Heres how you can win tickets to the friends reunion and a cast meet and greet. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Five exconfederate soldiers have robbed the bank in dodge city and are on the run through indian. The series ran for 20 seasons, making it the longestrunning western in television history. But this meeting will not be a happy family reunion as rance kills his brother and then ransacks the house looking for any type of money. The names dillon, matt dillon sorry about the poor quality. It is an often written about subject but here on gunsmoke it shows so very well. Hootie kyle is a poor but honest farmer whose credit has run out. Ben corden and harry duggan try to bribe matt so they can run a crooked game. Gunsmoke season 20 episode 6 the wiving watch on kodi. This was a more light hearted episode than gunsmoke usually has. Amanda blake february 20, 1929 august 16, 1989 was an american actress best known for the role of the redhaired saloon proprietress miss kitty russell on the western television series gunsmoke.
With james arness, milburn stone, amanda blake, ken curtis. Sep 27, 2015 devoted fans cross the country for gunsmoke reunion its been 40 years since gunsmoke ran on television, but it remains a classic western. Gunsmoke the town tamers tv episode 1974 full cast. Gunsmoke is an american western television series developed by charles marquis warren. Nov, 2016 the end title sequence and theme for the 20th season of gunsmoke. The story may have been good for a half hour show but when the writers have to stretch the show out for the full hour it loses any value and interest that may have been provided. Matts life is changed when his gun arm is seriously wounded. Matt dillon and festus lend him some money, then he ge.
The main title sequence for the final season of gunsmoke. Several actors, including burt reynolds, reunite in. The first episode aired in the united states on september 10, 1955, and the final episode aired on march 31, 1975. Outlaws want matt to leave dodge so they can steal from the bank or they will kill a man per day. This is an episode that speaks of a time when change bites some cowboys on their last drive. Also, such a great addition to the guest stars panel.
This episode included amanda blakes final appearance as kitty, after 19 years on the series. This episode was much better than expected when we have a criminalminded man, rance woolfe, comes calling on his brother, john woolfe, to seek some help as he is again on the run from the law. From 1987 to the present there have been four gunsmoke reunion programs, presented as twohour, madefortelevision movies. Devoted fans cross the country for gunsmoke reunion.
Have you any comments, corrections, episode titles, air dates, production numbers, directors, writers, storysynopsis, guest stars, cast lists, etc. Gunsmoke season 20 episode the colonel watch on kodi. Guthrie in the 1974 episode in performance of duty makes him a welcomed guest. The stories take place in and around dodge city, kansas, during the settlement of the american west. In 1957, ballantine books published a collection of short stories. Each story is based on a halfhour gunsmoke episode.
April 1, 1974 episode titled, the disciple when the character was last seen. Actor bruce boxleitner, worked with jim more than any other actor. Since the mob killing of his wife years ago, old man wakefield has gone on murderous rampages with his sons. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film. Ctva the classic tv archive us western series season 20 cbs197475 60 min color episode guide compiled by the classic tv archive with contributions by. Gunsmoke the town tamers tv episode 1974 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Gunsmoke thirty a month and found tv episode 1974 imdb. Not to say it was a bad show just one that did not spark much interest in the routine script. When rustling, gunfights or brawling disrupt the peace, its up to dillon to restore law and order. This episode aired approximately months after the landmark u. Two versions of the same pilot episode titled mark dillon goes to gouge eye are in the archives. Watch gunsmoke season 4, episode 11 how to kill a friend. The outlaws find abandoned union military uniforms and disguise themselves as union soldiers. Miss kitty and marshal dillon from gunsmoke kissed on tv in the late 50s. Feb 12, 2014 theres only one name for courage, and hes back. Cobb and his daughter julie cobb appear together for the first time when cobb gueststars as a onceproud militar. Gunsmoke 19551975 season 9 episode 34 all homecoming 23 may 1964 tv episode. With james arness, dennis weaver, milburn stone, amanda blake.
