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Gunsmoke: Return to DodgeEpisode Number: 636 Season Num: n/a First Aired: Saturday September 26, 1987 Prod Code: n/a |
Set fifteen years after the final firstrun episode, Matt Dillon is now retired and living as a mountain man and guardian to a group of Indian children. An ex-con tracks him down looking for vengeance, but Matt out-draws him. Matt is stabbed by some scavengers while bringing the outlaw back to Dodge and barely survives his injuries. After his recovery he is forced into a showdown with another former for, outlaw Will Mannon, who was just released from prison.
| Writer: | Jim Byrnes (III) |
| Director: | Vincent McEveety |
| Star: | Buck Taylor (Newly O' Brien), James Arness (Matt Dillon), Amanda Blake (Kitty) |
| Recurring Role: | Fran Ryan (Hannah), Tom Brown (Ed O'Connor), Steve Forrest (Will Mannon), Ted Jordan (Burke) |
| Guest Star: | Mickey Jones (Oakum), Walter Kaasa (Judge Collins), Ken Kirzinger (Potts), Robert Koons (Amos Brown, Warden of Territorial Prison), Larry Musser (Wilber), Ken Olandt (Lieutenant Brian Dexter USA), Jacob Rupp (Hutter), W. Morgan Sheppard (Digger McCloud), Frank Totino (Logan), Mary Jane Wildman (Indian Woman), Paul Daniel Wood (Harry), Frank Huish (Watt), Earl Holliman (Jake Flagg), Denny Arnold (Clyman), Patrice Camhi (Bright Water, Jake Flagg's Daughter), Tantoo Cardinal (Little Doe, Jake Flagg's Wife), Robert Clinton (Guard), Georgie Collins (Mrs. Collins), Louie Elias (Bubba), Tony Epper (Farnum McCloud), Alex Green (The Flogger) |
Ken Curtis appears as Festus the flashback scenes
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The movie was filmed in Calgary, Alberta Canada at a cost of 3.5 million dollars.
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The television movie is a sequel to the episode, "Mannon" (Jan. 20,1969), and features flashbacks to that episode,
in spite of the fact Matt killed Mannon at the end of the episode. (edit) James Arness, Buck Taylor, and Amanda Blake are the only cast members from the original episodes to reprise their roles in this movie. Taylor and Blake did not reprise their roles in the other reunion movies. (edit)
in spite of the fact Matt killed Mannon at the end of the episode. (edit) James Arness, Buck Taylor, and Amanda Blake are the only cast members from the original episodes to reprise their roles in this movie. Taylor and Blake did not reprise their roles in the other reunion movies. (edit)
Kitty: No woman ever loved a man more than I loved Matt Dillon!
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Matt: Kitty, I understand the rules and all but (pause) doesn't mean we can't still be friends does it?
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Kitty: (to Matt) You listen to me, Cowboy. I've got you out from underneath my fingernails and you're gonna stay out. Ya hear me?
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It is dedicated to the memory of
Milburn Stone, Glenn Strange, James Nusser, Woodrow Chambliss, Charles Wagenheim, Charles Seel, and Roy Barcroft at the end of the film. (edit)
Milburn Stone, Glenn Strange, James Nusser, Woodrow Chambliss, Charles Wagenheim, Charles Seel, and Roy Barcroft at the end of the film. (edit)
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