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Season 1
1 :01x01 - Matt Gets It (Sep/10/1955)
A wanted gunman, Dan Grat, heads to Dodge City for refuge, leading Dodge's marshal, Matt Dillon, to track the man down.
Guest Stars: Robert Anderson (1) as Jim Hill, Malcolm Atterbury as Bird, Howard Culver as Howie Uzzell, Paul Richards as Dan Grat, John Wayne as Himself
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Story: John Meston | Teleplay: Charles Marquis Warren
 
2 :01x02 - Hot Spell (Sep/17/1955)
Marshal Dillion takes the side of an ex-con, Cope Borden, when he is wrongly accused of stealing a horse and Rance Bradley tries to lynch him for the crime. Cope is able to get his name cleared, but ends up killing Rance's nephew in a fair fight concerning a gambling argument. Now Matt has to once again defend Borden's name, despite the death of Rance's nephew.
Guest Stars: Marvin Bryan as Jason Bradley, James Westerfield as Rance Bradley, John Dehner as Cope Borden
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Writer: E. Jack Neuman
 
3 :01x03 - Word of Honor (Oct/01/1955)
Hank Worth, the son of wealthy rancher Jake Worth, is kidnapped and won't be released until the $20,000 ransom is met. The kidnappers are forced to enlist the help of Doc to care for Hank who has been shot in the back. However, when Hank dies from his wound, Doc has to convince the kidnappers to let him go, telling them that he won't turn them in if they let him go unharmed.
Guest Stars: Ray Boyle as Jeff Worth, Thom Carney as Jack, Robert Middleton (3) as Jake Worth, Dick Paxton as Rudy, Claude Akins as Harry
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Story: John Meston | Teleplay: Charles Marquis Warren
 
4 :01x04 - Home Surgery (Oct/08/1955)
On their way back to Dodge, Chester and Matt meet Holly Hawtree, a woman whose father has gangrene and needs his leg to be amputated in order to live. Matt is able to perform the surgery that the man needs, but unfortunately, the gangrene had spread past the leg and killed the man. Later, Matt finds out that the accident that led to the man contracting gangrene wasn't an accident at all.
Guest Stars: Wright King as Ben Walling, Gloria Talbott as Holly Hawtree, Joe De Santis as Mr. Hawtree
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Writer: John Meston
 
5 :01x05 - Obie Tater (Oct/15/1955)
Obie Tater, a prospector, lands himself in hot water when he refuses to tell Matt where he has hidden his gold.
Guest Stars: Bert Rumsey as Bartender, Kathy Adams as Ella, Pat Conway (1) as Quade, Jon Shepodd as Mitch, Royal Dano as Obie Tater
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Story: John Meston | Teleplay: Charles Marquis Warren
 
6 :01x06 - Night Incident (Oct/29/1955)
A young child, Timmy Wyatt, sees a string of murders take place, but due to the boy's past history of telling lies no one believes he's telling the truth.
Guest Stars: Lance Warren as Maggie, Robert Foulk (3) as Mr. Hinton, Amzie Strickland as Mrs. Hinton, Peter Votrian as Timmy Wyatt, Anne Warren as White Fawn, Lou Vernon as Cal Ross, Jeanne Bates as Mrs. Wyatt
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Writer: Charles Marquis Warren
 
7 :01x07 - Smoking Out the Nolans (Nov/05/1955)
Marshal Dillon is caught in a land dispute between Clay Young and Josh Nolan.
Guest Stars: Edward Platt (1) as Mr. Burgess, Jeanne Bates as Mrs. Nolan, Ainslie Pryor as Josh Nolan, John Larch as Clay
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Story: John Meston | Teleplay: Charles Marquis Warren
 
8 :01x08 - Kite's Reward (Nov/12/1955)
Andy Travis is earning a reputation as a fast gun, and Matt gives him a warning that this reputation will just bring men looking to shoot him down. Joe Kite comes looking for Andy, but since he is unarmed he agrees to a fist fight. While at the saloon, Matt is told that Andy has a $1000 bounty on his head. Joe overhears the conversation and goes after the bounty, knowing Andy is unarmed.
Guest Stars: Joe Locke (1) as Beecher, Adam Kennedy (1) as Andy Travers, Chris Alcaide as Barnes, Budd Buster as Moss Grimmick, Herbert Lytton as Jake Crowell, James Griffith (1) as Joe Kite
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Writer: John Meston
 
