The Best Episodes of Gunsmoke Season 14

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.1/10(210 votes)

   #1 - Lyle's Kid

   S14:E19/23/1968

   Grant Lyle, a former lawman with crippled hands, brings his young gunfighter son to Dodge to settle the score with Hoxey, the man just released from prison who is responsible for his hands.

   Director:Bernard McEveety

   Writer:Unknown

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   7.5/10(178 votes)

   #2 - The Hide Cutters

   S14:E29/30/1968

   Festus is rescued from a rock avalanche by a young hide cutter. His fellow cutters are following a herd of cattle with hopes of stealing them for the hides.

   Director:Bernard McEveety

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Bernard McEveety

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3. 

   8.8/10(274 votes)

   #3 - Zavala

   S14:E310/7/1968

   Good western. Mostly action, not too much girl stuff. Gunplay by Dillon very very good in this one. Story is about Dillon taking a warrant into Mexico. He finds the culprit and outdraws him. One of the latter's gang members travels back to the US and tells Jim Davis that Dillon killed his brother. Davis responds with violence, then rides into Mexico and faces Dillon. The human interest part of this movie centers about the likeable Mexican kid, ""Paco"". Dillon and him get along so good that I'm wondering about the sexuality of one of the film bosses. About Rico Alaniz... top-notch performance. He's the guy who, in the movie ""Magnificent Seven"", was always saying 'no, don't anger Calvera, give him what he wants"".

   Director:Vincent McEveety

   Writer:Paul Savage

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   Director:Vincent McEveety

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4. 

   7.3/10(192 votes)

   #4 - Uncle Finney

   S14:E410/14/1968

   A comedic episode. Two hillbillies attempt to turn their 102 year-old relative in for the bounty on him.

   Director:Bernard McEveety

   Writer:Unknown

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   8.2/10(199 votes)

   #5 - Slocum

   S14:E510/21/1968

   Grizzily mountain man, Slocum tracks the sons of a man who tried to bushwhack his good friend, Matt Dillon.

   Director:Leo Penn

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Leo Penn

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   6.2/10(176 votes)

   #6 - O'Quillian

   S14:E610/28/1968

   Leary O'Quillan kills a card cheat in self defense and is pursued to Dodge by the man's brother, Clay Tynan.

   Director:John Rich

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:John Rich

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   8.2/10(218 votes)

   #7 - 9:12 to Dodge

   S14:E711/11/1968

   Matt and Doc are escorting outlaw Johnny August by train to trail for murder. Also on board and waiting along the line are his men waiting for a chance to free him.

   Director:Marvin J. Chomsky

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Marvin J. Chomsky

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   8.3/10(227 votes)

   #8 - Abelia

   S14:E811/18/1968

   A young woman and her kids and Festus are held hostage from a man Matt is trying to find.

   Director:Vincent McEveety

   Writer:Unknown

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   7.7/10(179 votes)

   #9 - Railroad!

   S14:E911/25/1968

   Matt clashes with maverick railroad builder Wes Cameron and his wild men running a railroad line through Dodge.

   Director:Marvin J. Chomsky

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Marvin J. Chomsky

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    7.4/10(190 votes)

    #10 - The Miracle Man

    S14:E1012/2/1968

    Con man, Bob Sullivan tries to trick a widow with three children out of money for a fake cattle herd, but instead ends up falling in love with her and her children.

    Director:Bernard McEveety

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.9/10(204 votes)

    #11 - Waco

    S14:E1112/9/1968

    While bringing in outlaw, Waco Thompson, Matt has to deal with his outlaw band following them while he has to deliver a baby.

    Director:Robert Totten

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Robert Totten

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    7.7/10(178 votes)

    #12 - Lobo

    S14:E1212/16/1968

    Mountain man Luke Brazo joins Matt in a hunt for a vicious wolf terrorizing the area.

    Director:Bernard McEveety

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.8/10(162 votes)

    #13 - Johnny Cross

    S14:E1312/23/1968

    Newly intervenes when two bounty hunters try to kill a desperado who claims he's innocent.

    Director:Herschel Daugherty

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Herschel Daugherty

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    7.9/10(195 votes)

    #14 - The Money Store

    S14:E1412/30/1968

    When he is refused a loan by the bank, Ray Jarvis' children find a way to steal the money.

    Director:Vincent McEveety

    Writer:William Blinn

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    Director:Vincent McEveety

    Writer:William Blinn
15. 

    7.6/10(188 votes)

    #15 - The Twisted Heritage

    S14:E151/6/1968

    Kitty saves the life of a man during a stage hold-up, taking him back to his ranch she finds his mother a ruthless matron and his daughter alienated from her father.

    Director:Bernard McEveety

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.7/10(182 votes)

    #16 - Time of the Jackals

    S14:E161/13/1969

    A former girlfriend of Matt's provides a link with catching a notorious killer.

    Director:Vincent McEveety

    Writer:Unknown

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17. 

    8.8/10(322 votes)

    #17 - Mannon

    S14:E171/20/1969

    Gunman Will Mannon comes to Dodge, after shooting Festus and taking his mule, to face Matt in a gunfight.

    Director:Robert Butler

    Writer:Unknown

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    6.8/10(171 votes)

    #18 - Gold Town

    S14:E181/27/1969

    Will Mannon, a sharpshooter who rode with Quantrill's Raiders, terrorizes Dodge City as he waits for Matt to return and face him in a showdown.

    Director:Unknown

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    7.8/10(192 votes)

    #19 - The Mark of Cain

    S14:E192/3/1969

    A scholarly man in Dodge is actually a former commandant of a Civil War prison camp.

    Director:Vincent McEveety

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.9/10(184 votes)

    #20 - Reprisal

    S14:E202/10/1969

    Doc is given the choice of saving the life of a man he saw commit a murder and delivering a baby. He choses to save the man first, and the baby dies in childbirth. The baby's father, Tom Butler blames Doc and plans to get even.

    Director:Bernard McEveety

    Writer:Unknown

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21. 

    8.4/10(210 votes)

    #21 - The Long Night

    S14:E212/17/1969

    Three bounty hunters hold hostages in the Long Branch to get Matt to turn over a prisoner to them.

    Director:John Rich

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.7/10(171 votes)

    #22 - The Night Riders

    S14:E222/24/1969

    Kansas raider Judge Proctor and his men ride into Dodge looking for a man they blame for stealing their land during the war. With Matt out of town, Festus has to try to keep peace and keep the renegades from burning the town.

    Director:Irving J. Moore

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.8/10(180 votes)

    #23 - The Intruder

    S14:E233/3/1969

    Festus is escorting wounded prisoner Riley Sharp to Dodge. They are forced to stop at a farmhouse, where Riley's ex-wife and her brutish husband live.

    Director:Vincent McEveety

    Writer:Unknown

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24. 

    7.9/10(217 votes)

    #24 - The Good Samaritans

    S14:E243/10/1969

    Matt is taking a signed confession paper to a Judge that will hang a man, the man has put a reward on the paper causing two bounty hunters to shoot Matt in an effort to get it. Meanwhile, Matt is taken in by a group of freed slaves heading West, and now being pursued by the hunters.

    Director:Bernard McEveety

    Writer:Paul Savage

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    8.2/10(195 votes)

    #25 - The Prisoner

    S14:E253/17/1969

    Steven Downing is being taken to Mathison County to be hung as a murderer. Kitty believing in his innocence does all she can to stop the bounty hunter Jarvis, and finally Bob Mathison from taking him from Dodge.

    Director:Leo Penn

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Leo Penn

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