Episode

Gunsmoke: Mail Drop

Name: Gunsmoke: Mail Drop
Released: 1967-01-28
Duration: 45 min
Cast: James Arness, Amanda Blake, Milburn Stone, Ken Curtis, Dennis Weaver

GunsmokeSeason 121967-01-28

Overview

A boy (Eddie Hodges) comes to Dodge City in search of his father only to learn that he is a wanted criminal.

Details

Series: Gunsmoke
Season: Season 12
Episode: Episode 19
Air date: 1967-01-28
Runtime: 45 min

Episode context

Mail Drop is Episode 19 in Season 12 of Gunsmoke. It aired on 1967-01-28. The runtime is 45 min.

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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 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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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.

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Episode 22: The Returning 1967-02-18 | 45 min After eight years as a down-on-his-luck farmer, husband & father, and reformed outlaw (Michael Ansara) tries to make ends meet by rejoinning his old gang to rob the Dodge City freight office.

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.

Episode 23: The Lure 1967-02-25 | 45 min Private detectives use Kitty and the daughter (Kim Darby) of an outlaw to trap the girl's fugitive father (Stephen McNally).

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 24: Noose of Gold 1967-03-04 | 45 min Deputy District Attorney Shephard will do anything to further his career, including having outlaw John Farron killed, instead of being able to give himself up.

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 25: The Favor 1967-03-11 | 45 min Kitty's conscience is torn between her sense of obligation to a man (James Daly) who saved her life and her concern for the law and Marshal Matt Dillon.