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Marshal Matt Dillion
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- 1. Matt Gets It Sep 10, 1955
- A ruthless gunman, out to defy law and order, comes up against Matt Dillon.
- 2. Hot Spell Sep 17, 1955
- Matt Dillon tries to protect a notorious gunman who is just out of prison and trying to go straight.
- 3. Word of Honor Oct 1, 1955
- Matt tries to protect the sole witness to a murder from the outlaws who intend to silence the man.
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Jun 26, 2022 · Here's why classic Western series Gunsmoke was canceled after 20 years and didn't receive a finale episode. Before it became a TV show, Gunsmoke started life as a radio program.
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Gunsmokefirst made its move from radio to television screens in 1955. There, a new cast separate from the voices that listeners came to associate with the characters. Viewers across the country eventually warmed up to James Arness’ U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon, Amanda Blake’s Miss Kitty Russell, Milburn Stone’s Doc Adams, and Dennis Weaver’s Chester Go...
The end of Gunsmokewas an episode featuring Ken Curtis’ Festus Haggen at the center. Director Leonard Katzman’s “The Sharecroppers” was season 20 episode 24, airing on March 31, 1975. Landlord Dibble Pugh (Victor French) is upset with Linder Hogue (Jacques Aubuchon) for not successfully improving upon the land. Dibble’s daughter, Av Marie (Susanne ...
Gunsmokecame to an end after “The Sharecroppers,” but the story found a way to continue in its own way. CBS later saw the value in continuing the story with five made-for-TV movies. It all started with 1987’s Return to Dodge, which brought back Arness, Blake, and Buck Taylor. The remainder of the Gunsmoke movies had the subtitles The Last Apache, T...
Apr 25, 2024 · CBS had been trying to cancel Gunsmoke for years, ending the series with an underwhelming finale. Despite the strange ending, Gunsmoke went on to be revived with TV movies, keeping Marshal Dillon...
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At the end of its run in 1975, Los Angeles Times columnist Cecil Smith wrote: " Gunsmoke was the dramatization of the American epic legend of the west. Our own Iliad and Odyssey, created from standard elements of the dime novel and the pulp Western as romanticized by Buntline, Harte, and Twain.
May 26, 2024 · CBS' classic western and Gilligan's Island could not have been more different from one another; so how did Gunsmoke end up killing the beloved sitcom?
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Aug 25, 1995 · There were 30 TV Westerns when the show expanded from 30 minutes to an hour in 1961, but when it was all over, on Sept. 1, 1975, Gunsmoke was the last one left standing.
Gunsmoke’s finale, “Kiowa,” aired on March 31, 1975. The episode revolves around a Kiowa tribe member named Wolf, played by Native American actor Eddie Little Sky, seeking revenge against Matt Dillon, the show’s iconic protagonist.
