Gunsmoke 1957-58 (Season 3)

The 1957-58 season was the 3rd season for Gunsmoke on CBS television and its first as the #1 show on television.   This was the first of 4 consecutive seasons as the top rated show on tv and set the record that would not be matched until "All in the Family" spent 5 consecutive seasons as the #1 show from 1972-1976.

Here is episode #12 of the 3rd season titled "How To Kill a Woman" with guest star and future western icon Pernell Roberts.   Roberts would soon become a star with another top rated western tv show, "Bonanza", which had 3 straight seasons at the biggest show on tv (1964-1967). 

"How To Kill a Woman"

Season 2 episode 12

aired November 30th 1957

Gunsmoke - Season 3

Season 3 of Gunsmoke on television, 1957-58, was the first of 4 consecutive seasons at the #1 show on network prime time television.  Gunsmoke aired on CBS at 10pm on Saturday night.

Buffalo Man

Season 3 episode 18

aired January 11th 1958

(with Jack Klugman as Ticks and John Anderson as Siple)

John Anderson was honored by the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and presented with a Western Heritage Award in 1967 for his years of work in television and movie westerns.
The long fight scene filmed for this episode was used by the U.S.C Film School as well as other film schools in the US to train student film editors.