Originally Aired: June 30, 1957

In Gunsmoke #273, “The Buffalo Hunter,” Marshal Matt Dillon investigates the suspicious death of a buffalo skinner who suffered a horrifying accident—being doused in molten lead. As Dillon digs deeper, he uncovers the greed and cruelty of the man responsible: the ruthless hunter Gatliff. But justice is a long ride across the prairie, and when Gatliff descends into madness, his brutal end is delivered not by the law—but by the land he helped desolate. A haunting frontier tale of murder, guilt, and retribution amid the dying herds of the American West.

Cast: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Lawrence Dobkin, Vic Perrin, Richard Deacon, Harry Bartell, Jack Moyles

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