
Gunsmoke — Season 2
Sep 07, 1956
1. Cow Doctor
Sep 08, 1956After he is summoned unknowingly by Ben Pitcher to treat one of his cows, a human patient of Doc's dies. During a fight with Pitcher, Doc is knifed.
26m
2. Brush at Elkader
Sep 15, 1956After his friend Ben Williams is shot down by Lou Shippen, Matt travels to Elkader to bring him him. The only problem, he doesn't know what he looks like and the town is protecting Shippen.
26m
3. Custer
Sep 22, 1956Matt refuses to turn the rustler Joe Trimble over to Major Banker for court-martial.
26m
4. The Round Up
Sep 29, 1956Matt closes up shops to a group of drunken cowboys, which causes trouble.
26m
5. Young Man with a Gun
Oct 20, 1956After gunman, Sam Kercher is killed by Matt, his 16-year-old brother arrives to fight Matt.
26m
6. Indian White
Oct 27, 1956At Fort Dodge, home of the third cavalry, Mrs. Mary Cullen tells the colonel that the twelve year old white boy they recovered from the Cheyenne is her son Dennis. The tribe had taken him when he was two years old.
26m
7. How to Cure a Friend
Nov 10, 1956Matt is used by an old friend in a con game.
26m
8. Legal Revenge
Nov 17, 1956Doc comes upon a homesteader with a busted leg—and a gun to protect himself from his wife.
26m
9. The Mistake
Nov 24, 1956Matt leaves Dodge City unprotected when he sets out to find a killer (Mike Connors) (Bert Rumsey credited as 'Bartender', but referred to by Chester as 'Sam Noonan').
26m
10. Greater Love
Dec 01, 1956An outlaw threatens to kill Doc if he does not help his wounded buddy.
26m
11. No Indians
Dec 08, 1956Matt and Chester act as decoys to ambush outlaws (including Mickey Simpson) that are masking their crimes as those of renegade Indians (Fintan Meyler and Herbert Rudley appear).
26m
12. Spring Term
Dec 15, 1956Matt discovers that he was the intended victim of a murder he is investigating.
26m
13. Poor Pearl
Dec 22, 1956Matt helps a woman whose suitors are about to duel for her affections.
26m
14. Cholera
Dec 29, 1956A landowner (Paul Fix) tries to terrorize homesteaders (Bartlett Robinson and Peg Hillias) off their land (Gordon Gebert, John Smith, and Stuart Whitman appear).
26m
15. Pucket's New Year
Jan 05, 1957An old buffalo hunter (Edgar Stehli) swears revenge on the skinner (Grant Withers) that left him to die (Richard Deacon appears as banker Botkin, Bert Rumsey credited as 'Bartender').
26m
16. The Cover Up
Jan 12, 1957Matt traps a cattleman (Tyler McVey) who shot two homesteaders (including Roy Engel) (Malcolm Atterbury and Vivi Janiss appear).
26m
17. Sins of the Father
Jan 19, 1957An Indian woman (Angie Dickinson) faces prejudice for her father's raid on Dodge City (Peter Whitney and Paul Wexler appear).
26m
18. Kick Me
Jan 26, 1957A bank robber (Robert H. Harris) murders his wife and frames Tobeel (Frank de Kova) for the crime (Paul Lambert appears).
26m
19. Executioner
Feb 02, 1957A young gunfighter, Tom Clegg, forces farmer Abe Curry into a duel and kills him. Matt can't arrest Clegg since Abe drew first. However, Abe's brother Morgan plots revenge.
26m
20. Gone Straight
Feb 09, 1957Townspeople protect an outlaw (Carl Betz) they believe has reformed (Tige Andrews, Joe De Santis, John Dierkes, Marianne Stewart, and Ward Wood appear).
26m
21. Bloody Hands
Feb 16, 1957The shooting of several members of an outlaw gang, though in self defense, triggers an emotional crisis in Matt, haunted by memories of all the men he has killed (Lawrence Dobkin, Russell Johnson, and Gloria Marshall appear).
26m
22. Skid Row
Feb 23, 1957An Eastern girl makes the long trip to Dodge, only to find that her fiancé has lost his money and won't marry her.
26m
23. Sweet and Sour
Mar 02, 1957Rena Decker, a new dance hall girl, purposely gets her admirers into fighting over her. Despite Kitty's negative opinion of her, Matt befreinds Rena and gets her a job at the Long Branch. Soon afterward, 4 men are dead and Rena is the cause.
26m
24. Cain
Mar 09, 1957Ex-gunslinger Joel Adams' past is about to catch up with him.
26m
25. Bureaucrat
Mar 16, 1957A Washington official is determined to tame Dodge City.
26m
26. Last Fling
Mar 23, 1957Kitty gets annoyed by a pair of old farmers who are each trying to have a fling with her.
26m
27. Chester's Murder
Mar 30, 1957Chester is drinking at the Long Branch and gets into an argument with a gambler over a girl. When the marshal breaks it up, he tells Chester to bring the man to jail. On the way there, the man is killed and everyone thinks Chester did it.
26m
28. The Photographer
Apr 06, 1957Dodge City meets a Photographer who shows the residents how a camera works. Jacoby wants to take pictures of how the Wild West looks. When Matt learns someone died, he thinks the photographer may have hired someone to kill Grubby for a picture of the west.
26m
29. Wrong Man
Apr 13, 1957A cowboy vows revenge for the shooting of his friend, who was mistaken for a criminal (Don Keefer and Catherine McLeod, real-life husband and wife, appear as a husband and wife).
26m
30. Big Girl Lost
Apr 20, 1957Philip Locke is looking for Laura Simmons, a saloon girl, but she doesn't want him to know where she works. Laura tells Matt that she and Philip were previously engaged, and she asks him not to say anything about her job. Philip warns Matt that he will be killed if he doesn't tell the truth.
26m
31. What the Whiskey Drummer Heard
Apr 27, 1957Matt fakes his death to lure a gunman (Vic Perrin) out in the open (Robert Karnes appears, Bert Rumsey credited as 'Sam').
26m
32. Cheap Labor
May 04, 1957A former gunfighter has turned away from violence, but his fiancee's brother is determined to goad him into a gunfight.
26m
33. Moon
May 11, 1957After Charlie Brewer is found dead, Jack Salter who was a friend of Charlie Brewer comes to Matt's office saying Vint killed Brewer. Matt then tries to find out if Jack is right.
26m
34. Who Lives by the Sword
May 18, 1957Joe Delk causes trouble at The Long Branch after shooting two men who were unarmed.
26m
35. Uncle Oliver
May 25, 1957Matt goes after an outlaw (Earle Hodgins) who shot Chester (Paul Wexler appears).
26m
36. Daddy-O
Jun 01, 1957Kitty's father, Wayne Russell, arrives in Dodge to meet his daughter after abandoning her and her mother as a baby. He insists that saloon life is not fit for a proper lady and wants to take her back to New Orleans so he can pamper her and invest her savings in his freight business.
26m
37. The Man Who Would Be Marshal
Jun 15, 1957A former Army Officer wants Matt Dillon's job. Matt then takes Mr. Egan on his rounds. Matt lets Egan try his brand of justice that almost costs Egan his life.
26m
38. Liar from Blackhawk
Jun 22, 1957A braggart tries to provoke a gunfight with a harmless drunk.
26m
39. Jealousy
Jul 06, 1957Jack Kelly plays a hot-tempered husband who thinks Matt is after his wife.
26m