I believe it was mentioned in the movie that doc had passed away. Brad pitt and ryan reynolds eying the lead in gunsmoke. In this movie he goes after a renegade apache named wolf joe lara who has taken his daughter captive. To the last man tv movie 1992 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. They finally decided on james arness to play the role of matt dillon in the gunsmoke series. Gunsmoke simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Retired marshal matt dillon battles cattle rustlers and gets pulled into the dangerous and deadly pleasant valley war. To the last man, dvd, tv western, westerns, 097368752948. James arness then debuted in the 1947 film the farmers daughter. Gunsmoke ranch 0 hours and 53 minutes movie during the great depression, when natural catastrophes including floods destroy the homes of thousands. American leading man famed as the star of one of the longestrunning shows in u. The stories take place in and around dodge city, kansas, during the settlement of the american west. He was most widely known for starring as matt dillon in the tv screen series gunsmoke from 1955 to 1975. Retired marshal matt dillon tracks arizona rustlers and lands in the middle. To the last man on dvd 097368752948 from paramount pictures. Dodge city is a typical town of the late 1800s, with its share of saloon brawls, family arguments. This time he discovers that he has a daughter he never even knew that he had. The central character is lawman marshal matt dillon, played by william conrad on radio and james arness on television.
Of all the tv western series that have hit our screens since the 1950s, gunsmoke is usually regarded as the grandaddy of them all. To the last man stars james arness and amy stoch, with outstanding performances by morgan woodward, pat hingle, and don collier. The third made for tv gunsmoke movie, gunsmoke to the last man is a solid and entertaining western that holds up well since its broadcast back in 1992. The film stars john huston chinatown, the african queen, key largo, and the treasure of the sierra madre, robert random village of the giants, the restless ones, and televisions gunsmoke, peter bogdanovich paper moon and the last picture show, susan strasberg the trip, prime.
Gunsmoke movie collection return to dodgethe last apache. Matt tries to convince his daughter beth to continue education instead of following him where he goes. Spectacular sceneries, it was strange to see james arness with a full set of brown hair with out a single grey hair. This time trying his hand at cattle ranching, dillon finds himself in the middle of a range war as he attempts to regain the cattle that were stolen from his farm. Gunsmoke one mans justice new sealed dvd final tv movie. From 19521955 he joined john waynes company bat jack and with them, he appeared in four films and after that he played in the cbs series gunsmoke which turned out as the longestrunning dramatic series in television history. Marshall matt dillon had a daughter on tv show gunsmoke. During my vacation of september 2010 in southern utah i had a chance to visit a movie set that once home to gunsmoke series. Hired gun reb kittridge audie murphy goes to work in montana for matt telford donald randolph, who is looking to. Milburn stone, the veteran movie character actor, played doc,and amanda blake was kitty. Gunsmoke to the last man once again finds matt dillon righting the wrongs in the wild west.
Originally, a radio show, gunsmoke came to television at a time when westerns were written for a very young audience. Gunsmoke is an american radio and television western drama series created by director norman macdonnell and writer john meston. See more ideas about tv westerns, matt dillon and miss kitty. Jerrold immel this is the one mannon returns in gunsmoke. The last apache is easy to follow and to the last man is also okay easy to follow. Gunsmoke is usually regarded as the grandaddy of them all. James arness, richard kiley, amy stoch, geoffrey lewis, joe lara, sam vlahos, hugh obrian, michael learned, peter murnik, robert covarrubias, ned bellamy, dave florek, charles correll, jerry jameson, vincent mceveety, john mantley, larry rapaport, stanley hough, earl w. He retired after this telefeature, which he also coexecutive produced, passing away in 2011 at the age of. Matt dillon is the only one available from the series in this movie. However, the creation that produced him a favorite actor was that of gunsmoke. Starz encores westerns smells gunsmoke multichannel.
Dillon is aided by an army scout, chalk brighton kiley. Gunsmoke is a 1953 western film directed by nathan juran and starring audie murphy, susan cabot, and paul kelly. To the last man 1992 as usual, trouble finds retired u. Gunsmoke is a technicolor film for action star and war hero audie murphy. Director peter bogdanovich the last picture show says, it always seemed like plagiarism to shoot in monument valley after ford. Staring james arness, morgan woodward and pat hingle. This book discovers what made gunsmoke unique and why it was so popular. The main cast was arness, dennis weaver playing chester goode. Westerns gunsmoke 1955 tv series dvds for sale ebay.
