Episode

Gunsmoke: The Devil's Outpost

Name: Gunsmoke: The Devil's Outpost
Released: 1969-09-22
Duration: 45 min
Cast: James Arness, Amanda Blake, Milburn Stone, Ken Curtis, Dennis Weaver

GunsmokeSeason 151969-09-22

Overview

Outlaw Yancy Tyce and his outlaw gang try to free Tyce's younger brother now under arrest and being taken to Dodge by Matt.

Details

Series: Gunsmoke
Season: Season 15
Episode: Episode 1
Air date: 1969-09-22
Runtime: 45 min

Episode context

The Devil's Outpost is Episode 1 in Season 15 of Gunsmoke. It aired on 1969-09-22. The runtime is 45 min.

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Episode 2: Stryker 1969-09-29 | 45 min Former Dodge Marshal Josh Stryker arrives in town just being released from prison for killing a outlaw in cold blood. He holds Matt responsible for the loss of his arm and the years he spent in prison.

More episodes from this season

Episode 3: Coreyville 1969-10-06 | 45 min Matt is summoned to Coreyville, a run-down cowtown, by a young woman whose brother is on trial for murder.

Episode 4: Danny 1969-10-13 | 45 min An old friend of Kitty's learns he is dying comes to Dodge to try to ""go out in style"".

Episode 5: Hawk 1969-10-20 | 45 min A white woman refuses to accept her half-breed son, who Festus brings to her home wounded and needing help.

Episode 6: A Man Called Smith 1969-10-27 | 45 min Abelia, the young widow who once saved Festus' life, returns. She learns that she isn't a widow when her outlaw husband appears and forces her to exchange his stolen gold for cash.

Episode 7: Charlie Noon 1969-11-03 | 45 min Matt, his hardened prisoner Charlie Noon, an Indian woman and her white stepson are tracked by the Comanches as they try to cross the desert. The Indians are going to kill all of them unless Matt hands over the woman, because she left the Comanche leader years before.

Episode 8: The Still 1969-11-10 | 45 min Festus gets mixed up with Merry Florene and her hillbilly clan again as they try to hide a moonshining still and a stolen prize bull in the cellar of the local school.

Episode 9: A Matter of Honor 1969-11-17 | 45 min Louie Pheeters is found at the scene of a murder, the dying man's last words implicate the town alcoholic, who is too drunk to remember what he had just seen.

Episode 10: The Innocent 1969-11-24 | 45 min Festus acts as guide and driver for a Eastern missionary teacher on route to her first assignment. The only problem is trying to stay ahead of a murderous hillbilly family following them and planning a ambush.

Episode 11: Ring of Darkness 1969-12-01 | 45 min In an attempt to help his blind daughter, farmer Ben Hurley steals horses for an outlaw gang. Deputy Newly O'Brien arrives at his farm investigating, followed by the outlaws.

Episode 12: MacGraw 1969-12-08 | 45 min Ex-guman Jake MacGraw arrives in Dodge after spending 20 years in prison. The townspeople think he has come for revenge.