Episode

Gunsmoke: The Search

Name: Gunsmoke: The Search
Released: 1962-09-15
Duration: 45 min
Cast: James Arness, Amanda Blake, Milburn Stone, Ken Curtis, Dennis Weaver

GunsmokeSeason 81962-09-15

Overview

A young man named Cale may have earned Marshal Dillon's respect, but Tate Gifford says Cale has just ridden off on a stolen horse - Tate's horse.

Details

Series: Gunsmoke
Season: Season 8
Episode: Episode 1
Air date: 1962-09-15
Runtime: 45 min

Episode context

The Search is Episode 1 in Season 8 of Gunsmoke. It aired on 1962-09-15. The runtime is 45 min.

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Episode 2: Call Me Dodie 1962-09-22 | 45 min An adolescent escapee from a cruel orphanage knows she has a lot to learn, and she starts learning it from the rough-and-tumble characters and loafers she encounters in Dodge.

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Episode 3: Quint Asper Comes Home 1962-09-29 | 45 min A half-Comanche has joined his mother's tribe in killing whites to avenge the murder of his father, but Matt sees the good in the man and the chance to re-integrate him, perhaps, into white society.

Episode 4: Root Down 1962-10-06 | 45 min Chester may find himself entrapped into marriage with a drifter's daughter who isn't particular about how she lands a husband.

Episode 5: Jenny 1962-10-13 | 45 min A bank robber hides out in Dodge, bringing along his girl. While he's gambling away his loot, his girl casts her eye on Matt.

Episode 6: Collie's Free 1962-10-20 | 45 min Released after eight bitter years in prison, Collie Patten has difficulty adjusting to the fact that things have inevitably changed with respect to his relationships with his wife, his son, and the citizens of Dodge.

Episode 7: The Ditch 1962-10-27 | 45 min A young woman who's heir to her father's land decides to carry out his plan to build a ditch that will impair her neighbors' access to water and perhaps trigger a range war.

Episode 8: The Trappers 1962-11-03 | 45 min A trapper leaves his friend dying alone in order to save his own life, only later to stumble across that friend in Dodge, very much alive and wanting him dead.

Episode 9: Phoebe Strunk 1962-11-10 | 45 min A band of ne'er-do-wells, led by their mother, see in town a young woman that pleases them and decide to take her by force.

Episode 10: The Hunger 1962-11-17 | 45 min Matt and Doc come to the rescue of a farm wife and daughter who essentially are kept as prisoners by the farmer and his son.

Episode 11: Abe Blocker 1962-11-24 | 45 min Civilization is moving in on the isolation of a rugged pioneer friend of Matt's, and he starts using lethal force against the settlers encroaching on the land he regards as his.

Episode 12: The Way It Is 1962-12-01 | 45 min While Matt is out of town, putting lawman's business ahead of Kitty yet again, a new man in her life has plenty of time and attention to give--perhaps too much attention.