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Gunsmoke
by Entertainment Radio
In the late 1940s, CBS chairman William S. Paley, a fan of the Philip Marlowe radio series, asked his programming chief, Hubell Robinson, to develop a hardboiled Western series, a show about a "Philip Marlowe of the Old West". Robinson instructed his West Coast CBS Vice President, Harry Ackerman, who had developed the Philip Marlowe series, to take on the task. Ackerman and his scriptwriters, Mort Fine and David Friedkin, created an audition script called "Mark Dillon Goes to Gouge Eye" based on one of their Michael Shayne radio scripts, "The Case of the Crooked Wheel" from the summer of 19
Episodes
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Chester's Rendezvous
“Chester’s Rendezvous” is episode 476 of the Gunsmoke radio series, originally aired on May 21, 1961. It’s a charming yet bittersweet story that puts Chester Proudfoot in the spotlight. In this episode, Chester meets a woman named Em Feeney after returning her bonnet, and he’s instantly smitten....
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The Lady Killer
“The Lady Killer” is episode 475 of the Gunsmoke radio series, originally aired on May 14, 1961. It’s a suspenseful tale that blends courtroom tension with a hint of noir. In this story, a man named Grant Lucas is set to testify in a theft trial, but things take a dark turn when he’s shot by a...
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Ma's Justice
“Ma’s Justice” is episode 474 of the Gunsmoke radio series, originally aired on May 7, 1961. It’s a gripping tale of frontier morality and the hard-earned shift from vigilante justice to the rule of law. The story centers on Ma Sale and her two sons, Reed and Jakey, who capture a pair of wild...
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Ex-Urbanites
This is a classic episode of the radio drama series Gunsmoke, starring William Conrad as U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon. The story follows Doc and Chester on their return journey from Hays City when they encounter wounded wolfers and become trapped in a dangerous situation on the prairie. Doc and…
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Gunsmoke 61-04-23 (472) Father and Son
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…
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Gunsmoke 61-04-16 (471) Cooter
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…
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Gunsmoke 61-04-09 (470) Hangman\'s Mistake
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…
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Gunsmoke 61-04-02 (469) Chester\'s Inheritance
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…
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Gunsmoke 61-03-26 (468) No Indians
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…
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Gunsmoke 61-03-19 (467) Joe Phy
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…
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Gunsmoke 61-03-12 (466) Sweet and Sour
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…
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Gunsmoke 61-03-05 (465) Melinda Miles
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…
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Gunsmoke 61-02-26 (464) Joe Sleet
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…
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Gunsmoke 61-02-19 (463) Kitty Love
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…
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Gunsmoke 61-02-12 (462) Daddy-O
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…
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Gunsmoke 61-02-05 (461) Love of Money
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…
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Gunsmoke 61-01-29 (460) Harriet
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…
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Gunsmoke 61-01-22 (459) Hard Virtue
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…
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Gunsmoke 61-01-15 (458) The Wake
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…
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Gunsmoke 61-01-08 (457) Old Faces
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…
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Gunsmoke 61-01-01 (456) Spring Term
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…
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Gunsmoke 60-12-25 (455) Minnie
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…
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Gunsmoke 60-12-18 (454) Hero\'s Departure
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…
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Gunsmoke 60-12-11 (453) The Cook
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…
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Gunsmoke 60-12-04 (452) Kitty\'s Good Neighboring
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…
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Gunsmoke 60-11-27 (451) Dirt
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…
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Gunsmoke 60-11-20 (450) The Professor
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…
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Gunsmoke 60-11-13 (449) The Big Con
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…
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Gunsmoke 60-11-06 (448) Jedro\'s Woman
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…
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Gunsmoke 60-10-30 (447) Never Pester Chester
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…
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Gunsmoke 60-10-23 (446) Newsma\'am
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…
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Gunsmoke 60-10-16 (445) Crack-Up
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…
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Gunsmoke 60-10-09 (444) Born to Hang
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…
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Gunsmoke 60-10-02 (443) The Big Itch
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…
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Gunsmoke 60-09-25 (442) Doc Judge
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…
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Gunsmoke 60-09-18 (441) Two Mothers
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…
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The Land of Trouble
In this episode of Gunsmoke, Marshal Matt Dillon is faced with a tough decision when he is ordered to evict Brandon Teak from his land. Teak is a changed man and has worked hard to prove himself and make a life for his wife, Sarah, who is expecting a child. As tensions rise between Teak and the...
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Gunsmoke 61-06-11 (479) Doc's Visitor
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…
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Gunsmoke 61-06-04 (478) Cows and Cribs
In the late 1940s, CBS chairman William S. Paley, a fan of the Philip Marlowe radio series, asked his programming chief, Hubell Robinson, to develop a hardboiled Western series, a show about a "Philip Marlowe of the Old West". Robinson instructed his West Coast CBS Vice President, Harry Ackerman,...
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The Mysterious Marshal
In this episode of Gunsmoke, tensions rise in Dodge City when Matt Dillon returns from chasing a dangerous killer only to find himself mistaken for a US Marshal by a persistent young woman named Bessie Mae Wilker. As Bessie Mae's father, Sedge Wilker, causes trouble in town, an unexpected bank...
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Gunsmoke 60-09-11 (440) About Chester
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…
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Gunsmoke 60-09-04 (439) The Peace Officer
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…
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Gunsmoke 60-08-28 (438) Tumbleweed
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…
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Gunsmoke 60-08-21 (437) Dangerous Bath
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…
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Gunsmoke 60-08-14 (436) The Noose
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…
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Gunsmoke 60-08-07 (435) Old Fool
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…
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Gunsmoke 60-07-31 (434) Stage Smash
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…
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Gunsmoke 60-07-24 (433) The Imposter
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…
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Gunsmoke 60-07-17 (432) Busted-Up Guns
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…
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Gunsmoke 60-07-10 (431) Reluctant Violence
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…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
In the late 1940s, CBS chairman William S. Paley, a fan of the Philip Marlowe radio series, asked his programming chief, Hubell Robinson, to develop a hardboiled Western series, a show about a "Philip Marlowe of the Old West". Robinson instructed his West Coast CBS Vice President, Harry Ackerman, who had developed the Philip Marlowe series, to take on the task. Ackerman and his scriptwriters, Mort Fine and David Friedkin, created an audition script called "Mark Dillon Goes to Gouge Eye" based on one of their Michael Shayne radio scripts, "The Case of the Crooked Wheel" from the summer of 19
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How many episodes does Gunsmoke have?
Gunsmoke currently has 100 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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In the late 1940s, CBS chairman William S. Paley, a fan of the Philip Marlowe radio series, asked his programming chief, Hubell Robinson, to develop a hardboiled Western series, a show about a "Philip Marlowe of the Old West". Robinson instructed his West Coast CBS Vice President, Harry Ackerman,...
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Gunsmoke is created and hosted by Entertainment Radio.
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