Gunsmoke/Season 18

Season Seventeen of Gunsmoke aired on CBS from September 11th, 1972 to March 5th, 1973, spanning a total of thirty-eight episodes. This seasons featured actor James Arness reprising the role of Marshal Matt Dillon for the sixteenth year in a row. He is accompanied by actors Milburn Stone as Doctor Galen "Doc" Adams, Amanda Blake as Kitty Russell, Ken Curtis as Festus Haggen and Buck Taylor as Newly O'Brien - all of whom have appeared in previous seasons.