Overview of 'Gunsmoke' Season 10

Gunsmoke (1955)

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.

Writing:

John Meston

Stars:

Release Date: 1955-09-10
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

6.5/10

Country: US
Language: English
Runtime: 45

Season 10 Episode List

Episode 1 - Blue Heaven
Release Date: 1964-09-26
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.
Episode 2 - Crooked Mile
Release Date: 1964-10-03
Cyrus Degler is determined to keep Quint away from his 19-year old daughter, but no threats or beatings can keep them apart. They are about to leave town to get married when cousin Praylie comes to town bent on putting a stop to their plans any way he has to.
Episode 3 - Old Man
Release Date: 1964-10-10
Having already rescued an old man once, Danny may have to try to save him again when his friend is framed for murder.
Episode 4 - The Violators
Release Date: 1964-10-17
A violent killing appears to be the work of Indians, but Matt doubts it. Someone accuses Quint of it and the solution involves secret motives and revenge in Indian country.
Episode 5 - Doctor's Wife
Release Date: 1964-10-24
There's trouble for Doc Adams, and perhaps for Dodge, when a new doctor and his wife arrive in town and the wife resorts to spreading a nasty rumor about Doc to get the new practice started.
Episode 6 - Take Her, She's Cheap
Release Date: 1964-10-31
When a shiftless farmer offers his daughter to Matt, Matt demurs, but the smitten girl comes after Matt, bringing danger with her.
Episode 7 - Help Me, Kitty
Release Date: 1964-11-07
When a young pregnant woman seeks Kitty's aid in escaping from the child's father, the two women take the stagecoach from Dodge and meet with greater danger.
Episode 8 - Hung High
Release Date: 1964-11-14
As Matt takes a convicted man to Hays City for hanging, Matt and the prisoner are waylaid and the prisoner lynched. Matt is framed for the killing, then arrested by a sergeant with a grudge against him.
Episode 9 - Jonah Hutchinson
Release Date: 1964-11-21
An old rancher returns home after many years in prison, ready to reclaim what is his by any means necessary, including burning out the squatters on his land.
Episode 10 - Big Man, Big Target
Release Date: 1964-11-28
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.
Episode 11 - Chicken
Release Date: 1964-12-05
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.
Episode 12 - Innocence
Release Date: 1964-12-12
Art and Bob both have an eye on a new girl in town. She works at the Long Branch but only has eyes for the most well-liked man in town. On the eve of their marriage, it all comes to a head and the town is out for blood.
Episode 13 - Aunt Thede
Release Date: 1964-12-19
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. At the time he appeared in this episode, Howard McNear was appearing on The Andy Griffith Show as regular, Floyd Lawson the town barber.
Episode 14 - Hammerhead
Release Date: 1964-12-26
Festus takes part in a horse race in which big money is at stake, tempting some to sabotage the race in order to make sure of the outcome.
Episode 15 - Double Entry
Release Date: 1965-01-02
Matt's old friend comes to town, announcing plans to settle down and start a business, but the business he has in mind involves dishonesty and perhaps murder.
Episode 16 - Run, Sheep, Run
Release Date: 1965-01-09
The body of a no-good man is found in his burning store on the same night as the sudden disappearance of the nice couple he cheated out of the money for their ranch.
Episode 17 - Deputy Festus
Release Date: 1965-01-16
On their way out of town, some cousins of Festus come across a badly injured man whom they assume is dead, so they flee, pursued by Festus, who believes his cousins attacked the man.
Episode 18 - One Killer on Ice
Release Date: 1965-01-23
Anderson, a stylish bounty hunter, rides into Dodge City. He informs Matt that his partner has a wanted criminal at an ice house. The locale is a two-day ride from Dodge; Anderson wants Matt's help to bring the criminal in. The outlaw's brother intends to go gunning for Matt and Anderson. There's also a twist: Matt finds out Anderson didn't tell him the truth about what happened. Both Anderson's partner and the outlaw lie dead at the ice house.
Episode 19 - Chief Joseph
Release Date: 1965-01-30
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.
Episode 20 - Circus Trick
Release Date: 1965-02-06
A circus family comes to town and charms the populace, who don't know the family's real stock in trade is larceny.
Episode 21 - Song for Dying
Release Date: 1965-02-13
The head of the Lukens clan blames Martin Kellums for not helping his young bride during a difficult childbirth when the doctor was away. When Kellums runs to Dodge, Matt does his best to keep everyone safe including the local citizens.
Episode 22 - Winner Take All
Release Date: 1965-02-20
Two brothers quarrel to the death over a woman, and as the survivor flees with her, pursued by Matt, the killing may not be over.
Episode 23 - Eliab's Aim
Release Date: 1965-02-27
The goofy nephew of Festus, Eliab Haggen, comes to Dodge with the hope of shooting off a tiny piece of his ear, because Festus bit off a piece of his dad's ear years ago in a fight.
Episode 24 - Thursday's Child
Release Date: 1965-03-06
Kitty welcomes her mentor to town, but her friend is burdened by a secret: she's here to deliver the child of her outlaw son, a man willing to take his own mother hostage.
Episode 25 - Breckinridge
Release Date: 1965-03-13
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.
Episode 26 - Bank Baby
Release Date: 1965-03-20
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.
Episode 27 - The Lady
Release Date: 1965-03-27
A woman and her adult, attractive niece stop in Dodge to earn some money to complete their journey to San Francisco. When an offer of marriage to her aunt threatens to derail those plans, the niece takes action.
Episode 28 - Dry Road to Nowhere
Release Date: 1965-04-03
A temperance agitator wants to shut down Kitty's saloon and end all the drinking in Dodge.
Episode 29 - Twenty Miles from Dodge
Release Date: 1965-04-10
On a stagecoach returning to Dodge, Kitty and her traveling companions are waylaid and held for ransom.
Episode 30 - The Pariah
Release Date: 1965-04-17
A mousy local man is hailed as a hero when he shoots and kills a man wanted for murder. Then a newspaper reporter interviews him and uncovers facts that cast a very different light on the shooting.
Episode 31 - Gilt Guilt
Release Date: 1965-04-24
Drought and crop failure leave Dodge without fruit or vegetables and a farming widow and her son very ill with scurvy.
Episode 32 - Bad Lady from Brookline
Release Date: 1965-05-01
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.
Episode 33 - Two Tall Men
Release Date: 1965-05-08
Doc, carrying money on an errand for Matt, is found near death. In Matt's absence, the townsfolk figure there's no need to wait for official justice to deal with those deemed responsible.
Episode 34 - Honey Pot
Release Date: 1965-05-15
A man comes to town and tells Sam he's going to shoot Matt. It's soon understood he is an old friend of Matt's. Soon this drifter is Involved in shooting and killing a man, and his and Matt's friendship is stretched as he claims self defense even though he was the only one armed.
Episode 35 - The New Society
Release Date: 1965-05-22
Matt is ordered to Ridge Town to reopen the case of an army major who was murdered 12 years before, when a dying outlaw he shot swears he did not commit the crime, and it appears the whole town is hiding something.
Episode 36 - He Who Steals
Release Date: 1965-05-29
A buffalo hunter who doesn't hold with ranching is acquitted of shooting the man who tries to stop him from stealing a calf, but he isn't finished with stealing to get his way.