Champion of the World

December 24, 1966

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Gunsmoke - S12 - E14

Bull Bannock (Alan Hale), retired heavyweight champion of the world, attempts to make a home for himself in Dodge City, and tries to buy Miss Kitty's Longbranch Saloon.

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Gunsmoke: Season 12 - 29 Episode s

12x1 - Snap Decision
September 17, 1966
Disturbed over being forced to kill a prisoner who was trying to save his life, Matt Dillion turns in his badge.
12x2 - The Goldtakers
September 24, 1966
A gang of thieves commandeers the Dodge City blacksmith shop to divide a gigantic bar of gold.
12x3 - The Jailer
October 1, 1966
Six years after her husband's hanging, Ma Stone plots her revenge against Matt Dillon by first kidnapping Kitty to use as a lure and then jailing Matt to be hanged on the morning of the second day with Kitty watching as her man died.
12x4 - The Mission
October 8, 1966
Marshal Dillon is helped by an apparently friendly young runaway who later faces him as a deadly adversary.
12x5 - The Good People
October 15, 1966
A respectable rancher and his son hang an innocent man and allow a bewhiskered bounty hunter to go on trial for the murder.
12x6 - Gunfighter, R.I.P.
October 22, 1966
A gunfighter (McGavin) hired to murder Matt Dillion gets wounded while trying to save the life of an elderly Chinese man.
12x7 - The Wrong Man
October 29, 1966
Hootie Kyle is a poor but honest farmer whose credit has run out. Matt Dillon and Festus lend him some money, then he gets swindled out of it in a poker game. Later Hootie gets circumstantially framed for the murder of the card shark who swindled him.
12x8 - The Whispering Tree
November 12, 1966
After eight years in a prison for robbery a farmer returns home and hopes to find the stolen fortune he had buried under a tree.
12x9 - The Well
November 19, 1966
All of Dodge City is suffering from a drought. A rainmaker (Guy Raymond) tries to put an end to it before the town's public well, their last source of water, runs dry.
12x10 - Stage Stop
November 26, 1966
Doc Adams takes up arms to defend a gold shipment from bandits, first during a stagecoach ambush and then at a weigh station. He is aided by a blind man and a wounded man in the battle against the bandits.
12x11 - The Newcomers
December 3, 1966
Lars Karlgren, a Scandinavian immigrant and his teenage son Petter, find the West even wilder than they had imagined when they settle in Dodge City. Petter gets framed for a murder of a man who was picking a fight with him.
12x12 - Quaker Girl
December 10, 1966
The identity of a criminal is confused with that of deputy marshal Thad, when a Quaker party rescues the pair from a do-or-die fight.
12x13 - The Moonstone
December 17, 1966
A young farmer's former partner-in-crime, girlfriend and slow-witted brother figure in the discovery of his forgotten past.
12x14 - Champion of the World
December 24, 1966
Bull Bannock (Alan Hale), retired heavyweight champion of the world, attempts to make a home for himself in Dodge City, and tries to buy Miss Kitty's Longbranch Saloon.
12x15 - The Hanging
December 31, 1966
To Marshal Matt Dillon and his deputies falls their grimmest task in many years-- the hanging of a ruthless gunman.
12x16 - Saturday Night
January 7, 1967
A vengeful prisoner poses a continual threat to the life of Marshal Matt Dillon.
12x17 - Mad Dog
January 14, 1967
Festus Haggen is mistaken for a hired gunman and offered to fight, and run out of town, the 3 sons of a man his cousin is accused of killing.
12x18 - Muley
January 21, 1967
A young gunman (Zalman King) falls for one of Kitty's saloon girls (Lane Bradbury) while waiting to kill Marshal Matt Dillon and rob the bank.
12x19 - Mail Drop
January 28, 1967
A boy (Eddie Hodges) comes to Dodge City in search of his father only to learn that he is a wanted criminal.
12x20 - Old Friend
February 4, 1967
An embittered lawman (Fritz Weaver) seeks revenge against the men who destroyed his town and took away his wife.
12x21 - Fandango
February 11, 1967
Matt Dillon tries to bring a man to justice in spite of an onslaught of an crazed vengeful lawman wishing to exact his own revenge.
12x22 - The Returning
February 18, 1967
After eight years as a down-on-his-luck farmer, husband & father, and reformed outlaw (Michael Ansara) tries to make ends meet by rejoinning his old gang to rob the Dodge City freight office.
12x23 - The Lure
February 25, 1967
Private detectives use Kitty and the daughter (Kim Darby) of an outlaw to trap the girl's fugitive father (Stephen McNally).
12x24 - Noose of Gold
March 4, 1967
Deputy District Attorney Shephard will do anything to further his career, including having outlaw John Farron killed, instead of being able to give himself up.
12x25 - The Favor
March 11, 1967
Kitty's conscience is torn between her sense of obligation to a man (James Daly) who saved her life and her concern for the law and Marshal Matt Dillon.
12x26 - Mistaken Identity
March 18, 1967
Outlaw Ed Carstairs trades identities with a man dying of a snakebite wound, then is suprised when the man is brought into Dodge and seems to be recovering.
12x27 - Ladies from St. Louis
March 25, 1967
A group of Nuns traveling out West nurse the wounds of outlaw Worth Sweeney, who was injured while defending them from his partners.
12x28 - Nitro! (1)
April 8, 1967
Part 1: Down on his luck drifter is offered a dangerous, but profitable job of mixing nitroglycerine for outlaws who are using it to rob banks. George also falls in love with a saloon girl and begins a business venture with his earnings.
12x29 - Nitro! (2)
April 15, 1967
Part 2: George wants to quit making the nitro, feeling that his luck is running out, but his outlaw partners won't let him.

12x1 - Snap Decision

12x2 - The Goldtakers

12x3 - The Jailer

12x4 - The Mission

12x5 - The Good People

12x6 - Gunfighter, R.I.P.

12x7 - The Wrong Man

12x8 - The Whispering Tree

12x9 - The Well

12x10 - Stage Stop

12x11 - The Newcomers

12x12 - Quaker Girl

12x13 - The Moonstone

12x14 - Champion of the World

12x15 - The Hanging

12x16 - Saturday Night

12x17 - Mad Dog

12x18 - Muley

12x19 - Mail Drop

12x20 - Old Friend

12x21 - Fandango

12x22 - The Returning

12x23 - The Lure

12x24 - Noose of Gold

12x25 - The Favor

12x26 - Mistaken Identity

12x27 - Ladies from St. Louis

12x28 - Nitro! (1)

12x29 - Nitro! (2)

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S3: Season 3

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S5: Season 5

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S7: Season 7

S8: Season 8

S9: Season 9

S10: Season 10

S11: Season 11

S12: Season 12

S13: Season 13

S14: Season 14

S15: Season 15

S16: Season 16

S17: Season 17

S18: Season 18

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