Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice

Really enjoyed the movie. Entertainment

I do like James Arness. Got this as a Christmas gift for someone.

I have already reviewed the James Arness Movie transformation from the series in my review of the fourth Gunsmoke movie "The Long Ride" so I will not do that again. This was far better than the fourth movie in my humble opinion. Then again, the whole person being guilty having to prove their innocence is really played out in the western genre and that was the basis of the fourth movie. The basis of this movie is quite different. Again, let me just say that James Arness is just too old to play Matt Dillon anymore. Here he is 71 years old. Yes, he pulls it off, but not as well as he did a year before. Now, the basis of this movie, a stagecoach is robbed, a boys mother is killed and that boy wants revenge. The boy is 15 years old, and goes after the killers. Matt of course goes after the boy and the killers and the story ensues. There are a couple of interesting plot twists and turns as well as a surprise or two. Watch out for Six Eyes, he's an integral part of the show in my opinion. It's a standard Gunsmoke story, with Matt seeming desperately wanting out at every turn. Who can blame him, he is after all 71 years old and it shows. He just wants to run his cattle ranch and get back to his daughter and son in law. The story is a solid entry into the set of movies. This was the fifth and last movie James Arness did reprising the iconic role of Matt Dillon.If you are a Gunsmoke fan, you will like this one. Even if there is no Dodge City and one of the Dodge City characters.

In the hundreds of episodes of Gunsmoke, Dodge City seemed to be in atime capsule - unchanging. This contributed to its classic and classyquality. The final made-for-TV Gunsmoke movie changed this with therecurring theme that retiree Matt Dillon was approaching the thresholdof the 20th century. This is acceptable because, after all, Wyatt Earplived well into the 1920s. Signs of modernity included eyeglasseson an reservation Indian, a victrola in a baudyhouse,turmoil in Revolutionary Mexico, a bandit leader who perhaps escapedfamine in Europe and not an American civil war survivor. But most of all,a lever-action shotgun that changed the odds in the final gunfight.The signs of change added to this movie, like theBicycle Scene in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid."Matt Dillon is depicted as becoming a successful cattle rancher after startinghis retirement as a humble trapper in the first Gunsmoke movie"Return To Dodge."Nostalgic baby boomers who enjoy the legendary Gunsmoke series mightbe inspired by how the legendary US marshal made a second careerin an age before pensions and social security.It is extraordinary when fictional characters take on a life in ourcollective imaginations. One can think of Don Quixote in Spain,Sherlock Holmes in London, Evangeline in Louisiana, Huckleberry Finnon the Mississippi River, Captain Nemo on the ocean floor.Matt Dillon and his friends in Dodge City, Kansas, have achievedthe same iconic stature

Loved the tenacious pursuit of evil, no matter what the odds, that was always characteristic of Matt Dillon! James Arness does a great job, ably assisted by Bruce Boxleitner. Also love the father daughter relationship between Matt and his daughter Beth…Amy Stock-Poynton plays it well.

I'm a die hard Gunsmoke fan. Grew up watching every episode as it first aired as well as the tv movies. James Arness was 70 when he made his last film as Matt Dillon and still had more vigor in the role than men half his age.The story itself is rather average for Gunsmoke. Kid sees his mother murdered and seeks revenge on his own, Dillon goes after him to prevent said kid from getting himself killed.Outlaws die . There are a couple twists this time around, but that is the essential tale. "One Man's Justice" is typical Gunsmoke and I love it.

case was all broken up.Lucky i had a case to put it in.

If anyone likes Gunsmoke like I do purchase the complete 20 season disc set of over 620 approx shows .

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This was a gift for my wife. Been trying to get it for a number of years. Finally available from Amazon. My wife was very pleased.

great show enjoyed it when I was on tv and now I ejoy the d v d s ........

Really like the Gunsmoke movies and the TV series plan on getting them all