Gunsmoke
CBS (ended 1975)
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The Prisoner
Full Episode (44:04)
S 14 : Ep 25 - 5/19/62
Billy Joe escapes from an army disciplinary barracks work detail killing Sergeant Jellicoe in the process. The Major, his two sons, Seth and Ham, and his daughter-in-law, Sarah come to town for supplies. Billy Joe gets in a fight at the Long Branch. Matt tells him to get outta Dodge. Matt gets a wanted poster on William Joseph Arlen, and heads out looking for Billy Joe. Billy Joe's horse threw him. Matt finds him. the Major and Seth ride up and say, Billy Joe killed Ham and attacked Sarah. They'll bring proof. Matt locks up Billy Joe. Doc says Sarah sits like she is frozen. The Major brings Sarah to identify Billy Joe. She states he was there. He says he just had coffee and left. The Major won't let him be returned to the army to face federal charges first. Sarah overhears Doc and Kitty of the Major's plans. She tells the Major he didn't kill Ham. Seth shoots Billy Joe. Matt shoots Seth. Seth shot Ham so he could marry Sarah.moreless -
Parson Comes to Town
Full Episode (50:54)
S 11 : Ep 31 - 4/30/66
After Asa Longworth comes to Dodge City dressed in Preacher's clothes (the clothes belong to the Preacher that Asa killed) everybody thinks he has come to hold a sermon. He later tells everybody that he is in Dodge to watch someone die.''''Asa tells Matt the clothes belong to his twin brother. Matt asks for the name of the person who killed Asa's twin brother & the town where the killing took place. Dougherty tells Matt he saw Asa in Garden City last week but didn't use a gun to kill anyone!moreless -
My Father, My Son
Full Episode (50:56)
S 11 : Ep 30 - 4/23/66
Joey and Bernie Jeffords are in the Hays City Trail's End Saloon watching''Jim Barrett, a famous gunfighter, shoot pool. Joey decides he's faster than''Barrett and gets killed trying to prove it. Bernie takes Joey home and''informs his pa as to what happened. When Barrett arrives in Dodge City, Matt''throws him in jail until he gets confirmation from the territorial governor''that there's no warrants out for him. When he releases him, he tells Barrett''that if he so much as breaks a whiskey glass in Dodge he'll throw him back''in jail. Barrett promises to start no trouble. However, a young man in town''keeps trying to kill Barrett, but keeps getting outwitted. In the meantime,''''Ike Jeffords gathers up his grown sons and heads for Dodge to settle the''score with Barrett. That night one of the Jeffords boys calls Barrett out''into the street while his father and three brothers wait in ambush!moreless -
Treasure of John Walking Fox
Full Episode (50:55)
S 11 : Ep 29 - 4/16/66
Jacob Beamus and his good Comanche friend, John Walking Fox, are bringing a''load of buffalo pelts into Dodge. Gainer, Holtz and Banjo, three morally''bankrupt saddle tramps, try to force their way into staying at their camp''and are invited to leave. When the three see Jacob and John Walking Fox''coming into Dodge they give them some more trouble. They manage to get to''Aaron Tigue's trading store, where an argument takes place between Jacob and''Aaron over the previously promised price of the pelts, and Jacob is killed.''John Walking Fox pays Percy Crump, Dodge City's undertaker, for a funeral''and headstone for Jacob with a '49er' $50 gold piece, a rare coin minted''once by a California bank. It seems that the old coin shipment of $100,000''was lost between Pueblo, Colorado and Dodge City, Kansas in 1850. When he''then pays for a hotel room with another coin, Tigue and the saddle tramps''''are convinced that the Indian knows where the rest of the coins are buried.''It turns out that John Walking Fox is the better manipulator of the bunch.moreless -
By Line
Full Episode (50:52)
S 11 : Ep 28 - 4/9/66
Festus is nearly rundown by a speeding wagon on the trail between Hays City''and Dodge. He soon finds the wagon further up the trail with a broken wheel.''Here he meets Angus McTabboot and his 'unofficial' nephew Jock. It turns out''that Angus is on his way to Dodge to open a newspaper and winds up hiring''Festus as a reporter, with Jock as his aide to read and write for him. After''digging three bullets out of the back of Angus' wagon, Matt speaks to Angus''and discovers he was run out of Hays City for printing "the truth about''people," regardless of the consequences. The first thing Festus writes about''''is how local rancher Merl Benlan got his start by rustling cattle down in''Texas. Merl gets pretty upset and goes after Festus and Angus. Then, when''Angus explains the concept of advertising to Festus, he creates a price war''between Mr. Jonas' and Clab Chummer's general stores, which gets seriously''out of hand. Things eventually deteriorate and Festus runs a front page''story about a big gold strike at Pueblo Flats to get most of the men out of''town so Angus can pack up and sneak out without getting shot.moreless -
