
Regular Cast: James Arness-PICTURED ABOVE (Marshal Matt Dillon), Dennis Weaver (Chester B. Goode) 55-64, Amanda Blake (Kitty Russell), Milburn Stone (Doc Galen Adams), Ken Curtis (Festus Haggen) 64-75, Burt Reynolds (Quint Asper) 62-65, Roger Ewing (Thad Greenwood) 65-67, Buck Taylor (Newly O'Brian) 67-75, Glenn Strange (Sam the Bartender) 62-74, James Nusser (Louie Pheeters), Dabbs Greer (Jonas Jones, the storekeeper) 55-60, Charles Seel (Barney Danches, the telegraph agent), Hank Patterson (Hank, the stableman), Howard Culver (Howie, the hotel clerk), Sarah Selby (Ma Smalley) 6275, Woodrow Chambliss (Mr. Lathrop, the storekeeper) 66-75, Roy Roberts (Mr. Bodkin) 66-75, Tom Brown (Ed O'Connor), Ted Jordan (Nathan Burke, the freight agent) 64-75, Charles Wagenheim (Halligan) 67-75, John Harper (Perry Crump).
The Episodes-30 Minute episodes until noted...
1. Matt Gets It. Sept. 10, 1955. GS: Paul Richards, Malcolm Atterbury, Robert Anderson. Dan Grat, a gunman hunted by Texas authorities, seeks refuge in Dodge City. Marshal Dillon goes into action against this outlaw who shoots before he talks.
2. Hot Spell. Sept. 17,1955. GS: John Dehner, James Westerfield,
Marvin Bryan. A notorious gunman swears to go straight after he
is released from jail. His life is not made easier
by lynching parties of Dodge City ranchers. Marshal Matt Dil-lon
has his hands full protecting the ex-con.
3. Word of Honor (A.K.A. "Marked Man"). Oct. 1, 1955. GS: Robert Middleton, Claude Akins, Ray Boyle, Will Wright, Dick Paxton, Thom Carney. Matt Dillon comes to the aid of a friend involved in a murder. The witness is sought by both the killers and outraged friends of the victim.
4. Home Surgery. Oct. 8, 1955. GS: Joe De Santis, Gloria
Talbott, Wright King. While riding through the desert, Marshal
Dillon and Deputy Chester come upon a lonely ranch
and find a frightened girl trying to save her dying father. Though
the injuries seem to be the result of an accident, Dillon is suspicious.
5. Obie Tater. Oct. 15, 1955. GS: Royal Dano, Kathy Adams, Pat Conway. Marshal Matt Dillon takes action against a brutal gang of killers which tries to force information from an old prospector reported to know of a hidden cache of gold.
6. Night Incident. Oct. 29, 1955. GS: Peter Votrian, Robert Foulk, Amzie Strickland, Anne Warren, Lance Warren, Jeanne Bates, Lou Vernon. Townsfolk ignore the story of a young boy who claims he overheard a highwayman and his wife plan a series of robberies. The youngster is too well known for some previous tall tales.
7. Smoking Out the Nolans. Nov. 5, 1955. GS: John Larch,
Ainslie Pryor, Jeanne Bates, Ed Platt. Marshal Dillon tries to
avert a range war between a landowner and a home-
steader. The landowner wants to evict the homesteader from land
he claims for himself.
8. Kite's Reward. Nov. 12, 1955. G S: Adam Kennedy, James
Griffith. There is still a price on the head of an outlaw who
is making an honest effort to go straight. But he is forced
to defend himself when a mercenary bounty hunter decides to collect
the reward.
9. The Hunter. Nov. 26,1955. GS: Peter Whitney, Richard Gilden, Lou Vernon, Robert Keene. A buffalo hunter defies Marshal Dillon and insists on invading sacred Indian hunting grounds. He does not reckon with the vengeance of the Indians.
10. The Queue. Dec. 3, 1955. GS: Sebastian Cabot, Keye Luke, Robert Gist, Devlin McCarthy. An unemployed Chinese cook arouses the prejudice of some trouble-makers in Dodge City. A faction of narrow-minded citizens wants to run him out of town.
11. General Parsley Smitb. Dec. 10, 1955. GS: Raymond Bailey, James O'Rear, John Alderson, Wilfred Knapp. Parsley Smith, who calls himself a general, is known for his reputation for tall tales. When he claims that the town banker plans to abscond with money belonging to investors, no one pays any attention to him. Then Matt Dillon notes that the banker has acquired a new crony -a notorious gunslinger.
12. Magnus (A.K.A. "The Uncivilized"). Dec. 24, 1955. GS: Robert Easton, James Anderson, Than Wyerm, Tim Graham, Dorothy Schuyler. Matt Dillon's deputy, Chester, tries to teach his antisocial brother a lesson. Chester thinks his brother's life as a hunter and trapper is somewhat uncouth.
13. The Reed Survives. Dec. 31,1955. GS: Lola Albright, John Carradine, James Drury, Virginia Arness. An ex-dance hall girl falls in love with another man and plots to do away with her husband.
14. Professor Lute Bone. Jan. 7,1956. GS: John Abbott, Jester Hairston, Gloria Castillo, Don Gardner, Strother Martin, Sally Corner. Marshal Dillon has a job on his hands subduing a group of incensed citizens who are bent on revenge. The object of their ire is a peddler whose patent medicines prove fatal.
15. No Handcuffs. Jan. 21,1956. GS: Vic Perrin, Charles
Gray, Mort Mills, Marjorie Owens, Herbert Lytton, Cyril Delevanti.
Marshal Matt Dillon is forced into a showdown with the vicious
lawman of a neighboring frontier town. An innocent man has been
ordered arrested to cover up the
sheriff's misdeeds.
16. Reward for Matt. Jan. 28, 1956. GS: Paul Newlan, Helen
Wallace, Val Dufour, Jean Inness, John G. Lee. When Marshal Dillon
is forced to shoot a man who resists arrest, the
man's embittered widow offers a reward for Dillon's life.
17. Robin Hood. Feb. 4,1956. GS: James McCallion, Nora Marlowe,
Wilfred Knapp, Barry Atwater, S. John Laurier. Marshal Dillon
comes up against a blank wall when witnesses
refuse to testify against a notorious highwayman. The outlaw is
reputed to rob only the wealthy.
18.Yorky. Feb. 18, 1956. GS: Jeff Silver, Mary Gregory, Howard Petrie, Dennis Cross, Malcolm Atterbury. A young white boy, raised by the Indians, goes outside the law to seek vengeance against horse thieves.
19. 20-20. Feb. 25, 1956. GS: Martin Kingsley, Pitt Herbert, Wilton Graff. Once renowned for his prowess as one of the fastest guns in the West, a former lawman is now in fear of his life. An enemy has learned of his failing eyesight and plots to involve him in a gun duel.
20. Reunion '78. March 3, 1956. GS: Val Dufour, Maurice Manson, Marion Bransh, Joe Perry, Mason Curry. A vengeful cowboy vows to take the life of an outlaw who wronged him years before. He does so, but claims he shot in self-defense.
21. Helping Hand. March 17,1956. GS: Ken L. Smith, James Nusser, Brett Halsey, Michael Granger, Russell Thorson. A would-be tough guy picks on the wrong man in an attempt to make a name for himself. He tries to involve Marshal Matt Dillon by staging a street fight.
22. Tap Day for Kitty. March 24,1956. GS: John Dehner, Mary Adams, John Patrick, Evelyn Scott, Dorothy Schuyler, Charlene Brooks. Nip Cullers, a wealthy, eccentric miner, announces that he is going to marry Kitty, although she denies it. Later Nip is blasted by a shotgun, and he blames Kitty. In desperation, Kitty asks Matt to help her.
23. Indian Scout. March 31,1956. GS: Eduard Franz, DeForest Kelley, William Vaughan, Pat Hogan, Tommy Hart. Will Bailey, bitter over the death of his cavalryman brother in a Comanche ambush, tries to start trouble with Amos Cartwright, an Indian scout. Bailey accuses Cartwright of being responsible for the killing.
24. The Pest Hold. April 14, 19 56. GS: Patrick O'Moore, Howard McNear, Norbert Schiller, Evelyn Scott Marshall Dillon and Dodge City's only doctor have a full-scale panic on their hands when word of a typhoid epidemic leaks out.
25. The Big Broad. April 28, 1956. GS: Dee J. Thompson, Joel Ashley, Terry Becker, Heinie Brock. Unpredictable Lena Wave, a woman who stands six feet tall, and her henpecked husband arrive in Dodge City to start up a card game. Before Lena is through, she beats up Chester for accusing her of running a crooked game, and kills a man she says attempted to kill her.
26. Hack Prine. May 12,1956. GS: Leo Gordon, George Wallace, Hal Baylor, Wally Cassell, Tyler McVey. A former friend, turned outlaw, meets Marshal Dillon now as his mortal enemy. The gunman enters Dodge City as a hired killer.
27. Cooter. May 19, 1956. GS: Brett King, Strother Martin, Robert Vaughn, Vinton Hayworth. A mentally retarded youth is enraged when he realizes he's been made a victim in a plot to discredit Marshal Dillon. Armed with a gun, the youth goes berserk.
28. The Killer. May 26, 1956. GS: Charles Bronson, David Chapman. An overbearing migrant takes a heavy toll of human life by deliberately provoking others to battle. Marshal Matt Dillon decides to meet the man on his own terms.
29. Doc's Revenge. June 9, 1956. GS: Ainslie Pryor, Harry
Bartell, Chris Alcaide. Marshal Dillon is faced with a difficult
decision when his long-time friend Doc is accused of a
shooting.
30. The Preacher. June 16,1956. GS: Chuck Connors, Royal Dano, Paul Dubov, Jim Hyland. Seth Tandy, a newcomer to Dodge City, runs into trouble with cruel Sam Keeler. In order to avoid a serious fight between the two men, Matt Dillon challenges Keeler himself.
31. How to Die for Nothing. June 23,1956. GS: Mort Mills,
James Nolan, Maurice Manson, Laurence Dobkin, Bill White, Jr.
Marshal Dillon finds himself marked for death by
the brother of a man who lost a gun fight to the marshal.
32. Dutch George. June 30, 1956. GS: Robert Middleton, Tom Pittman. Matt Dillon comes face to face with his boyhood idol. The man is now the leader of a notorious gang of horse thieves. Matt, as marshal, must bring him to justice.
33. Prairie Happy. July 7,1956. GS: Robert Ellenstein, Anne Barton, Tyler McVey, Bruce Holland, Jack Holland, Roy Engel. An embittered and sadistic old man deliberately terrorizes the entire population of Dodge City with a false story of an imminent Indian raid.
34. Chester's Mail Order Bride. July 14, 1956. GS: Mary
Carver, Joel Ashley, Russell Thorson. Chester finds himself a
reluctant prospective bridegroom when a young girl leaves
her Philadelphia home to accept his letter of proposal.
35. The Guitar. July 21,1956. GS: Aaron Spelling, Charles Gray, Jacques Aubuchon, Duane Thorson, Bill Hale, Joseph Mell. Veterans of the Civil War breed violence and death in Dodge City when Confederate and Union conflicts are revived.
36. Cara. July 28, 1956. GS: Jorja Curtwright, Charles Webster, Douglas Odney. Marshal Dillon renews his acquaintance with a former girl friend. But now she is on the opposite side of the law.
37. Mr. and Mrs. Amber. Aug. 4,1956. GS: Ainslie Pryor, Paul Richards, Dabbs Greer, Gloria McGhee, Bing Russell. A penniless farmer marries the daughter of a self-styled religious prophet, who makes life unbearable for the young couple. The harassed farmer is forced to go outside the law to try to solve his dilemma.
38. Unmarked Grave. Aug. 18,1956. GS: Ron Hagerthy, Helen Kleeb, William Hopper, Joe Scudero, Thann Wyerm. An elderly woman, who is unaware of his background, befriends a young but ruthless outlaw. The shrewd desperado uses the woman as a pawn in his desperate battle for freedom.
39. Alarm at Pleasant Valley. Aug. 2 5, 19 56. GS: Lew Brown, Dorothy Schuyler, Bill White, Jr., Helen Wallace, Dan Blocker. A last-minute decision by a homesteader to leave his remote encampment for the safety of Dodge City is made too late. En route to town he and his family are ambushed by a band of renegade Indians.
40. Cow Doctor. Sept. 8, 1956. GS: Robert H. Harris, Dorothy Adams, Tommy Kirk, Gage Clarke. Doc is furious when he is called to the ranch of his long-time enemy Ben Pitcher and learns that the patient is a cow. Doc is further enraged when he returns to Dodge City and finds that a woman died for lack of treatment because he was away at the Pitcher ranch.
41. Brush at Elkador. Sept. 15, 1956. GS: Gage Clarke, Paul Lambert, Alfred Linder, Dennis Cross, Malcolm Atterbury. Because of insufficient evidence, Matt Dillon has to set a murderer free. However, fate plays an ironic trick on the man after the marshal turns him loose.
42. Custer. Sept. 22, 1956. GS: Brian Hutton, Richard Keith, Herbert Lytton. A friend of Matt Dillon's is murdered. Matt sets out to find the murderer and his motive.
43. The Round Up. Sept. 29,1956. GS: Barney Phillips, Jacques
Aubuchon, John Dierkes, Michael Hinn, Mason Curry, Sam Schwart,
John Patrick. Dodge City merchants ask Matt Dillon to deputize
twenty men to protect the town against the escapades of a horde
of celebrating cowhands.
Dillon refuses and finds himself facing a mob of riotous cowboys
alone.
44. Young Man with a Gun. Oct. 20,1956. GS: Jack Diamond, Fredd Wayne, Clegg Hoyt, Sid Clute. After his outlaw brother is killed in a Dodge City gun battle, a young man swears revenge on Marshal Dillon.
45. Indian White. Oct. 27,1956. GS: Peter Votrian, Marian Seldes, Alexander Lockwood, Abel Fernandez, Clegg Hoyt, Stanley Adams, Kenneth Alton. A young boy faces a problem when he must choose between the primitive way of the Indian and his rightful place in civilized society. Though born of white parents, the boy has been raised by a band of Cheyennes.
46. How to Cure a Friend. Nov. 10, 1956. GS: Andrew Duggan, Simon Oakland, Joseph Mell, Jess Kirkpatrick. A former friend of Matt Dillon is now a notorious gambler. The man tries to use his acquaintance with Dillon to fleece local townsfolk.
47. Legal Revenge. Nov. 17,1956. GS: Cloris Leachman, Philip Bourneuf, Robert Strong. Doc Adams discovers a man and woman in an isolated prairie cabin. Each is afraid the other is going to kill him if he sleeps.
48. The Mistake. Nov. 24,1956. GS: Michael "Touch"
Connors, Gene O'Donnell, Cyril Delevanti, Robert Hinkle. Marshal
Dillon is faced with a problem after a gambler is killed in Dodge
City. If he trails the man suspected of the killing, he will have
to leave the town unprotected.
