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Episode

Gunsmoke: Champion of the World

GunsmokeSeason 121966-12-24

Overview

Bull Bannock (Alan Hale), retired heavyweight champion of the world, attempts to make a home for himself in Dodge City, and tries to buy Miss Kitty's Longbranch Saloon.

Details

Series: Gunsmoke
Season: Season 12
Episode: Episode 14
Air date: 1966-12-24
Runtime: 45 min

Episode context

Champion of the World is Episode 14 in Season 12 of Gunsmoke. It aired on 1966-12-24. The runtime is 45 min.

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Episode 13: The Moonstone 1966-12-17 | 45 min A young farmer's former partner-in-crime, girlfriend and slow-witted brother figure in the discovery of his forgotten past.

Episode 15: The Hanging 1966-12-31 | 45 min To Marshal Matt Dillon and his deputies falls their grimmest task in many years-- the hanging of a ruthless gunman.

More episodes from this season

Episode 12: Quaker Girl 1966-12-10 | 45 min The identity of a criminal is confused with that of deputy marshal Thad, when a Quaker party rescues the pair from a do-or-die fight.

Episode 16: Saturday Night 1967-01-07 | 45 min A vengeful prisoner poses a continual threat to the life of Marshal Matt Dillon.

Episode 11: The Newcomers 1966-12-03 | 45 min Lars Karlgren, a Scandinavian immigrant and his teenage son Petter, find the West even wilder than they had imagined when they settle in Dodge City. Petter gets framed for a murder of a man who was picking a fight with him.

Episode 17: Mad Dog 1967-01-14 | 45 min Festus Haggen is mistaken for a hired gunman and offered $300 to fight, and run out of town, the 3 sons of a man his cousin is accused of killing.

Episode 10: Stage Stop 1966-11-26 | 45 min Doc Adams takes up arms to defend a gold shipment from bandits, first during a stagecoach ambush and then at a weigh station. He is aided by a blind man and a wounded man in the battle against the bandits.

Episode 18: Muley 1967-01-21 | 45 min A young gunman (Zalman King) falls for one of Kitty's saloon girls (Lane Bradbury) while waiting to kill Marshal Matt Dillon and rob the bank.

Episode 9: The Well 1966-11-19 | 45 min All of Dodge City is suffering from a drought. A rainmaker (Guy Raymond) tries to put an end to it before the town's public well, their last source of water, runs dry.

Episode 19: Mail Drop 1967-01-28 | 45 min A boy (Eddie Hodges) comes to Dodge City in search of his father only to learn that he is a wanted criminal.

Episode 8: The Whispering Tree 1966-11-12 | 45 min After eight years in a prison for robbery a farmer returns home and hopes to find the stolen fortune he had buried under a tree.

Episode 20: Old Friend 1967-02-04 | 45 min An embittered lawman (Fritz Weaver) seeks revenge against the men who destroyed his town and took away his wife.

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