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Season 2

Season 2

1956
39 Episodes

Episodes

Cow Doctor
1

1. Cow Doctor

Sep 8, 1956
26 min

After he is summoned unknowingly by Ben Pitcher to treat one of his cows, a human patient of Doc's dies. During a fight with Pitcher, Doc is knifed.

Brush at Elkader
2

2. Brush at Elkader

Sep 15, 1956
26 min
8.0

After his friend Ben Williams is shot down by Lou Shippen, Matt travels to Elkader to bring him him. The only problem, he doesn't know what he looks like and the town is protecting Shippen.

Custer
3

3. Custer

Sep 22, 1956
26 min
8.0

Matt refuses to turn the rustler Joe Trimble over to Major Banker for court-martial.

The Round Up
4

4. The Round Up

Sep 29, 1956
26 min

Matt closes up shops to a group of drunken cowboys, which causes trouble.

Young Man with a Gun
5

5. Young Man with a Gun

Oct 20, 1956
26 min

After gunman, Sam Kercher is killed by Matt, his 16-year-old brother arrives to fight Matt.

Indian White
6

6. Indian White

Oct 27, 1956
26 min

At Fort Dodge, home of the third cavalry, Mrs. Mary Cullen tells the colonel that the twelve year old white boy they recovered from the Cheyenne is her son Dennis. The tribe had taken him when he was two years old.

How to Cure a Friend
7

7. How to Cure a Friend

Nov 10, 1956
26 min

Matt is used by an old friend in a con game.

Legal Revenge
8

8. Legal Revenge

Nov 17, 1956
26 min

Doc comes upon a homesteader with a busted leg—and a gun to protect himself from his wife.

The Mistake
9

9. The Mistake

Nov 24, 1956
26 min

Matt leaves Dodge City unprotected when he sets out to find a killer (Mike Connors) (Bert Rumsey credited as 'Bartender', but referred to by Chester as 'Sam Noonan').

Greater Love
10

10. Greater Love

Dec 1, 1956
26 min

An outlaw threatens to kill Doc if he does not help his wounded buddy.

No Indians
11

11. No Indians

Dec 8, 1956
26 min

Matt and Chester act as decoys to ambush outlaws (including Mickey Simpson) that are masking their crimes as those of renegade Indians (Fintan Meyler and Herbert Rudley appear).

Spring Term
12

12. Spring Term

Dec 15, 1956
26 min

Matt discovers that he was the intended victim of a murder he is investigating.

Poor Pearl
13

13. Poor Pearl

Dec 22, 1956
26 min

Matt helps a woman whose suitors are about to duel for her affections.

Cholera
14

14. Cholera

Dec 29, 1956
26 min

A landowner (Paul Fix) tries to terrorize homesteaders (Bartlett Robinson and Peg Hillias) off their land (Gordon Gebert, John Smith, and Stuart Whitman appear).

Pucket's New Year
15

15. Pucket's New Year

Jan 5, 1957
26 min

An old buffalo hunter (Edgar Stehli) swears revenge on the skinner (Grant Withers) that left him to die (Richard Deacon appears as banker Botkin, Bert Rumsey credited as 'Bartender').

The Cover Up
16

16. The Cover Up

Jan 12, 1957
26 min

Matt traps a cattleman (Tyler McVey) who shot two homesteaders (including Roy Engel) (Malcolm Atterbury and Vivi Janiss appear).

Sins of the Father
17

17. Sins of the Father

Jan 19, 1957
26 min

An Indian woman (Angie Dickinson) faces prejudice for her father's raid on Dodge City (Peter Whitney and Paul Wexler appear).

Kick Me
18

18. Kick Me

Jan 26, 1957
26 min

A bank robber (Robert H. Harris) murders his wife and frames Tobeel (Frank de Kova) for the crime (Paul Lambert appears).

Executioner
19

19. Executioner

Feb 2, 1957
26 min

A young gunfighter, Tom Clegg, forces farmer Abe Curry into a duel and kills him. Matt can't arrest Clegg since Abe drew first. However, Abe's brother Morgan plots revenge.

Gone Straight
20

20. Gone Straight

Feb 9, 1957
26 min

Townspeople protect an outlaw (Carl Betz) they believe has reformed (Tige Andrews, Joe De Santis, John Dierkes, Marianne Stewart, and Ward Wood appear).