9 :01x09 - The Hunter (Nov/26/1955)
Jase Murdock, a buffalo hunter has come to the area for so skins. Matt wants to make sure that he stays away from the forbidden Indian territory. But no one can tell Murdoch what to do.
Guest Stars: Robert Keene (2) as Dude, Richard Gilden as Golden Calf, Lou Vernon as Cal Ross, Peter Whitney as Jase Murdock
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Writer: John Dunkel
 
10 :01x10 - The Queue (Dec/03/1955)
Chen vows revenge after a pair of bullies, who were previously victims of a Chinese claim jumper, cut of his queue (pony tail).
Guest Stars: Keye Luke as Chen, Sebastian Cabot as Ed Bailey, Robert Gist as Rabb, Devlin Mccarthy as Howard
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Writer: John Meston
Teleplay: Sam Peckinpah
 
11 :01x11 - General Parcley Smith (Dec/10/1955)
General Smith, a habitual liar, arrives in Dodge spreading a rumor that the new banker is going to scam the clients out of their money and then run off.
Guest Stars: Wilfred Knapp as Mr. Botkin, James O'Rear as Drew Holt, John Alderson as Ed Nash, Raymond Bailey as Parcley Smith
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Writer: John Meston
Teleplay: John Dunkel
 
12 :01x12 - Magnus (Dec/24/1955)
Christmas Eve finds Chester's brother arriving in Dodge. Magnus is a rough and rugged mountain man who, in Chester's mind, is an embarrassment to the family name. While showing him the sights it's discovered that he is a bit more worldly than Chester had known.
Guest Stars: James Anderson (1) as Lucifer Jones, Robert Easton as Magnus Goode, Dorothy Schuyler as Olive, Than Wyenn as Dealer, Tim Graham (1) as Cowboy
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Writer: John Meston
 
13 :01x13 - Reed Survives (Dec/31/1955)
Lucy Hunt rushes to Matt to accuse her husband Ephraim is planning on murdering her. But when Matt has a talk with Ephraim, he convincingly confesses his love for his wife. The plot thickens when Kitty notices a handsome, young farmhand working on the Hunt farm who also has eyes for Lucy.
Guest Stars: Virginia Chapman as Gypsy, James Drury as Booth Rider, John Carradine as Ephraim Hunt, Lola Albright as Lucy Hunt
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Writer: Les Crutchfield
 
14 :01x14 - Professor Lute Bone (Jan/07/1956)
When an infant nearly dies from an elixir sold by a traveling medicine man, Doc insists that Matt do something or he will. But Matt's hands are tied until an elderly man dies from using the opium-based concoction.
Guest Stars: Don Gardner as Mr. Ringle, Sally Corner as Mrs. Broder, Gloria Castillo as Mrs. Ringle, John Abbott (1) as Professor Lute Bone, Jester Hairston as Wellington, Strother Martin as Mr. Stooler
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Story: John Meston | Teleplay: Herbert Little, Jr.
 
15 :01x15 - No Handcuffs (Jan/21/1956)
Matt and Chester go on a manhunt for a disreputable deputy sheriff who comes to town and removes a prisoner from the Dodge jail without Matt's say so.
Guest Stars: Marjorie Owens as Woman, Herbert Lytton as Hunter, Charles H. Gray (2) as Sheriff, Cyril Delevanti as Turnkey, Vic Perrin as Hank Springer, Mort Mills as Brake
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Writer: John Meston
Teleplay: Les Crutchfield
 
16 :01x16 - Reward for Matt (Jan/28/1956)
Matt is made a wanted man by the widow of a man he was forced to shoot. Men will come from all over to collect the $1000 reward and kill Matt at the same time.
Guest Stars: John G. Lee (1) as Young Farmer, Jean Inness as Mrs. Reeves, Helen Wallace as Mrs. Stoner, Paul Newlan as Jeremy Stoner, Val Dufour as Day Barnett
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Story: John Meston | Teleplay: Herbert Little, Jr.
 
17 :01x17 - Robin Hood (Feb/04/1956)
John Henry Jordan is on trial for being a modern day Robin Hood, yet no one will testify against him. Having no evidence, the judge is forced to release Jordan. Matt wants him out of Dodge but has no lawful reason to have removed. The Marshall believes he can have Jordan removed as a vagrant by having a reformed gambler win away all his money. When the card shark is found injured, Matt goes on the hunt for Jordan. he finds him holed up in the home of the Bowen family, witnesses at his trial.
Guest Stars: S. John Launer as Judge, Wilfred Knapp as Mr. Botkin, William Hopper as John Henry Jordan, James McCallion as Vince Butler, Barry Atwater as Mr. Bowen, Nora Marlowe as Mrs. Bowen
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Story: John Meston | Teleplay: Daniel B. Ullman
 
