
Gunsmoke — Season 20

Driven by vengeance for a fallen kin, a family dwelling in the mountains takes Matt captive.

Under the guise of soldiers, a band of brigands descended upon the unsuspecting town, their true intentions concealed beneath borrowed uniforms. They sought to plunder and loot, hoping to exploit the citizens' trust for their own gain.

Doc and Lyla, a fellow traveler on the stagecoach, were taken captive by a band of renegade Comanchero.

Matt, Festus, and Newly make a desperate attempt to free Doc and Lyla from Shindrow’s encampment.

Matt provides shelter for a boisterous group, including a deeply inebriated Will, as they seek three hundred dollars they believe Bill stole. Matt suspects a simple misunderstanding. Will, however, is reluctant to reveal the truth: they had…

Farmer Jed Hockett (played by Harry Morgan) instructs his three sons to travel to town and find suitable wives.

Matt, a man haunted by his past as a lawman and now adrift in the depths of alcoholism, finds himself in opposition to the ruthless land baron, Carl Ryker.

A string of unsettling murders has gripped the people of Dodge City with a sense of mounting dread, yet Dillon suspects these acts are not haphazard. He believes they form a deliberate sequence, and that Doc Holliday is the intended next vi…

Sheriff Harker, Matt’s friend, held the reins of his town with an iron hand, meting out swift and unforgiving justice to anyone who dared defy him.

Matt grew increasingly exasperated by Judge Kendall’s unwavering adherence to the strict letter of the law. This rigid interpretation threatened to release Emmett Kaysinger and his notorious gang – men widely known as outlaws – unless irref…

In the desolate expanse of the desert, Festus, pursuing the fugitive killer Gard Dixon, is wounded by the outlaw. He is discovered by Ben Snow, a hermit of questionable sanity who has made his solitary life in the desert for years, guarding…

As Matt and Newly pursue Festus, Ben Snow and the man himself struggle to transport the gold from the desert's harsh embrace.

Lee J. Cobb and his daughter, Julie Cobb, share the screen for the first time in a guest appearance. Cobb portrays a former military officer, once held in high esteem, who unexpectedly confronts a poignant and unforeseen reunion with his da…

Hunted by Matt Dillon and the men who betrayed him, outlaw Gristy Calhoun finds his fate in the desolate lands rests upon the shoulders of a woman of the tribe.

A farmer stopped by, inquiring about the whereabouts of Sharp’s cow. Matt informed the milk cow owner that he lacked the evidence necessary to arrest "the hiders." The farmer expressed a desire to pursue them personally. Matt cautioned the …

Now bound by an unlikely partnership with a seasoned killer, he struggles to guide his prisoner, Jaeckel, back to Dodge City, all while evading a relentless trio of bounty hunters determined to end their lives.

Henry Decory, a schoolteacher, passionately advocates for mandatory education for children living in the frontier. This stance stems from his frustration with a father who stubbornly believes books and learning are a futile endeavor, active…

Following the death of her parents on the prairie, young Bessie Sutherland is taken in by Matt to live with her Aunt Rachel. Rachel explains to Matt that past hardships have made her unwilling to accept Bessie, and further, that she intends…

Farmer Jed Hackett (Harry Morgan) determined that the time had come for his three sons to take the women they had brought back from Dodge City as wives.

The verdict was harsh: Matt Dillon received a life sentence, to be spent in hard labor, for the shooting of a fugitive within the town of Bedrock.

Festus found himself navigating a precarious position. A preacher from the East, David Wayne by name, proposed a church meant for both the Native Americans and the townspeople – a concept met with deep-seated prejudice by nearly everyone.

In the vast expanse of Montana, two men set out to raise funds for a struggling ranch. Their hopeful endeavor, however, is shattered when one is thrown from his horse by a wild stallion, sustaining a head injury that leaves his life hanging…

Manolo, played by Robert Urich, is a young man from the Basque region who finds himself perpetually deemed incomplete by his community. This perception stems from his refusal to engage in the traditional Basque rite of combat with his fathe…

A series of unfortunate events lands Festus working as a farmhand, tilling the soil for a family content with idleness.


