
Season 20 (1974)
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Episodes 24
Matt Dillon Must Die
A mountain family in an attempt to avenge the death of one of their own capture Matt.
Read MoreTown in Chains
A group of bandits attempt to rob a town while masquerading as soldiers.
Read MoreThe Guns of Cibola Blanca (1)
Doc and fellow stage passenger, Lyla are captured by renegade comancheros.
Read MoreThe Guns of Cibola Blanca (2)
Matt, Festus and Newly attempt to rescue Doc and Lyla from Shindrow's camp.
Read MoreThirty a Month and Found
Matt houses a drunk Will & Friends in the jail they go looking for $300 that they think Bill took. Matt thinks it was a misunderstanding. Will doesn't want to tell Matt that they shot Curly Wills (They buried him before going to Dodge.
Doak stops to see his girlfriend and says marriage will need to wait, as Will & Quincy leaves without Doak Quincy and the storekeepers are shot.
Read MoreThe Wiving
Jed Hockett(Harry Morgan), a farmer, orders his three boys to go to town and return with prospective brides.
Read MoreThe Iron Men
Matt and former lawman now turned alcoholic, Chauncey Demon go up against land baron Carl Ryker.
Read MoreThe Fourth Victim
A series of seemingly random killings have the citizens of Dodge City in near panic, but Dillon believes they are part of a pattern in which Doc is slated to be the next target.
Read MoreThe Tarnished Badge
Matt's friend, Sheriff Harker runs his town ruthlessly, punishing anyone disobeying him.
Read MoreIn Performance of Duty
Matt is frustrated by Judge Kendall's insistence that the letter of the law be maintained, which could result in Emmett Kaysinger and his boys, all known outlaws, be set free unless there is solid evidence to hold them for a double murder and robbery they committed.
Read MoreIsland in the Desert (1)
Festus, in the desert hunting escaped killer Gard Dixon is wounded by the outlaw. He is found by Ben Snow, a half-crazy hermit who has been living in the desert with his gold for many years.
Read MoreIsland in the Desert (2)
While Matt and Newly hunt for Festus, Ben Snow and Festus attempt to haul his gold out of the desert.
Read MoreThe Colonel
Lee J. Cobb and his daughter Julie Cobb appear together for the first time when Cobb guest-stars as a once-proud military officer who is suddenly faced with a painful and unplanned reunion with his daughter.
Read MoreThe Hiders
A farmer comes by and asks Sharp where is cow is, Matt tells the milk cow owner that he has no proof to arrest ""the hiders."" The farmer wants to go after them himself. Matt tells the men that will leave Dodge if anyone else complains.
Dink escapes from Carp after being hurt, Festus finds Dink and treats his wounds. Dink tells Festus he likes waking up in the morning, Martha warns Dink to watch for Carp. Carp asks Dink to help kill Festus.
Read MoreThe Fires of Ignorance
Henry Decory is a schoolteacher who makes a strong statement for compulsory education for frontier children as a stubborn father feels that books and education are a waste of time and tries to keep his son Tommy out of school.
Read MoreThe Angry Land
Matt takes a young orphan Bessie Sutherland after her parents were killed on the prairie, to live with her Aunt Rachel. Rachel tells Matt that because of the devastating experiences that she has had, does not want to take in her niece, besides she wants to sell her land.
Read MoreBrides and Grooms
Farmer Jed Hackett (Harry Morgan) decides it's time for his three sons marry the women they brought back from Dodge City.
Read MoreHard Labor
Matt Dillon is sentenced to life imprisonment of hard labor for shooting a fugitive in the town of Bedrock.
Read MoreI Have Promises to Keep
Festus is caught in the middle when an Eastern preacher (David Wayne) wants to build a church for the Indians and the townspeople to share, but by all of whom that are filled with prejudice.
Read MoreThe Busters
Two bronco busters try to raise money for a ranch in Montana, only to have the dream ruined when one of them gets a death threatening head injury when thrown off by a wild stallion.
Read MoreThe Sharecroppers
A comedy of errors puts Festus behind a plow, farming for a family of shiftless sharecroppers.
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