18 :01x18 - Yorky (Feb/18/1956)
Yorky, a young white boy who was raised by an Indian father, is shot while stealing a horse. He is taken in by a kind-hearted farmer and nursed back to health. Although Yorky has a tough time adjusting to life in Dodge, he is soon befriended by the gang. But the plot thickens when horse dealer Howard Petrie shows up in town with a herd of steeds with an uncertainty of their true owners.
Guest Stars: Howard Petrie as Abe Brandt, Mary Gregory as Mrs. Seldon, Jeffrey Silver as Yorky, Dennis Cross as Tom Brandt, Malcolm Atterbury as Mr. Seldon
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Story: John Meston | Teleplay: Sam Peckinpah
 
19 :01x19 - 20-20 (Feb/25/1956)
Troy Carver is a former lawman who is suffering with failing eyesight. He arrives in Dodge a wanted man by a vengeful farmer who believes Carver is responsible for the death of his brother. Carver, hiding his condition stays close to Matt as to not be a target. But eventually, he will need to face a showdown with Polan.
Guest Stars: Budd Buster as Moss Grimmick, Pitt Herbert as Dealer, Martin Kingsley as Lee Polen, Wilton Graff as Troy Carver
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Story: John Meston | Teleplay: Herbert Little, Jr.
 
20 :01x20 - Reunion '78 (Mar/03/1956)
Jerry Shand faces a hanging after the murder of Andy Culley, a happy-go-lucky hardware salesman. They need a witness to stop the hanging and Kitty believes Belle Archer knows a secret about Andy that involves a murder back when he was a Quantrill raider.
Guest Stars: Mason Curry as Marty, Joseph V. Perry as Witness, Marion Brash as Belle Archer, Maurice Manson as Andy Culley, Val Dufour as Jerry Shand
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Writer: Harold Swanton
 
21 :01x21 - Helping Hand (Mar/17/1956)
Brett Halsey seeks a hiding place from a group of Texas trail men, hell bent on lynching him. Kitty gives him a place at the Long Branch while Matt heads off the gang. Brett reveals that his father had been abusive towards him after he too was roughed up by a group of Texas trail men and that he was planning revenge by stealing from their herd. But Doc is suspicious that Brett's baby face may be a front for exploiting people.
Guest Stars: Michael Granger as Hander, Russell Thorson as Emmett Bowers, K. L. Smith as Bill Pence, Brett Halsey as Steve Esler, James Nusser as Wilkins
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Story: John Meston | Teleplay: Herbert Little, Jr.
 
22 :01x22 - Tap Day for Kitty (Mar/24/1956)
An old man, Nip Cullers, comes to Dodge to declare his intentions of marriage to Kitty. She is not in agreement with his idea and threatens to shoot him if he doesn't leave her alone. When Nip is found murdered, Kitty seems to be the one and only likely suspect.
Guest Stars: Dorothy Schuyler as Kate, Charlene Brooks (1) as Blossom, John Patrick as Jonas, Mary Adams (1) as Nettie, Evelyn Scott as Olive, Budd Buster as Moss Grimmick, John Dehner as Nip Cullers
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Story: John Meston | Teleplay: John Dunkel
 
23 :01x23 - Indian Scout (Mar/31/1956)
A posse marches through the streets of Dodge City carrying the bodies of 23 slain men who were ambushed by Comanche warriors. Only one scout survived the onslaught, a white man who lived with the tribe. A brother of one of the slain men vows his revenge on the scout, believing he had a part in the slaughter.
Guest Stars: Tommy Hart (1) as Clay, William Vaughn (1) as Mr. Twitchell, Pat Hogan (1) as Buffalo Tounge, DeForest Kelley as Will Bailey, Eduard Franz as Amos Cartwright
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Writer: John Dunkel
 
24 :01x24 - The Pest Hole (Apr/14/1956)
A plague of typhoid has hit Dodge City. Kitty and some of her girls use the jail as a make-shift hospital to help care for the sick. Doc puts himself in charge of discovering the cause of the sickness before the whole town is wiped out.
Guest Stars: Lisa Golm as Mrs. Saur, Gordon Mills as Burkleman, Phil Rich as Townsman, Norbert Schiller as Franz Betzer, Evelyn Scott as Olive, Patrick O'Moore as Matthews, Howard Culver as Mr. Hannah, Howard McNear as Mr. Bradley
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Writer: David Victor, Herbert Little, Jr.
 