Harvest
Full Episode (50:55)
S 11 : Ep 27 - 3/26/66
Ian McGovern, his mother, and son, David, immigrate from Scotland and find a''nice plot of land just outside of Dodge. According to the land office they''have a right to homestead it, but according to Ben Payson the land is his.''When Ben appeals to Matt about it he's told that the land is public domain''and, when it comes down to it, he'll have to stand on the side of the law.''Ben is not pleased with this response. When Ben's daughter, Betsy's, horse''throws her and she's nearly charged by a wild boar, David comes to her''rescue. When Betsy gets home she finds her father less than appreciative.''Soon Ben finds out that David and Betsy are sweet on each other. A fight''takes place between the two fathers and Ben insists that if David continues''to see Betsy he'll kill him. When Ben's ranch hands get back from delivering''''his cattle to market he takes them with him to burn out the "squatters," but''Thad and Betsy ride for the marshal.moreless -
The Brothers
Full Episode (50:52)
S 11 : Ep 25 - 3/12/66
Ed's gang robs the bank in Dodge City and kills a customer. During their''escape Billy, Ed's younger brother, is wounded and arrested. Matt took off''after the gang but lost them. That evening, while dinning with Kitty, Thad''introduces his friend, Will Taylor, to Matt. It's apparent that he idolizes''the marshal and offers to help in any way he can. Later that night the four''outlaws return to Dodge, one of them becoming deceased in a failed attempt''to break Billy out of jail. The next morning Matt leaves Thad in charge of''the jail while he and Festus try, yet again, to track Ed and the rest of the''gang down. In the meantime, Doc had to pay a visit to an expectant mother on''''one of the outlying ranches. On his way back to town he's stopped by two of''the gang members, beaten, and given a message to deliver to Matt that all of''his friends will meet the same fate, or worse, if he doesn't let Billy go.''Doc finds that Matt isn't back yet when he gets to town. Ed rides into the''marshal's office and tells Thad that he's just a traveler that met Matt on''the road and was told to come into town and tell him to meet Matt at an''abandoned way-station out at Black Fork. Thad doesn't quite buy it and''decides to obey Matt's last instructions to stay and guard the jail. At''Thad's appeal not to go, Will decides to take his place and go meet Matt,''with disastrous effects. The gang next beats up the local newspaper''publisher and his wife, not liking the story he printed about them. Matt''then takes Billy out of town, ties him to a tree, and uses him as bait to''draw the gang into a trap, but Ed figures out what's happening and attacks''Matt from behind!moreless -
Honor Before Justice
Full Episode (50:53)
S 11 : Ep 24 - 3/5/66
An Indian woman asks for help in seeing that her father isn't killed for a crime he didn't commit. When Thad offers to help the girl the laws of her tribe could bring more trouble. Thad tries to see Gray horse, and is accused of attacking an Indian. The Indian agent arrests Thad.''''Sara and Two Bears talk about what will happen after her father dies. As time nears for John Two Bears to die Matt & Thad learn that Gray Horse took the horses.moreless -
Sanctuary
Full Episode (49:59)
S 11 : Ep 23 - 2/26/66
