Screenplay:
Jim ByrnesCinematography:
Charles CorrellComposer:
Jerrold ImmelCast:
James Arness, Amanda Blake, Buck Taylor, Earl Holliman, Ken Olandt, Tantoo Cardinal, Mickey Jones, Ken Kirzinger, Steve Forrest, Patrice Martinez (more)Plots(1)
James Arness reprises his role as Marshall Matt Dillon in this first of five movie sequels to the long-running television western Gunsmoke (1955-1975). Still living in Dodge Ctiy, the now-retired Dillon returns to his gunslinging ways when old enemy Will Mannon (Steve Forrest) is released from prison and swears revenge on the Marshal. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![James Arness](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271257_69c1e6.jpg)
James Arness
USA
Best movies:
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Battleground (1949)
![Amanda Blake](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/141/158141918_dcf477.jpg)
Amanda Blake
USA
Best movies:
A Star is Born (1954)
Lili (1953)
The Boost (1988)
Buck Taylor
USA
Best movies:
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
East of Eden (1981) (series)
Gettysburg (1993)
![Earl Holliman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/407/407774_275198.jpg)
Earl Holliman
USA
Best movies:
Giant (1956)
The Rainmaker (1956)
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
![Ken Olandt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/359/359226_4aa540.jpg)
Ken Olandt
USA
Best movies:
Summer School (1987)
April Fool's Day (1986)
Leprechaun (1993)
![Tantoo Cardinal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/120/455/120455664_68a08f.jpg)
Tantoo Cardinal
Canada
Best movies:
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Godless (2017) (series)
Wind River (2017)
![Mickey Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/435/162435372_6136ef.jpg)
Mickey Jones
USA
Best movies:
Sling Blade (1996)
Voyage au centre de la mémoire (1990)
V: The Final Battle (1984) (series)
![Ken Kirzinger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901398_550a24.jpg)
Ken Kirzinger
Canada
Best movies:
Legends of the Fall (1994)
Battle in Seattle (2007)
Angels in the Endzone (1997) (TV movie)
![Steve Forrest](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/313/313174_fd3a33.jpg)
Steve Forrest
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Patrice Martinez
USA
Best movies:
Convoy (1978)
Three Amigos! (1986)
Winnetous Rückkehr (1998) (TV movie)
![William Morgan Sheppard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/785/162785479_4eb7ff.jpg)
William Morgan Sheppard
UK
Best movies:
Le Prestige (2006)
L'Homme éléphant (1980)
Shogun (1980) (series)
![Tom Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/126/158126205_90fc83.jpg)
Tom Brown (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
In Old Chicago (1937)
Judge Priest (1934)
![Milburn Stone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/019/158019321_399f3e.jpg)
Milburn Stone (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
White Feather (1955)
![Fran Ryan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/532/159532463_d5c0dd.jpg)
Fran Ryan
USA
Best movies:
Shoot the Moon (1982)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Tony Epper
USA
Best movies:
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Lonesome Dove (1989) (series)
Shy People (1987)
Ted Jordan (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Thieves' Highway (1949)
The Band Wagon (1953)
Louie Elias
USA
Best movies:
The Bear (1984)
Spartacus (1960)
Vanishing Point (1971)
Larry Musser
Canada
Best movies:
Taken (2002) (series)
The Edge (1997)
Door to Door (2002) (TV movie)