
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.
Matt and Festus lend money to a strapped farmer, then he loses it in a poker game.
After eight years in prison for robbery, a farmer returns home and hopes to find the stolen money.
A rainmaker tries to end Dodge City's drought before a public well, the town's last source of water, runs dry.
A former gunfighter (Steve Forrest) tries to live a quiet life with the woman he loves.