The Best Episodes of Gunsmoke Season 5

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.

Director: Jesse Hibbs

Writer: John Meston

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.

Director: Christian Nyby

Writer: John Meston

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.

Director: Arthur Hiller

Writer: John Meston

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.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

Writer: John Meston

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.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

Writer: N/A

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.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

Writer: N/A

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.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

Writer: John Meston

A man is convicted of murder on doubtful testimony.

Director: Ted Post

Writer: N/A

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.

Director: Buzz Kulik

Writer: N/A

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.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

Writer: N/A

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.

Director: Stuart Heisler

Writer: John Meston

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.

Director: Jean Yarbrough

Writer: N/A

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.

Director: Buzz Kulik

Writer: John Meston

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

Director: R.G. Springsteen

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Jesse Hibbs

Writer: N/A

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.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

Writer: N/A

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.

Director: Jesse Hibbs

Writer: John Meston

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

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Arthur Hiller

Writer: N/A

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.

Director: Arthur Hiller

Writer: John Meston

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

Director: Jean Yarbrough

Writer: N/A

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.

Director: Jesse Hibbs

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Jesse Hibbs

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Jesse Hibbs

Writer: John Meston