25 :01x25 - The Big Broad (Apr/28/1956)
Big Lena and her little mate Emmett have strolled into Dodge for a game of poker. Lena is a huge woman who is as tough as any man. When Ed James, a buffalo hunter makes a pass at her, he winds up dead. Ed's partner, Nate, wants revenge on the Amazon-like behemoth.
Guest Stars: Heinie Brock as Drummer, Terry Becker as Emmett Fitzgerald, Dee J. Thompson as Lena Wave, Joel Ashley as Nate Bannister, Howard Culver as Hotel Clerk
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Story: John Meston | Teleplay: Herbert Little, Jr.
 
26 :01x26 - Hack Prine (May/12/1956)
Matt Dillon brings in a murderer, Lee Trimble, having been caught far from Dodge and losing his horse. Matt's old friend, Hack Prine, comes to town for some reminiscing...and as a hired gunman to kill the Marshall.
Guest Stars: Leo Gordon as Hack Pine, Hal Baylor as Lee Trimble, George D. Wallace (1) as Dolph Trimble, Wally Cassell (1) as Oley
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Writer: John Meston, Herbert Little, Jr.
 
27 :01x27 - Cooter (May/19/1956)
Professional gambler Ben Sissle doesn't take kindly to being called a cheater. After Matt calls him so, Ben plans his revenge on the Marshall. He hands a brain-damaged man, named Cooter, a gun and warns him that Dillon wants to challenge him in a gunfight.
Guest Stars: Vinton Hayworth as Sissell, Brett King (2) as Pate, Strother Martin as Cooter, Robert Vaughn as Kid
Director: Robert Stevenson
Story: John Meston | Teleplay: Herbert Little, Jr.
 
28 :01x28 - The Killer (May/26/1956)
Crago, a cold-blooded killer is in Dodge, much to the dismay of Marshall Dillon. Crago is known for egging on slow gunmen and then killing them in a challenge, but claiming that the shootings were in self defense. Matt must figure out a peaceful way to stop him, or resort to Crago's tactics and take him down in a street fight.
Guest Stars: David Chapman (2) as Jesse Hill, Charles Bronson as Crego, James Nusser as Man, Dabbs Greer as Jonas
Director: Robert Stevenson
Story: John Meston | Teleplay: John Dunkel
 
29 :01x29 - Doc's Revenge (Jun/09/1956)
Clem Maddow rides into town with two buddies and has Doc unusually upset. Matter of fact he is so upset that he wants to shoot Clem. Matt feels it's for the best if Clem leaves town immediately. Suddenly, shots ring out with Clem and his brother George being hit by gunfire. While operating, Doc reveals that he and Clem were rivals once for a woman's affection.
Guest Stars: Ainslie Pryor as George Maddow, Chris Alcaide as Clem Maddow, Harry Bartell as Ben Bartlett, Bert Rumsey as Bartender
Director: Ted Post
Story: John Dunkel
 
30 :01x30 - The Preacher (Jun/16/1956)
A stage arrives in Dodge carrying a loud braggart named Sam Keeler and a quiet man named Seth Tandy. Keeler is a pugilist who is looking for a fight. His target, mild-mannered Seth. While Matt intervenes, he becomes a stand-in for Seth, leading to an inevitable showdown.
Guest Stars: Paul Dubov as Humbert, Jim Hyland as Stage Driver, Chuck Connors as Sam Keeler, Royal Dano as Seth Tandy
Director: Robert Stevenson
Story: John Meston | Teleplay: John Dunkel
 
31 :01x31 - How to Die for Nothing (Jun/23/1956)
Matt has a run in with a group of trail herders. When one makes a draw on Matt, he winds up shot. His brother now wants to get his revenge.
Guest Stars: Bill White (1) as Ned Bulow, Lawrence Dobkin as Will Jacklin, Maurice Manson as Reisling, Mort Mills as Rev. Bulow, James Nolan as Zach, Herbert Lytton as Stranger
Director: Ted Post
Story: John Meston | Teleplay: Sam Peckinpah
 
32 :01x32 - Dutch George (Jun/30/1956)
A young man named McQueen asks for Matt's help when his horses are stolen by Dutch George, a famed horse thief and an old friend of Dillon. As Chester and Matt ride along with McQueen, they are left behind by the young man who apparently had this planned all along.
Guest Stars: Robert Middleton (3) as Dutch Uncle, Tom Pittman as Jimmy McQueen
Director: Robert Stevenson
Story: John Meston | Teleplay: John Dunkel
 
