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Gunsmoke Season 20

September. 09,1974

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Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.

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James Arness, Amanda Blake

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Gunsmoke Season 20 Full Episode Guide

Episode 24 - The Sharecroppers

First Aired: March. 31,1975

A comedy of errors puts Festus behind a plow, farming for a family of shiftless sharecroppers.

Episode 23 - Manolo

First Aired: March. 17,1975

Manolo (Robert Urich)is a Basque youth who is not recognized as a man in the eyes of his people because he refuses to fight his father Alejo (Nehemiah Persoff), a traditional Basque custom to prove one's manhood.

Episode 22 - The Busters

First Aired: March. 10,1975

Two bronco busters try to raise money for a ranch in Montana, only to have the dream ruined when one of them gets a death threatening head injury when thrown off by a wild stallion.

Episode 21 - I Have Promises to Keep

First Aired: March. 03,1975

Festus is caught in the middle when an Eastern preacher (David Wayne) wants to build a church for the Indians and the townspeople to share, but by all of whom that are filled with prejudice.

Episode 20 - Hard Labor

First Aired: February. 24,1975

Matt Dillon is sentenced to life imprisonment of hard labor for shooting a fugitive in the town of Bedrock.

Episode 19 - Brides and Grooms

First Aired: February. 10,1975

Farmer Jed Hackett (Harry Morgan) decides it's time for his three sons marry the women they brought back from Dodge City.

Episode 18 - The Angry Land

First Aired: February. 03,1975

Matt takes a young orphan Bessie Sutherland after her parents were killed on the prairie, to live with her Aunt Rachel. Rachel tells Matt that because of the devastating experiences that she has had, does not want to take in her niece, besides she wants to sell her land.

Episode 17 - The Fires of Ignorance

First Aired: January. 27,1975

Henry Decory is a schoolteacher who makes a strong statement for compulsory education for frontier children as a stubborn father feels that books and education are a waste of time and tries to keep his son Tommy out of school.

Episode 16 - Larkin

First Aired: January. 20,1975

Newly finds himself in a strange alliance with a professional killer as he tries to return to Dodge City with his prisoner (Jaeckel) before they are both killed by a trio of bounty hunters.

Episode 15 - The Hiders

First Aired: January. 13,1975

A farmer comes by and asks Sharp where is cow is, Matt tells the milk cow owner that he has no proof to arrest ""the hiders."" The farmer wants to go after them himself. Matt tells the men that will leave Dodge if anyone else complains. Dink escapes from Carp after being hurt, Festus finds Dink and treats his wounds. Dink tells Festus he likes waking up in the morning, Martha warns Dink to watch for Carp. Carp asks Dink to help kill Festus.

Episode 14 - The Squaw

First Aired: January. 06,1975

Fleeing from both Matt Dillon and his double-crossed partners, outlaw Gristy Calhoun discovers that his survival in the badlands depends on an Indian woman.

Episode 13 - The Colonel

First Aired: December. 16,1974

Lee J. Cobb and his daughter Julie Cobb appear together for the first time when Cobb guest-stars as a once-proud military officer who is suddenly faced with a painful and unplanned reunion with his daughter.

Episode 12 - Island in the Desert (2)

First Aired: December. 09,1974

While Matt and Newly hunt for Festus, Ben Snow and Festus attempt to haul his gold out of the desert.

Episode 11 - Island in the Desert (1)

First Aired: December. 02,1974

Festus, in the desert hunting escaped killer Gard Dixon is wounded by the outlaw. He is found by Ben Snow, a half-crazy hermit who has been living in the desert with his gold for many years.

Episode 10 - In Performance of Duty

First Aired: November. 18,1974

Matt is frustrated by Judge Kendall's insistence that the letter of the law be maintained, which could result in Emmett Kaysinger and his boys, all known outlaws, be set free unless there is solid evidence to hold them for a double murder and robbery they committed.

Episode 9 - The Tarnished Badge

First Aired: November. 11,1974

Matt's friend, Sheriff Harker runs his town ruthlessly, punishing anyone disobeying him.

Episode 8 - The Fourth Victim

First Aired: November. 04,1974

A series of seemingly random killings have the citizens of Dodge City in near panic, but Dillon believes they are part of a pattern in which Doc is slated to be the next target.

Episode 7 - The Iron Men

First Aired: October. 21,1974

Matt and former lawman now turned alcoholic, Chauncey Demon go up against land baron Carl Ryker.

Episode 6 - The Wiving

First Aired: October. 14,1974

Jed Hockett(Harry Morgan), a farmer, orders his three boys to go to town and return with prospective brides.

Episode 5 - Thirty a Month and Found

First Aired: October. 07,1974

Matt houses a drunk Will & Friends in the jail they go looking for $300 that they think Bill took. Matt thinks it was a misunderstanding. Will doesn't want to tell Matt that they shot Curly Wills (They buried him before going to Dodge. Doak stops to see his girlfriend and says marriage will need to wait, as Will & Quincy leaves without Doak Quincy and the storekeepers are shot.