Originally Aired: August 6, 1955

Innocent Broad: A Fiancé’s Secret and a Gunman’s Threat

Seventeen-year-old Linda Bell arrives in Dodge to reunite with her fiancé Lou Paxton, only to find herself entangled in a dangerous scheme. Marshal Dillon intervenes when a drunken passenger named Bassett harasses her on the stagecoach ride, but the trouble doesn’t end there. As secrets unravel, it’s revealed that Paxton is hiding his past and planning a desperate robbery to pay off a vengeful former partner—Bassett. When the heist fails and both men meet violent ends, Matt is left to break the truth to Linda, who came west chasing love and found something far more sobering.

Keywords: “Gunsmoke Innocent Broad episode,” “Linda Bell Dodge City story,” “Marshal Dillon stagecoach drama,” “Lou Paxton outlaw fiancé,” “Bassett gunman plot,” “1955 Gunsmoke radio western,” “John Meston script,” “Matt Dillon saves girl”

Cast: William Conrad (Matt Dillon), Parley Baer (Chester), Howard McNear (Doc), Georgia Ellis (Kitty), Eleanor Tannen (Linda Bell), Lawrence Dobkin (Lou Paxton), Paul DuBois (Joe Bassett), Vic Perrin