Gunsmoke
Season 20
24 listed hours · 1955–1975 · CBS
From the desk
How this season is filed
Radio muscle moved to Saturday, then Monday: James Arness as a marshal the camera could believe, and a western that treated violence as civic work instead of costume jewelry.
TV Flash files Season 20 of Gunsmoke (1955–1975) on CBS as the last listed season of 20 — 24 listed hours, 1974-09-09–1975-03-31 from “Matt Dillon Must Die” (S20E01) to “The Sharecroppers” (S20E24). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Desk essentials in this season
- S20E09 The Tarnished Badge
Late-run badge ethics — longevity arguing with itself about what the star still means.
- S20E24 The Sharecroppers
A workman’s closer after twenty years: no stadium, no universe teaser.
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S20E01 Matt Dillon Must Die -
S20E02 A Town in Chains -
S20E03 The Guns of Cibola Blanca (1) -
S20E04 The Guns of Cibola Blanca (2) -
S20E05 Thirty a Month and Found -
S20E06 The Wiving -
S20E07 The Iron Men -
S20E08 The Fourth Victim -
S20E09 The Tarnished Badge -
S20E10 In Performance of Duty -
S20E11 Island in the Desert (1) -
S20E12 Island in the Desert (2) -
S20E13 The Colonel -
S20E14 The Squaw -
S20E15 The Hiders -
S20E16 Larkin -
S20E17 The Fires of Ignorance -
S20E18 The Angry Land -
S20E19 Brides and Grooms -
S20E20 Hard Labor -
S20E21 I Have Promises to Keep -
S20E22 The Busters -
S20E23 Manolo -
S20E24 The Sharecroppers
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