49. Greater Love. Dec. 1, 1956. GS: Claude Akins, Ray Bennett, Amzie Strickland, Frank de Kova. An outlaw whose buddy is near death threatens to take Doc's life if he fails to save the wounded man. Marshal Dillon tries to prevent bloodshed by placing himself at the mercy of the gunman.
50. No Indians. Dec. 8,1956. GS: Dick Rich, Herbert Rudley, Mickey Simpson, Fintan Meyler, Joel Ashley, K.L. Smith. Marshal Dillon and Chester set themselves up as decoys in an attempt to ambush a band of Indian renegades.
51. Spring Team. Dec. 15, 1956. GS: Ross Ford, Paul Newlan, Harry Townes, Jack Kruschen, Stanley Adams, Clayton Post. A man is shot down on Dodge City's Front Street. During his investigation, Marshal Dillon discovers that he himself was the intended target.
52. Poor Pearl. Dec. 22, 1956. GS: Constance Ford, Michael Emmet, Denver Pyle, Jess Kirkpatrick, John Hamilton, John McGough. Two men who are in love with the same girl determine to shoot it out. Matt Dillon learns of the plans and intervenes. V 65.53 Cholera. Dec. 29, 1956. GS: Paul Fix, Bartlett Robinson, Stuart Whitman, Peg Hillias, Gordon Gebert. An unscrupulous landowner attempts violence to evict a homesteader and his family from their claim.
54. Pucket's New Year. Jan. 5, 1957. GS: Edgar Stehli, Grant Withers, Richard Deacon, Rocky Shahan. Matt Dillon and Chester find an old buffalo hunter who has been left to die by his partner. They save the old man's life but have to cope with his bitterness. He now stalks his former partner, intent upon murder.
55. The Cover-Up. Jan. 12,1957. GS: Roy Engle, Vivi Janiss,Tyler McVey, Theodore Marcuse, Malcolm Atterbury. Marshal Dillon seeks the answer when an unknown assailant shoots down defenseless homesteaders at the doors of their remote cabins.
56. Sins of the Father. Jan. 19, 1957. GS: Peter Whitney, Angie Dickinson, Gage Clark, Paul Wexler. An enraged hunter vows revenge after his Indian wife is brutally attacked.
57. Kick Me. Jan. 26, 1957. GS: Robert H. Harris, Frank de Kova, Julie Van Zandt, Paul Lambert. A bank robber poses as a respectable citizen of Dodge City, but overestimates his hold on an illiterate Indian guide on whom he perpetrated a cruel hoax.
58. The Executioner. Feb. 2, 1957. GS: Robert Keys, Michael Hinn Liam Sullivan. A ruthless young gunslinger kills an older man in a senseless duel. The victim's brother, realizing he is unable to meet the slayer on equal terms, goes to avenge the death unarmed.
59. Gone Straight. Feb. 9, 1957. GS: Carl Betz, Tige Andrews, Marianne Stewart, Joe de Santis, John Dierkes. Marshal Dillon and Chester attempt to serve a warrant for arrest of a man in a nearby frontier town, but are stopped by townspeople, who refuse to identify him. The ex-outlaw, now a lawabiding citizen, wants to go straight.
60. Bloody Hands. Feb. 16, 1957. GS: Joe Perry, Larry Dobkin,
Russell Johnson, Ed Platt. Marshall Dillon decides to
turn in his badge after he is force to shoot a man down in the
name of the law.
61. Skid Row. Feb. 23,1957. GS: Susan Morrow, Joseph Sargent, Guinn Williams. A girl makes the long arduous trip west to meet the man who has asked her to be his wife. She arrives in Dodge City, only to have the man refuse to see her. A promising homesteader when he proposed, the young man is now destitute.
62. Sweet and Sour. March 2,1957. GS: Karen Sharpe, John Alderson, Walter Reed, Ken Mayer, John Mitchum. A dance-hall queen newly arrived in Dodge City causes trouble for Marshal Matt Dillon. She deliberately goads admirers into gunfights over her affections.
63. Cain. March 9, 1957. GS: Mark Roberts, Paul Dubov, Harry Bartell, Dan Riss, Howard Ludwig. A wealthy Dodge City rancher must reckon with his unsavory past as a gun fighter when an embittered man challenges him to a showdown.
64. Bureaucrat. March 16,1957. GS: John Hoyt, Ned Glass, Bill Bryant, Al Toigo, Ken Lynch. A politically-minded official arrives from Washington, D.C. He decides to take over the law enforcement of Dodge City against Marshal Dillon's warnings. The man suddenly finds an angry mob rebelling against his dictatorial methods.
65. The Last Fling. March 23, 1957. GS: Florenz Ames, Anne O'Neal, Frank de Kova, Susan Morrow. Kitty, hostess and part owner of the Long Branch Saloon, finds the attentions of one of her customers annoying, and rebuffs him. Later, the man is found shot, and Kitty is suspected of murder.
66. Chester' Murder. March 30, 1957. GS: Murray
S. Hamilton, Peggy Castle, Tom Greenway, Gage Clarke, Charles
Conrad, Tim Graham. Marshal Dillon is forced to take his friend
Chester into custody when irate townspeople threaten violence.
A jealous cowboy who had threatened Chester in public was later
found dead. Evidence points to Chester as the guilty party.
67. The Photographer. April 6, 1957. GS: Sebastian Cabot, Norman Fredericks, Charles Horvath, Ned Glass, Dorothy Schuyler. Marshal Dillon's warnings to a brash photographer from the East fall on deaf ears. To satisfy his curiosity about the violent Wild West, the photographer trespasses on sacred Indian ground.
68. Wrong Man. April 13,1957. GS: Don Keefer, Catherine McLeod, Robert Griffin. A man takes the life of another whom he mistakenly believes is a criminal with a price on his head. He learns he has made a tragic error when the dead man's friend vows vengeance.
69. Big Girl Lost. April 20, 1957. GS: Michael Pate, Gloria McGhee, Judson Pratt, Gerald Melton. A young woman now working in a Dodge City saloon is trying to avoid her exfiance. When the man arrives in town, he hires a gunman to try to force Marshal Dillon into revealing her whereabouts.
70. What the Whiskey Drummer Heard. April 27, 1957. GS: Vic Perrin, Robert Karnes, Robert Burton. When an attempt is made on his life, Marshal Dillon feigns death by staying out of sight, thinking to draw his assailant into the open. But a town braggart spoils the plan, and Dillon does not know when or where the next attack will come.
71. Cheap Labor. May 4,1957. GS: Andrew Duggan, Peggy Webber,
Robert F. Simon, Alan Emerson, Tom Gleason.
A man who has turned his back on violence tries to avoid getting
involved in any more gunfights. But the brother of the girl he
wants to marry deliberately provokes trouble.
72. Moon. May 11, 1957. GS: Rebecca Welles, Phillip Pine, Stafford Repp, Thomas Palmer, Jane Ray. Marshal Dillon and the gunman friend of a gambler try to gather evidence on a poker dealer suspected of killing the gambler after winning high stakes.
73. Who Lives by the Sword. May 18,1957. GS: Steve Terrell,
Robert C. Ross, Harry Wood, Harold J. Stone, Sheila Noonan. Marshal
Dillon is faced with a real problem when a
trigger-happy gunman finds a certain amount of immunity from the
law by supposedly shooting his victims in selfdefense. His method
is to goad a man into drawing against him.
74. Uncle Oliver. May 25, 1957. GS: Earle Hodgins, Paul Wexler, Charles Bronson. Matt Dillon stalks a would-be killer who ambushed his friend Chester. In order to draw the gunman into the open, Dillon is forced to ask two of his closest friends to act as decoys.
75. Daddy-O. June 1, 1957. GS: John Dehner, Judson Pratt. Kitty's father, whom she has not seen since childhood, visits her in Dodge City. He tries to persuade her to make her home with him in New Orleans.
76. The Man Who Would Be Marshal. June 15,1957. GS: Herbert Rudley, Alex Sharp, Clancy Cooper, Rusty Wescoatt. A retired Army officer seeks to get himself named as Marshal Dillon's replacement in Dodge City. In an attempt to recapture the old excitement of military duty, the man finally succeeds in talking Dillon into deputizing him. But he fails to impress frontier residents with his methods.
77. Liar from Blackhawk. June 22,1957. GS: Denver Pyle. A brash young man considers himself a gunslinger, and in an attempt to impress the frontiersmen of Dodge City, he provokes a gun battle with a drunken man. When a genuine gunslinger arrives in town, the pretender is in real trouble.
78. Jealousy. July 6,1957. GS: Than Wycnn, Jack Kelly, Joan Tetzel. A wily Dodge City gambler who has a grudge against Matt Dillon, incites trouble by convincing a hot-tempered husband that his wife and Dillon have been seeing each other.
79. Crack- Up. Sept. 14, 1957. GS: John Dehner, Jess Kirkpatrick, Jean Vaughn. Matt Dillon is worried when a gunman known as a professional assassin, comes to Dodge City.
80. Gun for Chester. Sept. 21, 1957. GS: Thomas Coley, George Selk, Clayton Post. Chester dons gun and holster when he recognizes Asa Ledbetter, who has just arrived in town, as the man who vowed to kill him. Afraid to tell Dillon, he lives in constant fear of death until an unforeseen incident occurs.
81. Blood Money. Sept. 28,1957. GS: James Dobson, Vinton Hayworth, Lawrence Green. Harry Spencer is thrown from his horse while riding on the prairie. He is rescued by Joe Harpe, who takes Spencer into Dodge City, where the two become friends. But Spencer learns that his rescuer is a wanted bank robber with a price on his head, and he decides to collect the reward.
82. Kitty's Outlaw. Oct. 5, 1957. GS: Ainslie Pryor, Chris Alcaide, Jack Mann. An old boy friend of Kitty's turns outlaw and robs the bank in Dodge City. The townspeople believe that she is covering up for the bandit.
83. Potato Road. Oct. 12,1957. GS: Tom Pittman, Robert F. Simon, Jeanette Nolan. Young Budge Grilk tells Matt Dillon that I~is father has killed a man. Dillon rides out with the young man to investigate the charge, but finds that he has ridden into a trap.
84. Jesse. Oct. 19, 1957. GS: James Maloney, George Brenlin, Edward Binns, George Selk, Brick Sullivan. Marshal Dillon encounters a wrathful young man who has come to Dodge City in search of the man who killed his father. Only after he has made friends with Dillon does the youngster learn that the marshal was responsible for his father's death.
85. Mavis McCloud. Oct. 26,1957. GS: Fay Spain, Casey Adams, Kelly Thordsen, Robert Cornthwaite, Dan Sheridan. A young woman arrives in Dodge City to wed a local rancher. Shortly after her marriage, the woman is shot. Marshal Dillon investigates the shooting.
86. Born to Hang. Nov. 2,1957. GS: Anthony Caruso, Ken Lynch, Wright King, Mort Mills. A drifter who is miraculously saved from hanging plans revenge within the law against his would-be lynchers.
87. Romeo. Nov. 9, 1957. GS: Robert Vaughn, Barry Kelley, Barbara Eden, Robert McQueeney, Tyler McVey. Matt Dillon nearly has a range war on his hands when the daughter of Jake Pierce, a powerful cattle baron, and the son of Pierce's arch rival fall in love. Pierce threatens to ravage the whole town unless Dillon reveals the whereabouts of the young couple.
88. Never Pester Chester. Nov. 16, 1957. GS: Buddy Baer, Tom Greenway. Marshal Dillon is out for revenge after he finds his deputy Chester almost fatally injured from being dragged down Front St. behind the horses of transients Stobo and Treavitt. Matt puts aside his badge and prepares for a noholds barred fight.
89. Fingered. Nov. 23, 1957. GS: John Larch, Virginia Christine, John Launer, Karl Swenson. There are dark hints around Dodge City about the mysterious disappearance of Jim Corbett's first wife, when his second wife, Lila, newly arrived from the East, also vanishes. Marshal Matt Dillon investigates.
90. How to Kill a Woman. Nov. 30,1957. GS: June Lockhart, Grant Withers, Peg Hillias, Ruth Storey. Matt and Chester suspect collusion when a masked gunman robs the Overland Stage and wantonly murders two passengers, one of whom is a young woman.
91. Cows and Cribs. Dec. 7,1957. GS: Val Avery, Kathy Browne, Judson Taylor. Marshall Matt Dillon faces a showdown with a drunken homesteader who has a mysterious source of income, yet refuses to provide for the needs of his family. He is suspected of murder and cattle theft.
92. Doc's Reward. Dec. 14,1957. GS: Jack Lord. Marshal Matt
Dillon faces public resentment when he refuses to jail his friend
Doc Adams, although Adams has made a confession
of murder. Dillon suspects that a stranger in town is out to kill
Adams, and learns the identity of the man with the help of Kitty.
93. Kitty Lost. Dec. 21,1957. GS: Warren Stevens, Gage Clarke,
Brett King, Steve Ellsworth, George Selk. Kitty Russell, hostess
of the Long Branch saloon, finds herself in
danger when she is abandoned on a desolate plain by an Eastern
dude.
94. Twelfth Night. Dec. 28,1957. GS: William Schallert, James Griffith, Rose Marie, Dick Rich. Eben Hakes arrives in Dodge City bent on killing a homesteader named Joth Monger. The two are the surviving members of feuding families. Monger declines Marshal Dillon's help.
95. Joe Phy. Jan. 4, 1958. GS: Paul Richards, Morey Amsterdam, William Kendis. Matt Dillon learns from Cicero Grimes, the town drunk, that the acting marshal of a nearby town is not a fast draw. Dillon knows that his fellow lawman has been keeping the peace in the town solely on the strength of his reputation as a gunslinger.
96. Buffalo Man. Jan. 11, 1958. GS: Jack Klugman, John Anderson, Patricia Smith. Matt Dillon and his deputy Chester are held hostage by two buffalo hunters, and become involved in a plains war between Indians and the white hunters.
97. Kitty Caught. Jan. 18, 1958. GS: Bruce Gordon, Pat Conway, William Keene, John Compton. Two desperate bank robber brothers, Jed and Billy Gunter, carry Kitty off as a hostage. Marshal Dillon and Chester set out after them.
98. Claustrophobia. Jan. 25, 1958. GS: James Winslow, Will Sage, Vaughn Taylor, Joe Maross, Lynn Shubert, Jason Johnson. Two scheming land-grabbers attempt to oust a squatter from his land by killing his livestock and destroying his camp. Marshal Dillon tries to stop a gunfight between the squatter and the land-grabbers.
99. Ma Tennis. Feb. 2,1958. GS: Nina Varela, Ron Hagerthy, Corey Allen. The mother of a fugitive from justice tells Marshal Matt Dillon that she has killed her son because he wanted to give himself up. Dillon is skeptical and decides to make a further investigation.
