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The Best Episodes of Gunsmoke Season 5

Every episode of Gunsmoke Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Gunsmoke Season 5!

The Best Episodes of Gunsmoke Season 5

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 Target
    7.5/10(216 votes)

    #1 - Target

    S5:E1

    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.

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  2. Background image for Kitty's Injury
    7.8/10(215 votes)

    #2 - Kitty's Injury

    S5:E2

    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
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  3. Background image for Horse Deal
    8.0/10(203 votes)

    #3 - Horse Deal

    S5:E3

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

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  4. Background image for Johnny Red
    8.1/10(225 votes)

    #4 - Johnny Red

    S5:E4

    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:Unknown
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  5. Background image for Tail to the Wind
    8.6/10(264 votes)

    #5 - Tail to the Wind

    S5:E5

    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.

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  6. Background image for Annie Oakley
    7.6/10(212 votes)

    #6 - Annie Oakley

    S5:E6

    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:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Kangaroo
    7.7/10(230 votes)

    #7 - Kangaroo

    S5:E7

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

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
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  9. Background image for Saludos
    8.3/10(223 votes)

    #8 - Saludos

    S5:E8

    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.

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  10. Background image for Brother Whelp
    7.7/10(213 votes)

    #9 - Brother Whelp

    S5:E9

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

    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for The Boots
    7.7/10(201 votes)

    #10 - The Boots

    S5:E10

    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.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Odd Man Out
    8.3/10(214 votes)

    #11 - Odd Man Out

    S5:E11

    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.

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  13. Background image for Miguel's Daughter
    6.9/10(202 votes)

    #12 - Miguel's Daughter

    S5:E12

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

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  14. Background image for Box o' Rocks
    7.6/10(208 votes)

    #13 - Box o' Rocks

    S5:E13

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

    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for False Witness
    8.2/10(222 votes)

    #14 - False Witness

    S5:E14

    A man is convicted of murder on doubtful testimony.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Tag, You're It
    7.8/10(197 votes)

    #15 - Tag, You're It

    S5:E15

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

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Thick 'n' Thin
    7.9/10(212 votes)

    #16 - Thick 'n' Thin

    S5:E16

    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.

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  18. Background image for Groat's Grudge
    7.3/10(204 votes)

    #17 - Groat's Grudge

    S5:E17

    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.

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  19. Background image for Big Tom
    8.1/10(217 votes)

    #18 - Big Tom

    S5:E18

    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.

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  20. Background image for Till Death Do Us
    8.0/10(211 votes)

    #19 - Till Death Do Us

    S5:E19

    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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  21. Background image for The Tragedian
    7.7/10(205 votes)

    #20 - The Tragedian

    S5:E20

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

    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Hinka Do
    7.4/10(210 votes)

    #21 - Hinka Do

    S5:E21

    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?

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  23. Background image for Doc Judge
    8.5/10(239 votes)

    #22 - Doc Judge

    S5:E22

    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
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  24. Background image for Moo Moo Raid
    7.8/10(202 votes)

    #23 - Moo Moo Raid

    S5:E23

    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.

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  25. Background image for Kitty's Killing
    7.6/10(210 votes)

    #24 - Kitty's Killing

    S5:E24

    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
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  26. Background image for Jailbait Janet
    7.3/10(218 votes)

    #25 - Jailbait Janet

    S5:E25

    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.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown
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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Target" is the best rated episode of "Gunsmoke" season 5. It scored 7.5/10 based on 216 votes. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/5/1959. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Kitty's Injury".