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The painting visible behind Tom's left shoulder when he's in the Long Branch, near the end of the episode, is of a Pony Express rider. It's by HW Hansen and was completed in 1900, long after Matt Dillon had retired.
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- Western
- Harry Harris
- 1961-03-18
Vengeance!: Part I: Directed by Richard C. Sarafian. With James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis. Bob Johnson is a super fast gunman looking for revenge against the men who paralyzed his foster father and killed his foster brother, when they were attempting to steal a calf.
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- Western
- Richard C. Sarafian
- 1967-10-02
Mar 19, 2022 · Dennis Weaver stepped away from his role as Chester on "Gunsmoke" almost midway through the show's 20-season run. Why did he really leave the beloved Western?
- Christian Schoon
Stevens suffered a stroke during the filming of the courtroom scenes in the second part of this episode. The stroke temporarily affected Stevens's ability to speak, and filming was delayed until he recovered enough to continue. Donna Mills appears in her only Gunsmoke role as Cora Sanderson.
- There Were Multiple Famous Guest Stars
- James Arness Is The only Actor to Appear in Every Episode
- Marshal Matt Dillon Was Challenging to Cast
- The Show Caused Gilligan's Islandto Get Canceled
- The Show Popularized The Phrase 'Get Out of Dodge'
- The Show Didn't Mention Miss Kitty's Career Choices
- The Show's Opener Changed in The 1970s
- There Was No Series Finale
- There Were Five TV Movies
- Matt Dillon Had One Onscreen Kiss Throughout The TV Series
Kirk, Spock, Bones, and Scotty from Star Trek all appeared on the show. You also get to see Peter, Jan, and Cindy from The Brady Bunch.
Milburn Stone was almost there with him in his role as Doc but suffered a heart attack that led him to miss six episodes.
The show really struggled to fill the iconic role, mostly because they really wanted John Wayne, who refused to leave his film career. Unfortunately, William Conrad, who had voiced the character on the radio show, didn't get the part because they felt he wasn't attractive enough (ouch). After 26 actors tested, Wayne recommended his friend James Arn...
CBS was going to cancel the show, but some producers freaked out a bit. So instead, they cut Gilligan, and his crew and Gunsmokestole their time slot.
Dillon would tell criminals to "Get outta Dodge," referring to the show's setting of Dodge City, Kansas.
She was openly a madame on the radio show, but producers felt that they needed to shy away from those details to be family-friendly on television. So it was never mentioned.
The political focus on anti-violence became so strong during this period that the show felt it was inappropriate to keep airing Matt Dillon in a gunfight every single week.
The show had no idea that the network was going to cancel the show, so they weren't able to make any preparations for ending the beloved show. It ended its 20 seasons with a regular episode.
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987), Gunsmoke: The Last Apache (1990), Gunsmoke: To the Last Man (1992), Gunsmoke: The Long Ride (1993), and Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice(1994). Arness showed up as Matt Dillon for every single one.
Dillon got his one silver screen kiss in the episode "Matt's Love Story" with Michael Learned, who portrayed Olivia Walton on The Waltons.
After its last original airing on March 31, 1975, Gunsmoke was canceled after a 20-year run (with reruns continuing to air until September), even though it still ranked among the top 30 programs in the ratings; the Mary Tyler Moore spin-offs Rhoda (which was going into its second year in the Fall-1975 season) and Phyllis (a fall-1975 freshman ...
From there, Gunsmoke remained in the top 20 for the next seven years, dropping out only in its final season which ended March 1975; CBS canceled the series two months later, with then-vice president Alan Wagner saying, "It's better to get rid of a program one year too soon than one year too late."
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