Season 5

GunsmokeSeason 5

1959
39 Episodes

Episodes

Target
S05E01

Target

Ironic tragedy results when Danny Kader stubbornly disregards his father's predispositions (and Matt's pragmatic advice) in order to attempt an elopement with a young gypsy woman.

05 Sept 195926m
Kitty's Injury
S05E02

Kitty's Injury

When Kitty is hurt in a fall from a horse, she and Matt must seek help from shiftless dirt farmers who are oddly uninterested in aiding them.

19 Sept 195926m
Horse Deal
S05E03
7.0

Horse Deal

Horses with Bar S brand are being sold to unsuspecting buyers. Deesha moves in to claim the horses, leaving the buyer with nothing.

26 Sept 195926m
Johnny Red
S05E04
7.0

Johnny Red

A man suddenly turns up in Dodge City claiming to be Billy Crale, the long-lost son of a well-to-do local widow. Matt knows that Billy Crale was reported dead during the Civil War, and he becomes highly concerned for Mrs. Crale's safety when he confirms that the man is actually a onetime outlaw known as Johnny Red.

03 Oct 195926m
Tail to the Wind
S05E05
9.0

Tail to the Wind

A father and son bully a farmer and his wife who won't sell their land, but the farmer is oddly reluctant to let Matt arrest the two, even when they resort to gunfire.

10 Oct 195926m
Annie Oakley
S05E06

Annie Oakley

Is the homely, sharp-tongued, middle-aged wife of a homesteader really inspiring men to fight to the death for her affections?

17 Oct 195926m
Kangaroo
S05E07

Kangaroo

Chester saves a man from a zealot's violent "justice" then faces a dose of the same himself.

24 Oct 195926m
Saludos
S05E08

Saludos

Matt, escorting 3 men back to Dodge, claims a beautiful wounded Indian woman will be able to identify the one who shot her and killed her husband.

31 Oct 195926m
Brother Whelp
S05E09

Brother Whelp

A man wants to gunfight when he returns home, after years away, and finding his brother married to his girl.

07 Nov 195926m
The Boots
S05E10

The Boots

Onetime gunman Zeno Smith faces an unenviable choice. If he does not help would-be gambler Hank Fergus rob Mr. Jonas's general store, Fergus will tell 12-year old orphan Tommy the full story of how Zeno's descent into deprivation and alcoholism dates to the day he backed down from facing Fergus in a gunfight.

14 Nov 195926m
Odd Man Out
S05E11

Odd Man Out

Matt is uncertain what to make of Cyrus Tucker's confused claim that his wife of 32 years "just ran off", especially when a homesteader claims that he saw the old man digging a large hole just behind his house.

21 Nov 195926m
Miguel's Daughter
S05E12

Miguel's Daughter

A father threatens to kill the two drifters who have been plaguing his daughter.

28 Nov 195926m
Box o' Rocks
S05E13
7.0

Box o' Rocks

A man enlists the aid of a parson to fake his own death.

05 Dec 195926m
False Witness
S05E14

False Witness

A man is convicted of murder on doubtful testimony.

12 Dec 195926m
Tag, You're It
S05E15

Tag, You're It

When hired gunman Killion comes to Dodge, many of the men get scared thinking he is after them.

19 Dec 195926m
Thick 'n' Thin
S05E16

Thick 'n' Thin

A quarrel between two partners in homesteading escalates to the point of gunfire. Matt tries to make peace between them by locking them up together.

26 Dec 195926m
Groat's Grudge
S05E17

Groat's Grudge

An ex-Confederate waits to settle the score with the Union man whose unit cost him a loved one and property in the late war.

02 Jan 196026m
Big Tom
S05E18

Big Tom

Despite a serious heart condition, onetime prizefighter Tom Burr is determined to go through with his plans to fight vicious Hob Creel. The only way Matt can stop the mismatch and save Burr's life is to fight Creel himself.

09 Jan 196026m
Till Death Do Us
S05E19

Till Death Do Us

Someone takes a shot at a hard man who is brutal to his wife, and someone is overheard claiming he was offered money to kill the man.

16 Jan 196026m
The Tragedian
S05E20

The Tragedian

Matt and his friends try to come to the aid of a has-been actor caught cheating at cards.

