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The Best Episodes of Gunsmoke Season 14

Every episode of Gunsmoke Season 14 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Gunsmoke Season 14!

The Best Episodes of Gunsmoke Season 14

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and...
  1. Background image for Lyle's Kid
    8.1/10(207 votes)

    #1 - Lyle's Kid

    S14:E1

    Grant Lyle, a former lawman with crippled hands, brings his young gunfighter son to Dodge to settle the score with Hoxey, the man just released from prison who is responsible for his hands.

    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for The Hide Cutters
    7.4/10(176 votes)

    #2 - The Hide Cutters

    S14:E2

    Festus is rescued from a rock avalanche by a young hide cutter. His fellow cutters are following a herd of cattle with hopes of stealing them for the hides.

    Writer:Unknown
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  3. Background image for Zavala
    8.7/10(270 votes)

    #3 - Zavala

    S14:E3

    Good western. Mostly action, not too much girl stuff. Gunplay by Dillon very very good in this one. Story is about Dillon taking a warrant into Mexico. He finds the culprit and outdraws him. One of the latter's gang members travels back to the US and tells Jim Davis that Dillon killed his brother. Davis responds with violence, then rides into Mexico and faces Dillon. The human interest part of this movie centers about the likeable Mexican kid, ""Paco"". Dillon and him get along so good that I'm wondering about the sexuality of one of the film bosses. About Rico Alaniz... top-notch performance. He's the guy who, in the movie ""Magnificent Seven"", was always saying 'no, don't anger Calvera, give him what he wants"".

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  4. Background image for Uncle Finney
    7.3/10(190 votes)

    #4 - Uncle Finney

    S14:E4

    A comedic episode. Two hillbillies attempt to turn their 102 year-old relative in for the bounty on him.

    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for Slocum
    8.1/10(197 votes)

    #5 - Slocum

    S14:E5

    Grizzily mountain man, Slocum tracks the sons of a man who tried to bushwhack his good friend, Matt Dillon.

    Director:Leo Penn
    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for O'Quillian
    6.2/10(174 votes)

    #6 - O'Quillian

    S14:E6

    Leary O'Quillan kills a card cheat in self defense and is pursued to Dodge by the man's brother, Clay Tynan.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for 9:12 to Dodge
    8.2/10(216 votes)

    #7 - 9:12 to Dodge

    S14:E7

    Matt and Doc are escorting outlaw Johnny August by train to trail for murder. Also on board and waiting along the line are his men waiting for a chance to free him.

    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Abelia
    8.2/10(225 votes)

    #8 - Abelia

    S14:E8

    A young woman and her kids and Festus are held hostage from a man Matt is trying to find.

    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for Railroad!
    7.7/10(177 votes)

    #9 - Railroad!

    S14:E9

    Matt clashes with maverick railroad builder Wes Cameron and his wild men running a railroad line through Dodge.

    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for The Miracle Man
    7.3/10(185 votes)

    #10 - The Miracle Man

    S14:E10

    Con man, Bob Sullivan tries to trick a widow with three children out of money for a fake cattle herd, but instead ends up falling in love with her and her children.

    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Waco
    7.9/10(197 votes)

    #11 - Waco

    S14:E11

    While bringing in outlaw, Waco Thompson, Matt has to deal with his outlaw band following them while he has to deliver a baby.

    Director:Robert Totten
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Lobo
    7.6/10(174 votes)

    #12 - Lobo

    S14:E12

    Mountain man Luke Brazo joins Matt in a hunt for a vicious wolf terrorizing the area.

    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Johnny Cross
    7.7/10(159 votes)

    #13 - Johnny Cross

    S14:E13

    Newly intervenes when two bounty hunters try to kill a desperado who claims he's innocent.

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  15. Background image for The Money Store
    7.8/10(192 votes)

    #14 - The Money Store

    S14:E14

    When he is refused a loan by the bank, Ray Jarvis' children find a way to steal the money.

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  16. Background image for The Twisted Heritage
    7.5/10(184 votes)

    #15 - The Twisted Heritage

    S14:E15

    Kitty saves the life of a man during a stage hold-up, taking him back to his ranch she finds his mother a ruthless matron and his daughter alienated from her father.

    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Time of the Jackals
    7.7/10(177 votes)

    #16 - Time of the Jackals

    S14:E16

    A former girlfriend of Matt's provides a link with catching a notorious killer.

    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Mannon
    8.8/10(315 votes)

    #17 - Mannon

    S14:E17

    Gunman Will Mannon comes to Dodge, after shooting Festus and taking his mule, to face Matt in a gunfight.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Gold Town
    6.8/10(167 votes)

    #18 - Gold Town

    S14:E18

    Will Mannon, a sharpshooter who rode with Quantrill's Raiders, terrorizes Dodge City as he waits for Matt to return and face him in a showdown.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  20. Background image for The Mark of Cain
    7.7/10(188 votes)

    #19 - The Mark of Cain

    S14:E19

    A scholarly man in Dodge is actually a former commandant of a Civil War prison camp.

    Writer:Unknown
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  21. Background image for Reprisal
    7.8/10(181 votes)

    #20 - Reprisal

    S14:E20

    Doc is given the choice of saving the life of a man he saw commit a murder and delivering a baby. He choses to save the man first, and the baby dies in childbirth. The baby's father, Tom Butler blames Doc and plans to get even.

    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for The Long Night
    8.3/10(205 votes)

    #21 - The Long Night

    S14:E21

    Three bounty hunters hold hostages in the Long Branch to get Matt to turn over a prisoner to them.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Unknown
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  23. Background image for The Night Riders
    7.7/10(165 votes)

    #22 - The Night Riders

    S14:E22

    Kansas raider Judge Proctor and his men ride into Dodge looking for a man they blame for stealing their land during the war. With Matt out of town, Festus has to try to keep peace and keep the renegades from burning the town.

    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for The Intruder
    7.7/10(175 votes)

    #23 - The Intruder

    S14:E23

    Festus is escorting wounded prisoner Riley Sharp to Dodge. They are forced to stop at a farmhouse, where Riley's ex-wife and her brutish husband live.

    Writer:Unknown
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  25. Background image for The Good Samaritans
    7.9/10(212 votes)

    #24 - The Good Samaritans

    S14:E24

    Matt is taking a signed confession paper to a Judge that will hang a man, the man has put a reward on the paper causing two bounty hunters to shoot Matt in an effort to get it. Meanwhile, Matt is taken in by a group of freed slaves heading West, and now being pursued by the hunters.

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  26. Background image for The Prisoner
    8.1/10(192 votes)

    #25 - The Prisoner

    S14:E25

    Steven Downing is being taken to Mathison County to be hung as a murderer. Kitty believing in his innocence does all she can to stop the bounty hunter Jarvis, and finally Bob Mathison from taking him from Dodge.

    Director:Leo Penn
    Writer:Unknown
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Season 14 Ratings Summary

"Lyle's Kid" is the best rated episode of "Gunsmoke" season 14. It scored 8.1/10 based on 207 votes. Directed by Bernard McEveety and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/23/1968. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "The Hide Cutters".