JAMES ARNESS - MARSHALL DILLON - ENCORE WESTERNS: MARATHON - MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 2012
Cast includes James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone and Amanda Blake.
Encore Westerns is airing the original half hour black and white episodes of Gunsmoke - titled 'Marshall Dillon' for syndication - beginning January 2 as a 24 HR marathon, and then two episodes in weekday rotation beginning January 3 starting at 6pm. These are uncut episodes without commercials.
Guests stars in the marathon include John Wayne (hosted the pilot episode), John Dehner, Claude Akins, Royal Dano, John Larch, Get Smart's Edward Platt, Keye Luke, Sebastian Cabot, John Carradine, The Virginian's James Drury, Lola Albright, Strother Martin, Perry Mason's William Hopper, Star Trek's DeForest Kelley, Leo Gordon, The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'s Robert Vaughn, Charles Bronson, Dabbs Greer, The Rifleman's Chuck Connors, Bonanza's Bing Russell, Lancer's Andrew Duggan, Simon Oakland, Raising Hope's Cloris Leachman and Mannix's Mike Connors.
A bazillion of us need our Gunsmoke fix: please don't shed it in favor of lesser soaps like Bonanza and Wyatt Earp, et al.
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