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Season 3
79 :03x01 - Crack-Up (Sep/14/1957)
Hired gun Nate Springer challenges Dillon to find out who paid for the marshal's assassination.
Guest Stars: John Dehner as Nate Springer, Howard Culver as Howie Uzzell, Jean Vaughn as Girl, Jess Kirkpatrick as Mr. Teeters, Preston Hanson as Jess, Brick Sullivan as Bartender
Director: Ted Post
Writer: John Meston
 
80 :03x02 - Gun for Chester (Sep/21/1957)
Chester comes to believe a man named Asa Ledbetter plans to kill him. Ledbetter claims Chester killed his brother. When Chester gets shot and claims Ledbetter shot him, Matt must sort the mess out.
Guest Stars: Clayton Post as Man, Thomas Coley as Asa Ledbetter, Howard Culver as Hotel Clerk, Budd Buster as Moss Grimmick
Director: Louis King
Story: John Meston
 
81 :03x03 - Blood Money (Sep/28/1957)
Matt receives a wanted poster for Joe Sharpe, a bank robber. Then he learns that Sharpe left town with Harry Spenser, who also knows about the reward, and means to collect it.
Guest Stars: Allan Nixon (2) as Adams, Lawrence Green (1) as Smith, James Dobson (1) as Joe Sharpe, Vinton Hayworth as Harry Spencer, Budd Buster as Moss Grimmick, Robert Nash as Grant
Director: Louis King
Story: John Meston
 
82 :03x04 - Kitty's Outlaw (Oct/05/1957)
Kitty invites Matt to dinner at an obscure spot. He and Chester suspect she's helping an outlaw but are shocked when they learn why.
Guest Stars: Jack Mann (1) as First Man, Ainslie Pryor as Cole Yankton, Howard Culver as Hotel Clerk, Chris Alcaide as Cowboy, Dabbs Greer as Wilbur Jonas
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Writer: John Meston
 
83 :03x05 - Potato Road (Oct/12/1957)
Budge Grilk wants Matt to arrest his father for murder, but when Matt gets to the Grilk house, the Grilks capture him, and he learns they plan a bank robbery.
Guest Stars: Tom Pittman as Budge Grilk, Morgan Woodward as Calhoun, Jeanette Nolan as Ma Grilk, Robert F. Simon (3) as Pa Grilk
Director: Ted Post
Story: John Meston
 
84 :03x06 - Jesse (Oct/19/1957)
A man named Jesse Pruett comes to Dodge City to kill a man he thinks killed his father. Matt, naturally, can't let that happen.
Guest Stars: Edward Binns as Bill Stapp, George Brenlin as Jesse Pruett, James Maloney as Karl
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Story: John Meston
 
85 :03x07 - Mavis McCloud (Oct/26/1957)
Mavis McCloud comes to Dodge and marries Barney Wales. But unfortunately for both of them, Mavis fled ahead of trouble named Lou Staley, who has come looking for her. Staley plans to kill Wales - and Matt, too, if he interferes.
Guest Stars: Robert Cornthwaite as Lou Staley, Max Showalter as Barney Wales (as Casey Adams), Dan Sheridan as Stage Driver, Kelly Thordsen as Linc, Fay Spain as Mavis McCloud, Howard Culver as Howie Uzzell
Director: Buzz Kulik
Story: John Meston
 
86 :03x08 - Born to Hang (Nov/02/1957)
After two men try to lynch him, Joe Digger wants fatal revenge and Matt has to put a stop to his plans.
Guest Stars: Dorothy Adams as Mrs. Glick, Mort Mills as Robie, Ken Lynch (1) as Ed Glick, Anthony Caruso as Hank, Wright King as Joe Digger
Director: Buzz Kulik
Story: John Meston
 
87 :03x09 - Romeo (Nov/09/1957)
Land baron Jake Pierce becomes infuriated when his daughter falls in love with the son of his enemy Emmett Bowers, and threatens Dodge City over it, forcing Matt to engineer a plan to stop him.
Guest Stars: Barbara Eden as Judy Pierce, Robert McQueeney as Pete Knight, Tyler McVey as Emmett Bowers, Bill McGraw as Ab Drain, Bill Erwin as Preacher (as William L. Erwin), Barry Kelley as Jake Pierce, Robert Vaughn as Andy Bowers
Director: Ted Post
Story: John Meston
 
88 :03x10 - Never Pester Chester (Nov/16/1957)
Matt sends Chester out to deal with some rowdy cowboys. But they get the best of Chester and take him for a drag behind their horses, leaving him half-dead. Matt then sets out to bring them to justice.
Guest Stars: Paul Birch as Boss, Buddy Baer as Stobo, Gary Vinson as Jim, Woodrow Chambliss as Shiloh, Tom Greenway as Trevitt
Director: Richard Whorf
Story: John Meston
 
89 :03x11 - Fingered (Nov/23/1957)
Jim Cobbett comes to town to marry a woman from back east, but a man named Hank Luz tries to derail his plans, accusing him of murder. Matt must discover why.
Director: James Sheldon
Writer: John Meston
 
90 :03x12 - How to Kill a Woman (Nov/30/1957)
After a murder on a stagecoach, the driver tells Matt there's a connection between the murderer Nat Pilcher and the station manager Jesse Daggett. But Daggett won't talk, not even when more people die, leaving Matt to figure out what happened on his own.
Guest Stars: John Parrish as Old Rancher, George Cisar as Whiskey Drummer, Robert Brubaker as Jim Buck, Barry Atwater as Jesse Daggett, Jolene Brand (1) as Young Bride, Pernell Roberts as Nat Pilcher
Director: John Rich (1)
Story: Sam Peckinpah
 
91 :03x13 - Cows and Cribs (Dec/07/1957)
After fever takes a young couple, Matt brings their orphaned child to Dodge and entrusts it to Ma Smalley until a proper home can be found. Just when Ma Smalley thinks she has found a good family, the Nadlers, Matt discovers something that changes her mind.
Guest Stars: Jud Taylor as Ed Thorpe (as Judson Taylor), Bartlett Robinson as Bowers, Dabbs Greer as Wilbur Jonas, Kathie Browne (1) as Mrs. Thorpe, Anne Barton as Mrs. Nadler, Val Avery as Joe Nadler, Mabel Albertson as Ma Smalley
Director: Richard Whorf
Story: John Meston | Teleplay: Kathleen Hite
 
92 :03x14 - Doc's Reward (Dec/14/1957)
Doc sets out to help a sick man and winds up killing a man who shoots his horse. The man's brother, thinking Doc murdered for reward money, comes looking for revenge.
Guest Stars: Jean Fenwick as 2nd Lady, Netta Packer as 1st Lady, Bruce Wendell as Joe, Brick Sullivan as Bartender, Jack Lord (1) as Myles Brandell / Nate Brandell
Director: Richard Whorf
Writer: John Meston
 
93 :03x15 - Kitty Lost (Dec/21/1957)
Miss Kitty disappears after taking a midnight drive with a slick character from back east. Matt goes looking.
Guest Stars: Warren Stevens as Rachmil, Brett King (2) as Pete, Stephen Ellsworth as Pence, Gage Clarke as Dobie, Budd Buster as Moss Grimmick
Director: Ted Post
Writer: John Meston
 
94 :03x16 - Twelfth Night (Dec/28/1957)
A Virginia hillbilly comes to Dodge City to continue a feud.
Guest Stars: James Griffith (1) as Joth Monger, Rose Marie as Mrs. Monger, Dick Rich as Farmer, William Schallert as Eben Hakes
Director: John Rich (1)
Writer: John Meston
 
95 :03x17 - Joe Phy (Jan/04/1958)
Matt and Chester travel to the small town of Elkader in search of a man who shot Matt. There they run into trouble in the form of U.S. Marshall Joe Phy - but the marshal isn't quite what he seems to be.
Guest Stars: Jack Reitzen as Bartender, Kenneth Becker as Cowboy, Morey Amsterdam as Cicero Grimes, Bill Kendis as Carey Post, Paul Richards as Joe Phy
Director: Ted Post
Writer: John Meston
 
96 :03x18 - Buffalo Man (Jan/11/1958)
Matt and Chester confront a pair of buffalo hunters poaching on Indian land. The hunters overpower them and leave them for the Indians.
Guest Stars: Abel Fernández as Indian, John Anderson (1) as Ben Siple, Jack Klugman as Earl Ticks, Patricia Smith as Abby
Director: Ted Post
Writer: John Meston
 
97 :03x19 - Kitty Caught (Jan/18/1958)
Billy and Jed Gunter come to Dodge to rob the bank, and end up taking Kitty hostage. Matt has to bring them to justice without getting her killed.
Guest Stars: Charles Tannen as Bank Cashier, William Keene (6) as Mr. Botkin, Bruce Gordon (1) as Jed Gunter, Pat Conway (1) as Billy Gunter, John Compton as Blain
Director: Richard Whorf
Writer: John Meston
 
98 :03x20 - Claustrophobia (Jan/25/1958)
Ollie Ridgers' friend convinces him to visit Miss Kitty's saloon in Dodge City. While he's there men kill his livestock, and he tracks them down and kills one of them. How does a man with claustrophobia face a long prison sentence?
Guest Stars: James Winslow as Giles, Jason Johnson as Judge, Lynn Shubert as Hank, Willard Sage (2) as Dever, Joe Maross as Jim Branch, Vaughn Taylor as Ollie Ridgers
Director: Ted Post
Writer: John Meston
 