100 Sunday Supplement. Feb. 8, 1958. GS: Jack Weston, Werner Klemperer, Ed Little, David Whorf. Two sharp newspapermen from New York go to Dodge City hoping to uncover some colorful stories about the Wild West. Their search touches off an Indian uprising that results in a bloody battle between the U.S. Cavalry and the Pawnee Indians.
101 Wild West. Feb. 15, 1958. GS: Paul Engel, Phyllis Coates, Philip Bourneuf, Murray Hamilton, Robert Gift. Young Yorky Kelly tells Matt Dillon that he fears his elderly father has been kidnaped by outlaws. Hattie, an ex-dance-hall girl, laughs at her stepson's imaginative tale, but Matt decides to investigate the boy's story.
65.102 The Cabin. Feb. 22, 1958. GS: Harry Dean Stanton, Claude Akins, Patricia Barry. Seeking shelter from a raging blizzard, Marshal Matt Dillon stumbles into a cabin and finds himself the captive of two hunted bank robbers. They decide to leave him on the prairie to freeze to death.
103. Dirt. March 1, 1959. GS: June Lockhart, Wayne Morris, Gail Kobe, Ian MacDonald, Barry McGuire, Tyler McVey. Just as a young man and his bride are leaving on their honeymoon, the groom is shot and killed. Matt Dillon tries to track down the killer.
104. Dooley Surrenders. March 8, 1958. GS: Strother Martin, Ken Lynch, James Maloney, Ben Wright. Emmett Dooley is afraid that during a recent hunting party, he got drunk and was responsible for the death of one of his companions. Matt Dillon disproves his story and sets out to find the real murderer.
105. Joke's on Us. March 15, 1958. GS: Virginia Gregg, Bartlett Robinson, Michael Hinn, James Kevin, Herbert C. Lytton, Craig Duncan. Three ranchers are convinced that a neighbor is a horse thief, and a lynching results. Later, they discover the man is innocent.
106. Bottleman (A.K.A. "Tom Cassidy"). March 22, 1958. GS: John Dehner, Ross Martin, Peggy McKay. Dodge City is shocked when the usually peaceful town drunk, Tom Cassidy, threatens to kill a newcomer. In an attempt to avert the murder, Matt Dillon uncovers a tragic secret in Tom's past.
107. Laughing Gas. March 29,1958. GS: Dean Harens, June Dayton, Jess Kirkpatrick, Val Benedict. A reformed gunfighter arrives in town with his traveling medicine show. He finds it difficult to refrain from taking to his guns again when the Marsh brothers, the town bullies, give him a beating.
108. Texas Cowboys. April 5, 1958. GS: Clark Gordon, Allan Lane, Ned Glass, Stafford Repp, John Mitchum. A Texan trail rider is murdered, and his friends take it upon themselves to decide who the murderer is. In an attempt to reason with the gang, Matt Dillon is forced to take a stand which makes him unpopular with the townspeople.
109. Amy's Good Deed. April 12, 19 5 8. GS: Jeanette Nolan, Lou Krugman. Matt faces an unusual predicament when a bitter old woman sets out to gun him down. She has vowed revenge on Dillon for having shot her brother.
110. Hanging Man. April 19,1958. GS: Zine Provendie, Robert Osterloh, Luis Van Rooten, Helen Kleeb, Dick Rich, K.L. Smith. A Dodge City merchant is found hanged in his office, apparently a suicide. But Marshal Matt Dillon believes the man has been murdered.
111. Innocent Broad. April 26,1958. GS: Myrna Fahey, Joe Bassett, Ed Kernmer. On the way to town in a stagecoach, a gunslinger attempts to force his attentions on Linda Bell, who is coming to Dodge City to marry Lou Paxon. Learning of this, Paxon demands a showdown with the gunman.
112. The Big Con. May 3,1958. GS: Joe Kearns, Alan Dexter, Raymond Bailey. Three confidence men attempt to escape from Dodge City with $20,000 they have stolen from the bank. To be sure Matt Dillon won't try to stop them, they take Doc Adams as hostage.
113. Widow's Mite. May 10, 1958. GS: Marshall Thompson, Katharine Bard, Ken Mayer. Matt Dillon shoots and kills an express office robber, but is unable to locate the stolen loot. Later, when Leach Fields marries the robber's widow, Dillon suspects Fields is interested only in finding out where the money is hidden.
114. Chester's Hanging. May 17,1958. GS: Charles Cooper, Walter Barnes, Sam Edwards. After jailing a wanted stagecoach robber, Matt learns that the man's accomplice is planning a rescue attempt. The robber has hired a gunman and intends to raid the jail.
115. Carmen. May 24, 1958. GS: Ruta Lee, Robert Patten,
Tommy Farrell, Ray Teal, Alan Gifford. Three cavalry-men are killed
during an Army payroll robbery. The Fort Dodge commandant gives
Marshal Matt Dillon just 48 hours to find the guilty party, or
Dodge City will be put under mar
tial law.
116. Overland Express. May 31,1958. GS: Simon
Oakland, Peter Mamakos, Clem Bevans, James Gavin, Forrest Stanley,
Jan Arvan, Jimmy Cross. Matt Dillon and Chester are taking Jim
Nation, by way of the overland stage, to Dodge City to face a
murder charge. Dillon is suddenly forced to trust the fugitive
with the lives of all the passengers aboard the stagecoach when
a highwayman gets the drop on him.
117. The Gentleman. June 7,1958. GS: Timothy Carey, Virginia Baker, Jack Cassidy, Henry Corden. A gentleman gambler and Boni Damon, one of Kitty's hostesses, have fallen in love. Because a jealous teamster has threatened to kill anyone who associates with Boni, Matt Dillon attempts to persuade the gambler and Boni to leave town to avoid trouble.
118. Matt for Murder. Sept. 13,1958, GS: Robert J. Wilke, Bruce Gordon, Elisha Cook, Jr. Cattleman Red Samples' partner has been murdered. Samples accuses Matt Dillon of the deed, and brings a witness to prove it. Matt is suspended as U.S. marshal. Then he learns that his old friend Wild Bill Hickok, sheriff of Abilene, is coming to arrest him.
119. The Patsy. Sept. 20, 1958. GS: Peter Breck, Jan Harrison, Martin Landau, John Alderman, Ken Lynch. When young Dave Thorp is murdered, a hostess at the Long Branch Saloon identifies Fly Hoyt as the killer. Hoyt surrenders to Matt Dillon in an attempt to clear himself, but the murdered boy's older brother is determined to kill Hoyt, and not wait for the laws decision.
120. Gunsmuggler. Sept. 27,1958. GS: Paul Langton, Frank de Kova. An entire family living on an isolated ranch is wiped out in what looks like an Indian massacre. Major Evans of the Army wants to call out his troops to track down the white men responsible for smuggling illegal arms to the Indians. But Matt convinces the major it would be wiser to let him take the responsibility.
121. Monopoly. Oct. 4,1958. GS: Harry Townes, J. Pat O'Malley, Robert Gist. A stranger named Ivy moves into Dodge and proceeds to buy out all the local freight lines. Only old Joe Trimble refuses to sell. Not long afterwards, Trimble's home is set afire, and his wife is killed in the blaze.
122. Letter of the Law. Oct. 11, 1958. GS: Clifton James, Mary Carver, Harold J. Stone, Bartlett Robinson. Matt receives a court order saying he must evict Brandon Teek, a reformed gunslinger, and his wife from their home. But Teek refuses to move and threatens to protect his property with a gun. Matt decides to ride to Wichita to see the district judge on Teek's behalf.
123. Thoroughbreds. Oct. 18, 1958. GS: Ron Randelf, Walter Barnes, Dan Blocker. Matt's suspicions about Jack Portis, a slick newcomer to Dodge City, are seemingly confirmed when Kitty claims she saw him draw first in a gunfight with two cowboys.
124. Stage Hold-Up. Oct. 25,1958. GS: Bob Morgan, John Anderson, Charles Aidman, Sandy Kenyon, Robert Brubaker. Caught in a stagecoach holdup, Matt and Chester see one of the bandits wounded in the arm during the getaway. Back in Dodge City, Matt recognizes the voice of a man trying to get medicine from Doc for a wounded friend. Matt is certain that the man is one of the bandits.
125. Lost Rifle. Nov. 1, 1958. GS: Charles Bronson, Paul Engel, Lew Gallo, Tom Greenway. Andy Spangler finds the body of Will Gibbs, and suspects Ben Tiple of the murder because Gibbs and Tiple were enemies. But Tiple, a good friend of Matt Dillon's, denies the murder, and Matt tries to help him.
126. Land Deal. Nov. 8, 1958. GS: Dennis Patrick, Nita Talbot, Murray Hamilton, Ross Martin. Matt Dillon is suspicious of Trumbill, a land agent who has made a deal with a group of settlers. Trumbill has agreed to obtain for them some acreage belonging to a railroad. Dillon decides to investigate.
127. Lynching Man. Nov. 15,1958. GS: George Macready, Bing Russell, Charles Gray, O.Z. Whitehead. Two saddle tramps kill a would-be homesteader and steal his horse. Dodge City seethes over the incident and one man warns Matt Dillon he must find the criminals.
128. How to Kill a Friend. Nov. 22,1958. GS: James Westerfield, Philip Abbott, Pat Conway. Matt refuses the bribe offered him by two gamblers and runs them out of town. The gamblers hire a gunman to get rid of Matt.
129. Grass. Nov. 29,1958. GS: Philip Coolidge, Charles Fredericks, Chris Alcaide. Matt Dillon advises meek homesteader Harry Pope to get a rifle to protect himself from the Indians whom he insists he hears each night. Pope gets the rifle and unwittingly kills a cowboy. The cowboy's partner then decides to kill Pope.
130. The Cast. Dec. 6,1958. GS: Robert F. Simon, Ben Carruthers. While doctor-hating rancher Shell Tucker is away on a wolf hunt, his wife accidentally swallows a nail. Her son brings Doc Adams to help, but despite his efforts, the woman dies. Matt realizes he will have to protect his friend Doc from the wrath of Tucker.
131. Robber Bridegroom. Dec. 13, 19 5 8. GS: Burt Douglas, Jan Harrison, Donald Randolph, Frank Maxwell, Clem Fuller, Tex Terry, Dan Sheridan. En route to Dodge City to marry her fiance, a girl is abducted by a band of outlaws who have robbed the stage on which she was traveling. When the kidnaper rides into town with the girl, Dillon places him in jail, but the girl refuses to testify against him.
132. Snakebite. Dec. 20,1958. GS: Andy Clyde, Warren Oates, Charles Maxwell. While riding into Dodge City, two drifters kill a dog belonging to elderly Poney Thompson. The old man swears revenge, and the next morning one of the drifters is found with his throat slashed. Circumstantial evidence points to Thompson.
133. The Gypsum Hills Feud. Dec. 27,1958. GS: Anne Barton, William Schallert, Albert Linville, Hope Summers, Sam Edwards. Matt and Chester are hunting antelope in remote hill country when the are fired upon by an unseen assailant. Upon investigation, they discover two hostile mountain couples engaged in a bitter feud which has already claimed two lives.
134. Young Love. Jan. 3, 1959. GS: Joan Taylor, Jon Lormer, Wesley Lau, Charles Cooper, Stephen Chase. Matt Dillon is faced with a complicated situation when he discovers that the young widow of a murdered cattleman is in love with the man suspected of killing him.
135 Marshal Proudfoot. Jan. 10, 1959. GS: Dabbs Greer, Charles Fredericks, Earl Parker, Robert Brubaker. Marshal Dillon goes along with a hoax when Chester's aging Uncle Wesley arrives for a visit. Wesley thinks Chester is the marshal. To impress Uncle Wesley with Chester's prowess, Kitty and Doc plan to stage a fake holdup.
136. Passive Resistance. Jan. 17, 1959. GS: Carl Benton Reid, Alfred Ryder, Read Morgan. During a range war, two cowmen kill all the sheep belonging to Gideon Seek and then burn the man's home and wagon. Seek, a deeply religious man, refuses to reveal the identity of his tormentors to Marshal Matt Dillon.
137. Love ofa Good Woman. Jan. 24,1959. GS: Kevin Hagen, Jacqueline Scott. Paroled convict Coney Thorn returns to Dodge City to kill Matt, who originally arrested him. Before Thorn can complete his task, he is stricken with brain fever. He is put in the care of a pretty widow who nurses his body and soul back to health.
138. Jayhawkers. Jan. 31,1959. GS: Jack Elam, Ken Curtis, Chuck Hayward, Lane Bradford, Earl Parker, Brad Payne. Paul Jacks, who is riding with Dolph Quince's Texas herd, comes into Dodge City to tell Matt Dillon that his group fears a raid by renegades. Matt and Chester go with Jacks to investigate.
139. Kitty's Rebellion. Feb. 7,1959. GS: Barry McGuire, Addison Powell, Robert Brubaker, Ben Wright. The younger brother of a long-time friend of Kitty's arrives in Dodge City. Shocked to discover that Kitty works as a hostess in a saloon, the young man appoints himself her bodyguard.
140. Sky. Feb. 14,1959. GS: Allen Case, Charles Thompson, Linda Watkins, Olive Blakeney, Patricia Huston. One of the Longbranch girls is murdered and evidence points to young Billy Daunt as the murderer. Stealing a horse, the young man flees, and Marshal Matt Dillon and Chester set out to find him.
141. Doc Quits. Feb. 21, 1959. GS: Wendell Holmes, Fiona Hale, Bartlett Robinson, Jack Grinnage, Jack Younger, Bert Rumsey. A new doctor comes to Dodge City and opens a practice. Doc Adams claims that the man is a charlatan, but the townspeople won't listen because they believe Doc is jealous.
142. The Bear. Feb. 28, 1959. GS: Denver Pyle, Norma Crane, Grant Williams, Russell Johnson, Guy Wilkerson. Gentle Mike Blocker, a rancher, is planning to marry an ex-saloon girl, Tilda. Joe Plummer, once a friend of Tilda's, jealously plots against Mike.
143. The Coward. March 7, 1959. GS: Barry Atwater, Jim Beck, House Peters, Jr., William Phipps, Barney Phillips, Sheldon Allman. A rancher who bears an uncanny resemblance to Matt Dillon is found murdered. Matt is sure that the killer mistook the rancher for the man he really wanted to kill - Matt Dillon.
144. The E U. March 14,19 59. GS: Bert Freed, Joe kynn, Fay Roope, Steve Raines, Ed Faulkner. After a quarrel between Al Clovis and Onie Becker, Becker is found dead. Clovis immediately takes a train out of Dodge City, and Marshal Matt Dillon and Chester follow him.
145. Wind. March 21,1959. GS: Whitney Blake, Mark Miller, Roy Engel, Walter Burke, Allen Lurie, Guy Teague. A new girl is working at one of the saloons in town and Matt Dillon suspects that she is a shill for a gambler. After two arguments over the girl result in two deaths, Matt determines to run the gambler and the girl out of town.
