Episode

Gunsmoke: Matt Dillon Must Die

Name: Gunsmoke: Matt Dillon Must Die
Released: 1974-09-09
Duration: 45 min
Cast: James Arness, Amanda Blake, Milburn Stone, Ken Curtis, Dennis Weaver

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Overview

A mountain family in an attempt to avenge the death of one of their own capture Matt.

Details

Series: Gunsmoke
Season: Season 20
Episode: Episode 1
Air date: 1974-09-09
Runtime: 45 min

Episode context

Matt Dillon Must Die is Episode 1 in Season 20 of Gunsmoke. It aired on 1974-09-09. The runtime is 45 min.

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Episode 2: Town in Chains 1974-09-16 | 45 min A group of bandits attempt to rob a town while masquerading as soldiers.

More episodes from this season

Episode 3: The Guns of Cibola Blanca (1) 1974-09-23 | 45 min Doc and fellow stage passenger, Lyla are captured by renegade comancheros.

Episode 4: The Guns of Cibola Blanca (2) 1974-09-30 | 45 min Matt, Festus and Newly attempt to rescue Doc and Lyla from Shindrow's camp.

Episode 5: Thirty a Month and Found 1974-10-07 | 45 min Matt houses a drunk Will & Friends in the jail they go looking for $300 that they think Bill took. Matt thinks it was a misunderstanding. Will doesn't want to tell Matt that they shot Curly Wills (They buried him before going to Dodge. Doak stops to see his girlfriend and says marriage will need to wait, as Will & Quincy leaves without Doak Quincy and the storekeepers are shot.

Episode 6: The Wiving 1974-10-14 | 45 min Jed Hockett(Harry Morgan), a farmer, orders his three boys to go to town and return with prospective brides.

Episode 7: The Iron Men 1974-10-21 | 45 min Matt and former lawman now turned alcoholic, Chauncey Demon go up against land baron Carl Ryker.

Episode 8: The Fourth Victim 1974-11-04 | 45 min A series of seemingly random killings have the citizens of Dodge City in near panic, but Dillon believes they are part of a pattern in which Doc is slated to be the next target.

Episode 9: The Tarnished Badge 1974-11-11 | 45 min Matt's friend, Sheriff Harker runs his town ruthlessly, punishing anyone disobeying him.

Episode 10: In Performance of Duty 1974-11-18 | 45 min Matt is frustrated by Judge Kendall's insistence that the letter of the law be maintained, which could result in Emmett Kaysinger and his boys, all known outlaws, be set free unless there is solid evidence to hold them for a double murder and robbery they committed.

Episode 11: Island in the Desert (1) 1974-12-02 | 45 min Festus, in the desert hunting escaped killer Gard Dixon is wounded by the outlaw. He is found by Ben Snow, a half-crazy hermit who has been living in the desert with his gold for many years.

Episode 12: Island in the Desert (2) 1974-12-09 | 45 min While Matt and Newly hunt for Festus, Ben Snow and Festus attempt to haul his gold out of the desert.