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    Hot Spell

Western
26 
Sep 16, 1955
Matt must defend a gunman he despises from townspeople who want to lynch him for a crime he didn't commit.

Full Episodes

Season 1, 39 episodes

Season 1
   
Matt Gets It,
United States Marshal Matt Dillon of Dodge City must deal with fast trigger-happy outlaw Dan Grat (Paul Richards) who wants his way with the town.
27m Sep 9, 1955
   
Hot Spell,
Matt must defend a gunman he despises from townspeople who want to lynch him for a crime he didn't commit.
26m Sep 16, 1955
   
Word of Honor,
To save his own life, murder witness Doc gives his word of honor to the killers (including Claude Akins) that he won't expose them.
26m Sep 30, 1955
   
Home Surgery,
Matt tries to save the life of a man dying of gangrene.
26m Oct 7, 1955
   
Obie Tater,
A group of outlaws try to force an old prospector to give up his gold.
27m Oct 14, 1955
   
Night Incident,
No one believes a boy's claims that he overheard an outlaw planning a robbery.
26m Oct 28, 1955
   
Smoking Out the Nolans,
A landowner asks Matt to remove a couple from a home on part of his land, which the couple insists they bought and paid for, and which they refuse to vacate.
26m Nov 4, 1955
   
Kite's Reward,
An ex-outlaw's attempt to hang up his gun proves difficult.
26m Nov 11, 1955
   
The Hunter,
A legendary buffalo hunter invites the wrath of Indians when he sets out to cross their sacred hunting grounds.
26m Nov 25, 1955
   
The Queue,
Two men try to force a Chinese man out of Dodge.
26m Dec 2, 1955
   
General Parcley Smith,
Parsley Smith, a teller of tall tales, claims the new town banker is plotting to make off with the depositors' money.
26m Dec 9, 1955
   
Magnus,
It's Christmas in Dodge and Chester isn't pleased when his brother Magnus arrives for a visit (Robert Easton appears). One of very few times a radio episode was adapted to TV with the same guest actor playing the role in both media.
26m Dec 23, 1955
   
Reed Survives,
A beautiful young wife (Lola Albright) manipulates a young hired hand into killing her older husband.
26m Dec 30, 1955
   
Professor Lute Bone,
A peddler's miracle curative contains opium and proves fatal.
26m Jan 6, 1956
   
No Handcuffs,
A man who claims he's innocent of a murder in a corrupt town breaks out of Matt's jail, and his trail leads Matt to the corrupt sheriff (Mort Mills appears).
26m Jan 20, 1956
   
Reward for Matt,
A woman offers a $1,000 reward to the man who kills Matt Dillon.
26m Jan 27, 1956
   
Robin Hood,
Witnesses are refusing to testify against an infamous outlaw.
26m Feb 3, 1956
   
Yorky,
Matt saves the life of a white boy raised by Indians who was shot trying to retrieve horses stolen from his tribe.
26m Feb 17, 1956
   
20 - 20,
An ex-lawman and old friend of Matt's arrives in Dodge with failing eyesight, and a man who wants to kill him.
26m Feb 24, 1956
   
Reunion 78,
A well-liked hardware drummer is actually a man wanted for multiple murders.
26m Mar 2, 1956
   
Helping Hand,
Matt attempts to reform a young troublemaker (including James Nusser in a role other than Louie Pheeters).
26m Mar 16, 1956
   
Tap Day for Kitty,
An old rancher decides that he is going to marry Kitty.
26m Mar 23, 1956
   
Indian Scout,
When an old Indian scout murders a man Matt pursues him into Comanche territory.
26m Mar 30, 1956
   
The Pest Hole,
Doc must find a way to thwart a typhoid epidemic in Dodge.
26m Apr 13, 1956
   
Big Broad,
Matt has to figure a way around a six-foot-tall, 200-pound woman with a six-gun.
26m Apr 27, 1956
   
Hack Prine,
An old friend of Matt's is now a gun-for-hire, in town to kill him. This is the actual pilot episode of the television Gunsmoke.
26m May 11, 1956
   
Cooter,
A dishonest gambler uses a mentally challenged man in a plot against Matt.
26m May 18, 1956
   
The Killer,
Matt has to stop a cold-blooded killer who preys on over-matched opponents.
26m May 25, 1956
   
Doc's Revenge,
Doc has a change of heart about a man he hates and wants to kill face to face when the man is later shot in the back.
26m Jun 8, 1956
   
The Preacher,
A preacher disgusted by violence is harassed by bully Sam Keeler who despises his timid nature.
26m Jun 15, 1956
   
How to Die for Nothing,
The brother of a man Matt was forced to kill vows to kill Matt by any means necessary.
26m Jun 22, 1956
   
Dutch George,
Matt is forced to arrest his childhood hero, who is now the leader of a gang of horse thieves.
26m Jun 29, 1956
   
Prairie Happy,
A bitter old man tells fibs about Indians preparing to strike Dodge.
26m Jul 6, 1956
   
Chester's Mail Order Bride,
When Chester's mail-order bride arrives, neither she nor Chester are what the other are expecting.
26m Jul 13, 1956
   
The Guitar,
An ex-Union soldier is forced to use violence against a pair of diehard Rebels.
26m Jul 20, 1956
   
Cara,
Matt discovers that an old girlfriend is working on the opposite side of the law.
26m Jul 27, 1956
   
Mr. and Mrs. Amber,
A self-described religious prophet makes life miserable for his sister and her husband.
26m Aug 3, 1956
   
Unmarked Grave,
An old woman grieving over the loss of her outlaw son tries to help another young outlaw escape justice. Boot Hill Intro returns for this episode and appears intermittently hereafter.
26m Aug 17, 1956
   
Alarm at Pleasant Valley,
Homesteaders are ambushed on the way to Dodge.
26m Aug 24, 1956
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