99 :03x21 - Ma Tennis (Feb/01/1958)
Matt arrests a killer who gets help breaking out of jail from an unlikely source.
Guest Stars: Corey Allen as Ben Tennis, Ron Hagerthy as Andy Tennis, Nina Varela as Ma Tennis
Director: Buzz Kulik
Writer: John Meston
 
100 :03x22 - Sunday Supplement (Feb/08/1958)
Two writers come to Dodge City in search of a story. When they cannot find one, they decide to make one, causing trouble for Matt.
Guest Stars: David Whorf as Jack, Jack Weston as Samuel Spring, K. L. Smith as Karl, Theodore Newton as Major, Eddie Little Sky as Chief Little Hawk (as Ed Little), Werner Klemperer as Clifton Bunker, Budd Buster as Moss Grimmick
Director: Richard Whorf
Writer: John Meston
 
101 :03x23 - Wild West (Feb/15/1958)
Hattie Kelly conspires with two men, Rourke and Cutter. They plan to kill her husband and sell the ranch for the profit. Hattie's son follows the men but loses them, then finds Matt and asks for help.
Guest Stars: Murray Hamilton as Cutter, Robert Gist as Rourke, Paul Engle as Yorky Kelly, Philip Bourneuf as Kelly, Phyllis Coates as Hattie Kelly
Director: Richard Whorf
Writer: John Meston
 
102 :03x24 - The Cabin (Feb/22/1958)
Caught in a blizzard, Matt seeks refuge in a cabin. And that's just the beginning of his problems.
Guest Stars: Patricia Barry (1) as Belle, Claude Akins as Hack, Harry Dean Stanton as Alvy
Director: John Rich (1)
Writer: John Meston
 
103 :03x25 - Dirt (Mar/01/1958)
Nat and Polly will soon be married when Polly's brother Henry discovers something about Nat that makes him try to stop the marriage. On the wedding day, someone shoots Nat and folks believe Henry did it. But Matt isn't convinced.
Guest Stars: Wayne Morris (4) as Nat Sieber, Tyler McVey as Unknown, Barry McGuire as Henry Troyman, Ian MacDonald (1) as Mr. Troyman, June Lockhart as Crazy Beulah, Gail Kobe as Polly Troyman
Director: Ted Post
Story: John Meston | Teleplay: Sam Peckinpah
 
104 :03x26 - Dooley Surrenders (Mar/08/1958)
A skinner named Emmett Dooley comes to believe he killed a man while drunk. So he turns himself in, but Matt isn't convinced.
Guest Stars: James Nusser as Nelson, James Maloney as Faber, Ben Wright as Ross, Strother Martin as Emmett Dooley, Ken Lynch (1) as Colpitt, Budd Buster as Moss Grimmick
Director: John Rich (1)
Writer: John Meston
 
105 :03x27 - Joke's on Us (Mar/15/1958)
Frank Tillman hangs for horse theft, but the lynch mob who hung him made a mistake. That means Matt's after someone - maybe several folks - for murder. But he can't get far without help from the murdered man's widow and son, and they aren't talking. Matt has to figure out why.
Guest Stars: Bartlett Robinson as Jake Kaiser, Herbert Lytton as Tom Benson, Michael Hinn as Frank Tilman, Kevin Hagen as Bill Jennings, Virginia Gregg as Mrs. Tilman, Weston Gavin as Clabe Tilman, Craig Duncan as Jim Duval
Director: Ted Post
Writer: John Meston
 
106 :03x28 - Bottleman (Mar/22/1958)
Tom Cassidy, a usually peaceful drunk, threatens to kill a newcomer to Dodge City, and Matt must figure out why to head off a tragedy.
Guest Stars: John Dehner as Tom Cassidy, Ross Martin (1) as Dan Clell, Peggy McCay as Fiora Clell
Director: John Rich (1)
Writer: John Meston
 
107 :03x29 - Laughing Gas (Mar/29/1958)
Earl Stafford and his wife visit Dodge with their traveling show, including laughing gas. Cloud Marsh, humiliated by his antics under the influence of the gas, gathers his brothers and beats Stafford badly. But Stafford once had another name and another profession, and that spells trouble for the Marsh brothers.
Guest Stars: Jess Kirkpatrick as Mr. Teeters, Dean Harens as Earl Stafford, Cyril Delevanti as Old Man, June Dayton as Mrs. Stafford, Val Benedict as Cloud Marsh
Director: John Rich (1)
Writer: James Fonda
 
