Gunsmoke or Police of the plains ( Gunsmoke or Marshall Dillon ) is a Televised series American in 233 26 minutes episodes (1955 - 1961) and 402 52 minutes episodes (1961 - 1975), in black and white then colors, created by John Meston and diffused between the September 10th 1955 and on September 1st, 1975 on CBS. In France, the series was diffused starting from the March 8th 1975 on TF1.
Synopsis
This series puts in scene the adventures of Marshall Matt Dillon at Dodge City in the Kansas, after the American Civil War.
Distribution
- James Arness: Marshall Matt Dillon
- Refusals Weaver: Chester Goode (1955-1964)
- Milburn Stone: Dr. Galen “Doc.” Adams
- Amanda Blake: Kitty Russell (1955-1974)
- Burt Reynolds: Quint Asper (1962-1965)
- Ken Curtis: Festus Haggen (1964-1975)
- Roger Ewing: Thad Greenwood (1965-1967)
- Buck Taylor: Newly O' Brien (1967-1975)
Rewards
- Emmy Award 1959 : Better actor in a supporting role for Refusals Weaver
- Emmy Award 1968: Better actor in a supporting role for Milburn Stone
Episodes
August 1st
Comments
Before being adapted in televised series, Gunsmoke was a radiophonic serial, diffused for the first time the April 26th 1952 on the waves of CBS. This program had much success and some appreciated its televisual adaptation, reproaching him, inter alia, to be “less realistic than with the radio”.It is William Conrad which was to interpret the role of Matt Dillon, just like with the radio, but the producers decided that its excess of weight was not very photogenic… A second choice went on Raymond Burr which was also évincé for the same reasons. It is said that the role was then proposed with John Wayne which declined the offer but proposed James Arness, the older brother of Peter Graves ( Mission impossible ).
External bonds
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