Episode guide
Gunsmoke: Season 12
29 episodes · first aired Sep 16, 1966
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- 1 Snap Decision Sep 17, 1966 · 45m Disturbed over being forced to kill a prisoner who was trying to save his life, Matt Dillion turns in his badge.
- 2 The Goldtakers Sep 24, 1966 · 45m A gang of thieves commandeers the Dodge City blacksmith shop to divide a gigantic bar of gold.
- 3 The Jailer Oct 1, 1966 · 45m Six years after her husband's hanging, Ma Stone plots her revenge against Matt Dillon by first kidnapping Kitty to use as a lure and then jailing Matt to be hanged on the morning of the…
- 4 The Mission Oct 8, 1966 · 45m Marshal Dillon is helped by an apparently friendly young runaway who later faces him as a deadly adversary.
- 5 The Good People Oct 15, 1966 · 45m A respectable rancher and his son hang an innocent man and allow a bewhiskered bounty hunter to go on trial for the murder.
- 6 Gunfighter, R.I.P. Oct 22, 1966 · 45m A gunfighter (McGavin) hired to murder Matt Dillion gets wounded while trying to save the life of an elderly Chinese man.
- 7 The Wrong Man Oct 29, 1966 · 45m Hootie Kyle is a poor but honest farmer whose credit has run out. Matt Dillon and Festus lend him some money, then he gets swindled out of it in a poker game. Later Hootie gets…
- 8 The Whispering Tree Nov 12, 1966 · 45m After eight years in a prison for robbery a farmer returns home and hopes to find the stolen fortune he had buried under a tree.
- 9 The Well Nov 19, 1966 · 45m All of Dodge City is suffering from a drought. A rainmaker (Guy Raymond) tries to put an end to it before the town's public well, their last source of water, runs dry.
- 10 Stage Stop Nov 26, 1966 · 45m Doc Adams takes up arms to defend a gold shipment from bandits, first during a stagecoach ambush and then at a weigh station. He is aided by a blind man and a wounded man in the battle…
- 11 The Newcomers Dec 3, 1966 · 45m Lars Karlgren, a Scandinavian immigrant and his teenage son Petter, find the West even wilder than they had imagined when they settle in Dodge City. Petter gets framed for a murder of a…
- 12 Quaker Girl Dec 10, 1966 · 45m The identity of a criminal is confused with that of deputy marshal Thad, when a Quaker party rescues the pair from a do-or-die fight.
- 13 The Moonstone Dec 17, 1966 · 45m A young farmer's former partner-in-crime, girlfriend and slow-witted brother figure in the discovery of his forgotten past.
- 14 Champion of the World Dec 24, 1966 · 45m Bull Bannock (Alan Hale), retired heavyweight champion of the world, attempts to make a home for himself in Dodge City, and tries to buy Miss Kitty's Longbranch Saloon.
- 15 The Hanging Dec 31, 1966 · 45m To Marshal Matt Dillon and his deputies falls their grimmest task in many years-- the hanging of a ruthless gunman.
- 16 Saturday Night Jan 7, 1967 · 45m A vengeful prisoner poses a continual threat to the life of Marshal Matt Dillon.
- 17 Mad Dog Jan 14, 1967 · 45m Festus Haggen is mistaken for a hired gunman and offered $300 to fight, and run out of town, the 3 sons of a man his cousin is accused of killing.
- 18 Muley Jan 21, 1967 · 45m A young gunman (Zalman King) falls for one of Kitty's saloon girls (Lane Bradbury) while waiting to kill Marshal Matt Dillon and rob the bank.
- 19 Mail Drop Jan 28, 1967 · 45m A boy (Eddie Hodges) comes to Dodge City in search of his father only to learn that he is a wanted criminal.
- 20 Old Friend Feb 4, 1967 · 45m An embittered lawman (Fritz Weaver) seeks revenge against the men who destroyed his town and took away his wife.
- 21 Fandango Feb 11, 1967 · 45m Matt Dillon tries to bring a man to justice in spite of an onslaught of an crazed vengeful lawman wishing to exact his own revenge.
- 22 The Returning Feb 18, 1967 · 45m After eight years as a down-on-his-luck farmer, husband & father, and reformed outlaw (Michael Ansara) tries to make ends meet by rejoinning his old gang to rob the Dodge City freight…
- 23 The Lure Feb 25, 1967 · 45m Private detectives use Kitty and the daughter (Kim Darby) of an outlaw to trap the girl's fugitive father (Stephen McNally).
- 24 Noose of Gold Mar 4, 1967 · 45m Deputy District Attorney Shephard will do anything to further his career, including having outlaw John Farron killed, instead of being able to give himself up.
- 25 The Favor Mar 11, 1967 · 45m Kitty's conscience is torn between her sense of obligation to a man (James Daly) who saved her life and her concern for the law and Marshal Matt Dillon.
- 26 Mistaken Identity Mar 18, 1967 · 45m Outlaw Ed Carstairs trades identities with a man dying of a snakebite wound, then is suprised when the man is brought into Dodge and seems to be recovering.
- 27 Ladies from St. Louis Mar 25, 1967 · 45m A group of Nuns traveling out West nurse the wounds of outlaw Worth Sweeney, who was injured while defending them from his partners.
- 28 Nitro! (1) Apr 8, 1967 · 45m Part 1: Down on his luck drifter is offered a dangerous, but profitable job of mixing nitroglycerine for outlaws who are using it to rob banks. George also falls in love with a saloon girl…
- 29 Nitro! (2) Apr 15, 1967 · 45m Part 2: George wants to quit making the nitro, feeling that his luck is running out, but his outlaw partners won't let him.