In this episode that has a what goes around comes around theme, we get a good story where a womans plan backfires leaving her holding the bag of goodies. The opening credits for the final year of gunsmoke on cbs 197475. Gunsmoke is an american radio and television western drama series created by director norman. To escape her poverty and abusive, drunken father, 17 year old milly glover decides to look for a husband. Gunsmoke a family of killers tv episode 1974 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Gunsmoke is an american radio and television western drama series created by director norman macdonnell and writer john meston. Gunsmoke like old times tv episode 1974 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The unstated problem in this episode is the mother has no option, other than to have a baby she claims she does not want, due to the child being conceived via a sexual assault. Amanda blake had left the show, so there is no miss kitty in this version. In 1987, cbs commissioned a reunion movie entitled gunsmoke. Five exconfederate soldiers have robbed the bank in dodge city and are on the run through indian territory, followed by matt dillon. Saw this episode the other day, pretty standard fare about a recently paroled safe cracker trying to go straight, when daniel j. Following a shift in its programming time in 1967, gunsmoke returned to prominence within the top twenty for the next seven years, dropping out only in its final year.
Although a photo of james arness and the cbs tv logo are on the book cover, in at least one story matt. Supreme court decision in roe v wade jan 1973 on abortion. Yep, captain furillo and officer renko from hill street blues, playing a couple of bad guys out to blackmail the safe cracker into pulling another job. A farm youth sets out in pursuit of his fathers killer. Gunsmoke cast members to reunite in dodge city cbs news.
Aug 20, 2017 the real reason miss kitty didnt return for the final season of gunsmoke. There is a gunfight in this episode but that really is not the reason this show was compelling. Six decades after gunsmoke debuted on television, several actors who appeared in the show, including burt reynolds, are scheduled to reunite in dodge city. It was a bold move for a major tv network do you remember which one aired this series and when. Townsman bartender barfly fred cowhand freddy the bartender indian assistant dealer freddy baggage man cowboy getting loan dealer in long branch drover drunk passed out at bar fred bartender fred the bartender freddy bartender gabe gang member gunman gypsy harry land horseman hotel guest kelly mathison henchman pierce. Feb 08, 2017 abandoned movie set and tv filming locations for gunsmoke and the outlaw josey wales.
Heres how you can win tickets to the friends reunion and a cast. Devoted fans cross the country for gunsmoke reunion its been 40 years since gunsmoke ran on television, but it remains a classic western. Now the wakefields are trying to run down and kill matt in the freezing mountains. In an episode that had such high hopes at the beginning by the end of the show it had digressed into an uninteresting play with useless dialog. This week we took a visit to this abandoned movie set and iconic filming locations for the tv show gunsmoke.
The radio series first aired on cbs on april 26, 1952 with the episode billy. Festus is shot by the killer he is pursuing in the blazing desert, only to be helped by a crazed hermit and forced to tote water to try and get him to a town 80 miles away. The central character is lawman marshal matt dillon, played by william conrad on radio and james arness on television. Dust them off and let us know if you have any information on this series or any other tv series from the. Ctva us western gunsmoke cbs season 20 197475 james. Marshal matt dillon james arness presides over dodge city, a wild west town that sees more than its fair share of frontier lawlessness. Long branch hostess belle archer sees jerry shand shoot a former quantrill raider dead in self defense, but refuses to say so, and now he faces a murder trial. The first seventeen seasons of gunsmoke and all five reunion films are available on dvd in region 1.
Reunion 78 belle archer recognizes jerry shand and hides her face. The guest cast members play strong, often moving roles. Watch gunsmoke episodes online season 19 1974 tv guide. This is more of a routine episode that has been played out many times on gunsmoke series. He brought style and grace to his presentstion of the. Gunsmoke is an american western television series developed by charles marquis warren and based on the radio program of the same name. The end title sequence and theme for the 20th season of gunsmoke. Cobb and his daughter julie cobb appear together for the first time when cobb gueststars as a onceproud military officer who is suddenly faced with a painful and unplanned reunion with his daughter. When the parents of a daughter who was raped refuse to accept the girls baby, marshal dillon must find a home for the child. Watch gunsmoke season 1, episode 7 smoking out the nolans. I remembered kurt russell as being about years old in the show, but the episode date would have made him 23. Jerry has a grudge against andy cully, a paunchy hardware drummer. Gunsmoke spawned huge stars, thanks to its success, but can you recall the characters and the actors who played them. Gunsmoke season one opening with john wayne introducing james.
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