146. Fawn. April 4, 1959. GS: Peggy Stewart, Robert Rockwell, Robert Karnes, Wendy Stewart. Matt Dillon frees a squaw and her daughter who have been enslaved by a band of Indians. He then discovers that the squaw is really a white woman who was captured by the Indians some years earlier.
147. Renegade White. April 11, 1959. GS: Barney Phillips, Michael Pate, Bob Brubaker. Ord Spicer leaves Dodge City after Marshal Matt Dillon frees him for a murder charge by proving self-defense. Later Dillon hears that Spicer may be selling rifles to the Indians, so the Marshal rides out to question him.
148. Murder Warrant. April 18,1959. GS: Ed Nelson, Onslow Stevens, Mort Mills, Fay Roope. Deputy Jake Harbin of Baker City sets up an ambush and almost kills Lee Prentice, who's wanted for murder. Prentice appeals to Marshal Dillon, claiming that he acted in self-defense and is not a murderer.
149. Change of Heart. April 25,1959. GS: James Drury, Ken Curtis, Lucy Marlowe. Jerry Cass and dance-hall girl Bella Grant fall in love and plan to be married. Jerry's brother, however, is furious when he hears the news and he warns Jerry that he'd better change his wedding plans.
150. Buffalo Hunter. May 2, 1959. GS: Harold J. Stone, Lou Krugman, Garry Walberg, Scott Stevens, Sam Buffington. Two buffalo skinners are the victims of a brutal murder. Another skinner tells Marshal Dillon that the boss of the buffalo-hunting party might know something about their deaths.
151. The Choice. May 9,1959. GS: Darryl Hickman, Robert Brubaker, Charles Maxwell, Dick Rich. Friendly Andy Hill, a new arrival in Dodge City, is hired as a guard by the stagecoach line. Soon after, another stranger, a known criminal, comes to town. Marshal Dillon learns that both men are on the wanted list.
152. There Never Was a Horse. May 16,1959. GS: Jack Lambert, Joseph Sargent, Bill Wellman, Jr. Kin Creed, crack shot and troublemaker, coaxes a drunk into a gunfight. Creed kills the man and explains to Matt Dillon that he shot in self-defense. Knowing that Dillon won't arrest him, Creed attempts to goad the marshal into a showdown.
153. Print Asper. May 23,1959. GS: J. Pat O'Malley, Ted Knight, Lew Brown, Robert Ivers. Print Asper decides to turn over his ranch to his two sons, and he asks a lawyer to draw up a deed. But the unscrupulous attorney takes over the title himself. When Asper learns of the deception, he threatens the lawyer.
154. The Constable. May 30, 1959. GS: John Larch, Pitt Herbert, Strother Martin, William Bryant, Joel Ashley, Scott Peters, Dan Sheridan, John Mitchum, Lee Winters, Vic Lundin. Cowboys from the Drag R ranch get so rough in Dodge City that Marshal Matt Dillon is forced to reprimand them. The boss of the cowboys tells Dillon to let his boys alone, or he and his men will boycott the town.
155. Blue Horse. June 6,1959. GS: Gene Nelson, Michael Pate, Bill Murphy, Monte Hale. While taking a prisoner back to Dodge City, Marshal Matt Dillon and his deputy Chester are stopped by an Army patrol. The patrol is looking for some Indians who have run away from the reservation.
156. Cheyennes. June 13,1959. GS: Walter Brooke, Chuck Robertson, Ralph Moody, Eddie Little Sky, Tim Brown. Marshal Dillon and his deputy Chester find the bodies of some settlers who have been killed by Indians. When an overly ambitious Army officer sets out after the Indians, Dillon fears that there will be an Indian uprising unless he reaches the killers first.
157. Target. Sept. 5, 1959. GS: Darryl Hickman, John Carradine, Susan Lloyd, Frank De Kova. Young Danny Kadar has fallen in love with a Gypsy girl, one of a group who have camped near Dodge City. Danny and the girl want to marry, but his father and the Gypsies are strongly opposed to such a marriage.
158. Kitty's Injury. Sept. 19, 1959. GS: Don Dubbins, Karl Swenson, Anne Seymour. While riding with Marshal Matt Dillon, Kitty is thrown from her horse and badly injured. Dillon carries her to a nearby shack for help, but encounters a hostile family who are unwilling to give assistance. As Kitty's fever mounts, Dillon is forced to take action.
159 Horse Deal. Sep. 26, 1959. GS: Bartlett Robinson, Harry Carey, Jr., Trevor Bardette, Michael Hinn, Fred Grossinger, Bill Catching. Some ranchers near Dodge City buy horses which, they learn later, were stolen from a cowboy named Charlie Deesha. Marshal Dillon seems unwilling to track down the horse thief, and the enraged ranchers threaten to organize a lynch mob.
160. Johnny Red. Oct. 3,1959. GS: James Drury, Josephine Hutchinson, Abel Fernandez, Dennis McMullen. A young man comes to Dodge City and identifies himself as Billy Crale. Matt Dillon recognizes him as a ruthless criminal called Johnny Red but he is unable to run him out of town because he has no concrete evidence.
161. Kangaroo. Oct. 10, 1959. GS: Peter Whitney, John Crawford, Richard Rust, Lew Brown, Clem Fuller. Matt Dillon and Chester rescue a cowboy from a flogging at the hand of the Scurlocks. The demented father and his two sons vow revenge, and kidnap Chester.
162. Tail to the Wind. Oct. 17,1959. GS: Harry Townes, Alice Backes, Harry Swoger, Alan Reed, Jr. Big Burke Reese and his son Harlow want to buy a small farm from Pezzy Neller, but Neller refuses to sell. Reese and Harlow then prepare to run Neller and his wife off their land.
163. Annie Oakley. Oct. 24, 1959. GS: Florence MacMichael, George Mitchell, John Anderson. Because her husband pays too little attention to her, Kate Kinsman tricks him into fighting over her with a neighbor. Matt Dillon stops the fight, but Kate's husband is later found shot to death.
164. Saludos. Oct. 31, 1959. GS: Connie Buck, Gene Nelson, Jack Elam, Robert J. Wilke. A wounded half-breed girl rides into town and tells Marshal Dillon that she was shot by a man while traveling through the Choctaw Basin. Matt and Chester go after the culprit, but they find three suspects at their destination.
165. Brother Whelp. Nov. 7,1959. GS: Lew Gallo, Ellen Clark, John Clarke. After some old robbery charges against him are dropped, Sted Rutger rides back to Dodge City and finds that his former fiancee has married his brother. Rutget tells Marshal Dillon that he intends to kill his brother.
166. The Boots. Nov. 14, 1959. GS: John Larch, Richard Eyer, Wynn Pearce. Zeno, the town character and salesclerk in the general story, is befriended by a young boy. Then a stranger comes to town who threatens to break up their friendship.
167. Odd Man Out. Nov. 21,1959. GS: Elisha Cook, Jr., William Phipps, Elizabeth York, Dallas Mitchell. Cyrus Tucker tells Marshal Dillon that his wife has left him after many years of marriage. Checking around, Matt and Chester find that no one has seen Mrs. Tucker leave town.
168. Miguel's Daughter. Nov. 28, 1959. GS: Fintan Meyler, Simon Oakland, Wesley Lau, Ed Nelson. A pair of rough trail hands accost pretty Chavela Ramirez in town, but Kitty intervenes before they can harm the girl. Matt and Chester escort Chavela to her home, where they arc met by an angry father.
169. Box O'Rocks. Dec. 5,1959. GS: Vaughn Taylor, Howard McNear, Larry Blake, William Fawcett, Gertrude Flynn. Marshal Dillon attends funeral services for prospector Packy Rountree. When Dillon looks into the coffin, he finds that it is full of gold ore.
170. False Witness. Dec. 12,1959. GS: Wright King, Wayne Rogers, Robert Griffin, Len Hendry, Richard Sinatra, Norman Sturgis, Brad Trumbull. A man is shot and killed by an unknown gunman in Dodge City. Seeing a chance to become important, Rumey Crep claims that he saw young Tom Morey shoot the man.
171. Tag, You're It. Dec. 19, 1959. GS: Paul Langton, Madlyn
Rhue, Gregg Stewart, Harold Goodwin. Hired gunman Karl Killion
rides into Dodge City. The townspeople are
fearful, but Marshal Dillon is powerless to arrest Killion until
he breaks the law.
172. Thick 'n' Thin. Dec. 26,1959. GS: Robert Emhardt, Percy Helton, Tina Menard. Two old ranchers who have been partners for many years tire of their venture. Each comes separately to Marshal Dillon to demand the eviction of the other from their ranch.
173. Groat's Grudge. Jan. 2, 1960. GS: Ross Elliot, Thomas Coley, Ben Wright. Ex-Rebel Lee Grayson comes to Dodge City and announces that he intends to kill cowboy Tom Haskett. Grayson says Haskett was responsible for his wife's death during Sherman's march through Georgia.
174. Big Tom. Jan. 9,1960. GS: Harry Lauter, Don Megowan, Robert J. Wilke, Howard Caine, Gregg Palmer, Rand Harper. Clay Cran, conniving manager of a bare-knuckle fighter, is looking for a way to make some quick money. He tricks a former boxer, who has retired because of a heart condition, into accepting a match.
175. Till Death Do Us. Jan. 16,1960. GS: Milton Selzer, Mary Field, Rayford Barnes. Eccentric Jezra Cobb and his wife are the targets of an unsuccessful murder attempt in Dodge City. Marshal Dillon finds that some of Kitty's dancehall girls hate Cobb enough to have hired a killer.
176. The Tragedian. Jan. 23,1960. GS: John Abbott, Stanley Clements, Harry Woods, Howard McNear. Edward Vanderman, an unemployed actor, is caught using a marked deck in the Longbranch saloon. Marshal Matt Dillon takes pity on the old trouper and finds him a job.
177. Hinka Do. Jan. 30, 1960. GS: Nina Varela, Walter Burke, Mike Green, Richard Reeves, Bob Hopkins, Ric Roman. Overnight, Dodge City's Lady Gay saloon changes hands. The new owner is a woman who is handy with a sixgun.
178. Doc Judge. Feb. 6, 1960. GS: Barry Atwater, Dennis Cross. Matt Dillon is out of town and Doc, up to his usual tricks, needles Chester, remarking that he is useless. Then Doc's life is threatened by a gunslinger, and it is up to Chester to protect him.
179. Moo Moo Raid. Feb. 13,1960. GS: Raymond Hatton, Lane Bradford, Robert Karnes, Richard Evans, Tyler McVey, Ron Hayes, John Close. Racing to deliver the first herd of the season to Dodge, the trail bosses of the two cattle drives meet at a rain-swollen river. They discover a scraggly old cow which could lead a heard across the river and clash over which herd should go first.
180. Kitty's Killing. Feb. 20,1960. GS: Abraham Sofaer, John Pickard. Kitty hears that deranged Jacob Leech is planning to kill a rancher. It's too late to get help, so Kitty jeopardizes her own life in an attempt to warn the intended victim.
181. Jailbait Janet. Feb. 27,1960. GS: John Larch, Nan Peterson, Bartlett Robinson, Steve Terrell, Jon Lormer. A bandit's two teenage children assist him in a train robbery. As they make their escape, one of the youngsters kills the baggage clerk.
182. Unwanted Deputy. March 5,1960. GS: Charles Aidman, Mary Carver, Marlowe Jenson, Dick Rich, Ed Faulkner, Dick London, Craig Fox. The brother of a convicted killer plots revenge. He starts a campaign to unseat Dillon as United States Marshal.
183. Where'd They Go? March 12,1960. GS: Jack Elam, Betty Harford. Jonas the storekeeper is positive it was farmer Clint Dodie who robbed his place. Matt and Chester can't believe that the shiftless Dodie pulled the job, but they head out to pick him up.
184. Crowbait Bob. March 26, 1960. GS: Shirley O'Hara, John Apone, Ned Glass. Old Crowbait draws up a will naming Kitty as his sole heir. Sensing unsuspected riches, his ravenous relatives circle around their prey.
185. Colleen So Green. April 2, 1960. GS: Joanna Moore, Harry Swoger, Robert Brubaker, Percy Ivins. A southern belle arrives in Dodge City, and Chester, Doc and buffalo skinner Bull Reeger fall all over themselves trying to protect the helpless lass.
186. The Ex- Urbanites. April 9, 1960. GS: Ken Curtis, Lew Brown, Robert J. Wilke. Chester gets a chance to show the stuff he is made of. When Doc is shot, Chester is left with two jobs - nursing his old enemy and holding off a pair of killers.
187. I Thee Wed. April 16,1960. GS: Allyn Joslyn, Alice Frost. Matt Dillon tosses Sam Lackett into jail on his umpteenth charge of wife-beating. But Mrs. Lackett promptly pays Sam's fine.
188. The Lady Killer. April 23,1960. GS: Jan Harrison, Ross Elliott, Harry Lauter, Charles Starrett. There is a new girl at the Longbranch saloon, and she sure makes a strong impression on the customers. She shoots a cowboy, then lines up Matt Dillon as her next victim.
189. Gentleman's Disagreement. April 30, 1960. GS: ~dam Kennedy, Fintan Meyler, Val Dufour, Tom Reese. It looks like a showdown between Wells the blacksmith and a gunman who once courted his wife. Mrs. Wells begs Matt to protect her husband.
190. Speak Me Fair. May 7,1960. GS: Douglas Kennedy, Ken Curtis, Perry Cook, Chuck Roberson. Out hunting, Matt, Doc and Chester find an Indian youth crawling through the brush. The boy has been savagely beaten.
191. Belle's Back. May 14,1960. GS: Nita Talbot, Nancy Rennick, Daniel White, Gage Clark. Belle Ainsley turns up in Dodge City and gets a cool reception. Three years earlier she skipped town in the company of a wanted criminal.
192. The Bobsy Twins. May 21,1960. GS: Ralph Moody, Morris Ankrum, Jean Howell, Buck Young, John O'Malley, Richard Chamberlain, Paul Hahn. A pair of killers from the hills have set themselves a lunatic goal - to rid the countryside of Indians.
193. Old Flame. May 28,1960. GS: Marilyn Maxwell, Lee Van Cleef, Peggy Stewart, Hal Smith. An old friend of Matt's comes to Dodge City to ask his protection. She says her husband isn't far behind and that he intends to kill her.
194. The Deserter. June 4, 1960. GS: Rudy Solari, Joe Perry, Jean Inness, Henry Brandon, Charles Fredericks. The Army payroll looks good to Cpl. Lurie Janus, so he plots with a civilian to steal it.
195. Cherry Red. June 11, 1960. GS: Joanna Moore, Arthur Franz, Douglas Kennedy, Cliff Ketchum. Marshal Dillon gets word that prospector Slim O'Dell was killed while robbing a stage coach, but refrains from telling the widow until he can locate the dead man's partner in crime.
