
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.

Five nuns are reluctant to turn in a wounded outlaw because he saved their lives.

A lovesick, penniless transient embarks on a lucrative but perilous career, boiling nitroglycerine off dynamite for a gang of robbers.

Matt pursues an outlaw gang blowing up safes with nitroglycerin.

Matt forces a drunken, corrupt judge (David Wayne) to hold an inquest into the death of a woman saloon owner.