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List Price: $36.99 | | Label: Paramount
Salesrank: 24438
Released: January 3, 2006 |
| Our Price: $20.80 |
| Used Price: $18.78 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Marshall Matt Dillon is responsible for bringing law and respectability to the Dodge City in this western action-drama. The show still holds the record for being the longest running primetime drama series in television history.
Description of Gunsmoke - 50th Anniversary Collection, 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
Gunsmoke - 50th Anniversary Collection, Volume 2 Reviews:
Another wonderful collection of Gunsmoke's best episodes! 
2008-06-25 - The new "Gunsmoke 50th Anniversary Collection, Volume Two" DVD set is actually just as good as Volume One. Here is where the show changed into a program more about the lives of people in and around Dodge City, rather than just the main cast. But is still a great show because it keeps the same spirit that it always had, while at the same time surprising us with new storylines that are always exciting. "GUNSMOKE" was, still is, and always will be an excellent show, and I hope it will always keep that same feeling living inside of its many fans. Below is a list of episodes included in this 3-disc set.
1. HUNG HIGH
2. ONE KILLER ON ICE
3. TREASURE OF JOHN WALKING FOX
4. THE JAILER
5. THE WRONG MAN
6. QUAKER GIRL
7. THE PILLAGERS
8. THE PRISONER
9. CHATO
10. P.S. MURRY CHRISTMAS
11. A QUIET DAY IN DODGE
12. TRAIL OF BLOODSHED
SPECIAL FEATURES
"Hung High" audio commentary by Ed Asner
"The Jailer" audio commentary by Bruce Dern
"The Pillagers" audio commentary by Buck Taylor
"A Quiet Day in Dodge" audio commentary by James Arness
James Arness birthday surprise blooper
CBS Fall Preview (1963)
1968 Emmy Awards: Best Supporting Actor Milburn Stone
Amanda Blake on "THE DAVID FROST SHOW" (1972)
Gag Reel (1973)
Amanda Blake on "THE MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW" (1974)
A CBS executive remembers "Gunsmoke"
Photo Gallery
Westerns Channel Gunsmoke Memories: Dennis on Milburn
Westerns Channel Gunsmoke Memories: Chester and Newly
Two syndication promos
THIS REVIEW IS DEDICATED TO ANYONE, LIVING OR DEAD, INVOLVED IN THE MAKING OF "GUNSMOKE".
Nostalgia
2008-02-08 - I appreciate having the episodes of my old favorite TV series available for viewing. The Gunsmoke package is reasonably priced and the episodes are well chosen. Just like being back in the '60s. Good buy.
Dodge City
2007-05-13 - As with all episodes of the great western series they are good. They will hold your attention till the end. Good family viewing. Great actors. We just wish they would put Gunsmoke out season by season like other TV series.
Its like finding new episodes!
2007-01-19 - These old Gunsmoke DVDs are great. Most of the shows we have never seen on TV since the powers to be seem only interested in showing the last couple of seasons. It is really neat to watch the characters evolve. Definitely recommend for any fans of Gunsmoke, or any old westerns for that matter.
Love it---ready for more volumes!
2007-01-04 - This is great. I also bought V. 1 and am ready for V. 3. Well worth my money.