Paul Wiley and his gang get into a shootout with Matt and some of the''townsfolk after robbing the bank in Dodge. During the shootout Mrs. Ayers''and her young boy are shot down in the street. Wounded in the leg, Wiley''ducks into the church. He finds Rev. Porter, his fiance Phyllis, and Mrs.''Howell there and sends Phyllis for a doctor. Matt sends posses out in a''couple directions because the gang scattered. Festus figures out that Wiley''may have doubled back towards Dodge. He sends his posse on while he and Thad''head back for town. Doc tells Wiley he needs special instruments from his''office to extract the bullet. Reluctantly, Wiley let's him go. Doc's forced''into telling Festus about Wiley and is overheard by local citizen Baker, who''''then tells Mr. Ayers that the man responsible for wounding his wife and son''is in the church. Ayers, Baker and a moderate crowd decide to go get Wiley.''Festus and Doc try to stop them, but it's a bullet fired from Wiley's pistol''into Baker's leg that dissuades them. When Matt gets back to Dodge, after''apprehending most of the gang, he agrees to Wiley's demands of delivering''two horses in front of the church at sun-up. Wiley says he'll let his''hostage go once he's twenty miles out of Dodge.moreless -
Wishbone
Full Episode (50:57)
S 11 : Ep 22 - 2/19/66
Spellman, Travers and Aikens are robbing a stage when the guard shoots''Spellman in the leg, resulting in Travers killing the guard and wounding the''driver. Being wounded himself, Spellman has a difficult time keeping up with''Travers and Aikens and is left to fend for himself. When the stage gets to''Dodge the robbery is reported to Matt who takes off after the criminals,''leaving Festus in charge in town. Doc is feeling really bad because he''thought the driver would live, but died from the wounds. Kitty suggests that''as long as he has to ride to Pearl Miller's place, a goodly distance out of''Dodge, to deliver her baby that he take a fishing pole along and get a''''couple of days rest. Doc takes her advice and tries to sneak out of town''without Festus finding out. Matt follows the outlaw's trail to Benson Flats''and Mr. Tonkins' farm. Tonkins tells Matt the outlaws came by earlier and''which direction they went. It turns out that Spellman was in Tonkins' house''with a gun on him. In the meantime, Doc stops for water on the way out to''the Miller place and gets bitten by a rattlesnake. Festus overhears two''ladies gossiping and figures out where Doc went. Leaving Thad in charge he''takes off after Doc, and finds him in pretty serious condition. Doc's horse''ran off with his medical bag in the buggy while he scuffled with the snake,''so Festus recommends putting some fresh meat on the wound to draw out the''poison, in this case a dead chicken. Doc agrees and Festus rides back to a''farm he'd passed earlier with some chickens in the yard, but is confronted''by a man with a gun and has to kill him to get the chicken. While Festus is''''getting Doc back to Dodge, Matt corners Travers and Aikens in a ghost town''and gets shot!moreless -
My Father's Guitar
Full Episode (50:44)
S 11 : Ep 21 - 2/12/66
Jason rides up to Jed Woodard's homestead and asks if he can water his''horse. While he's doing that Jed notices a guitar strapped to Jason's horse.''He takes it out and starts fooling with it. Jason is very possessive about''the instrument and each time he asks Jed to give it to him Jed abuses it a''little more. Finally, he's knocking it against a sharp piece of wood and is''on the verge of puncturing it. Jason will take no more, draws his knife, and''stabs Jed in the chest. He digs a grave but doesn't finish burying the body''because two riders are approaching. He arrives in Dodge and stops in at the''Long Branch where Kitty is throwing a birthday party for Doc. Kitty asks him''to play some music, and he agrees to play in return for some food. The''following day Jack and Dan, the two riders that scared Jason off, arrive in''Dodge. They disturb the peace and Matt relieves them of their guns. Later''''that night they get into a fight with Jason and Matt throws them in jail.''When Thad notices a particular twenty-dollar gold piece amongst their''possessions that he identified to Matt as one Jed wore around his neck all''the time, Matt decides to hold them for Jed's murder. Sonny Starr is a''peddler that has asked Jason to travel with him and play his guitar to help''drum up business. When Jason learns that Jack and Dan are being held for the''murder he committed he agrees to go with Starr, but breaks them out of jail''first. Jack and Dan catch up to Jason and Starr a short way out of Dodge.''They send Starr on his way but keep Jason to find out why he broke them out.''They finally put it together and Jason escapes into the nearby woods. While''Jack and Dan are hunting Jason down Matt shows up and enters the chase.moreless -
Killer at Large
Full Episode (50:57)
