Broadcast: November 16, 1958

Matt Dillon was the Marshall of Dodge City, Kansas in this thirty-minute western adventure. There were over 480 episodes broadcast in the 9 years it had spanned. The opening of the show left little doubt that Dillon was the law; “Around Dodge City, and into the territory on the west, there’s just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers: that’s with a US Marshall and the smell of gunsmoke! Gunsmoke! … Starring William Conrad the story of the violence that moved west with young America, and the story of a man who moved with it. I’m that man … Matt Dillon. United States marshal … the first man they look for, and the last man they want to meet … it’s a chancy job, and it makes man watchful … and a little lonely.” In this episode:

Dodge had been real quiet, but after visiting a rancher and heading back to town, Matt came back to find a man sprawled in the street - a man somebody had put a bullet in. There was a crowd around him, and Chester and Doc were right at the center. The victim was a man called Ben Williams, and the last thing he said was Elkader - a very tough town...

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Cast: Howard McNear, William Conrad, Georgia Ellis, Parley Baer, Lawrence Dobkin, Vic Perrin, James Westerfield, Harry Bartell, Ben Wright, Frankie Laine