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The Best Episodes of Gunsmoke Season 5

Every episode of Gunsmoke Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Gunsmoke Season 5!

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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 5 Episode 1 - Target
    7.5/10(223 votes)

    #1 - Target

    S5:E1

    Ironic tragedy results when Danny Kader stubbornly disregards his father's predispositions (and Matt's pragmatic advice) in order to attempt an elopement with a young gypsy woman.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Gunsmoke Season 5 Episode 2 - Kitty's Injury
    7.8/10(218 votes)

    #2 - Kitty's Injury

    S5:E2

    When Kitty is hurt in a fall from a horse, she and Matt must seek help from shiftless dirt farmers who are oddly uninterested in aiding them.

    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:John Meston

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  3. Gunsmoke Season 5 Episode 3 - Horse Deal
    8.0/10(207 votes)

    #3 - Horse Deal

    S5:E3

    Horses with Bar S brand are being sold to unsuspecting buyers. Deesha moves in to claim the horses, leaving the buyer with nothing.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Gunsmoke Season 5 Episode 4 - Johnny Red
    8.1/10(231 votes)

    #4 - Johnny Red

    S5:E4

    A man suddenly turns up in Dodge City claiming to be Billy Crale, the long-lost son of a well-to-do local widow. Matt knows that Billy Crale was reported dead during the Civil War, and he becomes highly concerned for Mrs. Crale's safety when he confirms that the man is actually a onetime outlaw known as Johnny Red.

    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Gunsmoke Season 5 Episode 5 - Tail to the Wind
    8.6/10(271 votes)

    #5 - Tail to the Wind

    S5:E5

    A father and son bully a farmer and his wife who won't sell their land, but the farmer is oddly reluctant to let Matt arrest the two, even when they resort to gunfire.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:John Meston

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  6. Gunsmoke Season 5 Episode 6 - Annie Oakley
    7.6/10(216 votes)

    #6 - Annie Oakley

    S5:E6

    Is the homely, sharp-tongued, middle-aged wife of a homesteader really inspiring men to fight to the death for her affections?

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Gunsmoke Season 5 Episode 7 - Kangaroo
    7.7/10(234 votes)

    #7 - Kangaroo

    S5:E7

    Chester saves a man from a zealot's violent "justice" then faces a dose of the same himself.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:John Meston

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  8. Gunsmoke Season 5 Episode 8 - Saludos
    8.3/10(227 votes)

    #8 - Saludos

    S5:E8

    Matt, escorting 3 men back to Dodge, claims a beautiful wounded Indian woman will be able to identify the one who shot her and killed her husband.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:John Meston

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  9. Gunsmoke Season 5 Episode 9 - Brother Whelp
    7.7/10(217 votes)

    #9 - Brother Whelp

    S5:E9

    A man wants to gunfight when he returns home, after years away, and finding his brother married to his girl.

    Director:R.G. Springsteen
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Gunsmoke Season 5 Episode 10 - The Boots
    7.6/10(204 votes)

    #10 - The Boots

    S5:E10

    Onetime gunman Zeno Smith faces an unenviable choice. If he does not help would-be gambler Hank Fergus rob Mr. Jonas's general store, Fergus will tell 12-year old orphan Tommy the full story of how Zeno's descent into deprivation and alcoholism dates to the day he backed down from facing Fergus in a gunfight.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Gunsmoke Season 5 Episode 11 - Odd Man Out
    8.3/10(220 votes)

    #11 - Odd Man Out

    S5:E11

    Matt is uncertain what to make of Cyrus Tucker's confused claim that his wife of 32 years "just ran off", especially when a homesteader claims that he saw the old man digging a large hole just behind his house.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Gunsmoke Season 5 Episode 12 - Miguel's Daughter
    7.0/10(207 votes)

    #12 - Miguel's Daughter

    S5:E12

    A father threatens to kill the two drifters who have been plaguing his daughter.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Gunsmoke Season 5 Episode 13 - Box o' Rocks
    7.6/10(210 votes)

    #13 - Box o' Rocks

    S5:E13

    A man enlists the aid of a parson to fake his own death.