Bloody Hands
21

21. Bloody Hands

Feb 16, 1957
26 min

The shooting of several members of an outlaw gang, though in self defense, triggers an emotional crisis in Matt, haunted by memories of all the men he has killed (Lawrence Dobkin, Russell Johnson, and Gloria Marshall appear).

Skid Row
22

22. Skid Row

Feb 23, 1957
26 min

An Eastern girl makes the long trip to Dodge, only to find that her fiancé has lost his money and won't marry her.

Sweet and Sour
23

23. Sweet and Sour

Mar 2, 1957
26 min

Rena Decker, a new dance hall girl, purposely gets her admirers into fighting over her. Despite Kitty's negative opinion of her, Matt befreinds Rena and gets her a job at the Long Branch. Soon afterward, 4 men are dead and Rena is the cause.

Cain
24

24. Cain

Mar 9, 1957
26 min

Ex-gunslinger Joel Adams' past is about to catch up with him.

Bureaucrat
25

25. Bureaucrat

Mar 16, 1957
26 min

A Washington official is determined to tame Dodge City.

Last Fling
26

26. Last Fling

Mar 23, 1957
26 min

Kitty gets annoyed by a pair of old farmers who are each trying to have a fling with her.

Chester's Murder
27

27. Chester's Murder

Mar 30, 1957
26 min

Chester is drinking at the Long Branch and gets into an argument with a gambler over a girl. When the marshal breaks it up, he tells Chester to bring the man to jail. On the way there, the man is killed and everyone thinks Chester did it.

The Photographer
28

28. The Photographer

Apr 6, 1957
26 min
8.0

Dodge City meets a Photographer who shows the residents how a camera works. Jacoby wants to take pictures of how the Wild West looks. When Matt learns someone died, he thinks the photographer may have hired someone to kill Grubby for a picture of the west.

Wrong Man
29

29. Wrong Man

Apr 13, 1957
26 min
7.0

A cowboy vows revenge for the shooting of his friend, who was mistaken for a criminal (Don Keefer and Catherine McLeod, real-life husband and wife, appear as a husband and wife).

Big Girl Lost
30

30. Big Girl Lost

Apr 20, 1957
26 min

Philip Locke is looking for Laura Simmons, a saloon girl, but she doesn't want him to know where she works. Laura tells Matt that she and Philip were previously engaged, and she asks him not to say anything about her job. Philip warns Matt that he will be killed if he doesn't tell the truth.

What the Whiskey Drummer Heard
31

31. What the Whiskey Drummer Heard

Apr 27, 1957
26 min

Matt fakes his death to lure a gunman (Vic Perrin) out in the open (Robert Karnes appears, Bert Rumsey credited as 'Sam').

Cheap Labor
32

32. Cheap Labor

May 4, 1957
26 min

A former gunfighter has turned away from violence, but his fiancee's brother is determined to goad him into a gunfight.

Moon
33

33. Moon

May 11, 1957
26 min

After Charlie Brewer is found dead, Jack Salter who was a friend of Charlie Brewer comes to Matt's office saying Vint killed Brewer. Matt then tries to find out if Jack is right.

Who Lives by the Sword
34

34. Who Lives by the Sword

May 18, 1957
26 min

Joe Delk causes trouble at The Long Branch after shooting two men who were unarmed.

Uncle Oliver
35

35. Uncle Oliver

May 25, 1957
26 min

Matt goes after an outlaw (Earle Hodgins) who shot Chester (Paul Wexler appears).

Daddy-O
36

36. Daddy-O

Jun 1, 1957
26 min

Kitty's father, Wayne Russell, arrives in Dodge to meet his daughter after abandoning her and her mother as a baby. He insists that saloon life is not fit for a proper lady and wants to take her back to New Orleans so he can pamper her and invest her savings in his freight business.

The Man Who Would Be Marshal
37

37. The Man Who Would Be Marshal

Jun 15, 1957
26 min

A former Army Officer wants Matt Dillon's job. Matt then takes Mr. Egan on his rounds. Matt lets Egan try his brand of justice that almost costs Egan his life.

Liar from Blackhawk
38

38. Liar from Blackhawk

Jun 22, 1957
26 min

A braggart tries to provoke a gunfight with a harmless drunk.

Jealousy
39

39. Jealousy

Jul 6, 1957
26 min

Jack Kelly plays a hot-tempered husband who thinks Matt is after his wife.