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Mar 7, 2023 · 5 'Gunsmoke' movies came out years after the Western show's cancelation. Here's how the fans ranked the made-for-TV movies on IMDb.
- John Wayne helped James Arness get the role of Marshal Matt Dillon. By the early 1950s, Westerns were the biggest movies on the big screen, and the biggest actor in them was the Duke, John Wayne.
- Dillon was the hardest role to cast. Long before Batman became the role every actor in Hollywood wanted to play, it was Matt Dillon that practically every actor in town was fighting over.
- Polly Bond turned down the role of Miss Kitty. John Wayne wasn't the only actor to turn down a leading role in "Gunsmoke." And if fate had turned another way, starring opposite James Arness would have been someone very different than Amanda Blake — who played saloon owner Miss Kitty Russell.
- The series featured a number of actors before they were famous. Debuting in the fall of 1955, and closing out its two decades on the air in 1975, "Gunsmoke" aired more than 600 episodes.
Gunsmoke is a 1953 American Western film directed by Nathan Juran and starring Audie Murphy, Susan Cabot, and Paul Kelly. The film has no connection to the contemporary radio and later TV series of the same name. The film was based on the 1951 novel Roughshod by Norman A. Fox.
However, we're not here to talk about the merits of the CBS series today, but to figure out the watch order for the five made-for-television movies released after the show's lengthy run instead.
Hired gun Reb Kittridge (Audie Murphy) goes to work in Montana for Matt Telford (Donald Randolph), who is looking to take over Dan Saxon's (Paul Kelly) fertile cattle land.
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- Nathan Juran
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Gunsmoke: Directed by Nathan Juran. With Audie Murphy, Susan Cabot, Paul Kelly, Charles Drake. A young gunslinger tries to help a rancher and his daughter save their land and cattle from an evil, wealthy land owner.
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Five made-for-TV movies were produced after its 20-year run. The show won 15 Primetime Emmy Awards as well as other accolades. It was frequently well received, holding a top-10 spot in the Nielsen ratings for several seasons. The United Kingdom series was initially titled Gun Law. [3]
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