    Director:R.G. Springsteen
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Gunsmoke Season 5 Episode 14 - False Witness
    8.3/10(224 votes)

    #14 - False Witness

    S5:E14

    A man is convicted of murder on doubtful testimony.

    Director:Ted Post
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Gunsmoke Season 5 Episode 15 - Tag, You're It
    7.8/10(200 votes)

    #15 - Tag, You're It

    S5:E15

    When hired gunman Killion comes to Dodge, many of the men get scared thinking he is after them.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Gunsmoke Season 5 Episode 16 - Thick 'n' Thin
    7.9/10(216 votes)

    #16 - Thick 'n' Thin

    S5:E16

    A quarrel between two partners in homesteading escalates to the point of gunfire. Matt tries to make peace between them by locking them up together.

    Director:Stuart Heisler
    Writer:John Meston

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  17. Gunsmoke Season 5 Episode 17 - Groat's Grudge
    7.4/10(205 votes)

    #17 - Groat's Grudge

    S5:E17

    An ex-Confederate waits to settle the score with the Union man whose unit cost him a loved one and property in the late war.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Gunsmoke Season 5 Episode 18 - Big Tom
    8.1/10(220 votes)

    #18 - Big Tom

    S5:E18

    Despite a serious heart condition, onetime prizefighter Tom Burr is determined to go through with his plans to fight vicious Hob Creel. The only way Matt can stop the mismatch and save Burr's life is to fight Creel himself.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Gunsmoke Season 5 Episode 19 - Till Death Do Us
    8.0/10(214 votes)

    #19 - Till Death Do Us

    S5:E19

    Someone takes a shot at a hard man who is brutal to his wife, and someone is overheard claiming he was offered money to kill the man.

    Director:Jean Yarbrough
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Gunsmoke Season 5 Episode 20 - The Tragedian
    7.7/10(208 votes)

    #20 - The Tragedian

    S5:E20

    Matt and his friends try to come to the aid of a has-been actor caught cheating at cards.

    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Gunsmoke Season 5 Episode 21 - Hinka Do
    7.4/10(213 votes)

    #21 - Hinka Do

    S5:E21

    Matt has reason to believe that the new overweight, gun toting, straight shooting, female owner of the Lady Gay saloon may have killed the previous owner, or did she?

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:John Meston

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  22. Gunsmoke Season 5 Episode 22 - Doc Judge
    8.6/10(244 votes)

    #22 - Doc Judge

    S5:E22

    While Matt is away on business, Doc gets threatened by an ex convict (Brice Harp) who claims that Doc Adams sentenced him to a long term in Prison.

    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writer:John Meston

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  23. Gunsmoke Season 5 Episode 23 - Moo Moo Raid
    7.8/10(206 votes)

    #23 - Moo Moo Raid

    S5:E23

    Old man Onie has a great swimming cow that can lead herds across rivers, and when they both come up missing, one trail boss accuses another of killing them.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Gunsmoke Season 5 Episode 24 - Kitty's Killing
    7.7/10(215 votes)

    #24 - Kitty's Killing

    S5:E24

    Kitty gets caught in the middle when a crazy-eyed man goes hunting for his former son-in-law, whom he blames for the death of his daughter in childbirth.

    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writer:John Meston

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  25. Gunsmoke Season 5 Episode 25 - Jailbait Janet
    7.3/10(221 votes)

    #25 - Jailbait Janet

    S5:E25

    After a train sparks a fire that destroys a family's crops, the man, his son, and his daughter rob another train of fifty thousand dollars. A baggage clerk is killed and the crusty representative of the railroad pressures Matt to solve it.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Target" is the best rated episode of "Gunsmoke" season 5. It scored 7.5/10 based on 223 votes. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/5/1959. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Kitty's Injury".