108 :03x30 - Texas Cowboys (Apr/05/1958)
When a cowboy is murdered, his friends decide to handle justice themselves. Matt can't let that happen, so he forces this issue in a way that makes him very unpopular.
Guest Stars: Stafford Repp as Hightower, John Mitchum as Bob, Allan "Rocky" Lane as Kin Talley, Clarke Gordon (2) as Gil Choate, Ned Glass as Sam Peeples
Director: John Rich (1)
Writer: John Meston
 
109 :03x31 - Amy's Good Deed (Apr/12/1958)
Amy Slatter comes to Dodge City to kill Matt. But does she really want to kill him, or does she want something else? And why is she so angry with the marshal? Matt must find out.
Guest Stars: Lou Krugman as Emmett Gold, Jeanette Nolan as Amy Slater
Director: John Rich (1)
Story: John Meston | Teleplay: Kathleen Hite
 
110 :03x32 - Hanging Man (Apr/19/1958)
Mel Tucker wants to marry Cora Bell but has no money. Then a shopkeeper hangs himself in his shop and Mel starts spending on wedding preparations. Matt smells a rat and arrests Mel, but when another shopkeeper dies the same way, he must release the man and figure out what's really going on.
Guest Stars: Luis Van Rooten as Mel Tucker, K. L. Smith as Jim, Dick Rich as Hank, Zina Provendie as Cora Bell, Helen Kleeb as Mrs. Sawyer, Robert Osterloh as Dan Dresslar
Director: John Rich (1)
Writer: John Meston
 
111 :03x33 - Innocent Broad (Apr/26/1958)
Linda Bell comes to Dodge City to meet her fiance Lou Paxton. En route, Joe Bassett accosts her, angering Lou who wants a confrontation.
Guest Stars: Ed Kemmer as Lou Paxton, Myrna Fahey as Linda Bell, Aaron Saxon as Joe Bassett
Director: John Rich (1)
Story: John Meston | Teleplay: Kathleen Hite
 
112 :03x34 - The Big Con (May/03/1958)
Three men manage to con a banker, Papp, out of $20,000. To ensure Matt won't try to stop them from leaving town, they kidnap Doc Adams.
Guest Stars: Raymond Bailey as Shane, Alan Dexter as Hook, Gordon Mills as Varden, Joseph Kearns as Banker Papp
Director: John Rich (1)
Writer: John Meston
 
113 :03x35 - Widow's Mite (May/10/1958)
Matt catches Zack Fields robbing the Express Office and shoots him dead but cannot find the loot. Later, a gambler named Leach Fields marries Zack's widow Ada; Matt thinks Leach wants to robbery money and plans to stop him.
Guest Stars: Marshall Thompson as Leach Fields, Ken Mayer (1) as Zack Morton, Katharine Bard (1) as Ada Morton
Director: Ted Post
Writer: John Meston
 
114 :03x36 - Chester's Hanging (May/17/1958)
Matt nabs wanted stagecoach bandit Jim Cando. Cando orders his henchman Lee Binders to break him out. In the process, Lee nearly hangs Deputy Goode.
Guest Stars: Walter Barnes (1) as Jack Haney, Charles Cooper as Jim Cando, Sam Edwards as Lee Binders
Director: Ted Post
Writer: John Meston
 
115 :03x37 - Carmen (May/24/1958)
After three cavalry men die during a payroll robbery, fort commander Major Harris gives Matt two days to produce the bandits - or he'll find them his own way, starting with declaring martial law in Dodge City.
Guest Stars: Robert Patten as Nate Brand, Ruta Lee as Jennie Lane, Alan Gifford as Major Harris, Ray Teal as Sergeant Jones, Tommy Farrell (1) as Atwood
Director: Ted Post
Writer: John Meston
 
116 :03x38 - Overland Express (May/31/1958)
Matt and Chester are bringing Jim Nation back to Dodge City to stand trial for murder. But a robber gets the drop on Matt, and he faces the unpleasant prospect of trusting his murder suspect!
Guest Stars: Forrest Stanley as Griffin, Simon Oakland as Jim Nation, Peter Mamakos as Art Carp, Alfred Hopson as Bill, James Gavin as Wells, Jimmy Cross (1) as Hank, Clem Bevans as Fly, Jan Arvan as Stationmaster
Director: Seymour Berns
Writer: John Meston
 
117 :03x39 - The Gentleman (Jun/07/1958)
Gambler Marcus France falls for Boni Damon, one of Kitty's girls. Unfortunately for France, a rough character named Tiller Evans considers Boni his girl. Matt has to figure out how to keep France alive.
Guest Stars: Virginia Baker as Boni Damon, Henry Corden as Butler, Timothy Carey as Tiller Evans, Jack Cassidy (1) as Marcus France
Director: Ted Post
Writer: John Meston
 
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