S 11 : Ep 20 - 2/5/66
Doc Brown's medicine show comes to Dodge. One of his main attractions is''Sandy, a young man quite quick and agile with pistols. His problem is that''his arrogance rivals his abilities. This is demonstrated by his insistence''on pushing Festus into a gunfight, which Sandy loses. With a bullet wound in''his side, Matt out of town, Doc Brown accusing Festus of murder by drawing''down on Sandy while he was drunk, and not wanting to have to put Matt in the''position of arresting his friend when he returns, Festus decides to run for''the Nebraska border. En route, he is forced to trade Ruth (his mule) and his''pistol for a fresh horse. He then comes upon a saloon with Mr. Gabin and his''two boys, who are less than hospitable. Festus rides on and seeks shelter in''a barn from an imminent rain storm. The following morning he meets and''befriends the family that owns the farm. During breakfast two gunmen ride up''''and tell Esther Harris, the owner of the farm and a widow, that they're''there to appraise its value for someone interested in buying her land. Ether''knows they represent Gabin, who's been trying to get hold of the place for''some time, but refuses to sell because a stage line may be coming through''the area and is interested in using her place as a stage stop. With a broken''pistol that Esther's son plays with, Festus manages to bluff the gunmen,''Harris and Coor, into leaving. Later that day Festus, Esther, and her son,''Jimmy, go into town for supplies. Gabin informs Harris and Coor that they''were bluffed by a broken gun. Festus then finds himself faced with the two''gunmen and Gabin's sons, who proceed to beat him up and pour flower,''molasses and sugar all over him. Jimmy is, of course, disappointed in''Festus. In the meantime, Matt and Thad are hot on Festus' trail. The next''day Festus goes back into town to get the supplies they didn't get the day''''before, unaware that Jimmy has stowed away in the back of the buckboard.''Once again Festus is faced with Harris and Coor, but this time he's prepared''for them.moreless -
The Raid (1)
Full Episode (50:54)
S 11 : Ep 18 - 1/22/66
Les McConnell, posing as a gun salesman, is the front-man for the Stark Gang. He's gone into Sedalia, Missouri as the advanced scout for a bank heist. The gang rides in and robs the bank, killing the bank manager. They get away and later decide to hit the bank in Dodge, even though McConnell advises against messing with Marshal Dillon. The leader, Jim Stark, dismisses the warning and sets the gang's path toward Dodge. McConnell goes in ahead of the gang to check things out. The bank gets robbed and, as the gang is riding out of town, they run headlong into Matt and Festus. Some of the gang members are killed and one is severely wounded. Doc is kidnapped and taken along to tend him. Matt starts to put together a large posse to chase the gang down, but McConnell has other ideas.moreless -
Sweet Billy, Singer of Songs
Full Episode (50:54)
S 11 : Ep 17 - 1/15/66
Festus sees Lambert, Emery and Sweet Billy Haggen on a farm outside of''Dodge, grabs a well bucket, puts it over his head and starts running off''into the fields for fear of getting his ear shot off; not the whole ear,''just the little hangy-down part (refer to episode #364 "Eliab's Aim" for''details). Sweet Billy shoots the bucket, they catch up to Festus, and then''explain that the only reason they're there is to find Sweet Billy a wife.''Festus reluctantly agrees to help and starts lining up local gals for Sweet''Billy to meet. The one prerequisite that Sweet Billy has is that the woman''he marries must be able to read and write. It happens that Pony Beal and his''daughter Orabelle are in town, and when she sees Sweet Billy she decides to''go after him. Sweet Billy is also quite taken with her and, when he finds''that she can read and write, decides to marry her. With his three uncle's''''permission they go to see Orabelle's father, who also agrees, provided they''pay him a $500 dowry. This don't set too well with the Haggens, but they''agree. Now, not having $500, they decide to go into the freight hauling''business to earn the money. The first thing they need is a team of mules to''pull a wagon. The only place to get them is from Pony Beal, who inflates the''price to capitalize on the Haggens as much as he can. Soon they are doing''well and earning the money. Pony Beal sees this and tries finagle his way''into owning half of their business. Then, while hauling a load of freight up''to some minors, a severe dust storm comes up and they have to camp on the''prairie for the night. The next morning they discover that their four-mule''team are missing. When they see Pony Beal just happens to have another mule''team to sell them, they're sure he stole them. Sweet Billy and Orabelle are''beginning to wonder if they'll ever get married.moreless -
