Doc Betchell comes to practice medicine in Dodge and gives Doc Adams a bit of competition. So much in fact, that Doc Adams quits!

Original Air Date: August 27, 1955
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Gunsmoke
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)

Stars:
• William Conrad (Matt Dillion)
• Parley Baer (Chester)
• Georgia Ellis (Kitty)
• Howard McNear (Doc)

Special Guests:
• Lawrence Dobkin
• James Nusser
• Frank Katie
• Anne Morrison

Producer:
• Norman Macdonnell

Writer:
• John Meston

Music:
• Rex Koury

Sound Patterns:
• Tom Hanley
• Bill James

Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK

Amos Cartwright is a half breed Comanche hated by both his tribe and the whites…and with good reason!

Original Air Date: August 20, 1955
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Gunsmoke
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)

Stars:
• William Conrad (Matt Dillion)
• Parley Baer (Chester)
• Georgia Ellis (Kitty)
• Howard McNear (Doc)

Special Guests:
• Lawrence Dobkin
• Harry Bartell
• Barney Phillips
• Joseph Kearns

Producer:
• Norman Macdonnell

Music:
• Rex Koury

Sound Patterns:
• Ray Kemper
• Bill James

Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK

Billy Krale returns to his old mother seventeen years after he ran away from home. But he's not really Billy Krale!

Original Air Date: August 13, 1955
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Gunsmoke
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)

Stars:
• William Conrad (Matt Dillion)
• Parley Baer (Chester)
• Georgia Ellis (Kitty)
• Howard McNear (Doc)

Special Guests:
• Sam Edwards
• Virginia Gregg
• Vic Perrin
• Lawrence Dobkin
• Paul Dubov

Producer:
• Norman Macdonnell

Music:
• Rex Koury

Sound Patterns:
• Tom Hanley
• Bill James

Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK

Linda Bell, a seventeen year old girl, comes to Dodge to meet her fiancé, but finds trouble instead.

Original Air Date: August 06, 1955
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Gunsmoke
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)

Stars:
• William Conrad (Matt Dillion)
• Parley Baer (Chester)
• Georgia Ellis (Kitty)
• Howard McNear (Doc)

Special Guests:
• Eleanore Tanin
• Vic Perrin
• Lawrence Dobkin
• Paul Dubov

Writer:
• John Meston

Producer:
• Norman Macdonnell

Music:
• Rex Koury

Sound Patterns:
• Tom Hanley
• Bill James

Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK

Nip Culler, a crazy old man, proposes to Kitty and won't take "no" for an answer. Nip Colors is a 60 year-old-man who is in Dodge to look for himself a wife. Some of the women in the saloon are mocking Colors and Kitty doesn’t like their behavior and sends them all packing. Nip Colors decides that Kitty is the woman for him and he seems to have difficulty understanding that she doesn’t want to marry him.

Original Air Date: July 30, 1955
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Gunsmoke
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)

Stars:
• William Conrad (Matt Dillion)
• Parley Baer (Chester)
• Georgia Ellis (Kitty)
• Howard McNear (Doc)

Special Guests:
• John Dehner
• Michael Ann Berret
• Virginia Gregg

Writer:
• John Meston

Producer:
• Norman Macdonnell

Music:
• Rex Koury

Sound Patterns:
• Tom Hanley
• Bill James

Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK

Ben Tolliver is accused of stealing a stud horse from Jake Creed, and Creed threatens to kill him…or worse!

Original Air Date: July 23, 1955
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Gunsmoke
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)

Stars:
• William Conrad (Matt Dillion)
• Parley Baer (Chester)
• Georgia Ellis (Kitty)

Special Guests:
• Sam Edwards
• Eleanore Tanin
• James Nusser

Writer:
• John Meston

Producer:
• Norman Macdonnell

Music:
• Rex Koury

Sound Patterns:
• Tom Hanley
• Bill James

Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK

Other Episodes used this script
Ben Tolliver’s Stud {Reused Script} | Gunsmoke (06-02-57)

Troy Carver, a gunman who doesn't see very well, is determined to go ahead with a gunfight.

Original Air Date: July 16, 1955
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Gunsmoke
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)

Stars:
• William Conrad (Matt Dillion)
• Parley Baer (Chester)
• Georgia Ellis (Kitty)
• Howard McNear (Doc)

Special Guests:
• Vic Perrin
• Joe Cranston
• James Nusser

Writer:
• John Meston

Producer:
• Norman Macdonnell

Music:
• Rex Koury

Sound Patterns:
• Tom Hanley
• Bill James

Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK

Oliver and Viney Stang decide to get Chester's job, and the easiest way to do that is to shoot Chester…which is exactly what they do!

Original Air Date: July 09, 1955
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Gunsmoke
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)

Stars:
• William Conrad (Matt Dillion)
• Parley Baer (Chester)
• Georgia Ellis (Kitty)
• Howard McNear (Doc)

Special Guests:
• Vic Perrin
• Harry Bartell

Writer:
• John Meston

Producer:
• Norman Macdonnell

Music:
• Rex Koury

Sound Patterns:
• Tom Hanley
• Bill James

Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK

"General" Smith is warning Dodge about Drew Holt and his new bank. He accuses Holt of being a thief, but General Smith is a liar!

Original Air Date: July 02, 1955
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Gunsmoke
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)

Stars:
• William Conrad (Matt Dillion)
• Parley Baer (Chester)
• Georgia Ellis (Kitty)
• Howard McNear (Doc)

Special Guests:
• John Dehner
• Joe Duval
• Vic Perrin

Writer:
• John Meston

Producer:
• Norman Macdonnell

Music:
• Rex Koury

Sound Patterns:
• Tom Hanley
• Bill James

Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK

Jed Cook has deserted from the army to run off and marry Della Masters. Matt and Chester are riding out, when they spot a big wagon making camp. They've lost a wheel on the wagon and are trying to fix it. They ride over to give them some help and Matt discovers that it's the army deserter, Jed Cook, from Fort Dodge.

Original Air Date: June 25, 1955
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Gunsmoke
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)

Stars:
• William Conrad (Matt Dillion)
• Parley Baer (Chester)
• Georgia Ellis (Kitty)
• Howard McNear (Doc)

Special Guests:
• Vivi Janiss
• Lawrence Dobkin
• Harry Bartell
• James Nusser

Writer:
• John Meston

Producer:
• Norman Macdonnell

Music:
• Rex Koury

Sound Patterns:
• Tom Hanley
• Bill James

Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK