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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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Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 9 - A Matter of Honor
    8.7/10(248 votes)

    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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  2. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 7 - Charlie Noon
    8.6/10(269 votes)

    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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  3. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 12 - MacGraw
    8.4/10(220 votes)

    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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  4. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 19 - The Badge
    8.4/10(242 votes)

    S15:E19

    Kitty leaves Dodge City after seeing Matt hurt again.

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 2 - Stryker
    8.2/10(221 votes)

    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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  6. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 5 - Hawk
    8.2/10(269 votes)

    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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  7. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 21 - Kiowa
    8.2/10(208 votes)

    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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  8. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 23 - Morgan
    8.2/10(231 votes)

    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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  9. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 1 - The Devil's Outpost
    8.1/10(215 votes)

    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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  10. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 6 - A Man Called Smith
    8.0/10(207 votes)

    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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  11. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 24 - The Thieves
    8.0/10(180 votes)

    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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  12. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 4 - Danny
    7.7/10(198 votes)

    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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  13. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 11 - Ring of Darkness
    7.7/10(189 votes)

    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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  14. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 10 - The Innocent
    7.6/10(191 votes)

    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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  15. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 20 - Albert
    7.6/10(193 votes)

    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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  16. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 22 - Celia
    7.6/10(182 votes)

    S15:E22

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

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 3 - Coreyville
    7.5/10(216 votes)

    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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  18. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 13 - Roots of Fear
    7.5/10(202 votes)

    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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  19. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 14 - The Sisters
    7.4/10(190 votes)

    S15:E14

    A scoundrel tries to con three nuns.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 17 - The Judas Gun
    7.4/10(186 votes)

    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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  21. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 15 - The War Priest
    7.3/10(189 votes)

    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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  22. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 8 - The Still
    7.2/10(184 votes)

    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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  23. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 25 - Hackett
    7.2/10(199 votes)

    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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  24. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 26 - The Cage
    7.1/10(167 votes)

    S15:E26

    After an outlaw becomes a victim of his own gang he tries to Matt bring in the gang that made him a victim.

    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Gunsmoke Season 15 Episode 16 - The Pack Rat
    6.9/10(196 votes)

    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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Season 15 Ratings Summary

"A Matter of Honor" is the best rated episode of "Gunsmoke" season 15. It scored 8.7/10 based on 248 votes. Directed by Robert Totten and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/17/1969. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Charlie Noon".