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Premiered

Saturday, September 3, 1960

Ended: Saturday, June 17, 1961

When does Gunsmoke Season 6 come out?

Gunsmoke Season 6 premiered Saturday, September 3, 1960 on CBS and ended Saturday, June 17, 1961. The season has 38 episodes.

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1. Friend's Pay-Off

Matt is summoned to help an old friend, Ab Butler, who has been shot in the back and left for dead. However, Matt faces a difficult situation when Ab's partner shows up and tells his side of the story.

Saturday · 66 years ago

2. The Blacksmith

Troublemakers trick an immigrant blacksmith into leaving his house on his wedding night, then burn it down.

Saturday · 66 years ago

3. Small Water

Matt arrests Finn Pickett after recognizing his face from a wanted poster. On the way back to Dodge, Pickett's vengeful sons try to free their father as Matt and Chester face a water shortage.

Saturday · 66 years ago

4. Say Uncle

Lee Nagel suspects his visiting uncle of murder when his father is killed in their store in an apparent accident.

Saturday · 66 years ago

5. Shooting Stopover

While transporting a prisoner with Chester on a stagecoach to Wichita, Matt learns that the stagecoach is also carrying a shipment of gold, and he suspects the coach might be targeted by outlaws.

Saturday · 66 years ago

6. The Peace Officer

Matt is called in to deal with a corrupt sheriff in Tascosa.

Saturday · 66 years ago

7. Don Matteo

Matt's old friend, Esteban Garcia, tracks a man into Dodge and plans to kill him for stealing his wife.

Saturday · 66 years ago

8. The Worm

Murders follow when a buffalo hunter and his browbeaten partner come to town.

Saturday · 66 years ago

9. The Badge

Out on the prairie, Matt is shot and taken captive by two outlaws, one of whom is a weakling abused and bossed around by the other.

Saturday · 66 years ago

10. Distant Drummer

A young army drummer named Raffie is terrorized by two bullying mule skinners.

Saturday · 66 years ago

11. Ben Tolliver's Stud

Jake Creed accuses his young hired hand, Ben Tolliver, of horse theft.

Saturday · 65 years ago

12. No Chip

The vicious Dolan brothers move in on a tough cattle rancher and his non-violent son.

Saturday · 65 years ago

13. The Wake

Gus Mather arrives in Dodge in a wagon, carrying the coffin of his best friend, Orson Boggs, to give him a proper wake. There's only one problem: according to Mrs. Boggs, her late husband didn't have any friends.

Saturday · 65 years ago

14. The Cook

A young drifter takes a job as cook at Delmonico's but accidentally kills a crazy buffalo hunter who complains about his cooking.

Saturday · 65 years ago

15. Old Fool

A scheming woman (Else Hedgepath), who is after the money and wealth of Hannibal Bass, makes a play for Hannibal, but runs into some serious, SERIOUS trouble though when she tangles with *MRS* Bass!

Saturday · 65 years ago

16. Brother Love

In a family that believes in taking care of its own--including administering punishment within the family for crime--one of two grown brothers appears to have committed murder, but which one?

Saturday · 65 years ago

17. Bad Sheriff

A man shoots his partner, flees, and is caught by two men claiming to be lawmen.

Saturday · 65 years ago

18. Unloaded Gun

Red and Joe Lime are no-good murderous brothers, and Matt has to track 'em down out on the prairie. Trouble is, Matt comes down with a fever due to missing out on so much sleep in the last couple of weeks. This situation causes some serious problems for all involved when Matt has to return to Dodge because he is too sick to pursue the Lime brothers.

Saturday · 65 years ago

19. Tall Trapper

A man and his wife come across a lone trapper and make camp with him. Next day, the husband comes to Dodge to report to Doc that his wife is sick, but Doc finds the woman beaten to death, and the husband accuses the trapper.

Saturday · 65 years ago

20. Love Thy Neighbor

The theft of a sack of potatoes leads to increasingly violent hostilities between the Scooper and Galloway families.

Saturday · 65 years ago

21. Bad Seed

Matt rescues teen-aged Trudy Trent from a life of isolated poverty with her incestuous and alcoholic father, but he subsequently learns that "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" when he rejects her misguided romantic overtures toward him.

Saturday · 65 years ago

22. Kitty Shot

Dillon goes after cowboy Jake Bayloe after he guns down his partner in the Long Branch , shooting Kitty in the crossfire and critically wounding her.

Saturday · 65 years ago

23. About Chester

While Chester is out searching for Doc, his horse is injured. Chester goes to a house for help and is instead taken prisoner.

Saturday · 65 years ago

24. Harriet

After witnessing the callous murder of her kindly father, Harriet Horne disregards Matt's advice and unwisely attempts to extract revenge from the perpetrators by making them jealous rivals for her attention.

