Gunsmoke(1955)

series - first aired/released 1955-09-10 - audience 6.7

Western, Action & Adventure, Drama

Directed by Abner Biberman, Alf Kjellin, Allen Reisner, Andrew V. McLaglen, Arthur Hiller, Bernard L. Kowalski, Bernard McEveety, Buzz Kulik, Charles Marquis Warren, Charles R. Rondeau, Christian Nyby, Dennis Weaver, E. Darrell Hallenbeck, Franklin Adreon, Gary Nelson, Gene Fowler Jr., Gerald Mayer, Gunnar Hellström, Harry Harris, Harry Horner, Herb Wallerstein, Herschel Daugherty, Irving J. Moore, James Sheldon, Jean Yarbrough, Jerry Hopper, Jesse Hibbs, John Brahm, John English, John Rich, Joseph H. Lewis, Joseph Sargent, Leonard Katzman, Leo Penn, Louis King, Marc Daniels, Mark Rydell, Marvin J. Chomsky, Michael O'Herlihy, Paul Stanley, Philip Leacock, R.G. Springsteen, Richard C. Sarafian, Richard Whorf, Robert Butler, Robert Stevenson, Robert Totten, Sam Peckinpah, Stuart Heisler, Sutton Roley, Tay Garnett, Ted Post, Thomas Carr, Victor French, Vincent McEveety, William Conrad, William D. Russell

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.