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Season 8 – Gunsmoke

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Marshal Matt Dillon (then-newcomer James Arness) tries to prevent lawlessness from overtaking Dodge City, Kan. Helping to keep him grounded are saloon proprietor Miss Kitty Russell and Doc Adams. The television series grew out of the long-running radio serial of the same name, although for a short time they were both on the airwaves.
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Gunsmoke — Season 8

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James Arness

Marshal Matt Dillion

Dennis Weaver

Chester Goode

Milburn Stone

Dr. Galen "Doc" Adams

Amanda Blake

Kitty Russell

Sarah Selby

Ma Smalley

Burt Reynolds

Quint

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 15, 1962 The Search Matt goes across the prairie unarmed to get help when a fall paralyzes Cale. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 22, 1962 Call Me Dodie A young girl flees brutality at an orphanage, and Matt learns what is really going on there. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 29, 1962 Quint Asper Comes Home A man (Burt Reynolds) seeks revenge after his father is murdered. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 6, 1962 Root Down Aggie Dutton tells her father that Chester wants to marry her. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 13, 1962 Jenny Matt runs into trouble when he spurns the romantic advances of an outlaw's girlfriend. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 20, 1962 Collie's Free Collie Patten has trouble adjusting to normal life after spending eight years in prison. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 27, 1962 The Ditch Angry homesteaders protest a headstrong woman's plan to divert a creek on her ranch. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 3, 1962 The Trappers A trapper searches for his former partner, who left him for dead to save his own life. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 10, 1962 Phoebe Strunk A woman and her four sons come to town and kidnap a beautiful young woman. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 17, 1962 The Hunger A young girl falls in love with Doc Adams after he rescues her from her brutal family. Details Episode 11 Aired Nov 24, 1962 Abe Blocker Matt learns that an old friend has become deranged and is bent on driving ranchers off of their land. Details Episode 12 Aired Dec 1, 1962 The Way It Is Angered when Matt breaks an important date, Kitty goes off to visit friends and comes upon a handsome stranger. Details Episode 13 Aired Dec 8, 1962 Us Haggens Matt asks a killer's nephew to help him bring in his uncle, a wanted man. Details Episode 14 Aired Dec 15, 1962 Uncle Sunday Nothing goes right for Chester when he tries to earn extra money to keep his crooked Uncle Sunday Meachem out of Dodge City. Details Episode 15 Aired Dec 22, 1962 False Front A crafty journalist bets that a greenhorn can pose as a hardened gunman in Dodge City for two weeks and not get killed. Details Episode 16 Aired Dec 29, 1962 Old Comrade An impostor acts as a dying war hero's long-lost son, hoping to improve his reputation. Details Episode 17 Aired Jan 5, 1963 Louie Pheeters The town drunk thinks that he dreamed about a murder, but later sees the killer. Details Episode 18 Aired Jan 12, 1963 The Renegades Quint is convinced that white bandits are responsible for trouble in Dodge, not Indians. Details Episode 19 Aired Jan 19, 1963 Cotter's Girl A young woman living outside of civilization is taken in by Matt at her dying father's request. Details Episode 20 Aired Jan 26, 1963 The Bad One A convent-bred woman sees the good in a killer's son and decides to reform him. Details Episode 21 Aired Feb 2, 1963 The Cousin Matt's foster brother, an ex-convict, is torn between family bonds and his gang of criminals. Details Episode 22 Aired Feb 9, 1963 Shona Kitty and Quint are boycotted for aiding an injured Indian woman and her husband. Details Episode 23 Aired Feb 16, 1963 Ash A blow on the head turns a once-kindly man into a maniac who turns on his friend. Details Episode 24 Aired Feb 23, 1963 Blind Man's Bluff An accused killer helps Matt, who has been blinded; Phoebe nurses a man with amnesia. Details Episode 25 Aired Mar 1, 1963 Quint's Indian Two desperados frame Quint for stealing a horse and he faces dire consequences in town. Details Episode 26 Aired Mar 8, 1963 Anybody Can Kill a Marshal Bank robbers hire a man to kill Matt for $200 so that they can perform their heist. Details Episode 27 Aired Mar 16, 1963 Two of a Kind Matt tries to settle a dispute between friends who are fighting over land and a woman. Details Episode 28 Aired Mar 23, 1963 I Call Him Wonder A 10-year-old orphaned Indian boy latches on to a trail hand, but the two are unwelcome in Dodge. Details Episode 29 Aired Mar 30, 1963 With a Smile A proud rancher tries to help his spoiled son face death after he is convicted of murder. Details Episode 30 Aired Apr 6, 1963 The Far Places A son defies his mother's wish that he move away from their ranch. Details Episode 31 Aired Apr 13, 1963 Panacea Sykes A woman comes to town claiming to be Kitty's mother, but she turns out to be a con-artist. Details Episode 32 Aired Apr 20, 1963 Tell Chester Chester gets involved in a complicated and deadly love triangle. Details Episode 33 Aired Apr 27, 1963 Quint-Cident A lonely and recently widowed woman mistakes Quint's kindness for romance. Details Episode 34 Aired May 4, 1963 Old York An old outlaw heads to Dodge City and plans to use Matt in a plot to commit another crime. Details Episode 35 Aired May 11, 1963 Daddy Went Away Chester helps a widowed seamstress and her daughter, until he realizes that they are hiding something. Details Episode 36 Aired May 18, 1963 The Odyssey of Jubal Tanner A jealous hunter kills the man who is competing with him for the love of a saloon girl. Details Episode 37 Aired May 25, 1963 Jeb A young man searches for a job, but finds tragedy when he unwittingly steals a horse. Details Episode 38 Aired Jun 1, 1963 The Quest for Asa Janin Matt must jail a man he believes is innocent of murder, but goes looking for the real killer. Details

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Gunsmoke — Season 8

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Season Info

Director
Harry Harris, Andrew V. McLaglen, Sobey Martin, Joseph Sargent, Ted Post, William Conrad, Fred Jackman Jr.
Screenwriter
Paul Savage, Jack Curtis, Frank Paris, Merwin Gerard, Gwen Bagni, John Meston, Kathleen Hite, John Dunkel, Les Crutchfield
Network
CBS
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Drama, Western
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 15, 1962
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