196. Friend's Pay-Off. Sept. 3,1960. GS: Mike Road, Tom Reese, Jay Hector. Before Joe Leeds dies he accuses Ab Butler of being a bank robber. Matt Dillon has a tough job ahead because Butler is his friend.
197. The Blacksmith. Sept. 17,1960. GS: Anna-Lisa, George Kennedy, Bob Anderson, Wesley Lau, Herb Patterson. Emile, Dodge City's blacksmith, is getting married to Gretchen, his mail-order bride. But a rancher named Tolman, who wants Emil's property, tries to disrupt the wedding party.
198. Small Water. Sept. 24,1960. GS: Trevor Bardette, Rex Holman, Warren Oates. Marshal Dillon is forced to kill Leroy Pickett when he tries to evade arrest. The Pickett family plots revenge.
199. Say Uncle. Oct. 1, 1960. GS: Richard Rust, Harry Lauter, Gene Nelson, Dorothy Green, Roy Barcroft. Lee Nagle's father died in an accident. But Lee suspects his drifter Uncle Hutch had something to do with causing it.
200. Shooting Stopover. Oct. 8, 1960. GS: Anthony Caruso, Patricia Barry, Paul Guilfoyle, Robert Brubaker. Matt and Chester are riding the stage to Wichita with killer Bud Gurney. Also on board is a young schoolteacher named Laura, a minister named Beckett, and a big gold shipment.
201. The Peace Officer. Oct. 15, 1960. GS: Lane Bradford, Susan Cummings, John Zaccaro, John Close. Sheriff Clegg Rawlins has taken over the town of Tuscosa, so the fearful citizens send for Matt for help. Dillon fires the sheriff from his job, but he is hardly out of town before Rawlins starts his revenge.
202. Don Matteo. Oct. 22, 1960. GS: Lawrence Dobkin, Bing Russell, Ben Wright. Grave Tabor causes a ruckus in the Longbranch Saloon, so Matt runs him out of town. just in time too, for pretty soon Esteban Garcia rides into town with the intention of gunning Tabor down.
203. The Worm. Oct. 29,1960. GS: Kenneth Tobey, H.M. Wynant, Ned Glass, Stewart Bradley, Gage Clark. Spadden is a brute of a man who likes to throw his weight around. But Archer, his newest victim, stands up to Spadden's bullying.
204. The Badge. Nov. 12, 1960. GS: John Dehner, Conlan Carter, Harry Swoger, Mike Mikler, Allan Lane. Matt chases two killers, one vicious and the other not too bright. There is a posse close behind, so Rack and Angie, the killers, wound Matt and take him hostage.
205. Distant Drummer. Nov. 19, 1960. GS: Jack Grinnage, George Mitchell, Bruce Gordon, William Newell, Phil Chambers. Two mule skinners named Grade and Sloat delight in tormenting young Raffie Bligh, a former wartime drummer boy. They force Raffie to play his drums on the streets of Dodge City and Raffie threatens to kill them.
206. Ben Toliver's Stand. Nov. 26,1960. GS: John Lupton, Roy Barcroft, Jean Ingram. Jake Creed doesn't take kindly to hired hand Ben Tolliver's interest in his daughter Nancy, so they argue and Ben is fired. When he leaves, he takes a horse he captured and broke, but Jake accuses him of being a horse thief.
207. No Chip. Dec. 3,1960. GS: John Hoyt, Rex Holman, Leo Gordon, Mark Allen, Guy Stockwell. Jeff Mossman and his son Pete run some stray cattle off their land. The stock belongs to the tough Dolan brothers, and Big Hutch Dolan swears he'll get the Mossmans.
208. The Wake. Dec. 10, 1960. GS: Denver Pyle, Anne Seymour, Joel Ashley, Gregg Schilling, Michael Hinn. Drifter Gus Mather arrives in Dodge with the body of a citizen named Boggs, and he wants a real high-class wake and funeral for his dear pal. But then Mrs. Boggs arrives, and claims she never heard her husband mention anyone named Gus.
209. The Cook. Dec. 17,1960. GS: Guy Stockwell, Gene Benton, Harry Swoger, Sue Randall, John Pickard, Ken Mayer, Tom Greenway, John Milford, Brad Trumbull, Craig Duncan. The food is pretty bad at the local eatery, and since a drifter named Sandy is out of work and hungry, he is hired as cook to improve the situation. Everyone is impressed with Sandy's ability, except a buffalo hunter named Fisher who doesrA like the eggs.
210. 01d Fool. Dec. 24,1960. GS: Buddy Ebsen, Hope Summers, Linda Watkins, Hampton Fancher. Widow Elsie Hedgepeth takes a romantic interest in farmer Hannibal Bass and seeks to break up his marriage to his wife Della.
211. Brother Love. Dec. 31, 1960. GS: Lurene Tuttle, Kevin Hagen, Gene Lyons, Jack Grinnage, Jan Harrison. A Dodge City storekeeper named Gus is gunned down and dies with the name of Cumbers on his lips. But there are two men named Cumbers, Nate and Frank.
212. Bad Sheriff. Jan. 7,1961. GS: Russell Arms, KenLynch,
Harry Carey, Jr., Lane Chandler, Don Keefer. Trying to escape
from Matt and Chester, a stagecoach robber namedGance runs smack
into an ambush set by another desperado named Hark. When the lawmen
arrive, Hark introduces him-
self as a sheriff.
213. Unloaded Gun. Jan. 14,1961. GS: William Redfield, Lew Brown, Greg Dunn, James Malcolm, Rik Nervik. Matt's after a couple of desperadoes when he suddenly develops a fever. He manages to gun down one of the fugitives, but barely makes it back to Dodge City before collapsing.
214. The Trapper. Jan. 21,1961. GS: Tom Reese, Strother Martin, Jan Shepard. Rowley and his wife Tassie ask for shelter at the camp of a solitary trapper named Ben. Ben extends his hospitality, but next day Tassie is found beaten to death.
215. Love Thy Neighbor. Jan. 28, 1961. GS: Jeanette Nolan, Jack Elam, Ken Lynch, Warren Oates, David Kent. Little Peter Scooper flees from the Galloway place with a sack of potatoes, and runs smack into a barbed-wire fence. The Galloways catch him, but decide not to punish him - this time.
216. Bad Seed. Feb. 4,1961. GS: Ann Heim, Roy Barcroft, Burt Douglas. Trudy Trent comes up to Matt and begs him to take her to Dodge City. It seems that her father is a drunken brute and she just can't go on living with him. Matt tells her to give it another try.
217. Kitty Shot. Feb. 11, 1961. GS: George Kennedy, Christopher Gray, Rayford Barnes, Joseph Mell. Two miners named Jake and George are whooping it up in the Long Branch Saloon, and get into a fight. Jake shoots George, and one of the stray bullets hits Kitty. While Doc operates on Kitty, Matt goes after the culprit.
218. About Chester. Feb. 25, 1961. GS: Charles Aidman, House Peters, Jr., Mary Munday, Harry Shannon, George Eldredge. Doc's dour face hasn't been seen around town for a few days and Kitty is worried. He was supposed to set Jake Wirth's boy's broken leg, but he never showed up.
219. Harriet. March 4,1961. GS: Suzanne Lloyd, Joseph Hamilton, Tom Reese, Ron Hayes. Schoolteacher James Horne and his daughter Harriet are on their way to Colorado when Horne is killed by two gunmen. Harriet escapes and walks all the way to Dodge City.
220. Potshot. March 11, 1961. GS: Karl Swenson, Gage Clark, Joseph Mell, Dallas Mitchell. Matt receives a telegram from a neighboring sheriff about two bank robbers who are on their way to Dodge. Soon afterward, Chester is bushwhacked and badly wounded and Matt sets out to find the attackers.
221. Old Faces. March 18, 1961. GS: James Drury, Jan Shepard, George Keymas, Ron Hayes. Tom Cook and his bride Tilda plan to settle in Dodge City. Chester thinks he has seen Tilda in Texas, and gunman Ed Ivers is sure he saw her on a Mississippi gambling boat.
222 Big Man. March 25,1961. GS: John McLiam, George Kennedy, Chris Alcaide, Sandy Kenyon, Rayford Barnes, Barney Phillips. Pat Swarner tries to force his attentions on Kitty, but Matt sends him on his way. Later that night, Swarner is found beaten to death, and Jud Sloan thinks he saw the marshal do it.
223. Little Girl. April 1, 1961. GS: Susan Gordon, Wright King, Billy McLean, Ann Morrison, Rickie Weaver, Robby Weaver, Rusty Weaver, Megan King, Michael King, Rip King. Matt and Chester happen upon the smoldering ruins of a prairie cabin fire. A little girl named Charity comes up to them and says that the burned shack was her home and that her father perished in the fire.
224. Stolen Horses. April 8, 1961. GS: Jack Lambert, Guy Raymond, Henry Brandon, Shirley O'Hara. Jed Cuff's eyes are poor, but not so bad that he can't see horse thieves Tebow and Acker murder his pal Jim Redigo. Jed hightails it for Dodge to report the killing.
65.225 Minnie. April 15, 1961. GS: Virginia Gregg, Alan
Hale, Jr., Matthew McCue, Barry Cahill, Robert Human. Minnie Higgens
seems to prefer buckskins to frilly frocks. But, while Doc is
patching up a minor bullet wound for her, she takes a good look
at him and love comes to her
226. Bless Me Till I Die. April 22,1961. GS: Ronald Foster, Phyllis Love, Vic Perrin. Townsman Nat Bush says that travelers Cole and Beth Treadwell aren't welcome in Dodge City, and he tries to scare off their horses. Then Matt sends Bush off to jail and the bully swears vengeance on the Treadwells.
227. Long Hours, Short Pay. April 29, 1961. GS: John Larch, Dawn Little Sky, Lalo Rios, Allan Lane, Steve Warren, Frank Sentry, Fred McDougall. Selling guns to the Indians is the way a man named Serpa makes his living. But he seems to have rung up his last sale. Matt spies him closing a deal with some Pawnees and, after waiting for the Indians to leave, arrests the gunrunner.
228. Hard Virtue. May 6,1961. GS: Lia Waggner, Lew Brown, Robert Karnes, James Maloney. After Ed Fallon gives Andy Coe a job, he secretly makes a pass at Andy's wife, Millie. Andy becomes suspicious, and starts carrying a gun.
229. The Imposter. May 13,1961. GS: Jim Davis, Virginia Gregg, Garry Walberg, Paul Langton, Harp McGuire. The new arrival in town is Ab Stringer, a Texas sheriff in search of a fleeing outlaw - or so Matt has been led to believe. Doubts arise when Matt learns that a Texas sheriff by the same name has been found murdered.
230. Chester's Dilemma. May 20, 1961. GS: Patricia Smith, John Van Dreelen. Chester takes an interest in pretty Edna Walstrom's arrival in Dodge. And Edna is interested in Chester, especially in his daily trips to pick up Marshal Dillon's mail.
231. The Love of Money. May 27,1961. GS: Cloris Leachman,
Warren Kernmerling, Tod Andrews. Dillon's friend Nate Tatham is
a former lawman who turned in his badge when his nerve ran out.
Now on his way to California and a new life, he stops off in Dodge
where he meets Boni Van
Deman, a homely Longbranch hostess.
232. Melinda Miles. June 3,1961. GS: Diana Millay, Burt Douglas, Walter Sande, Christopher Gray, Rand Brooks. Melinda Miles is the cause of bad blood between cowhand Tom Potter and ranch foreman Ray Tayloe. Melinda loves Potter, but her father thinks his old friend Tayloe would make a better son-in-law.
233. Colorado Sheriff. June 17,1961. GS: Wright King, Robert Karnes, Kelton Garwood, Wayne West. Two arrivals from Colorado turn up in Dodge City, and both of them have been wounded, Shortly after Rod Ellison is found with a bullet in his back, Deputy Sheriff Ben Witter rides into Dodge with a slug in his shoulder.
234. Perce. Sept. 30, 1961. GS: Ed Nelson, Chuck Bail, Chuck Hayward, Alex Sharp, Norma Crane, Ken Lynch. Marshal Dillon is riding toward Dodge and meets badman Perce McCall. When three outlaws try to gun Matt down they naturally expect that Perce will lend a hand - but the badman decides to help the marshal.
235. Old Yellow Boots. Oct. 7,1961. GS: Warren Stevens, Joanna Linville, Harry Dean Stanton, Steve Brodie, Bing Russell. Dowdy Beulah Parker says the Parker Ranch belongs to her, a statement that makes a cowhand named Cassidy take a sudden interest. Cassidy's interest wanes when he learns that Beulah's brother Leroy is actually the owner. Then Leroy is murdered.
236. Miss Kitty. Oct. 14,1961. GS: Roger Mobley, Harold J. Stone, Linda Watkins, John Lasell, Frank Sutton. Kitty is off to a mysterious errand in the dead of night - to intercept the stage and take custody of a youngster by the name of Thad. Dillon and Chester hear all about it the next day from storekeeper Jonas, and can't understand why Kitty is keeping them in the dark.
237. Harper's Blood. Oct. 21,1961. GS: Peter Whitney, Dan Stafford, Conlan Carter, Evan Evans, Warren Kemmerling, William Yip, Moira Turner. On her deathbed, Sarah Cooley tells her husband Gip that she is the granddaughter of a notorious murderer. This means that their sons Kyle and Jeff have bad blood, and Cooley resolves that they will have a strict upbringing. They do, and grow up resenting their father.
238. All That. Oct. 28,1961. GS: John Larch, Buddy Ebsen, Francis Helm, Guy Raymond, Gage Clarke. Cliff Shanks, who has come upon hard times, tries to sell his cattle to pay the mortgage on his ranch. There are no takers, so Shank's landlord, Jim Redfield, orders Cliff and his wife to vacate the place by sundown.
239. Long, Long Trail. Nov. 4,1961. GS: Barbara Lord, Alan Baxter, Peggy Stewart, Mabel Albertson, Robert Dix. Young Sarah Drew wants to go to Fort Wallace to join her fiance, but she is having her problems. There is no stage, the Army can't provide her an escort, and even Marshal Dillon seems to have other things to do.
240. The Squaw. Nov. 11, 1961. GS: John Dehner, Vitina Marcus, Paul Carr, Bob Hastings, Jet McDonald, Jack Orrison, Bill Erwin. Fun-loving rancher Hardy Tate was long held in check by his narrow-minded wife. But now she is dead, and Hardy is trying to make up for lost time. The party is soon broken up by his son Cully, who seems to be as strait-laced as his mother was.
241. Chesterland. Nov. 18, 1961. GS: Sondra Kerr, Earle Hodgins, Arthur Peterson, Dal McKennon. Love comes to Chester Good in the form of Miss Daisy Fair, and she seems to be equally smitten with him. Then Chester decides that if he is going to become a family man, he should also become a man of property.
