Gunsmoke - The Second Season, Vol. 1
by Andrew V. McLaglen, Christian Nyby, Ted Post, William D. Russell
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Actor: Dennis Weaver, Howard Culver, James Arness, Milburn Stone, Stanley AdamsDirector: Andrew V. McLaglen, Christian Nyby, Ted Post, William D. Russell
Brand: ARNESS,JAMES
Writer: David Victor
Writer: Endre Bohem
Writer: Gil Doud
Writer: Herbert Little Jr.
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Black & White, Box set, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 526 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-01-08
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Paramount
DVD Reviews of Gunsmoke - The Second Season, Vol. 1
DVD Review: Great!
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased the second season - vol.1 & 2 as a Birthday present for my husband. My husband loves Gunsmoke so I was happy to find a gift that he enjoyed as much as this. My son and I also love to sit down and watch these episodes with him. We already have seasons 1 and 3 so we are happy to have added to our collection. The only thing I would like to see different is to have the entire season in one product - like season one. As much as we enjoy this series however, I will continue to purchase in whatever format it is offered. If you are a fan of Gunsmoke you will not be disappointed.DVD Review: Gunsmoke from the best wholesome TV Era ever...
Summary: 5 Stars
TV will never be like it was back in the 50 60 70 and 80's. Todays so called shows are mainly garbage with it's sex perversion and no talent actors... to bad... but wait, not really for thankfully we have these series like Gunsmoke and many others with our great actors like James Arness, to buy watch and enjoy... : ) so long trash television YES!!! DVD Review: WHY DONT THEY?
Summary: 1 Stars
WHY dont they just release the entire 20 yrs in one boxed set for about 500.00?and skip the bullcrap!as mr hudson said we will all be long dead before that 20th season is released--cant paramount understand that gunsmoke fans arent kids!!! we are in our 60s--and when were dead their gnsmoke sales will disappear-must be college morons at the deciding end there at paramount lol-prob never even SEEN an episodeDVD Review: paramount better be careful
Summary: 1 Stars
Paramount better be careful--ill wager that most of us who BUY gunsmoke are in our 60s-we grew up with the show-and the younger generation today couldnt care less about gunsmoke --am i right?mention gunsmoke to the new generation and you get a blank stare- if they(paramount) think nickle and diming us with slow and partial releases will get them more money they are sadly mistaken-we will all be DEAD long before the 20th season is put out- lolololol-and then they will get NO buyers-they should think about that and get while the gettings good!DVD Review: "A Must For All Western Fans Who Havent Seen Gunsmoke"
Summary: 5 Stars
I had never seen any episodes of Gunsmoke until they released it on Dvd.
And may I say thank god they did,excellent entertainment for all ages to watch if your a western fan.
The series went for over 20 years and I will be purchasing all series as they are released.
Description of Gunsmoke - The Second Season, Vol. 1
Marshall Matt Dillon is responsible for keeping the law and respectability in Dodge City in this western action-drama. Gunsmoke captured the courage, character and spirit of the Western Frontier.In its second season, Gunsmoke blazed its way into the top ten, where it would stay for the next six years (four of them ranked No. 1), and James Arness earned an Emmy nomination for his towering portrayal of U. S. Marshal Matt Dillon. Dillon broke the mold of the TV lawman. As he notes in one episode, "They tell me that back East, there are a lot of book writers and newspaper people who picture a frontier lawman as someone pretty near perfection, who always guns his man down, never makes a mistake, he's at the top of the heap on every play." The "mule-headed" Dillon is not that man. "My job is to keep the peace, and I'll do it my own way," he proclaims. In the episode "No Indians," he ambushes a band of white men who slaughter a family and frame the Pawnee Indians for the crime. "What kind of man would ambush a bunch of men like that?" a wounded survivor protests. "My kind, mister," Dillon replies. In the episode "Cow Doctor," he knocks out a man who knifes Doc. "Let me know when he comes to and I'll knock him out again," Dillon states. And in "The Mistake," he arrests the wrong man for murder.
These half-hour black and white episodes (the show expanded to an hour format in its seventh season) deliver traditional Western action, but at the heart of Gunsmoke are its character-based human dramas. An excellent example is "Gone Straight," featuring Carl Betz (The Donna Reed Show) as a man who answers the description of a wanted outlaw, but who is now an upstanding citizen trying to help another man (Tige Andrews of The Mod Squad) reform. Some episodes play out in unexpected ways that defy convention. We can pretty much guess the fate of an old friend who insists on helping Matt in "The Round-Up," but we can't predict at whose hand.
Gunsmoke was directed by sure Western hands, including Andrew McLaglan, Ted Post, and Christian Nyby. Several episodes were written by Sam Peckinpah, including "The Round-Up" and "Legal Revenge," featuring a young Cloris Leachman as a woman who appears to have it in for her wounded husband. Several episodes address social issues such as racism ("Sins of the Fathers" featuring Angie Dickinson as the daughter of a marauding Indian chief) and gun culture (the powerful "don't take your guns to town" episode, "Young Man with a Gun"). Along with Matt Dillon, the rest of Gunsmoke's characters became archetypes: "Mr. Dillon's" drawling, bum-legged deputy, Chester (Dennis Weaver), ornery Doc (Milburn Stone), and saloon gal, Miss Kitty (Amanda Blake), who, by the way, looks quite fetching in a riding outfit. An interesting bonus are the show's sponsor shots for LM cigarettes. "See you next week," Arness puffs. "In the meantime, light up." --Donald Liebenson
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