Gunsmoke: 50th Anniversary, Volume 2
Gunsmoke: 50th Anniversary Edition Volume 2 picks up exactly where Volume 1 ends, with the long-running series entering its 10th year, each episode an hour long and Ken Curtis now a permanent member of the cast as the buffoonish Festus. A couple of other actors will come and go as cast regulars, but the core group remains: James Arness as U. S. Marshal Matt Dillon, Amanda Blake as saloon keeper Kitty, and Milburn Stone as Doc. This collection of programs cherry-picks its way through season 19, emphasizing guest stars of note including Leonard Nimoy, excellent as a wry Indian and skinner in "Treasure of John Walking Fox, " and William Shatner as a wily outlaw posing as a deputy sheriff in "Quaker Girl. " (Arness, who provides a brief, vocal introduction to each episode, notes that Shatner was already starring on Star Trek by the time "Quaker Girl" was broadcast in 1966. ) Bette Davis, Bruce Dern, and Tom Skerritt all appear in "The Jailer" (the first color episode in this collection), in which the legendary Davis plays a vengeful widow who kidnaps Kitty in order to lure Matt to his own execution. Ed Asner provides optional commentary for "Hung High, " in which he stars, while a young Dennis Hopper turns up as a villain out to kill a bounty hunter (a charismatic John D. Barrymore, father of Drew). Carroll O'Connor is very effective in "The Wrong Man, " Jon Voight (in the same year as Midnight Cowboy) makes a splash as a convicted murderer who saves Kitty's life in "The Prisoner, " and Kurt Russell is solid and sympathetic as a young man determined to avenge the death of his father in "Trail of Bloodshed. " Special features include a couple of gag/blooper reels, a 1968 Emmy Award presentation to Milburn Stone, and a pair of old television interviews with Amanda Blake. --Tom Keogh Binding DVD. Publisher(s): CBS. Label: CBS. AudienceRating: Unrated. Format: Box set. AspectRatio: 1.33:1.
| Manufacturer: | CBS Records |
| Part Number: | unknown |
| Lowest Price (CAD): | $31.71 |
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| Brand : | CBS Records |
| Genre : | Westerns |
| Starring : | Gunsmoke |
| Title : | Title F-I |
