Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987) on Netflix
R19871h 40mAdventureDramaWestern
Matt Dillon, retired marshal, traps fur. Riverbank robbers stab him; a wagoner carries him to Dodge City. Freed after twelve years, Will Mannon hunts the men who jailed him.
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Matt Dillon has left the marshal's office and lives by trapping fur. Men after his rifle and pelts attack him on a riverbank, and with a knife wound in his back he drifts in a canoe until a wagoner pulls him out and brings him to Dodge City, Kansas. Townspeople know their former lawman, and they nurse him until, three weeks on, he wakes to find Miss Kitty there, back from New Orleans after word reached her that he was dying. In the territorial prison, gunslinger Will Mannon finishes twelve years and vows revenge on the judge and the marshal who sent him away. Fellow convict Jake Flagg hears the threat and decides to warn Dillon, an old friend.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Ken Curtis, who played Festus on the Gunsmoke series, turned down a part in the reunion film after being offered far less compensation than Amanda Blake, who was returning as Miss Kitty.
- Amanda Blake returned as Miss Kitty for Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge after leaving the series before its 20th and final season. It was her last appearance in the role, and she died less than two years after the film's original release.
- According to producer John Mantley, James Arness initially wanted to play the part of Jake Flagg, considering it the lead role of the film in a first draft of the script.
- The 1987 television film is supposed to be set in the wilds of Kansas, but it was filmed in Alberta, Canada.