Death Watch
Full Episode (50:55)
S 11 : Ep 16 - 1/8/66
Holly and Walker, two bounty hunters, come across a dead sheriff and his''prisoner. The prisoner, John Drago, is still alive, but badly injured from''his horse throwing him. Holly finds a wanted poster in the sheriff's pocket''indicating the reward for Drago, dead or alive, from the Mexican authorities''is thirty-thousand dollars. They take Drago into Dodge for medical''treatment. Doc and Matt insist on keeping Drago under guard in a hotel room''until he's fit to ride. Local farmer Austin Boyle's wife is under Doc's care''because she's having a difficult time carrying her baby and, knowing he''could use the money, Festus suggests that Matt hire him as a guard. A Kansas''''City Beacon Newspaper reporter, George Flint, is in town and keeps stirring''up trouble between the bounty hunters and Matt to create an interesting''story. Flint eventually plants the idea in the bounty hunter's minds to''offer Boyle three-thousand dollars to kill Drago so they can quickly get to''Mexico and cash in on him. While Boyle is thinking things over the situation''takes an unexpected turn.moreless -
Gold Mine
Full Episode (50:46)
S 11 : Ep 15 - 12/25/65
Kitty inherits a gold mine from a friend who passed away. She wanted Matt to''accompany her to the town of Pickaxe to register and transfer the deed, but''he had to go out-of-town on business. A bit miffed, she decides to make the''trip alone. After the stage drops her off in the middle of the prairie by a''pile of crates and barrels, she waits in the hot sun for the freight driver''from Pickaxe. He is not helpful; she has to put her own luggage in the wagon''and climb up on her own. When she arrives in Pickaxe she finds the local''citizenry even less helpful, with the exception of Richard Danby, a young''mute boy. When Matt finds out she made the trip on her own he sends Thad to''check on her, and send a letter back on the stage concerning her welfare.''After Thad arrives, dead tired from riding all night, Richard takes him and''Kitty up to the mine. There they find Pa Gibbijohn and his two boys, Jud and''''Ed, jumping her claim. They manage to chase the rascals off, but when Pa''later learns that Kitty and Thad found a pocket of gold he and his boys''return to try and steal what they've mined. Thad is accidentally shot by one''of the inept Gibbijohn clan and never does get a letter off to Matt telling''him that Kitty is alright. Worried, Matt decides to head up to Pickaxe.moreless -
The Avengers
Full Episode (50:45)
S 11 : Ep 14 - 12/18/65
Thad goes to the marshal's office to get Festus (Matt's out-of-town) and''tells him there's a problem at the Long Branch. When they get there, Kitty''tells them she got rid of the two brothers that were drunk and disorderly.''As her and Sam are closing up, Sam takes a crate of empty bottles to the''cellar and Kitty goes up to her room. Waiting there is Richard Strom, one of''the brothers, who gags her and starts beating her. A window breaks in the''struggle and brings Festus, Thad and Sam running. Richard Strom shoots''Festus and is killed by return fire. Several days later Oklahoma judge''Calvin Strom shows up in town with his two remaining sons, Mark and Cal, Jr.''(the one that was with Richard the night of the shooting). Judge Strom wants''charges brought against Festus for murder and against Kitty for conspiracy''''to commit murder, but Matt refuses and orders the judge and his two sons out''of Dodge. That night Mark ambushes Matt and puts a bullet in his leg while''his father and brother kidnap Festus and Kitty. The next day Mark comes back''and kidnaps Doc. Judge Strom has decided to hold court and appoints Doc as''defense attorney for the accused. Despite his wounded leg, Matt tries to''track them down.moreless -
Outlaw's Woman
Full Episode (50:55)
S 11 : Ep 13 - 12/11/65
