Gunsmoke/Season 16

Season Six of Gunsmoke aired on CBS from September 14th, 1970 to March 8th, 1971, spanning a total of twenty-four episodes. This seasons featured actor James Arness reprising the role of Marshall 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.

Production

 * John Mantley - Executive producer
 * Joseph Dackow - Producer
 * Leonard Katzman - Producer

Directors

 * Vincent McEveety

Writers

 * Jack Miller

Notes & Trivia

 * Seasons sixteeen is the fifth season of the series broadcast in full color.


 * Season sixteen is the tenth season of the series as an hour-long show.