33 :01x33 - Prairie Happy (Jul/07/1956)
The citizens of Dodge are in a panic when it's rumored that the Shawnee tribe is planning an attack. But Matt isn't convinced. Too many questions arise such as, why would the Shawnee give advance warning of an attack. It's discovered that Tewksbury, a frontiersman is behind the rumor, but for what reason?
Guest Stars: Tyler McVey as Father, Wilfred Knapp as Mr. Botkin, Robert Ellenstein as Tewksbury, John Holland as Danvers, Bruce Holland as Boy, Roy Engel as Citizen, Bert Rumsey as Bartender, Dabbs Greer as Jonas, Anne Barton as Quiet One
Director: Ted Post
Story: John Meston | Teleplay: Herbert Little, Jr.
 
34 :01x34 - Chester's Mail Order Bride (Jul/14/1956)
Chester has a problem when his mail order bride is planning to come to Dodge to meet him face-to-face. Feeling he is unattractive, Chester had sent her a picture of Matt instead.
Guest Stars: Fred Carson as Buffalo Hunter, Russell Thorson as Brady, Mary Carver as Ann Smithwright, William Hamel as Customer, Joel Ashley as Linus, Bert Rumsey as Bartender
Director: Robert Stevenson
Story: David Victor, Herbert Little, Jr. | Teleplay: Herbert Little, Jr., David Victor
 
35 :01x35 - The Guitar (Jul/21/1956)
A mild-mannered roving guitar player has arrived in Dodge. He is being harassed by a pair of rowdies as a joke. But the joke turns dead serious when they discover he was once a soldier for the Union Army, and is now in danger of being killed.
Guest Stars: Charles Sray as Tyler, Bill Hall (1) as Tom, Aaron Spelling as Weed Pindle, Jacques Aubuchan (1) as Augie Short, Bert Rumsey as Bartender, Joseph Mell as Bill Pence, Charles H. Gray (2) as Gene Tyler, Duane Grey as Delmar
Director: Harry Horner
Story: John Meston | Teleplay: Sam Peckinpah
 
36 :01x36 - Cara (Jul/28/1956)
Matt is weary when an old flame of Matt's comes to Dodge at the same time a notorious bank robber is also on his way and has sent a woman ahead to stake out the situation.
Guest Stars: Wilfred Knapp as Mr. Botkin, Douglas Odney as Tolliver, Charles Webster (1) as Sheriff Benson, Jorja Curtright as Cara, Howard Culver as Howie Uzzell
Director: Robert Stevenson
Story: John Meston | Teleplay: David Victor, Herbert Little, Jr.
 
37 :01x37 - Mr. and Mrs. Amber (Aug/04/1956)
The Amber's are a married couple trying to make a go on the farmland given to them by her brother. No matter how hard Neil Amber works to prove himself worthy to his brother-in-law, he seems to fail. Sarah Amber reveals that he is just not a farmer. When Sarah disappears, Neil, who is in stunned silence, is believed to be the only suspect.
Guest Stars: Gloria McGehee as Sarah Amber, Paul Richards as Neil Amber, Dabbs Greer as Jonas, Ainslie Pryor as Peak Fletcher, Bing Russell as Simon Fletcher
Director: Ted Post
Story: John Meston | Teleplay: Herbert Little, Jr.
 
38 :01x38 - Unmarked Grave (Aug/18/1956)
Matt needs to get outlaw Ron Hagerthy out of Dodge and on a train before his gang rides in to free him. Meanwhile, a grieving mother of a slain outlaw attempts to free Hagerthy from Matt's clutches.
Guest Stars: Boyd Stockman as Stage Driver, Than Wyenn as Sheriff Darcy, Joe Scudero as Munro, Ron Hagerthy as Rusty, William Hopper as Tasker Sloan, Bert Rumsey as Bartender, Helen Kleeb as Mrs. Randolph
Director: Ted Post
Writer: David Victor, Herbert Little, Jr.
 
39 :01x39 - Alarm at Pleasant Valley (Aug/25/1956)
A family plans to move out west since they have had nothing but hardships in Kansas. But there move is hampered by a tribe of Kiowa Indians and the pregnancy of a family member. Matt and Chester happen by at the time and make a suggestion that they give it another try in Kansas, since all homesteaders face the same trials as they had.
Guest Stars: Dan Blocker as Lieutenant, Lew Brown as Sam Fraser, Helen Wallace as Ma Fraser, Dorothy Schuyler as Alice Fraser, Bill White (1) as Tad Fraser
Director: Ted Post
Writer: John Dunkel
 
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