A gang of outlaws (Dove Baily, Coley Martin, Harve Kane, Hank Wheeler, and''siblings Eddie and Allie Sommers) are being chased by two posses for robbing''the railroad of $20,000 and shooting three employees. Matt manages to shoot''one of them in the shoulder before they get away. A couple days later Doc''finds Allie in his office with a bullet wound in her shoulder. Matt suspects''she may have been one of the gang members, but says nothing. She tells Matt''that she was separated from a wagon train and shot by Indians. After two''weeks convalescing, and getting to like city life, Allie sees Kane in town.''He tells her that Matt shot her brother down when he was trying to''surrender. He wants her to lead Matt into a trap so they can kill him and''then show the gang where her brother hid the money before he died. This task''proves to be a little more difficult than it sounds; Matt and Festus are''pretty hard to kill.moreless -
The Hostage
Full Episode (51:01)
S 11 : Ep 12 - 12/4/65
Gorman, Mandee, Keys, and Torreon break out of Leavenworth Territorial''Prison and abduct Matt while he's on his nightly rounds. A note is found on''the telegraph office door from Gorman explaining that they've got Matt and''he won't be harmed if they get to the Mexican border unmolested. The''instructions in the note call for the Dodge telegrapher to wire all towns''south, between Dodge and the Oklahoma border, and inform all peace officers''to stay out of their way or they'll kill Matt. Festus has gone to Jetmore to''pick up some horses and Doc and Kitty send Thad to tell him what's happened.''When Thad catches up with him and they head out after Matt. Then, things get''tense when the gang finds one stubborn lawman and nineteen deputies in front''of them only a few miles from the Oklahoma border.moreless -
South Wind
Full Episode (50:51)
S 11 : Ep 11 - 11/27/65
Judd Print and his two boys, Verlyn and Coy, have met Wade Bonney, his 12''year old son Homer, and his gravely ill wife on the trail and traveled''together for a few days. After Mrs. Bonney dies, Judd shoots Wade in the''back and steals all of his valuables. Verlyn knows what happened, but Coy''doesn't because he was off looking for Homer at the time. From a hilltop''Homer had witnessed the murder. Hiding, and refusing to come down for fear''of being killed himself, he is left there to die of exposure. But, instead,''Homer finds his father's gun and heads across the prairie to hunt Judd and''his boys down. Doc runs across Homer while on the trail, gives him some''water, almost gets shot, and takes him back to Dodge to tend his minor''scratches and get some food into him. He also hides Homer's gun. When Homer''sees Judd and Verlyn in town he searches Doc's office, finds the gun and''goes after them. Not realizing that Doc removed the bullets, he gets''cornered in Moss Grimmick's livery stable with Judd advancing on him with a''pitch fork!moreless -
The Pretender
Full Episode (50:54)
S 11 : Ep 10 - 11/20/65
Frank and Edmund Dano arrive home after six years in prison for rustling''cattle. Considering Frank the bad seed of the family, and the evil influence''that got the younger Edmund sent to prison, Mr. Dano gives him a not-to-warm''reception. Frank wants to leave, but because his mother is ailing with a bad''heart, he stays at her request. As the situation deteriorates between Frank''and his father, Edmund offers to tell their parents that it was he who was''mixed up with the rustling and that Frank only got into trouble trying to''get him out of it. Frank says no to prevent further disappointment for their''''parents and moves to a farm house on some nearby land that his father''purchased.''Edmund takes up with Elise Howell, a clerk in the freight office. After''$20,000 is stolen from the Garden City stage, recovered, and returned to the''freight office, Edmund talks Elsie into helping him steal it. Things don't''go as smoothly as planned and Elisie's employer, Mr. Daniels, gets killed.''Edmund stops to see Frank and asks him to set a false trail for the posse to''follow, but because their mother is on her death bed Frank won't let him run''and forces him to go see her so she can spend her last moments with both of''her sons. Meanwhile, Matt and his posse are hot on Edmund's trail!moreless -
Malachi
Full Episode (50:52)
S 11 : Ep 9 - 11/13/65
