Gunsmoke debuted on CBS April 26, 1952 and ran, mostly on Saturdays and Sundays, until June 18, 1961. Classified as an "Adult Western" set in the 1870's in Dodge City, Kansas and striving for realism, Gunsmoke asked the listener for complete involvement.
Everything about Gunsmoke was first-class, from the music and the acting to the writing and the sound effects.
The series starred William Conrad as Matt Dillon, Parley Baer as Chester Proudfoot, Gerogia Ellis as Kitty Russell and Howard McNear as Doc Adams.
The Stories were among the most violent ever to be aired, for as the opening proclaimed, "Around Dodge City and territories on west, there was just one way to handle the killers and spoilers - that's with a U.S. Marshal and the smell of gunsmoke".
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