Saturday · 65 years ago

25. Potshot

A concealed gunman takes a shot at Chester, and it may have been a bank robber, or it may have been someone who's been making trouble at the Long Branch.

Saturday · 65 years ago

26. Old Faces

Hot-headed Tom's new wife used to be a river-boat girl, and when a gunman from her old life recognizes her, a battle between the two men is brewing.

Saturday · 65 years ago

27. Big Man

To protect Kitty, Matt is forced to physically (and publicly) subdue fractious troublemaker Pat Swarner. When Swarner is subsequently found murdered, oft-inebriated Jud Sloan's claim that the Marshal was the killer seems uncomfortably credible.

Saturday · 65 years ago

28. Little Girl

Marshal Dillon must find a suitable home for Charity Gill, a young orphan, after the little girl's father dies when his cabin catches fire. Charity insists that she should live with the Dodge City lawman.

Saturday · 65 years ago

29. Stolen Horses

A horse thief murders a man to get his horses. Matt tracks the criminal to a Kiowa camp.

Saturday · 65 years ago

30. Minnie

Rough and rowdy Minnie comes to Dodge City and sets her designs on Doc Adams, much to the delight of Matt, Chester and Kitty. Trouble comes though when Minnie's husband comes to Dodge and finds out that his Minnie is sweet on Doc.

Saturday · 65 years ago

31. Bless Me Till I Die

Vengeful former convict Nate Bush sets off a tragic series of events when he informs Matt that well-liked new arrival Cole Treadwell is actually Cole Trankin, an escapee from the Arizona Territorial Prison.

Saturday · 65 years ago

32. Long Hours, Short Pay

A gunrunner supplies the Pawnee with weapons. Matt arrests him, but when the Pawnee find out, they capture Matt and free his prisoner.

Saturday · 65 years ago

33. Hard Virtue

Hot tempered Andy Coe and his wife want to sell their wagon to Moss, but can't when Ed Fallon's team spooks and crashes into their wagon.

Saturday · 65 years ago

34. The Imposter

A man claiming to be a sheriff from Texas comes to Dodge and asks Matt for help tracking down a named fugitive, but the man may not be a lawman.

Saturday · 65 years ago

35. Chester's Dilemma

A pretty girl arrives in town and chases Chester, who's happy for her to do so, but the young woman has a secret that may land her in jail.

Saturday · 65 years ago

36. The Love of Money

When an ex-marshal passing through town is shot in the back, Matt suspects a new saloon gal might have had something to do with it.

Saturday · 65 years ago

37. Melinda Miles

When Roy Tayloe is murdered following a poker game, quick-tempered Harry Miles is certain that daughter Melinda's suitor Tom Potter is the killer. Miles quickly becomes impatient with Matt's methodical investigation of the crime and threatens to kill Potter himself unless he stays away from Melinda.

Saturday · 65 years ago

38. Colorado Sheriff Finale

Matt and Chester find Rod Ellison shot and paralyzed on the prairie and return him to Dodge for surgery. Ben Witter abrasively advises Matt that he is a deputy sheriff from Pueblo who has come to Dodge to arrest Ellison for robbery, but Matt is suspicious of Witter's refusal to produce a valid arrest warrant.

Saturday · 65 years ago

Gunsmoke Season 6 guest stars

  • Anne Helm

    Anne Helm

    Trudy

  • John Lupton

    John Lupton

    Ben

  • Guy Stockwell

    Guy Stockwell

    Lee

  • George Kennedy

    George Kennedy

    Emil

  • Mike Road

    Mike Road

    Ab

  • Phyllis Love

    Phyllis Love

    Beth

  • Hampton Fancher

    Hampton Fancher

    Dunc

  • Kenneth Tobey

    Kenneth Tobey

    Spadden

  • Quentin Sondergaard

    Cowboy

  • Harry Shannon

    Harry Shannon

    Bowers

  • John van Dreelen

    John van Dreelen

    Gruber

  • Tod Andrews

    Tod Andrews

    Myles Cody

  • Diana Millay

    Diana Millay

    Melinda

  • Paul Guilfoyle

    Paul Guilfoyle

    Reverend

  • Joseph Mell

    Joseph Mell

    Pence

  • Sue Randall

    Sue Randall

    Effie

Gunsmoke Season 6 FAQ

When does Gunsmoke Season 6 come out?

Gunsmoke Season 6 premiered Saturday, September 3, 1960 on CBS.

How many episodes are in Gunsmoke Season 6?

Gunsmoke Season 6 has 38 episodes.

Are new episodes of Gunsmoke Season 6 released weekly?

New episodes are released weekly.

When is the Gunsmoke Season 6 finale?

The Gunsmoke Season 6 finale (Episode 38) aired Saturday, June 17, 1961.

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