242. Milly. Nov. 25, 1961. GS: Jena Engstrom, Billy Hughes, Malcolm Atterbury, Don Dubbins, Sue Randall. Teenager Milly Glover and her young brother Joey are in a sorry state because their sodden father refuses to provide adequate food or clothing for them. But Milly is too proud to accept charity, and she vows to solve the problem on her own, by marrying the first available bachelor.
243. Indian Ford. Dec. 2, 1961. GS: R.G. Armstrong, Pippa Scott, Robert Dix, John Newton. Mary Tabor, missing daughter of a Dodge City storekeeper, was reportedly seen with some Arapaho Indians. The officer assigned to head an Army investigation is Captain Benter - a violent Indian-hater.
244. Apprentice Doc. Dec. 9, 1961. GS: Ben Cooper, Crahan Denton, Robert Sorrells. Doc is kidnaped by a pair of outlaws to treat a member of their gang.
245. Nina's Revenge. Dec. 16,1961. GS: Lois Nettleton, William Windom, Ron Foster, Johnny Seven. Rancher Lee Sharky thought he struck it rich when he and his wife Nina got married, since Nina's father is loaded. But the old man has yet to come through with a dime, and Sharkey doesn't let Nina forget it.
246. Marry Me. Dec. 12,1961. GS: Don Dubbins, Warren Oates,
Taylor McPeters, Garry Walberg. Sweet Billy Cathcart is all set
to marry his girl friend Lou Ella until his Pa reminds him of
a family custom. It seems the elder brother, Orkey, has to marry
first, and Orkey hasn't found himself a girl
yet.
247. A Man a Day. Dec. 30,1961. GS: Val Dufour, Fay Spain, Leonard Nimoy, Garry Walberg, Roy Wright, Anne Morell, Arthur Peterson. A band of outlaws, led by a man named Cooner, intends to steal a gold shipment in Dodge City. Cooner sends a warning to Dillon. The gang will kill a man a day until Dillon leaves town.
248. The Do-Badder. Jan. 6,1962. GS: Abraham Sofaer, Strother Martin, Warren Oates, Mercedes Shirley, H.M. Wynant, James Anderson, Adam Williams. Cowpokes Sam Smith and Bert Case change their minds about leaving Dodge when they hear prospector Harvey Easter is headed for town with ore from a rich gold strike. Instead, they ride out to meet Harvey and ambush him.
249. Lacey. Jan. 13, 1962. GS: Sherry Jackson, Jeremy Slate, Dorothy Green, Oliver McGowan, Nora Hayden. In spite of objections from her family, Lacy Parcher wants to marry farm hand Jess Ayley. But then the chief obstacle to their union, Lacey's father, is removed -permanently.
250. Cody's Code. Jan. 20,1962. GS: Anthony Caruso,
Gloria Talbott, Robert Knapp, Wayne Rogers, Ken Becker,
Richard Bartell, Don Russell, Tom Hennesey, Guy Prescott. Cody
Durham is planning to marry Rose Loring and is building a house
in Dodge City for himself and his intended. Every-
one wishes him well, except cowboy Sam Dukes, who intends to take
Rose for himself.
251. Old Dan. Jan. 27,1962. GS: Edgar Buchanan, Philip Coolidge, William Campbell, Dorothy Neumann, Sharon Wiley, Sandra Joslyn. Doc finds Dan Witter, an old alcoholic, along the road and decides to try to reform him. He gets Dan a job in Jonas' store, and then asks all Dodge City's saloon keepers to refuse to serve him.
252. Catawomper. Feb. 10, 1962. GS: Sue Ane Lang-
on, Dick Sargent, Roy Wright, Frank Sutton, Warren Vanders, Harold
Innocent. Kate Tassel really loves Bud Bones, but she is fed up
with his constant clowning and devil-may-care attitude toward
her. So she begins to welcome attention from some of Dodge City's
other eligible young bachelors.
253. Half Straight. Feb. 17,1962. GS: John Kerr, Elizabeth MacRae, William Bramley, J. Edward McKinley, Lee Sabinson. The grimy Golden Bell Saloon in Cimarron isn't ideal for high living, but it is great for low scheming. It is there that Grant Hatcher hires Lute Willis to ride to Dodge City and kill Marshal Dillon.
254. He Learned About Women. Feb. 24, 1962. GS:
Barbara Luna, Robert J. Wilke, Claude Akins, Ted de Corsia, Miriam
Colon. Marshal Dillon sets out to investigate after receiving
word of a prairie disaster. A band of ruthless comancheros, in
search of horses, raided a camp and made off with a half-breed
girl named Chavela after murdering the other inhabitants.
255. The Gallows. March 3, 1962. GS: Jeremy Slate, Robert J. Stevenson, William Challee, Joseph Ruskin. Ax Parsons tells Pruit Dover he will have to wait until nightfall to be paid for the merchandise he has just delivered. That is alright with Pruit, only if Parsons doesn't come across then, Pruitt says he will kill him.
256. Reprisal. March 10, 1962. GS: Dianne Foster, Jason Evers, Tom Reese, George Lambert, Joe di Reda, Brad Trumbull, Grace Lee Whitney. Oren Conrad's weekdays may be spent at his ranch with his wife, but when Saturday rolls around Oren heads for town and a little diversion named Pearl. But this week Oren arrives later than usual and Pearl says she can't spend much time with him because she has another date.
257. Coventry. w/Joe Moross
258. The Widow. March 24,1962. GS: Joan Hackett, Alan Reed, Jr., J. Edward McKinley, Alexander Lockwood. Drunken Emil Peck has cut quite a swatch down Dodge City's main street, leaving Doc knocked out cold and Kitty flopping in a horse trough. And Kitty's spirits aren't helped by the onceover she gets from Mady Arthur, the new girl in town.
259. Durham Bull. March 31,1962. GS: Andy Clyde, Ricky Kelman, John Kellogg, Gilbert Green, George Keymas. A gang led by Silva is having a bad day of it. First the stagecoach they hold up turns out to be lootless, and then one of the men is recognized. Silva thinks their luck might change if they moved on to some other place, like Dodge City.
260. Wagon Girls. April 7,1962. GS: Arch Johnson, Kevin Hagen, Ellen McRae, Constance Ford, Joan Marshall, Rayford Barnes. While on the trail of a couple of thieving cowpokes, Matt encounters a young lady alone on the prairie. She says her name is Polly and she is trying to get away from wagonmaster Karl Feester.
261. The Dealer. April 14,1962. GS: Judi Meredith, Gary Clarke, George Mathews, Jess Kirkpatrick. In spite of cowpoke Johnny Cole's romantic overtures toward her, Lily Baskin's feelings about him remain tepid. But when Johnny is forced to kill her father in self-defense, her mood changes to bitter hate.
262. The Summons. April 21,1962. GS: Bethel Leslie, John Crawford, Cal Bolder, Robert J. Stevenson, Myron Healey, Shug Fisher, Percy Helton, Tom Hennesey, Joyce Jameson. Marshal Dillon has some bad news for outlaw Loy Bishop. just when Bishop thought he had made a legitimate dollar by killing his partner and asking the Marshal for a bounty, Dillon says the dead man wasn't wanted, and Loy is a murderer.
263.The Dreamers. April 28,1962. GS: Liam Redmond, J. Pat O'Malley, Valerie Allen, Cece Whitney, Gage Clarke, Sling Fisher. Two old miners who have finally struck it rich, stop off in Dodge City on their way to Memphis. One of them gets a look at Kitty and decides he doesn't want to leave town.
264. Cale. May 5, 1962. GS: Carl Reindel, Robert Karnes, Joseph Hamilton, Peter Ashley. A young rider name Cale slips into Nick Archer's barn and fall asleep. Awakened by an argument between Archer and a horse thief, Cale is wounded when Archer mistakes him for one of the thief's friends.
265. Chester's Indian. May 12,1962. GS: Jena Engstrom, Karl Swenson, Eddie Little Sky, Peggy Rea, Lew Brown, Garry Walberg, Michael Barrier, Shug Fisher. Storekeeper Adam Dill thinks his daughter Callie is flirting every time she waits on a male customer, so he takes Callie out of the store and shuts her up at home.
266. The Prisoner. May 19,1962. GS: Andrew Prine, Nancy Gates, Conrad Nagel, Ed Nelson, William Phipps. When military prisoner Billy Joe Arlen escapes from a rock pile quarry near Dodge City, his first destination is the Longbranch Saloon.
267. The Boys. May 26,1962. GS: Malcolm Atterbury, George Kennedy, Harry Dean Stanton, May Heatherton, Michael Parks. A snake-oil pitchman who calls himself Professor Eliot shows up in Dodge with his sons Hug, Nate and Park. Business doesn't look too good, but one thing is certain. If there is any money around, Eliot is sure to figure out a way to get it.
268. The Search. Sept. 15, 1962. GS: Carl Reindel, Ford Rainey, Virginia Gregg, Raymond Guth, Leonard Nimoy, Mike Ragan, Fred Coby, Mickey Morton. A young man named Cale may have earned Marshal Dillon's respect, but Tate Gifford isn't impressed.
269. Call Me Dodie. Sept. 22, 1962. GS: Kathy Nolan, Jack Searl, Mary Patton, Diane Mountford, Carol Seffinger, Dallas MacKennon, Joby Baker, Bob Hastings, Wallace Rooney, Nesdon Booth. Floyd Bagge and his sister Addie are a heartless pair who run their orphanage like a prison. One of the inmates, a teenage girl called Dodie, has had enough. She overpowers Addle and escapes.
270. Quint Asper Comes Home. Sept. 29, 1962. GS: Angela Clarke, Bill Zuckert, Earle Hodgins, Harry Carey, Jr., Michael Keep, Lane Bradford, Myron Healey, Robert Hinkle, Foster Brooks, Henry Beckman, John Vari, James Doohan, Ed Peck. Half-breed Quint Asper returns home to find that two white men have just shot his father and are terrorizing his Indian mother. Quint kills the men, then joins his mother's Comanche tribe, vowing vengeance on all white men.
271. Root Down. Oct. 6, 1962. GS: Sherry Jackson, John Dehner, Robert Doyle, Howard McNear, Michael Carr, Ollie O'Toole. Aggie Dutton is husband-hunting and Chester is the first eligible bachelor she meets in Dodge City.
272. Jenny. Oct. 13, 1962. GS: Ruta Lee, Ron Hayes, John Duke, Monte Montana, Jr., Ken Hudgins. After Zel Meyers robs a bank, he and his girl Jenny head for Dodge City. Jenny gets a job in Kitty's saloon, but her salary doesn't cover Zel's losses at Kitty's gambling tables.
274 The Ditch. Oct. 27,1962. GS: Joanne Linville, Jay Lanin, Christopher Dark, Hardie Albright, Dehl Bertil Alex Sharp. After Susan Bart's father died, she decides to continue his project to cut off the homesteaders' water supply. She starts work on a ditch that will divert the path of a creek on her ranch, knowing that she might be starting a range war.
275. The Trappers. Nov. 3,1962. GS: Strother Martin, Richard Shannon, Doris Singleton, Robert Lowery, Lane Chandler, Chal Johnson, Robert Brubaker. Tug Marsh and Billy Logan have been setting traps together for a long time. When Indians set a trap of their own, Billy runs for his life leaving the wounded Tug to die.
277. The Hunger. Nov. 17,1962. GS: Ellen Willard, Robert Middleton, Hampton Fancher, Linda Watkins, Joe Flynn, Byron Foulger, Kelton Garwood, Henrietta Moore, Robert McQuain. Claude Dorf is big and mean and he rules his family with an iron hand. When his daughter Althea disobeys him, he locks her in the cellar and refuses to feed her.
278. Abe Blocker. Nov. 24,1962. GS: Chill Wills, Wright King, Miranda Jones, Harry Carey, Jr., Robert Adler, Marshall Reed, Lane Bradford, Wallace Rooney, Chuck Roberson. Abe Blocker is a tough, old-time frontiersman, whose intense hatred for homesteaders keeps getting worse. In fact, he has just ordered Bud and Mary Groves to get off their ranch or he will kill them.
279. The Way It Is. Dec. 1, 1962. GS: Claude Akins, Garry Walberg, Virginia Lewis, Duane Grey, Bob Murphy. Angered when Matt breaks their date, Kitty decides to leave Dodge and visit some friends. On the trail she finds Ad Bellem, who is in bad shape after a fall from his horse.
280. Us Haggens. Dec. 8, 1962. GS: Ken Curtis, Denver Pyle, Elizabeth MacRae, Billy Hughes, Howard Wright. Matt is being assisted in his search for a killer named Black Jack Haggen by Fergus Haggen, who says he has reasons of his own for wanting to catch up with his uncle.
281. Uncle Sunday. Dec. 15, 1962. GS: Henry Beckman, Joyce Bullifant, Ed Nelson, Wallace Rooney. Chester's uncle, Sunday Meachem, is coming to Dodge for a visit and that means trouble. Sunday is really the weak end of the family. Chester decides to give his no-good relative some money as soon as he arrives, in the hope that he won't take long to leave.
282. False Front. Dec. 22,1962. GS: William Windom, Andrew Prine, Art Lund, Charles Fredericks, Sharry Marshall, Wallace Rooney, Robert Fortier, Brett King, K.L. Smith, William Bryant, Roy Thinnes, Michael Mikler. Paul Nill believes that if a man is a good actor, he can fool people into believing that he is a fast gun. Hill bets gambler Nick Heber that Clay Tatum can get away with the kind of masquerade in Dodge City despite the fact that he has never even fired a six-gun.
283. Old Comrade. Dec. 29,1962. GS: J. Pat O'Malley, Frank Sutton, Ralph Moody, Wayne Heffley, Vitina Marcus, Dick Whittinghill. Col. Gabe Wilson has come to Dodge in search for Gen. Kip Marston's son Billy. The General is dying and wants to see the boy for the last time, but Wilson soon discovers that Billy is known as the village fall guy.
284. Louie Pheeters. Jan. 5, 1963. GS: Larry Ward, John Larkin, Gloria McGehee, Woodrow Parfrey. In trying to distract her husband's attention from her romance with Murph Moody, Clara claims that salesman Tom Wiggins forced his attentions on her. Her husband promptly goes out and drowns Wiggins in the river.
285. The Renegades. Jan. 12,1963. GS: Audrey Dalton, Ben Wright, Jack Lambert, Don "Red" Barry, John Pickard. Lavinia Pate, daughter of an Army colonel, thinks all Indians are bad, and her opinion includes half-breed Quint Asper. Quint further angers Lavinia when he tells her father that a band of white renegades are causing the latest uprising by plying the Indians with liquor and tempting them with money.