James arness rides again as matt dillon, the us marshal he made popular in the 195575 tv series. Hapless rustlers make the fatal mistake of stealing matt dillons cattle and dillon blunders into the gory pleasant valley war during the process of hunting them down and killing two of them. Gunsmoke was the first tv western that appealed to adult viewers, depicting life as it might have been in a frontier town. In 1955, cbs television network tried to hire john wayne. To the last man, 1992, directed by jerry j jameson, with james arness, pat hingle, jason lively, at turner classic movies. Fans of the series will want to add this to their collection despite the lack of extra features and this dvd is recommended. To the last man is a 1992 tvmovie starring james arness as retired marshal matt dillon and featuring pat hingle. Played by amy stockpoyton now amy stoch, beth would turn up in the final three gunsmoke movies.
To the last man tv movie 1992 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers. Artie kane this was the final thing arness was in before he died. It wasnt until gunsmoke had been on tv for more than a decade that i realized that arness was already famous as the man who played the title role in the 1952 horror film, the thing. With james arness, pat hingle, amy stoch, matt mulhern. The television series of gunsmoke ran from 1955 to 1975 and is said to. Born of norwegian heritage the family name, aurness formerly had been aursness in minneapolis, minnesota to rolf and ruth duesler aurness. Gunsmoke movie collection return to dodgethe last apacheto the last man. Born of norwegian heritage the family name, aurness, had formerly been aursness in minneapolis, minnesota to rolf and ruth duesler aurness. To the last man james arness pat hingle jason lively 1992 marshal matt dillon james arness tracks arizona rustlers and lands in the middle of the 1880s pleasant valley war. Gunsmoke premiered on cbs in september 1955 and completed its run 20.
The film was based on the 1951 novel roughshod by norman a. His father was a traveling salesman of medical supplies and his mother later became a newspaper columnist. In gunsmoke, to the last man, arness returns once more in his unforgettable role, seeking truth, justice, and the american wayeven if he has to be the last man standing to do it. To the last man is a 1992 american madefortelevision western film starring james arness as retired marshal matt dillon and featuring pat hingle. Gunsmoke western film location 42 years after the last cut. To the last man 1992 jerry jameson on allmovie when retired lawman matt dillon takes off hunting. The best gunsmoke movie ive seen out of all the gunsmoke movies. As a bargaining chip, dillon helps two sons of apache chief geronimo out of the fort stockade and offers them in trade. The last apache, 1990, directed by charles correll, with james arness, richard kiley, michael learned, at turner classic movies. The film, set in the 1880s, was directed by jerry jameson and. Though almost instantly forgotten when audiences took notice at all, the tvmovie gunsmoke. Stone passed away in 1980 and the first gunsmoke reunion movie wasnt made until 1987.
In this case, it all starts when he is called upon to retrieve some stolen cattle. Gunsmoke, of course, first began as a radio cereal before eventually becoming a popular tv series around a western hero trying to maintain law in a kansas town full of unsavory characters. Of course, the film, like all of fords westerns, was filmed mainly in monument valley even though the searchers was set in 1860s texas. The cast for the other side of the wind is mindblowingly flabbergasting. Get the best deals on westerns gunsmoke 1955 tv series dvds when you shop the largest online selection at. Hello the guy was over 80 years old and no grey hair. Especially insightful are 74 indepth the series ran not only nine years on radio, but also 20 years on television, making it the alltime longest running primetime program with continuing characters. It was the final gunsmoke story, the last to star james arness as matt dillon, and arnesss final role of any sort. His father was a traveling salesman of medical supplies and his mother later became a. The long ride james brolin, ali mcgraw and 1992s to the last man pat hingle, joseph bottoms. The film has no connection to the contemporary radio and later tv series of the same name.
Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. One mans justice 1994 marked the end of an american institution. Ford definitely put monument valley on the movie map. He also reprised the part in the 1987 film gunsmoke. Retired marshal matt dillon tracks arizona rustlers and lands in the middle of the 1880s pleasant valley war. Gunsmoke fans will not be disappointed by this james arness outing.