Gunsmoke
Matt Gets It
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 1955-09-10
Synopsis
Matt is critically wounded while attempting to arrest super-fast gunman Dan Grat. Grat runs rampant in Dodge while Matt recovers, but is unpleasantly surprised when the recovered marshal challenges him again.
Pilot desk note
From the desk: Gunsmoke opens its catalog run with “Matt Gets It” (1955-09-10). Proved serialized adult drama could own an era's prime-time map. Radio-to-TV casting fights and longevity bragging rights defined early network power plays.
In the series
This episode is part of Gunsmoke (1955–1975) on CBS.
The long-running western that turned Dodge City into a weekly moral court.
Key cast
- James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon
- Amanda Blake as Miss Kitty Russell
- Milburn Stone as Doc Adams
- Dennis Weaver as Chester Goode
- Ken Curtis as Festus Haggen