JAMES ARNESS MOVIE
JAMES ARNESS TV

Louis, of all places, but Matt is forced to return to Dodge on business.

22, 1973, Matt and Kitty get on a stage for St. One final bit of Gunsmoke trivia you might find interesting: A month after Arness enjoyed his extracurricular activities, Amanda Blake got equal time.

JAMES ARNESS TV

And although he did not have the physique for the TV role, Conrad did direct two episodes. Although best known for his work in such shows as “Cannon” and “Jake and the Fatman,” Conrad was the original Matt Dillon on the “Gunsmoke” radio series, which ran from 1952 to 1961 and whose scripts and dialogue often were adapted into TV episodes. Ironically, it aired the night before the death of actor William Conrad. “Justice” would be Arness’ final screen appearance even though he did not die until 2011 at age 88. Played by Amy Stock-Poyton (now Amy Stoch), Beth would turn up in the final three Gunsmoke movies: 1992’s “To the Last Man,” 1993’s “The Long Ride” and 1994’s “One Man’s Justice,” by which time she had married a man named Readon. And although Learned faded from the scene, it wasn’t the last we saw of the father-daughter duo. Now, it’s up to Dillon to rescue the daughter he never knew he had and return her to her mother, played again by the Emmy-winning Learned.

When he gets there, he finds out about his daughter, who has just been taken captive by the Apaches.” “He gets a letter from Mike asking him to come to her ranch. “It opens with Matt traveling somewhere in the Far West,” Arness told the Associated Press at the time.

JAMES ARNESS MOVIE

Seventeen years later, Dillon finally learns the true ramifications of his one-week stand with Mike in the 1990 made-for-TV movie “Gunsmoke II: The Last Apache.” And since the writers had only 50 minutes to play with, Matt miraculously regains his memory and heads back to Dodge City alone after nailing his first and only kiss in 20 years as one of TV’s most beloved characters.Īs it turned out, of course, they shared a lot more than just a kiss during those chilly nights in the old farm cabin. When Dean visits Mike and the amnesia-befuddled Matt to deliver his threat, he suddenly changes his mind and returns the deposit to the neighbor. Is this curtains for Matt? Will a young widow be forced to find another little house on the prairie? Of course not.

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