The BEST episodes of Gunsmoke season 15

Every episode of Gunsmoke season 15, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Gunsmoke season 15!

Marshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in the rough and tumble Dodge City.

Last Updated: 9/21/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
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The Judas Gun
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8.00
13 votes

#1 - The Judas Gun

Season 15 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/19/1970

The feund between Noah Haimes and Clete Bloden gets very bad as romance begins between Haime's son & Bloden's daughter.

Directors: Vincent McEveety
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Roots of Fear
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8.00
17 votes

#2 - Roots of Fear

Season 15 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/15/1969

Amos Sadler, a dirt farmer faces the loss of his home when a panic closes down the Dodge City bank. To save it he and his wife plan to break into it and steal some money.

Directors: Philip Leacock
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The Badge
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7.75
12 votes

#3 - The Badge

Season 15 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/2/1970

Kitty leaves Dodge City after seeing Matt hurt again.

Directors: Vincent McEveety
Writer: Jim Byrnes
Stryker
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7.72
54 votes

#4 - Stryker

Season 15 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1969

Former Dodge Marshal Josh Stryker arrives in town just being released from prison for killing a outlaw in cold blood. He holds Matt responsible for the loss of his arm and the years he spent in prison.

Directors: Robert Totten
Danny
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7.60
20 votes

#5 - Danny

Season 15 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1969

An old friend of Kitty's learns he is dying comes to Dodge to try to "go out in style".

Directors: Bernard McEveety
Writer: Preston Wood
MacGraw
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6.77
53 votes

#6 - MacGraw

Season 15 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/8/1969

Ex-guman Jake MacGraw arrives in Dodge after spending 20 years in prison. The townspeople think he has come for revenge.

Directors: Philip Leacock
Charlie Noon
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6.75
51 votes

#7 - Charlie Noon

Season 15 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/1969

Matt, his hardened prisoner Charlie Noon, an Indian woman and her white stepson are tracked by the Comanches as they try to cross the desert. The Indians are going to kill all of them unless Matt hands over the woman, because she left the Comanche leader years before.

Directors: Vincent McEveety
Writer: Jim Byrnes
Ring of Darkness
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6.74
47 votes

#8 - Ring of Darkness

Season 15 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/1/1969

In an attempt to help his blind daughter, farmer Ben Hurley steals horses for an outlaw gang. Deputy Newly O'Brien arrives at his farm investigating, followed by the outlaws.

Directors: Bernard McEveety
Writer: Arthur Dales
The Devil's Outpost
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6.74
61 votes

#9 - The Devil's Outpost

Season 15 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1969

Outlaw Yancy Tyce and his outlaw gang try to free Tyce's younger brother now under arrest and being taken to Dodge by Matt.

Coreyville
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6.68
50 votes

#10 - Coreyville

Season 15 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1969

Matt is summoned to Coreyville, a run-down cowtown, by a young woman whose brother is on trial for murder.

Directors: Bernard McEveety
A Matter of Honor
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6.66
44 votes

#11 - A Matter of Honor

Season 15 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/17/1969

Louie Pheeters is found at the scene of a murder, the dying man's last words implicate the town alcoholic, who is too drunk to remember what he had just seen.

Directors: Robert Totten
Writer: Joy Dexter
The Cage
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6.65
40 votes

#12 - The Cage

Season 15 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/23/1970

When a gang tries to kill one of their captured members, the member turns around and teams up with Matt to bring the rest of the members to justice.

Directors: Bernard McEveety
The Innocent
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6.64
45 votes

#13 - The Innocent

Season 15 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/24/1969

Festus acts as guide and driver for a Eastern missionary teacher on route to her first assignment. The only problem is trying to stay ahead of a murderous hillbilly family following them and planning a ambush.

Directors: Marvin Chomsky
Writer: Walter Black
The Thieves
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6.64
44 votes

#14 - The Thieves

Season 15 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/9/1970

Sam takes a special interest in Eric Tabray, who is running around in a gang committing crimes in Dodge.

Directors: Philip Leacock
Kiowa
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6.63
46 votes

#15 - Kiowa

Season 15 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/16/1970

Matt must rescue a teenage girl from indians and bring her back to her family.

Directors: Bernard McEveety
Writer: Ron Bishop
Hawk
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6.62
50 votes

#16 - Hawk

Season 15 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/1969

A white woman refuses to accept her half-breed son, who Festus brings to her home wounded and needing help.

Albert
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6.61
44 votes

#17 - Albert

Season 15 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/9/1970

After a Bank teller tries to foil a bank robber the bank teller takes some money which could cause trouble.

Directors: Vincent McEveety
Writer: Jim Byrnes
Doctor Herman Schultz, M.D.
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6.60
43 votes

#18 - Doctor Herman Schultz, M.D.

Season 15 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/26/1970

Doc Adams's old friend is thought to be a thief.

Celia
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6.58
43 votes

#19 - Celia

Season 15 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/23/1970

A friend of Newly's is the victim of a con game.

Directors: Philip Leacock
The Sisters
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6.56
43 votes

#20 - The Sisters

Season 15 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/29/1969

Trapper Pack Landers returns and finds his cabin occupied by three nuns and two children he has never seen. The sisters are bringing the children to Landers, who is their father.

Directors: Philip Leacock
The Pack Rat
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6.55
42 votes

#21 - The Pack Rat

Season 15 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/12/1970

An orphan steals from Matt but could risk his own life when he tries to help out in an ambush.

Directors: Philip Leacock
Hackett
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6.53
43 votes

#22 - Hackett

Season 15 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/16/1970

An ex-convict wants revenge against the partner that ran out on him.

Directors: Vincent McEveety
A Man Called Smith
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6.53
49 votes

#23 - A Man Called Smith

Season 15 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1969

Abelia, the young widow who once saved Festus' life, returns. She learns that she isn't a widow when her outlaw husband appears and forces her to exchange his stolen gold for cash.

Directors: Vincent McEveety
Morgan
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6.52
44 votes

#24 - Morgan

Season 15 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/2/1970

Matt is away, and Morgan sees his chance to take over. He breaks into the Long Branch, and Kitty is forced to take action.

Directors: Bernard McEveety
The Still
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6.52
48 votes

#25 - The Still

Season 15 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/1969

Festus gets mixed up with Merry Florene and her hillbilly clan again as they try to hide a moonshining still and a stolen prize bull in the cellar of the local school.