286. Cotter's Girl. Jan. 19, 1963. GS: Mariette Hart-
ley, Roy Barcroft, John Clarke, Jesslyn Fax. An old man named
Cotter dies in Dodge City and leaves Matt an envelope to bedelivered
to his daughter Clarey. Matt finds Clarey, but she isn't at all
like the sweet little girl pictured in Cotter's photographs. She
is an uninhibited, unrestrained, teenage nature-girl.
287. The Bad One. Jan. 26, 1963. GS: Chris Robinson, Dolores
Sutton, Booth Colman, Michael Mikler, Ken Kenopka, Gil Lamb, Sue
Casey, Robert Gravage. When young Willie Jett holds up a stagecoach,
he steals a pleasant kiss from passenger Jenny Parker. Apparently
Jenny will kiss, but she won't tell. Matt suspects Jett, but Jenny
fails to identify him as
the bandit.
288. The Cousin. Feb. 2, 1963. GS: Michael Forest, Gloria Talbott, John Anderson, Joseph Perry. Chance Hopper and Matt Dillon were raised by the same foster parents, but ended up on different sides of the law. Now Chance has been released from prison and he heads for Dodge to find out if Matt is really the man everyone says he is.
289. Shona w/Robert Bray...off film.
290. Ash. Feb. 16, 1963. GS: John Delmer, Anthony Caruso, Dee Hartford, Adam West, Sheldon Allman. Ben Galt was one of Dodge City's friendliest citizens, until a head injury changed him into the meanest man in town. 1. 65.291 BlindMan's Bluff. Feb. 23,1963. GS: Will Hutchins, Crahan Denton, John Alderson, Herbert Lytton, Gregg Palmer. Before he dies, Bud Hays tells Matt that his assailant was Billy Poe. While Matt is searching for Billy, an attack by a trio of badmen leaves his eyesight impaired.
291. Blind Man's Bluff w/Will Hutchins
292. Quint's Indian. March 2,1963. GS: Will Corey, James Brown, Patrick McVey, James Griffith, Rand Brooks. When the evidence indicates Quint Asper is a horse thief, some of Dodge's citizens take the law into their own hands and beat him up. Quint disgustedly decides to leave Dodge for good. 1,` 65.293 Anybody Can Kill a Marshal. March 9, 1963. GS: Warren Stevens, Milton Selzer, James Westerfield, Brenda Scott, Joyce Van Patten. Outlaws Cleed and Lucas fail in their attempt to murder Marshal Dillon, but they aren't easily discouraged. They hire a man named Painter to try again.
294. Two of a Kind. March 16,1963. GS: Richard Jaeckell Michael Higgins, Kent Smith, Garry Walberg, Ben Wright, John Mitchum, Earle Hodgins, Bee Tompkins. Immigrants Sean O'Ryan and Tim Finnegan were the best of friends until a woman parted them. And now their constant feuding is becoming a problem for Matt Dillon.
295. I Call Him Wonder. March 23,1963. GS: Ron Hayes, Edmund Vargus, Sandy Kenyon, Leonard Nimoy, Duane Grey, Harry Bartell, William Zuckert, Eddie Little Sky, Alex Sharp. Drifter Jud Sorrell rides into Dodge with an orphaned Indian boy he picked up on the trial. But his charitable act gains him no thanks from the townspeople. Sorrell won't even be able to get a job until he gets rid of the boy.
296. With a Smile. March 30,1963. GS: R.G. Armstrong, James Best, Dick Foran, Linden Chiles, Sharon Farrell, Dan Stafford. Dal Creed, the spoiled son of a powerful rancher, is used to getting what he wants and he wants pretty Lottie Foy, but she doesn't want him.
298. Panacea Sykes. April 13,1963. GS: Nellie Burt, Dan Tobin, Charles Watts, Lindsay Workman, Charlie Briggs, John Clarke, Jan Brooks, Carl Prickett. Panacea Sykes seems like a sweet old lady, but she is really a conniving crook who doesn't mind stealing from her friend Kitty.
299 "Tell Chester" w/Lonnie Chapman
300 "Quint-Cident" w/Mary La Roche
301. Old York. May 4,1963. GS: Edgar Buchanan, H.M. Wynant, Robert Knapp, Ed Madden, Alex Sharp, Michael Constantine, Rudy Dolan. When Matt Dillon was very young, his life was saved by an outlaw named Dan York. Now, they meet again, and Dan is still an outlaw.
302. Daddy Went Away. May 11, 1963. GS: Mary Carver, Suzanne Cupito/Morgan Brittany, William Schallert. Chester is paying a lot of attention to seamstress Lucy Damon, a widow who has recently arrived in Dodge with her young daughter.
304. Jeb w/Roy Thinnes...off film
305. Quest For Asa Janin w/Anthony Caruso...off film
306. Kate Heller w/Duane Eddy; Tom Lowell
307. Loverboy w/Ken Curtis (pre-Festus); Sheree North....off film
308. Don't Sleep. Oct. 12,1963. GS: Hope Summers, William Talman, Scott Marlowe, Robert Bice, Alan Dexter, Ken Kenopka, Don Haggerty. Released from prison, famed gunslinger Race Fallon meets an admirer, a young upstart named Britt.
309. Tobe w/L.Q. Jones; Harry Dean Stanton...off film
310. "Easy Come" w/Andrew Prine
311. My Sisters'Keeper. Nov. 2, 1963. GS: Nancy Wickwire, James
Broderick, Jennifer Billingsley. Grief-stricken after the death
of his wife, Pete Sievers takes a job as a hired hand for two
spinster sisters.
312. Quint's Trail. Nov. 9, 1963. GS: Everett Sloane, Don
Haggerty, Sharon Farrell, Shirley O'Hara. Cyrus Neff and his family
want to get to Oregon, but their trail guide runs out
on them - taking along the money Neff gave him to finance the
journey.
313. Carter Caper. Nov. 16, 1963. GS: Jeremy Slate, William Phipps, Rayford Barnes, Anjanette Comar, Michael Fox, Stanford Jolley, William Fawcett, Jess Kirkpatrick. When Joe Stark meets Billy Hargin in Dodge, he plans to even the score because Billy gave Stark a severe beating for trying to steal his horse.
314. Ex- Con. Nov. 30, 1963. GS: Jeanne Cooper, John Kellogg, Raymond Guth, Richard Devon, Howard Wendell, Harry Lauter. Leo Pitts, released from prison, brings his bride to Dodge city, and a bullet with Dillon's name on it.
315. Extradition Part One. Dec. 7,1963. GS: Gilbert Roland, Gene Evans, Alex Montoya, Anna Novarro, Walter Burke, Miguel Landa, Pepe Hern, Rico Alaniz, Andy Albin. Matt heads for Texas to try to capture outlaw Charlie Hacker, wanted in Dodge for murder and robbery.
316. Extradition Part Two. Dec. 14, 1963. GS: Gilbert Roland, Gene Evans, Alex Montoya, Anna Novarro, Walter Burke, Miguel Landa, Pepe Hern, Rico Alaniz, Andy Albin. Matt's prisoner is behind bars in a Mexican jail, and so is Matt.
317. The Magician. Dec. 21,1963. GS: Lloyd Corrigan, Brooke Bundy, Crahan Denton, Tom Simcox, William Zuckert, Ken Tiliesas, Sheldon Allman. An elderly traveling medicine man arrives in Dodge with his daughter, and is promptly accused of cheating at cards.
318. Pa Hack's Brood w/Marianna Hill; Lynn Loring...off film
319. The Glory and the Mud. Jan. 4,1964. GS: Kent Smith, Marsha Hunt, James Best, Robert Sorrells, Joseph Hamilton, Rick Murray, jenny Lee Arness. Sam Bell says he wants to be a deputy so he can get experience as a lawman, but Matt suspects that Sam only wants to build a reputation as a fast gun.
320. Dry Well. Jan. 11, 1964. GS: Bill Henry, Karen Sharpe, Tom Simcox, Ned Glass, John Hanek. As soon as Dave Linz goes to fetch supplies in Dodge, his young bride Yuma welcomes Web Vickers for a visit.
321. Prairie Wolfer. Jan. 18,1964. GS: Noah Beery, Jr., Don Dubbins, Frank Coby, Holly McIntire, James Drake. Ranchers have been blaming wolves for slaughtering their cattle, and that is why Nate Guthrie doesn't want wolf-hunter Festus Haggen around. Haggen saw him butcher some of the same cattle.
322. Friend. Jan. 25, 1964. GS: Tom Reese, Ben Wright, Jan Shepard, Ralph Moody, Butch Patrick, George Keymas. Matt travels to a neighboring town to investigate the mysterious death of a friend.
323. Once a Haggen. Feb. 1, 1964. GS: Slim Pickens,
Elizabeth MacRae, Kenneth Tobey, Roy Barcroft, John Hudson. Festus
Haggen and his pal Bucko get cleaned out in a poker game, and
when the game's big winner is found murdered, the evidence points
to Bucko.
324. No Hands. Feb. 8, 1964. GS: Strother Martin, Denver Pyle, Kevin Hagen, Rayford Barnes, Wright King. The ruthless Ginnis clan doesn't like to be kept waiting, and they get plenty mad when Doc insists on finishing with another patient before seeing them.
325. May Blossoms. Feb. 15, 1964. GS: Laurie Peters, Charles Gray, Roger Torrey, Richard X. Slattery, Mary Munday. Cousin Mayblossom arrives in Dodge to tell Festus that he must marry her, as part of a pact their fathers once made.
326. The Bassops. Feb. 22,1964. GS: Robert J. Wilke, Warren Oates, Eunice Pollis, Mickey Sholdar, James Griffith, Ollie O'Toole, Robert Bice, Patricia Joyce. Some hillbillies find Matt and his prisoner stranded on the prairie, handcuffed to each other, and both claiming to be the marshall.
327. The Kite. Feb. 29, 1964. GS: Lyle Bettger, Michael Higgins, Betsy Hale, Allyson Ames. The man who killed Letty Cassidy's mother doesn't know that the girl can identify him as the killer, and Dillon wants to make sure he doesn't find out.
328. Comanches Is Safe. March 7,1964. GS: Kathy Nolan, Don Megowan, Robert Gravage, Dean Stanton, Rex Holman. After a wild night on the town in Wichita, Quint and Festus are confronted by a saloon girl who says they invited her to come back to Dodge.
329. "Father's Love" w/Ed Nelson; Sharry Marshal
330. Now That April's Here. March 21,1964. GS:
Elizabeth MacRae, Royal Dano, Vic Perrin, Hal Baylor. Festus'
girl friend claims she witnessed a killing, but nobody believes
her except the killers.
331. Caleb. March 28, 1964. GS: John Delmer, Ann Loos, Lane Bradford, Dorothy Green, Vickie Cos, Christopher Barrey, Dennis Robertson. Farmer Caleb Marr is tired of the soil, the toil and the boredom. He wants to live a little, so he leaves his wife at home and heads for Dodge.
332. Owney Tupper Had a Daughter. April 4,1964. KS: Jay C. Flippen, Andrea Darvi, Noreen Corcoran, Steven Gaynor, James Seay, Berkeley Harris, Alice Backes, Howard Wendell, Orville Sherman. The judge says kindly old widower Owney Tupper must give up custody of his daughter till he can provide a proper home for her.
333. Bently. April 11, 1964. GS: Jan Clayton, Charles McGraw, June Dayton, Bill Erwin, Gene Lyons. A jury found Ned Wright innocent of murder, but on his deathbed he makes a confession to Chester.
334. Kitty Cornered. April 18, 1964. GS: Jacqueline Scott, Shug Fisher, Joseph Sirola, Vici Raaf. There is not enough room in Dodge for both newcomer Stella Damon and Kitty, who has turned down Stella's offer to buy the Longbranch Saloon.
335. The Promoter. April 25, 1964. GS: Vic Perrin, Allen Case, Robert Fortier, Don Dollier, Larry J. Blake, Wilhelm Von Homburg. Former farmer Henry Huckaby comes up with a two-fisted way to make his fortune in Dodge City.
336 Trip West. May 2, 1964. GS: Herbert Anderson, Sharon Farrell, H.M. Wynant, Vinton Hayworth, Henry Rowland, Angela Clarke. Told by a patent-medicine peddler that he has only a short time to live, timid bank clerk Elwood Harclacre finds the courage to tell off his tyrannical boss, take his first drink of liquor and get friendly with a young lady.
337. Scot Free w/Patricia Owen
338. Warden aka Cool Dawn w/Julie Parrish; George Kennedy; Chris Conelly; Anthony Caruso
339. Homecoming w/Harold J. Stone; Phyllis Coates; Jack
Elam
340. The Other Half w/Paul Fix...off film
341. Journey for Three. June 6,1964. GS: William Arvin, Michael J. Pollard, Mark Goddard, Margaret Bly. On their trip to California, Adam and Cyrus Gifford are joined by Boyd Lambert, a cocky fellow whom Adam soon beings to resent, although Cyrus takes a strong liking to the newcomer.
342. Blue Heaven. Sept. 26, 1964. GS: Tim O'Connor, Kurt Russell, Diane Ladd, Karl Swenson, Jan Merlin, Eddie Hice. Two tough hombres meet on the trail and decide to join forces. One is Kip Gilman, who is fleeing the law, and the other is young Packy Kerlin, a runaway.
343. Crooked Mile. Oct. 3, 1964. GS: Katharine Ross, George Kennedy, Royal Dano. Cyrus Degler takes a bullwhip to Quint, just to warn him to stay away from his daughter.
344. 01d Man. Oct. 10, 1964. GS: Ed Peck, Robert Hogan, Rayford Barnes, Howard Wendell. Joe Silva has enemies who have sworn to kill him, but when Silva does meet his death, the wrong man is arrested for the murder.
345. Violators w/Denver Pyle; James Anderson
346. Doctor's Wife. Oct. 24,1964. GS: James Broderick, Phyllis Love, Harold Gould, Anne Barton, Helen Kleeb, Robert Biheller. Physician Wesley May has arrived in Dodge to practice medicine, and his wife Jennifer figures that the best way to line up patients is to spread malicious gossip about Doc Adams.
348. Help Me, Kitty. Nov. 7,1964. GS: Betty Conner, Jack Elam, James Frawley, Burt Douglas, Peggy Stewart, Hal Shaw, Joe Conley, Larry J. Blake. Miss Hope Farmer, the daughter of an old friend, is going to have a baby, and she comes to Kitty for advice.
349. Hung High. Nov. 14,1964. GS: Robert Culp, Harold J. Stone, Scott Marlowe, Ed Asner, George Lindsey, Elisha Cook, Jr., Michael Conrad, Clegg Hoyt, Buck Young, Karl Lukas. A hatred for all lawmen prompts young Tony Serpa to gun down Matt's old friend, retired marshal Jim Downey.
351. Big Man, Big Target. Nov. 28,1964. GS: Mariette Hartley, J.D, Cannon, Mike Road, Harry Lauter, John McLiam, Frank Ferguson. Pike Beechum is involved with Joe Merchant's wife and to get Merchant out of the way, Pike frames him on a horse-theft charge.