Murdering sidewinder Del Ordman heads to Dodge to kill the marshal for''killing his brother, but Matt had to go out-of-town and asked Festus to keep''an eye on things. As Matt's leaving, Malachi Harper, a buffalo bone''scavenger, arrives in town. He finds a letter waiting for him informing him''that his brother Ethan, a well-to-do businessman from Baltimore, is coming''through Dodge on his way to San Francisco. Malachi hasn't seen his brother''in 35 years but wrote him once and told him that he was the marshal of Dodge''City. Festus, Doc and Kitty play along with the charade. Ordman, not knowing''the marshal by name, confronts Malachi and tries to kill him. When Matt''comes back Festus fills him in on what's going on, while Ordman is facing''Malachi down at the Long Branch!moreless -
The Reward
Full Episode (51:01)
S 11 : Ep 8 - 11/6/65
Jim Forbes returns from serving three years in prison for "swindling" the''folks of Dodge. He had ran out of money mining for gold, salted the mine''(planted high grade quartz ore in it), and borrowed funds from the''townspeople to continue mining. Now, backed by money provided by his sister,''he's reopened the mine in order to prove to the people of Dodge that there''is gold in it, and to pay them back. Once locals Jason Holt and Clint Fisher''find out that Forbes has some money in the bank they demand he make''''restitution with it, forcefully. Things eventually deteriorate to the point''where Forbes straps on a gun and goes looking for Holt and Fisher!moreless -
The Bounty Hunter
Full Episode (50:40)
S 11 : Ep 7 - 10/30/65
Turner's called in from the range to talk to his boss, Chris Thornton. Upon''his arrival Thornton tells him he knows his name is really Luke Frazer. He''tells Thornton he'll be gone by sundown, but Thornton has different ideas.''He shows Luke a wanted poster of Otto Fry, the man who killed Thornton's''son. He tells Luke he'll give him a thousand acres as a place of his own if''he'll track down Fry and kill him; he can even keep the $600 reward! Frazer''heads out looking for Fry and lands in Dodge. Wouldn't you know, he's an old''friend of Festus'. It turns out that Fry is better known around Dodge as''local rancher Lon Jensen. Matt gets to him first and puts him in jail where''Frazer can't get to him. He then sends a telegram to the sheriff in Buckland''and learns that the charges had been dropped when Thornton's son made a''deathbed confession, admitting to assaulting Fry's wife. When Frazer learns''''that he's been set up to commit murder he heads back to Buckland to deal''with Thornton!moreless -
Kioga
Full Episode (50:48)
S 11 : Ep 6 - 10/23/65
Jayce McCaw deals unfairly with a Pawnee Indian family and winds up killing''the father, shooting Kioga (the son), and leaving the daughter unprotected''in the wilderness. When he gets into Dodge he near strangles Howie, the''Dodge House desk clerk, just to get a woman's name. Kioga, still wounded,''tracks him to Dodge and shows up in Mr. Bodkin's bank wanting to cash in a''gold nugget for money. He's taken up to Doc's for treatment and Matt leaves''him the $110.00 Mr. Bodkin redeemed the gold for. After Doc's treatment''Kioga buys white man's clothes and hat, and gets his hair cut in order to''blend in. That night he tries to kill McCaw, but misses. McCaw, being short''on brains and manners, smarts off to Matt and gets thrown in jail. Kioga''disturbs the peace to get thrown in with McCaw. Another failed attempt. The''next day, another failed attempt using a rifle as McCaw rides out of town.''Kioga grabs a horse and takes off after him. He finally captures McCaw and''stakes him out on the ground. With ants crawling over him and buzzards''circling above, Matt searches for the two.moreless -
Taps for Old Jeb
Full Episode (50:38)
S 11 : Ep 5 - 10/16/65
Jeb Crater and his prospecting partner Sholo are camping when Stretch Morgan''rides up. Jeb invites him to share a cup of coffee and is impressed with his''prowess with a gun. Explaining that they've finally struck it rich, Jeb''hires Stretch as a bodyguard. Arriving in Dodge, Jeb tells everyone he's''going to throw a party at the Long Branch. After bathing, Jeb and Stretch''hide the gold pouches in the ground under the bath tub (Jeb doesn't trust''banks), not telling Sholo because he might reveal its location if he has too''much to drink. After the party Jeb is hit on the head and the search is on''for Stretch.moreless - Load More
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