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Gunsmoke

TV Series (1955 - 1975)

Marshal Matt Dillon is in charge of Dodge City, a town in the wild west where people often have no respect for the law. He deals on a daily basis with the problems associated with frontier life: cattle rustling, gunfights, brawls, standover tactics, and land fraud. Such situations call for sound judgement and brave actions: of which Marshal Dillon has plenty.

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The show had 20 seasons and 635 episodes air between 1955 and 1975.

Series Info

Type:
Scripted
Premiered:
Sep. 10, 1955
Status:
Completed/Ended
Runtime:
60 min.
Aired:
1955 - 1975
To-Date:
20 Seasons
635 Episodes
Network
CBS TV Network
AKA:
Gun Law
Marshal Dillon (Rerun Title)
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  • This show, along with The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, helped launch the great era of the TV western. Westerns became so popular on TV that by the end of the 1950s there would be as many as…
    [show]    This show, along with The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, helped launch the great era of the TV western. Westerns became so popular on TV that by the end of the 1950s there would be as many as 40 of them airing in prime time.
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  • At 20 years and 633 episodes, the longest-running American prime-time drama TV series to date. (2008)
  • According to "The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows" (8th Edition, pg. 495), John Wayne was the first choice to play Marshal Matt Dillon, but he declined because he…
    [show]    According to "The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows" (8th Edition, pg. 495), John Wayne was the first choice to play Marshal Matt Dillon, but he declined because he did not want to commit to a weekly TV series. He did, however, recommend his friend James Arness for the role, and gave the on-camera introduction in the pilot.
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