352. Chicken. Dec. 5, 1964. GS: Glenn Corbett, Gigi Perreau, John Lupton, L.Q. Jones, Lane Chandler, Chubby Johnson, Dave Willock, Lane Bradford. People are wrong in thinking that Dan Collins singlehandedly killed four outlaws, but he decides to live the lie and bask in the adoration bestowed on him.
353. Innocence w/Bethel Leslie; Jason Evers; Michael Forest; Claude Akins
354. Aunt Thede. Dec. 19, 1964. GS: Jeanette Nolan, Dyan
Cannon, James Stacy, Howard McNear, Frank Cady, Jenny Lee Arness.
Festus' gun-toting Aunt Thede and young
Ivy Norton both are desperate to get married. Thede's problem
is finding a man and Ivy's is getting rid of her oppressive father.
355. Hammerhead w/Arch Johnson
356. Double Entry w/Forrest Tucker
357. Run, Sheep, Run. Jan. 9, 1965. GS: Burt Brinckerhoff, Davey Davison, Peter Whitney, Arthur Malet. Young Tom Stocker and his wife are planning to head for California just as soon as they collect the money due them for the sale of their ranch. But buyer Dan Braden has tricked them. He doesn't intend to pay up for a whole year.
358.Deputy Festus. Jan. 16, 1965. GS: Denver Pyle, Royal Dano, Shug Fisher, Carl Reindel, Don Beddoe, William Zuckert, Michael Petit, Ken Mayer, Harold Ensley. While filling in for Matt, Festus is surprised to find that the three drunken trappers locked up in jail are his cousins.
359. One Killer on Ice. Jan. 23, 1965. GS: John Drew Barrymore, Anne Helm, Philip Coolidge, Dennis Hopper, Richard Carlyle. Bounty hunter Anderson and his partner have managed to capture a dangerous outlaw, but they are afraid to bring him into town because of a possible ambush. Instead Anderson asks Matt for help.
360. Chief Joseph. Jan. 30,1965. GS: Victor Jory, Robert Loggia, Joe Maross, Leonard Stone, Michael Keep. Trouble begins when a famous Indian chief tries to get a room at the Dodge House.
361. Circus Trick w/Warren Oates...off film
362. Song for Dying. Feb. 13, 1965. GS: Theodore Bikell
Robert F. Simon, Ford Rainey, Sheldon Allman, Roger Ewing, Lee
Majors, Russel Thorson. A wandering minstrel
known as the Singer arrives in Dodge pursued by the Lukens' clan,
who are intent on killing him.
363. Winner Take All w/Tom Simcox; John Milford; Margaret Bly
365. Thursday's Child. March 6,1965. GS: Jean Arthur, Scott Marlowe, Joe Raciti, Suzanne Benoit, Roy Barcroft, Fred Coby. Kitty is delighted when Julie Blane, her friend and former employer, makes a stopover in Dodge. Julie, who is on her way to Wichita where her son's wife is expecting a child, makes a big hit with Doc, so naturally both Doc and Kitty are puzzled and hurt when Julie disappears in the middle of the night without so much as saying goodbye.
366. Breckenridge (low sound) w/Ben Cooper; Elisha Cook
367. Bank Baby. March 20,1965. GS: Jacques Aubuchon, Gail Kobe, Virginia Christine, Hampton Fancher, Harry Carey, Jr. When he learns that some God-fearing pilgrim families are camped nearby, brutal Bert Clum decides to see if they possess anything worth stealing.
368. The Lady. March 27, 1965. GS: Katharine Ross, Eileen Heckart, R.G. Armstrong, Walter Sande, Clifton James, Michael Forest. Hattie Silks, a sophisticated, and once wealthy, lady from New Orleans, is on her way to San Francisco with her niece Liz. But a shortage of funds forces her to take a temporary job as hostess at the Long Branch Saloon.
369. Dry Road to Nowhere. April 3, 1965. GS: James Whitmore, Julie Sommars, John Saxon, Read Morgan, L.Q Jones. Kitty's Long Branch Saloon can expect trouble when temperance preacher Amos Campbell arrives in town. And Campbell can expect trouble from gunman Dingo Tebbetts, who has a score to settle.
370. Twenty Miles from Dodge. April 10, 1965. GS: Darren McGavin, Everett Sloane, Aneta Corsaut, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Tony Haig, Pat Cardi, Val Avery, Stafford Repp, William Fawcett, Noam Pitlik, Paul Barselow, Jennifer Lea, Danny Fowler. Kitty is among the unfortunate passengers kidnapped from a stagecoach by a gang of outlaws.
371. Pariah w/John Dehner; Lee Van Cleef; Steve Ihnat
372. Gilt Guilt w/Andrew Duggan
373. Bad Lady from Brookline. May 1, 1965. GS: Betty Hutton, Claude Akins, Billy Bowles, John Hubbard, Jonathan Kidd, Ollie O'Toole, Jan Peters, Eddie Hice. Molly McConnell arrives in Dodge with her young son, and learns that her husband has been killed in a gunfight.
374. Two Tall Men w/Harry Townes; Ben Cooper; George Lindsay...off film
375. Honey Pot. May 16,1965. GS: Rory Calhoun, Joanna Moore, John Crawford, Dick Wessel, Harry Bartell, Harry Lauter, Roy Barcroft, Charles Maxwell. Matt's old friend Ben Stack arrives in Dodge and is immediately attracted to saloon girl Honey Dare. But Honey already has a gentleman friend.
376. The New Society. May 22, 1965. GS: Jeremy Slate, James Gregory, Elizabeth Perry, Sandy Kenyon, Jack Weston. Matt rides into Ridge Town to reopen an old murder case and is met with hostility from the small community's alarmed citizens.
378. Seven Hours to Dawn. Sept. 18, 1965. GS: John Drew Barrymore, Johnny Seven, Anthony Lettier, Jerry Douglas, Michael Vandever, Bernadette Hale, Gary Pagett, Joseph Perry, Rusty Lane, Allen Jaffe, Morgan Woodward. Outlaw Mace Gore and his gang ride into Dodge City, capture Marshal Dillon and proceed to take over the town.
379. The Storm. Sept. 25, 1965. GS: Forrest Tucker, Tim McIntire, Richard Evans, Ruth Warrick, Kelly Thorsden, Mary Lou Taylor, Victor Izay, Willard Sage, Steven Darrell. Buffalo hunter Mel Woodley is about to be hanged for murder, but the killers are the young Benteen brothers, whose family and Marshal Dillon are long-time friends.
380. Clayton Thaddeus Greenwood. Oct. 2,1965. GS: Robert Sorrells, Roger Ewing, Jack Elam, William Henry, Paul Fix, Sherwood Price, Allen Jaffe. Young Clayton Thaddeus Greenwood sets out after the four toughs who humiliated his father, and caused the old man to have a fatal heart attack.
381. Ten Little Indians. Oct. 9, 1965. GS: Nehemiah Persoff, Warren Oates, Bruce Dern, Zalman King, Nina Roman, Rafael Campos, Stanja Lowe, Don Ross, John Marley. After killing a young gunman on the road, Matt finds three more gunfighters waiting for him in Dodge.
382. Taps for 01d Jeb. Oct. 16,1965. GS: Ed Begley, Wayne Rogers, Morgan Woodward, Arthur Batanicles, Don Keefer, Rudy Sooter. After years of searching for gold, prospector Jeb Crater finally strikes it rich. Crater, who doesn't trust the banks, hires a bodyguard to protect his wealth.
383. Kioga w/Neville Brand..off film
384. The Bounty Hunter. Oct. 30, 1965. GS: Robert Lansing, Bert Freed, Gregg Palmer, Hal Lynch, Jon Kowal, Wright King, Lisabeth Hush, Amber Flower, James Anderson, Victor Izay, Jason Johnson. Wealthy rancher Chris Thornton asks retired bounty hunter Luke Frazer to strap on his gun and track down the man who killed his son.
385. The Reward. Nov. 6,1965. GS: James Whitmore, David Ladd, Fred J. Scollay, Peter Whitney, Julio Medina, Gil Rankin, Berkeley Harris, Norman Burton. Convicted goldmine swindler Jim Forbes returns from prison to resume mining operations, with money that his victims say is rightfully theirs.
386. Malachi. Nov. 13, 1965. GS: Harry Townes, Edward Andrews, Jack Elam, Robert Sorrells, Joey Wilcox, Rex Holman. Malachi Harper is trying to impress his visiting brother by posing as Dodge City's marshal, unaware that the marshal is being hunted down by a killer.
387. Pretender w/Tom Skerritt; Nehemiah Presoff
388. Southwind w/Bruce Dern
389. Hostage w/Darren McGavin; Simon Oakland; Vito Scotti
390. Outlaw's Woman w/Lonnie Chapman...off film
391. The Avengers. Dec. 18, 1965. GS: John Saxon, James Gregory, Les Brown, Jr., Olan Soule, Ed McCready, X. Brands. Judge Calvin Storm and his two sons plan to even the score with Festus and Kitty, whom they accuse of murdering one member of their family.
392. GoId Mine. Dec. 25,1965. GS: Tom Nardini, John Anderson, Paul Carr, Michael Vandever, Argentina Brunetti, Russ Bender. To lay claim to the gold mine she has inherited, Kitty travels to a rough mining town, where she is befriended by a young mute boy.
393. Death Watch Albert Salmi; Frank Silvers
394. Sweet Billy, Singer of Songs. Jan. 15, 1966. GS: Bob Random, Brooke Bundy, Royal Dano, Slim Pickens, Shug Fisher, Judy Carne, Alice Backes, Diane Ladd. Festus' mountaineer relatives descend on Dodge City seeking Festus' help in finding a wife for Sweet Billy Haggen, his young nephew.
395. The Raid Part One. Jan. 22,1966. GS: Gary Lockwood, Richard jaeckel, Jeremy Slate, Michael Conrad, John Anderson, John Kellogg, Jim Davis, Preston Pierce, Roy Engel, Percy Helton, Tony Haig. After robbing the Sedalia bank, ruthless Jim Stark and his outlaw band make plans to hit Dodge City.
396. The Raid Part Two. Jan. 29, 1966. GS: Gary Lockwood, Richard Jaeckel, Jeremy Slate, Michael Conrad, John Anderson, John Kellogg, Jim Davis, Preston Pierce, Roy Engel, Percy Helton, Tony Haig. Doc is held hostage by Jim Stark's outlaw gang, which is fleeing Dodge after robbing the bank and setting fire to the town.
397. Killer at Large. Feb. 5, 1966. GS: Geraldine Brooks, Robert Ballew, Craig Hundley, Tim O'Kelly, Hardie Albright, Cyril Delevanti, John Pickard, Stuart Erwin, James Beggs, Gilman Rankin, Jonathan Lippe, Morgan Jones. Festus makes uncomplimentary remarks about the marksmanship of a medicine-show sharpshooter, who angrily challenges Festus to a duel.
398. My Father's Guitar. Feb. 21, 1966. GS: Beau Bridges, Charles Dierkop, Steve Ihnat, William Bramley, Dub Taylor, Robin Blake. Jason, a young wanderer, considers his guitar his most valuable possession, and important enough to kill for when a rancher takes it away from him.
399. Wishbone w/Lew gallo; Victor French
400. Sanctuary w/Joan Blackman...off film
401. Honor Before Justice. March 5, 1966. GS: France Nuyen, Noah Beery, Jr., Michael Ansara, Barton MacLane, Harry Bartell, Richard Gilden, George Keymas, Ken Renard, James Almanzar. An Indian maiden asks Thad to intervene in a tribal matter. She claims her father has been sentenced to die for a murder he didn't commit.
402. The Brothers w/Scott Marlowe, Bobby Crawford
403. Which Doctor w/R.G. Armstrong; George Lindsay
404. Harvest. March 26,1966. GS: James MacArthur, Lesley Ann Warren, George Kennedy, Karl Swenson, Alma Platt, Fred Colby. Rancher Ben Payson doesn't intend to let go of his land or his daughter, but he may lose both. Scottish homesteaders have settled near his ranch, and one of them is attracted to young Betsy Payson.
405. By Line. April 9, 1966. GS: Chips Rafferty, Denver Pyle, Ted de Corsia, Stefan Arngrim, Maudie Prickett, Gertrude Flynn. Festus is working as a reporter for Dodge City's new paper, despite the fact that he can't read or write.
406. Treasure of John Walking Fox. April 16,1966. GS: Leonard Nimoy, Richard Webb, Jim Davis, Lloyd Gough, Ted Gehring, Tom McCauley. Buffalo hunters Jacob Beamus and John Walking Fox have been the best of friends for many years, but some people in Dodge don't like the idea of a close friendship between a white man and an Indian.
407. My Father, My Son. April 23,1966. GS: Jack Elam, Teno Pollick, Lee Van Cleef, Zalman King, Charles Kuenstle, Del Monroe, James Gammon, John McLiam, Scott Hale, Billy Halop. Gunman Jim Barrett shoots down a young challenger who was out to gain a reputation, which causes his victim's entire family to seek revenge.
408. A Parson Comes To Town. w/Lonnie Chapman; Joan Granville v124
409. Prime Of Life. w/Joe Don Baker; Victor French v124
412. The Jailer. Oct. 1, 1966. GS: Bette Davis, Bruce Dern, Robert Sorrells, Zalman King, Tom Skerritt, Julie Sommars. Six years earlier, Matt Dillon arrested Etta Stone's husband and three sons. The sons went to prison and the husband went to the gallows. Now that the boys have served their time vindictive matriarch Etta seeks revenge by hanging Matt.
420. The Newcomers. Dec. 3, 1966. Karl Swenson.
460. The Jakals. Feb. 12, 1968. Paul Richards, Joe DeSantis, Eric Braedon (Hans Gudagast).
493. Danny. Oct. 13, 1969. Jack Albertson, Scott Brady, Vito Scotti.
508. The Badge. Feb 2, 1970. Bev Garland, Henry Jones, Jack Lambert.
510. Kiowa!. Feb. 16, 1970. Victor French, Dub Taylor, Jean Allison.
516. Chato. Sept. 14, 1970. Ricardo Montalban.
522. Snow Train Part 2. Oct. 26, 1970. Clifton James, Loretta Swit, Ken Lynch.
527. MaCabe. Nov. 30, 1970. Big Jim Davis, Lew Brown, Dan Kemp.
540. The Lost. Sept. 13, 1971. Royal Dano.
574. The Sodbusters. Nov. 20, 1972. Harrison Ford, Alex Cord
576. Hostage!. Dec. 11, 1972. William Smith. William Smith is great in this.
583. Whelan's Men. Feb. 5, 1973. Harrison Ford.
587. The Golden Land. March 5, 1973. Bettye Ackerman, Victor French, Richard Dreyfuss.