Episode guide
Gunsmoke: Season 17
24 episodes · premiered Sep 12, 1971
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- Episode 1: The Lost Sep 13, 1971 · 45m Kitty is in a stage wreck and dazed and confused she sets out in the wild. Meeting up with a wild girl who does not speak, she winds up at a shack where a family takes her and the wild…
- Episode 2: Phoenix Sep 20, 1971 · 45m After convict wants to kill a man he has never seen before after he gets out of prison.
- Episode 3: Waste (1) Sep 27, 1971 · 45m Matt helps a young boy find his mom while finding an outlaw.
- Episode 4: Waste (2) Oct 4, 1971 · 45m Matt helps a young boy find his mom while finding an outlaw.
- Episode 5: New Doctor in Town Oct 11, 1971 · 45m Dr. Chapman is arrested by Festus when he tries to sleep in Doc's office even though he has explained that Doc went to Baltimore to hone his medical skills. A letter explains that Doc felt…
- Episode 6: The Legend Oct 18, 1971 · 45m Ma Colter tries to dissuade her youngest son from following his older brothers into a life of crime.
- Episode 7: Trafton Oct 25, 1971 · 45m Matt is out to find a gunfigther who killed two people.
- Episode 8: Lynott Nov 1, 1971 · 45m A former Marshall helps Matt by filling in for Matt, after he is wounded and sent to bed so he can rest.
- Episode 9: Lijah Nov 8, 1971 · 45m A jury has the fate of a mountain man in it's hands.
- Episode 10: My Brother's Keeper Nov 15, 1971 · 45m While trying to hide from a storm Festus finds old Indian is about to die. Festus keeps trying to stop the indian from dying.
- Episode 11: Drago Nov 22, 1971 · 45m Drago wants to find the person who killed a woman who helped him.
- Episode 12: Gold Train: The Bullet (1) Nov 29, 1971 · 45m A hidecutter starts trouble in the Long Branch and Matt comes to the rescue throwing him out of town. When Festus goes up to fetch Dr. Chapman, he finds the old scudder there himself…
- Episode 13: Gold Train: The Bullet (2) Dec 6, 1971 · 45m As the train moves along to Denver we meet several passengers. One is a Pinkerton man handcuffed to Beth Tilton, a woman who doesn't want to go back to Colorado to her husband. The other…
- Episode 14: Gold Train: The Bullet (3) Dec 13, 1971 · 45m The conclusion to this three parter. Dillon kills the guard that was gunning for him and the passengers take the train back over. The only problem, all the fuel has been destroyed so they…
- Episode 15: P.S. Murry Christmas Dec 27, 1971 · 45m The meanest outlady in the US is coming to Dodge, at least that's what Festus has heard, but it's really Emma Grundy out to retrieve her seven orphans from Titus Spangler and take them…
- Episode 16: No Tomorrow Jan 3, 1972 · 45m Ben Justin must try and clear his name of false charges.
- Episode 17: Hidalgo Jan 10, 1972 · 45m After Matt is hurt, He makes friends who must help him stay alive.
- Episode 18: Tara Jan 17, 1972 · 45m Newly falls in love with a woman who could put him in danger, once her past is known.
- Episode 19: One for the Road Jan 24, 1972 · 45m Lucius's daughter wants her dad locked up so she and Tom can have the estate. Judge Broker thinks Mr. Prince is sane and Mr. Prince proves he can be a dad.
- Episode 20: The Predators Jan 31, 1972 · 45m A former gunfighter returns to Dodge which worries Matt because Howard Cane was the one to survive the rage war. Can Matt stop him before more trouble comes to Dodge?
- Episode 21: Yankton Feb 7, 1972 · 45m A drifter wants to marry the rich family's daughter
- Episode 22: Blind Man's Buff Feb 21, 1972 · 45m A man gets shot, loses his memory, and gets taken in by a lonely woman
- Episode 23: Alias Festus Haggin Mar 6, 1972 · 45m Festus is mistaken for a killer.
- Episode 24: The Wedding Mar 13, 1972 · 45m A father disapproves of the man her daughter marries.