Episodes
Episode 1 Aired Sep 10, 1955 Matt Gets It A ruthless gunman, out to defy law and order, comes up against Matt Dillon. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 17, 1955 Hot Spell Matt Dillon tries to protect a notorious gunman who is just out of prison and trying to go straight but keeps getting in trouble. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 1, 1955 Word of Honor Matt tries to protect the sole witness to a murder from the ruthless outlaws who intend to silence the man. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 8, 1955 Home Surgery Matt and Chester happen upon a remote desert ranch and an old man dying of an injury that may not be accidental. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 15, 1955 Obie Tater Matt Dillon steps in to stop outlaws who have attacked a prospector whose life savings are stashed on his property. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 29, 1955 Night Incident No one believes an over-imaginative boy who stumbles upon the secluded shack of a highwayman and his accomplice wife. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 5, 1955 Smoking Out the Nolans Matt decides to fight fire with fire when a landowner tries to evict a stubborn homesteader and almost starts a range war. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 12, 1955 Kite's Reward A reformed outlaw wants to go straight, but a bounty hunter has other plans for him. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 26, 1955 The Hunter A buffalo hunter ignores an Indian land treaty and goes onto their land to hunt. Details Episode 10 Aired Dec 3, 1955 The Queue Some of the citizens of Dodge City object to a Chinese cook making his living in the town. Details Episode 11 Aired Dec 10, 1955 General Parsley Smith A supposed war hero attempts to run an alleged swindler out of town. Details Episode 12 Aired Dec 24, 1955 Magnus Chester's a little embarrassed by his brother's primitive ways and tries to make him look silly, but Magnus teaches everyone a lesson. Details Episode 13 Aired Dec 31, 1955 Reed Survives An elderly farmer's young wife plots to kill him in an "accident," but her lover becomes the pawn of the homicide. Details Episode 14 Aired Jan 7, 1956 Professor Lute Bone A traveling medicine show man's life is in danger when his cure-all tonic causes the death of a Dodge City citizen. Details Episode 15 Aired Jan 21, 1956 No Handcuffs An unscrupulous lawman compels a victim of circ*mstances to attempt murder. Details Episode 16 Aired Jan 28, 1956 Reward for Matt A rancher's widow offers a reward for Matt's death after he shoots her thieving husband. Details Episode 17 Aired Feb 4, 1956 Robin Hood An outlaw who has a reputation of only robbing the wealthy defies the law when witnesses refuse to testify against him. Details Episode 18 Aired Feb 18, 1956 Yorky A white boy raised by the Pawnee is shot while trying to retrieve stolen horses so he will be accepted by the tribe as a brave. Details Episode 19 Aired Feb 25, 1956 20-20 A former lawman, once one of the fastest guns in the West, lives in constant fear of his life because of his failing eyesight. Details Episode 20 Aired Mar 3, 1956 Reunion '78 A witness's refusal to testify means that an innocent cowboy will hang for killing a man in self-defense. Details Episode 21 Aired Mar 17, 1956 Helping Hand A belligerent young man tries to make a name for himself by challenging Matt to a street fight. Details Episode 22 Aired Mar 24, 1956 Tap Day for Kitty An unwilling Kitty is the target of an elderly rancher's marriage plans. Details Episode 23 Aired Mar 31, 1956 Indian Scout Matt and Chester pursue an Indian scout accused of murder into Comanche territory. Details Episode 24 Aired Apr 14, 1956 The Pest Hole Doc Adams fights to halt the spread of typhoid fever as well as the community hysteria that accompanies it. Details Episode 25 Aired Apr 28, 1956 The Big Broad A meek man is challenged by a hulking hunter for the hand of his 6-foot tall fiancée. Details Episode 26 Aired May 12, 1956 Hack Prine Matt arrests a man for murder and finds himself the target of a gunman hired by the accused man's brother. Details Episode 27 Aired May 19, 1956 Cooter A gambler uses a mentally disabled man as a pawn when Matt exposes him as a cheat. Details Episode 28 Aired May 26, 1956 The Killer Matt tries to prove a boastful bully is guilty of cold-blooded murder when he provokes gunfights with men who have no chance against him. Details Episode 29 Aired Jun 9, 1956 Doc's Revenge Doc Adams is arrested for murder after he vows to kill a stranger who comes to Dodge. Details Episode 30 Aired Jun 16, 1956 The Preacher Matt substitutes himself to save newcomer Seth Tandy from a beating at the hands of Sam Keeler, a loud braggart of a man. Details Episode 31 Aired Jun 23, 1956 How to Die for Nothing A man swears to avenge his brother, whom Matt killed in self-defense. Details Episode 32 Aired Jun 30, 1956 Dutch George Matt has an awkward reunion with Dutch George, an old friend who is currently branded a horse thief. Details Episode 33 Aired Jul 7, 1956 Prairie Happy Matt returns to Dodge City to find the town fearing a Pawnee attack. Details Episode 34 Aired Jul 14, 1956 Chester's Mail Order Bride Chester's Eastern pen pal is coming to Dodge to marry him, but he has deceived her. Details Episode 35 Aired Jul 21, 1956 The Guitar Matt Dillon has a problem in preventing two cowhands from hanging a visiting Texan. Details Episode 36 Aired Jul 28, 1956 Cara Matt's old flame comes to town, but she has joined with an outlaw gang. Details Episode 37 Aired Aug 4, 1956 Mr. and Mrs. Amber A poor homesteader and his wife turn to murder for revenge against her brother. Details Episode 38 Aired Aug 18, 1956 Unmarked Grave Matt tries to prevent a young bank robber and killer's escape from jail before his trial. Details Episode 39 Aired Aug 25, 1956 Alarm at Pleasant Valley Matt and Chester help homesteaders fight against renegade Indians. Details