23 Jan 196026m
Hinka Do
S05E21

Hinka Do

Matt has reason to believe that the new overweight, gun toting, straight shooting, female owner of the Lady Gay saloon may have killed the previous owner, or did she?

30 Jan 196026m
Doc Judge
S05E22

Doc Judge

While Matt is away on business, Doc gets threatened by an ex convict (Brice Harp) who claims that Doc Adams sentenced him to a long term in Prison.

06 Feb 196026m
Moo Moo Raid
S05E23

Moo Moo Raid

Old man Onie has a great swimming cow that can lead herds across rivers, and when they both come up missing, one trail boss accuses another of killing them.

13 Feb 196026m
Kitty's Killing
S05E24

Kitty's Killing

Kitty gets caught in the middle when a crazy-eyed man goes hunting for his former son-in-law, whom he blames for the death of his daughter in childbirth.

20 Feb 196026m
Jailbait Janet
S05E25

Jailbait Janet

After a train sparks a fire that destroys a family's crops, the man, his son, and his daughter rob another train of fifty thousand dollars. A baggage clerk is killed and the crusty representative of the railroad pressures Matt to solve it.

27 Feb 196026m
Unwanted Deputy
S05E26

Unwanted Deputy

Determined to avenge his murderous brother's hanging, Vince Walsh begins a self-serving campaign of unofficially helping to keep the peace in Dodge City over Matt's objections. Walsh is certain that his actions and his taunts will eventually goad the Marshal into a gunfight.

05 Mar 196026m
Where'd They Go
S05E27

Where'd They Go

When Jonas accuses Clint Dodie of robbing his store, Matt and Chester set out in the bitter cold go to Clint's farm to make an arrest.

12 Mar 196026m
Crowbait Bob
S05E28

Crowbait Bob

When the greedy relatives of a dying man (Crowbait Bob) learn that he might be dying, they come to Dodge to grab anything of value they can get from the dying man.

26 Mar 196026m
Colleen So Green
S05E29

Colleen So Green

A southern belle charms Chester and many others in Dodge, but Kitty isn't falling for her charms.

02 Apr 196026m
The Ex-Urbanites
S05E30

The Ex-Urbanites

Far from Dodge, Chester finds himself in the uncomfortable position of trying to extract a bullet in order to save Doc's life after the two are ambushed by a pair of savage prairie wolfers.

09 Apr 196026m
I Thee Wed
S05E31

I Thee Wed

A man beats his wife and is sentenced to fifty days or fifty dollars by the judge. The beaten woman scrapes together the money for her husband's fine, only to be beaten again.

16 Apr 196026m
The Lady Killer
S05E32

The Lady Killer

A saloon girl shoots a man who came to her room, claiming he attacked her, but as the dead man was to testify against a man from the woman's past, Matt is suspicious.

23 Apr 196026m
Gentleman's Disagreement
S05E33

Gentleman's Disagreement

Ed makes no secret of his intention to kill Bert for marrying the girl Ed wanted. So when Ed is the one who turns up dead, folks assume that Bert did it.

30 Apr 196026m
Speak Me Fair
S05E34

Speak Me Fair

There's a cattle drive near town, and the cowboys are nervous about a series of cattle rustling events that have taken place recently.

07 May 196026m
Belle's Back
S05E35

Belle's Back

Belle Ainesly rides into town after 3 years absence. Seems she ran off with an unsavory character 3 years ago, and all of Dodge feels she's a "bad" woman. Belle says she is coming back to stay at the family ranch.

14 May 196026m
The Bobsy Twins
S05E36
8.0

The Bobsy Twins

Two brothers have decided that it is their mission to rid the West of Indians.

21 May 196026m
Old Flame
S05E37
7.0

Old Flame

Kitty doubts the veracity of Matt's old friend Dolly Winters, who arrives in Dodge seeking the Marshal's help and claiming to have been robbed, beaten, and jilted by a man named Rad Meadows.

28 May 196026m
The Deserter
S05E38

The Deserter

Matt is on the trail of a badly wounded corporal for robbing the army payroll and falls into a trap when the father of the corporal gets the drop on him and wounds Chester.

04 Jun 196026m
Cherry Red
S05E39

Cherry Red

The widow of a stagecoach robber is courted by the man who, unbeknownst to the widow, is the one who shot her husband.

11 Jun 196026m