Episode

Gunsmoke: The Hanging

Name: Gunsmoke: The Hanging
Released: 1966-12-31
Duration: 45 min
Cast: James Arness, Amanda Blake, Milburn Stone, Ken Curtis, Dennis Weaver

GunsmokeSeason 121966-12-31

Overview

To Marshal Matt Dillon and his deputies falls their grimmest task in many years-- the hanging of a ruthless gunman.

Details

Series: Gunsmoke
Season: Season 12
Episode: Episode 15
Air date: 1966-12-31
Runtime: 45 min

Episode context

The Hanging is Episode 15 in Season 12 of Gunsmoke. It aired on 1966-12-31. The runtime is 45 min.

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Episode 14: Champion of the World 1966-12-24 | 45 min 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.

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

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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 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 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 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 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.

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 21: Fandango 1967-02-11 | 45 min Matt Dillon tries to bring a man to justice in spite of an onslaught of an crazed vengeful lawman wishing to exact his own revenge.