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The Best Episodes of Gunsmoke Season 15

Every episode of Gunsmoke Season 15 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Gunsmoke Season 15!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 1 - The Devil's Outpost
    8.1/10(205 votes)

    #1 - The Devil's Outpost

    S15:E1

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

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 2 - Stryker
    8.2/10(210 votes)

    #2 - Stryker

    S15:E2

    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.

    Director:Robert Totten
    Writer:Herman Groves

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  3. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 3 - Coreyville
    7.5/10(204 votes)

    #3 - Coreyville

    S15:E3

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

    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writer:Herman Groves

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  4. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 4 - Danny
    7.7/10(186 votes)

    #4 - Danny

    S15:E4

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

    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 5 - Hawk
    8.2/10(256 votes)

    #5 - Hawk

    S15:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 6 - A Man Called Smith
    8.1/10(193 votes)

    #6 - A Man Called Smith

    S15:E6

    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.

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 7 - Charlie Noon
    8.6/10(255 votes)

    #7 - Charlie Noon

    S15:E7

    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.

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 8 - The Still
    7.3/10(173 votes)

    #8 - The Still

    S15:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 9 - A Matter of Honor
    8.7/10(229 votes)

    #9 - A Matter of Honor

    S15:E9

    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.

    Director:Robert Totten
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 10 - The Innocent
    7.6/10(179 votes)

    #10 - The Innocent

    S15:E10

    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.

    Director:Marvin J. Chomsky
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 11 - Ring of Darkness
    7.7/10(181 votes)

    #11 - Ring of Darkness

    S15:E11

    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.

    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 12 - MacGraw
    8.4/10(208 votes)

    #12 - MacGraw

    S15:E12

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

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 13 - Roots of Fear
    7.6/10(191 votes)

    #13 - Roots of Fear

    S15:E13

    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.

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 14 - The Sisters
    7.5/10(182 votes)

    #14 - The Sisters

    S15:E14

    A scoundrel tries to con three nuns.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 15 - The War Priest
    7.4/10(181 votes)

    #15 - The War Priest

    S15:E15

    Sergeant Holly, a alcoholic loving veteran is getting ready to retire. Just hours before it, a Apache prisoner in his custody escapes with Kitty as a hostage, forcing the Sergeant to go AWOL to get the prisoner back.

    Directors:Bernard McEveety, Vincent McEveety
    Writer:William Kelley

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  16. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 16 - The Pack Rat
    7.0/10(183 votes)

    #16 - The Pack Rat

    S15:E16

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

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 17 - The Judas Gun
    7.5/10(175 votes)

    #17 - The Judas Gun

    S15:E17

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

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 18 - Doctor Herman Schultz, M.D.
    6.8/10(179 votes)

    #18 - Doctor Herman Schultz, M.D.

    S15:E18

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

    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writer:Calvin Clements Sr.

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  19. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 19 - The Badge
    8.4/10(231 votes)

    #19 - The Badge

    S15:E19

    Kitty leaves Dodge City after seeing Matt hurt again.

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 20 - Albert
    7.6/10(181 votes)

    #20 - Albert

    S15:E20

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

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 21 - Kiowa
    8.2/10(204 votes)

    #21 - Kiowa

    S15:E21

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

    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 22 - Celia
    7.6/10(170 votes)

    #22 - Celia

    S15:E22

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

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 23 - Morgan
    8.2/10(219 votes)

    #23 - Morgan

    S15:E23

    With Matt out helping the Army deliver a gold shipment, Dodge is wide open for Morgan and his men to come in with a Gatlin gun and take over. Breaking into the Long Branch, Morgan is helping himself to whiskey when Kitty shoots him hitting him in the shoulder and the face. With Matt and the gold on the way and Morgan sitting with a big gun and a fever and a crazy streak from the permanent scar he's gonna have, Dodge can only wait to see what comes next.

    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 24 - The Thieves
    8.0/10(172 votes)

    #24 - The Thieves

    S15:E24

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

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 25 - Hackett
    7.2/10(191 votes)

    #25 - Hackett

    S15:E25

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

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:William Kelley

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Season 15 Ratings Summary

"The Devil's Outpost" is the best rated episode of "Gunsmoke" season 15. It scored 8.1/10 based on 205 votes. Directed by Philip Leacock and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/22/1969. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Stryker".