Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge

Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987)

In a Lawless Land Ruled by the Gun, He's the Law.

Will Mannon, "product of the Devil's loins", is released from a frontier prison and promptly goes in search of the people who put him there around twelve years ago, Marshal Matt Dillon and Miss Kitty Russell.

Date of release
1987-09-27
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (18)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
TV Movie, Action, Western
Director
Vincent McEveety
Collection
Gunsmoke Movie Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge is a 1987 American Western television film based on the 20-year (1955–1975) TV series Gunsmoke starring James Arness. Subsequent television films are Gunsmoke: The Last Apache (1990), Gunsmoke: To the Last Man (1992), Gunsmoke: The Long Ride (1993), and Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice (1994), none of which are set in Dodge, nor do they share any cast members from the television series other than Arness.

Production

Although it is supposed to be set in the wilds of Kansas, it was filmed in Alberta, Canada.

Ken Curtis, who played Festus on the series, turned the project down in the wake of being offered far less compensation than Amanda Blake.

Blake returned to the role of Miss Kitty after having left Gunsmoke prior to the original series' 20th and final season. This was her last appearance in the role. She died less than two years after the original release.

Arness initially wanted to play the part of Jake Flagg, considering it the lead role of the film in a first draft of the script, according to producer John Mantley.

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