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Gunsmoke: Season 20

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24 episodes · first aired Sep 8, 1974

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  1. 1 Matt Dillon Must Die Sep 9, 1974 · 45m A mountain family in an attempt to avenge the death of one of their own capture Matt.
  2. 2 Town in Chains Sep 16, 1974 · 45m A group of bandits attempt to rob a town while masquerading as soldiers.
  3. 3 The Guns of Cibola Blanca (1) Sep 23, 1974 · 45m Doc and fellow stage passenger, Lyla are captured by renegade comancheros.
  4. 4 The Guns of Cibola Blanca (2) Sep 30, 1974 · 45m Matt, Festus and Newly attempt to rescue Doc and Lyla from Shindrow's camp.
  5. 5 Thirty a Month and Found Oct 7, 1974 · 45m Matt houses a drunk Will & Friends in the jail they go looking for $300 that they think Bill took. Matt thinks it was a misunderstanding. Will doesn't want to tell Matt that they shot…
  6. 6 The Wiving Oct 14, 1974 · 45m Jed Hockett(Harry Morgan), a farmer, orders his three boys to go to town and return with prospective brides.
  7. 7 The Iron Men Oct 21, 1974 · 45m Matt and former lawman now turned alcoholic, Chauncey Demon go up against land baron Carl Ryker.
  8. 8 The Fourth Victim Nov 4, 1974 · 45m A series of seemingly random killings have the citizens of Dodge City in near panic, but Dillon believes they are part of a pattern in which Doc is slated to be the next target.
  9. 9 The Tarnished Badge Nov 11, 1974 · 45m Matt's friend, Sheriff Harker runs his town ruthlessly, punishing anyone disobeying him.
  10. 10 In Performance of Duty Nov 18, 1974 · 45m Matt is frustrated by Judge Kendall's insistence that the letter of the law be maintained, which could result in Emmett Kaysinger and his boys, all known outlaws, be set free unless there…
  11. 11 Island in the Desert (1) Dec 2, 1974 · 45m Festus, in the desert hunting escaped killer Gard Dixon is wounded by the outlaw. He is found by Ben Snow, a half-crazy hermit who has been living in the desert with his gold for many years.
  12. 12 Island in the Desert (2) Dec 9, 1974 · 45m While Matt and Newly hunt for Festus, Ben Snow and Festus attempt to haul his gold out of the desert.
  13. 13 The Colonel Dec 16, 1974 · 45m Lee J. Cobb and his daughter Julie Cobb appear together for the first time when Cobb guest-stars as a once-proud military officer who is suddenly faced with a painful and unplanned reunion…
  14. 14 The Squaw Jan 6, 1975 · 45m Fleeing from both Matt Dillon and his double-crossed partners, outlaw Gristy Calhoun discovers that his survival in the badlands depends on an Indian woman.
  15. 15 The Hiders Jan 13, 1975 · 45m A farmer comes by and asks Sharp where is cow is, Matt tells the milk cow owner that he has no proof to arrest ""the hiders."" The farmer wants to go after them himself. Matt tells the men…
  16. 16 Larkin Jan 20, 1975 · 45m Newly finds himself in a strange alliance with a professional killer as he tries to return to Dodge City with his prisoner (Jaeckel) before they are both killed by a trio of bounty hunters.
  17. 17 The Fires of Ignorance Jan 27, 1975 · 45m Henry Decory is a schoolteacher who makes a strong statement for compulsory education for frontier children as a stubborn father feels that books and education are a waste of time and…
  18. 18 The Angry Land Feb 3, 1975 · 45m Matt takes a young orphan Bessie Sutherland after her parents were killed on the prairie, to live with her Aunt Rachel. Rachel tells Matt that because of the devastating experiences that…
  19. 19 Brides and Grooms Feb 10, 1975 · 45m Farmer Jed Hackett (Harry Morgan) decides it's time for his three sons marry the women they brought back from Dodge City.
  20. 20 Hard Labor Feb 24, 1975 · 45m Matt Dillon is sentenced to life imprisonment of hard labor for shooting a fugitive in the town of Bedrock.
  21. 21 I Have Promises to Keep Mar 3, 1975 · 45m Festus is caught in the middle when an Eastern preacher (David Wayne) wants to build a church for the Indians and the townspeople to share, but by all of whom that are filled with prejudice.
  22. 22 The Busters Mar 10, 1975 · 45m Two bronco busters try to raise money for a ranch in Montana, only to have the dream ruined when one of them gets a death threatening head injury when thrown off by a wild stallion.
  23. 23 Manolo Mar 17, 1975 · 45m Manolo (Robert Urich)is a Basque youth who is not recognized as a man in the eyes of his people because he refuses to fight his father Alejo (Nehemiah Persoff), a traditional Basque custom…
  24. 24 The Sharecroppers Mar 31, 1975 · 45m A comedy of errors puts Festus behind a plow, farming for a family of shiftless sharecroppers.