Distant Drummer 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1960-11-19
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: A young army drummer named Raffie is terrorized by two bullying mule skinners.
Ben Tolliver's Stud 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1960-11-26
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Jake Creed accuses his young hired hand, Ben Tolliver, of horse theft.
No Chip 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1960-12-03
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: The vicious Dolan brothers move in on a tough cattle rancher and his non-violent son.
The Wake 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1960-12-10
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Gus Mather arrives in Dodge in a wagon, carrying the coffin of his best friend, Orson Boggs, to give him a proper wake. There's only one problem: according to Mrs. Boggs, her late husband didn't have any friends.
The Cook 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1960-12-17
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: A young drifter takes a job as cook at Delmonico's but accidentally kills a crazy buffalo hunter who complains about his cooking.
Old Fool 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1960-12-24
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: A scheming woman (Else Hedgepath), who is after the money and wealth of Hannibal Bass, makes a play for Hannibal, but runs into some serious, SERIOUS trouble though when she tangles with *MRS* Bass!
Brother Love 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1960-12-31
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: 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?
Bad Sheriff 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1961-01-07
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: A man shoots his partner, flees, and is caught by two men claiming to be lawmen.
Unloaded Gun 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1961-01-14
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Red and Joe Lime are no-good murderous brothers, and Matt has to track 'em down out on the prairie. Trouble is, Matt comes down with a fever due to missing out on so much sleep in the last couple of weeks. This situation causes some serious problems for all involved when Matt has to return to Dodge because he is too sick to pursue the Lime brothers.
Tall Trapper 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1961-01-21
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: A man and his wife come across a lone trapper and make camp with him. Next day, the husband comes to Dodge to report to Doc that his wife is sick, but Doc finds the woman beaten to death, and the husband accuses the trapper.
Love Thy Neighbor 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1961-01-28
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: The theft of a sack of potatoes leads to increasingly violent hostilities between the Scooper and Galloway families.
Bad Seed 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1961-02-04
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: 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 rejects her misguided romantic overtures toward him.
Kitty Shot 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1961-02-11
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Dillon goes after cowboy Jake Bayloe after he guns down his partner in the Long Branch , shooting Kitty in the crossfire and critically wounding her.
About Chester 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1961-02-25
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: While Chester is out searching for Doc, his horse is injured. Chester goes to a house for help and is instead taken prisoner.
Harriet 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1961-03-04
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: After witnessing the callous murder of her kindly father, Harriet Horne disregards Matt's advice and unwisely attempts to extract revenge from the perpetrators by making them jealous rivals for her attention.
Potshot 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1961-03-11
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: A concealed gunman takes a shot at Chester, and it may have been a bank robber, or it may have been someone who's been making trouble at the Long Branch.
Old Faces 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1961-03-18
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Hot-headed Tom's new wife used to be a river-boat girl, and when a gunman from her old life recognizes her, a battle between the two men is brewing.
Big Man 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1961-03-25
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: 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 the Marshal was the killer seems uncomfortably credible.
Little Girl 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1961-04-01
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Marshal Dillon must find a suitable home for Charity Gill, a young orphan, after the little girl's father dies when his cabin catches fire. Charity insists that she should live with the Dodge City lawman.
Stolen Horses 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1961-04-08
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: A horse thief murders a man to get his horses. Matt tracks the criminal to a Kiowa camp.
Minnie 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1961-04-15
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Rough and rowdy Minnie comes to Dodge City and sets her designs on Doc Adams, much to the delight of Matt, Chester and Kitty. Trouble comes though when Minnie's husband comes to Dodge and finds out that his Minnie is sweet on Doc.
Bless Me Till I Die 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1961-04-22
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Vengeful former convict Nate Bush sets off a tragic series of events when he informs Matt that well-liked new arrival Cole Treadwell is actually Cole Trankin, an escapee from the Arizona Territorial Prison.
Long Hours, Short Pay 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1961-04-29
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: A gunrunner supplies the Pawnee with weapons. Matt arrests him, but when the Pawnee find out, they capture Matt and free his prisoner.
Hard Virtue 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1961-05-06
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Hot tempered Andy Coe and his wife want to sell their wagon to Moss, but can't when Ed Fallon's team spooks and crashes into their wagon.
The Imposter 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1961-05-13
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: A man claiming to be a sheriff from Texas comes to Dodge and asks Matt for help tracking down a named fugitive, but the man may not be a lawman.
Chester's Dilemma 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1961-05-20
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: 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.
The Love of Money 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1961-05-27
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: When an ex-marshal passing through town is shot in the back, Matt suspects a new saloon gal might have had something to do with it.
Melinda Miles 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1961-06-03
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: When Roy Tayloe is murdered following a poker game, quick-tempered Harry Miles is certain that daughter Melinda's suitor Tom Potter is the killer. Miles quickly becomes impatient with Matt's methodical investigation of the crime and threatens to kill Potter himself unless he stays away from Melinda.
Colorado Sheriff 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1961-06-17
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: 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 come to Dodge to arrest Ellison for robbery, but Matt is suspicious of Witter's refusal to produce a valid arrest warrant.
