The Best Episodes of Gunsmoke Season 11

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   #1 - Seven Hours to Dawn

   S11:E19/18/1965

   Mace Gore's gang has taken over Dodge. When Matt is believed killed, Festus and Doc have a plan to lure Gore into a trap, even though his usual plan is to leave by dawn.

   Director:Vincent McEveety

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Vincent McEveety

   Writer:Unknown
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   #2 - The Storm

   S11:E29/25/1965

   A man is convicted of robbing and murdering his partner, but the sons of Matt's old friend are responsible. Matt must arrest the remaining son after the other's dying declaration and make it to Hays City in time to stop the hanging.

   Director:Joseph Sargent

   Writer:Paul Savage

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   Director:Joseph Sargent

   Writer:Paul Savage
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   #3 - Clayton Thaddeus Greenwood

   S11:E310/2/1965

   Thad, son of and deputy to an Oklahoma sheriff, arrives in Dodge pursuing vandals on his father's warrant, not realizing the Oklahoma warrant isn't executable in Dodge.

   Director:Joseph Sargent

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Joseph Sargent

   Writer:Unknown
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   #4 - Ten Little Indians

   S11:E410/9/1965

   Someone has placed a fabulous price on Matt's head, and there are many competing to earn it.

   Director:Mark Rydell

   Writer:George Eckstein

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   Director:Mark Rydell

   Writer:George Eckstein
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   #5 - Taps for Old Jeb

   S11:E510/16/1965

   After a successful search for gold, two prospectors hire a man, who shows up at their campfire, as a bodyguard.

   Director:James Sheldon

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:James Sheldon

   Writer:Unknown
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   #6 - Kioga

   S11:E610/23/1965

   A young Pawnee arrives in Dodge to seek his own revenge on a murderer, not trusting in the white man's justice.

   Director:Harry Harris

   Writer:Robert Lewin

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   Director:Harry Harris

   Writer:Robert Lewin
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   #7 - The Bounty Hunter

   S11:E710/30/1965

   Lured out of retirement with the promise of land, a bounty hunter is aimed by his boss at the man who killed his son; however, he neglects to tell his hound that the reward and charges had been dropped.

   Director:Harry Harris

   Writer:Paul Savage

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   Director:Harry Harris

   Writer:Paul Savage
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   #8 - The Reward

   S11:E811/6/1965

   A man who persuaded the good folks of Dodge to invest their money in a mine is out of prison and back to prove that there really is gold in the mine.

   Director:Marc Daniels

   Writer:Gilbert Ralston

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   Director:Marc Daniels

   Writer:Gilbert Ralston
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   #9 - Malachi

   S11:E911/13/1965

   While Matt's out of town, his friends play along with a drifter's innocent impersonation of the marshal, but a man comes to town determined to get revenge on the marshal, and he's not playing.

   Director:Gary Nelson

   Writer:Unknown