
Marshal Matt Dillon (then-newcomer James Arness) tries to prevent lawlessness from overtaking Dodge City, Kan. Helping to keep him grounded are saloon proprietor Miss Kitty Russell and Doc Adams. The television series grew out of the long-running radio serial of the same name, although for a short time they were both on the airwaves.

Doc must decide whether to risk operating on the gravely wounded Matt.

Seven homeless children spend Christmas on their way from a Kansas orphanage to California.

A man becomes caught up in a falsified rustling charge, jailbreak and murder.

Matt, critically injured, becomes allied with a boy, an old man and a young woman.