1. Snap Decision
Air date: 1966-09-17 · 60 min
Matt quits his job as Marshal when he shoots Ray Gilcher, a prisoner and wartime buddy, dead in apparent self defense and it turns out Glicher was actually trying to save Matt's life.
Open episode 1 ↗Gunsmoke
Season 12.
29 episodes in the catalogue. Explore the stories and air dates, then choose an episode to open FRAME’s player.
2. The Goldtakers
Air date: 1966-09-24 · 60 min
A group of outlaws murder soldiers of a gold transport, put on their uniforms, then commandeer the blacksmith's shop in Dodge to extract the gold from its alloy.
Open episode 2 ↗3. The Jailer
Air date: 1966-10-01 · 60 min
Etta Stone is a very bitter, older, woman who has Kitty and Matt captured, and thrown into a homemade jail, and now she plans on hanging Matt for the execution of her husband 6 years before.
Open episode 3 ↗4. The Mission
Air date: 1966-10-08 · 60 min
Matt is in Mexico to pick up a wanted criminal. When bandits steal his credentials, they spring the criminal with the idea of forming a gang of violence.
Open episode 4 ↗5. The Good People
Air date: 1966-10-15 · 60 min
A bounty hunter is falsely charged with murder when he lies about killing a lynched man he thought was wanted by the law.
Open episode 5 ↗6. Gunfighter, R.I.P.
Air date: 1966-10-22 · 60 min
A gunslinger hired to kill Matt, backs down from his obligation when he gets badly wounded and falls in love with a beautiful Asian woman who is caring for him, and his employers won't stand for it.
Open episode 6 ↗7. The Wrong Man
Air date: 1966-10-29 · 60 min
Hootie Kyle felt cheated in a card game by Tenner Jackson. Later, he punches Jackson and takes his thirty dollars back. The next Hootie returns the money to the Marshal only to be told that Jackson had been murdered.
Open episode 7 ↗8. The Whispering Tree
Air date: 1966-11-12 · 60 min
After a robbery, Virgil Stanley buries the money before being captured. It has been eight years and Virgil is being released. He has plans to use the money but has to deal with others with the same idea.
Open episode 8 ↗9. The Well
Air date: 1966-11-19 · 60 min
Dodge becomes restless when a severe drought dries up all the wells except for one. Now it becomes a fight to keep living, placing Marshal Dillon in the middle.
Open episode 9 ↗10. Stage Stop
Air date: 1966-11-26 · 60 min
A station master sets up stagecoaches to be robbed by a gang, and also routinely beats up his beautiful wife.
Open episode 10 ↗11. The Newcomers
Air date: 1966-12-03 · 60 min
Petter Karlgren, a Swedish immigrant, and his father arrive in the untamed west to settle in Dodge. When Petter is baited into a fight, they will find that the west is more untamed and unforgiving than they ever thought.
Open episode 11 ↗12. Quaker Girl
Air date: 1966-12-10 · 60 min
When a dying deputy swears in Thad to capture killer Fred Bateman, Thad ends up in a Quaker town, in which the people cannot tell which one is the wanted man.
Open episode 12 ↗13. The Moonstone
Air date: 1966-12-17 · 60 min
Chad Timpson is taking care of his mentally challenged brother, Orv. But when a rider comes into Dodge we learn that Chad has a checkered past. A past that may break up the two brothers.
Open episode 13 ↗14. Champion of the World
Air date: 1966-12-24 · 60 min
Bull Bannock, ex world heavyweight champion, tries to make a place for himself in Dodge City.
Open episode 14 ↗15. The Hanging
Air date: 1966-12-31 · 60 min
Dodge City is the site where notorious outlaw Billy Boles is set to hang. However, the town is occupied by people determined for their own kind of justice.
Open episode 15 ↗16. Saturday Night
Air date: 1967-01-07 · 60 min
A cattle-drive, led by Virgil Powell, helps a sick Matt Dillon get his prisoner to Dodge. But the prisoner has made a deal with a cowboy on the drive to avoid a certain hanging.
Open episode 16 ↗17. Mad Dog
Air date: 1967-01-14 · 60 min
On the way to help his cousin, Festus is mistaken for a hired gunman. The slow-witted Watson Boys will try to make a name for themselves in this humorous offering.
Open episode 17 ↗18. Muley
Air date: 1967-01-21 · 60 min
After a young gunslinger wounds Matt, he comes to Dodge to finish him off and to rob the bank. He gets distracted after going to the saloon, where he meets and falls in love with one of Kitty's girls.
Open episode 18 ↗19. Mail Drop
Air date: 1967-01-28 · 60 min
A young boy comes to Dodge looking for his father. What he finds is that his father is a wanted outlaw on the run.
Open episode 19 ↗20. Old Friend
Air date: 1967-02-04 · 60 min
A Marshal from Arizona has tracked down the men responsible for pillaging his town to an area outside Dodge. He is bound to seek revenge on the outlaws at any cost.
Open episode 20 ↗21. Fandango
Air date: 1967-02-11 · 60 min
Marshal Dillon is trying to bring a suspected murderer back for trial (on foot)for killing a lawman friend of the Marshal's. He finds the man near a large sheep ranch run by an independent Australian immigrant named Tyson. Tyson wants to handle the prisoner in his own way for allegedly killing a few of Tyson's ranch hands. The Marshal enlists the help of a local doctor and Tyson's own daughter while acquiring horses. Ultimately Tyson and the Marshal meet face to face before returning to Dodge City.
Open episode 21 ↗22. The Returning
Air date: 1967-02-18 · 60 min
Luke Todd's family is hurting due to severe drought. Luke calls his old gang and they decide to rob the freight office in Dodge. When things go wrong, Luke leaves the stolen money for his wife to find. This action only leads to problems.
Open episode 22 ↗23. The Lure
Air date: 1967-02-25 · 60 min
Kitty gets caught up in a scheme where lawmen will try to arrest known criminal Dal Neely by using his daughter as bait. But everyone gets more than they bargained for in this story.
Open episode 23 ↗24. Noose of Gold
Air date: 1967-03-04 · 60 min
An attorney general uses Matt's friendship with an outlaw for political gain.
Open episode 24 ↗25. The Favor
Air date: 1967-03-11 · 60 min
With a man being released from prison that has made threats toward Marshal Dillon, Kitty is torn between a man that saved her life and her duty as a citizen of Dodge City.
Open episode 25 ↗26. Mistaken Identity
Air date: 1967-03-18 · 60 min
A drifter tries to settle in Dodge after switching identities with a man he found who had been bit by a rattlesnake, but his plans are complicated when that man is brought into town still unconscious.
Open episode 26 ↗27. Ladies from St. Louis
Air date: 1967-03-25 · 60 min
When a bank robber saves five nuns, the nuns look to a higher power to convince the man to turn himself in to the authorities.
Open episode 27 ↗28. Nitro! (1) (Tiger by the Tail)
Air date: 1967-04-08 · 60 min
A gang hires a jobless man to extract nitroglycerin from dynamite, so they can much more effectively blow open safes.
Open episode 28 ↗29. Nitro! (2) (Tiger by the Tail)
Air date: 1967-04-15 · 60 min
The man extracting nitroglycerin from dynamite for the gang, begins to lose his nerve in the extremely dangerous process.
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