Gunsmoke "The Killer" Act 3

[byrdma12]

I don't know if James Arness won any awards for this performance, but he should have. He showed his great acting ability in this scene, made it so believeable. I love Gunsmoke, watch it every day. Thanks for posting this.

[smcconnico]

Man o Man....Charles Bronson was really good in this episode.

[Pat2296]

This old episodes are amazing in that they hold up even today. Thanks for posting this!

[poughkeepsiejohn1]

Charles Bronson as a panicky backshooter. Who would've thunk it? But there is only one other person who could outshoot Bronson and that's Sheriff Matt Dillon.

RIP James Arness...and Charles Bronson

[thankGodforDavidG]

" big Jim" rest in peace, just found out he's left us. what a guy, I been watching Gunsmoke for awhile now. I'm sad !

[l154479reserve]

Rest in peace, Mr Arness, and thank you.

[dharryg]

Life in America was so much simpler without the ACLU.

[Peaches6589]

Marshall Dillon is so 'in control' in this episode. He really showed 'killer' who was BOSS!

[IGITnBLACK]

My great grandfather developed this comic a strip in 1950!! And he was a bomb maker too!

[AcePilot101]

Navy Seals got Osama Bin Laden!!

[HartKent]

Can you imagine if cops were like this today? WOAH!!!!

[johnnynoirman]

One Bronson's t.v. best!..

[Michaeltanase]

I just saw a very funny dub on "blackmaskmike" channel. About this exact scene. You guys should check it out! Its so freaking hilarious. I think its called "Gunsmoke Dub"....BTW: I did not make it, but it is so freaken funny. Similar to Jaboodydubs only this guy didn't use any special effects.

[michaelwright999]

The best of the best ever.

[alucoq]

All I ca see in this scene is Matt Dillon is just a murderer.

[fromthesidelines]

This was adapted from a February 13, 1954 radio episode. I suspect your great-great grandfather, 'musichearts', was either Norman MacDonnell (who also produced the radio show) or Charles Marquis Warren.

[HanoiRocks33]

they dont make em like they use to

[4uspgirl]

this is clip in hd is great ,the faces are so intense ,and the black and white film add to the low-key of the times,,,, leaves the rest to imagination,it is like reading a book ,,we could not have these characters today,,but I am so glad this was in our history

[AcePilot101]

This is how America should talk to Iran.



[jityr2]

I had the name "Matt Dillon" confused with the guy who played Richy White in the movie "Over the edge".

[XxmusicheartsxX]

my great,great grandfather produced this show :)

[johncena2ish]

I love gun smoke

[reneecalling]

Matt doesn't mess around. It was the only way to deal with a bully like Crego.

[dejoie4]

I watch this show every morning while I have my coffee and fix my daughter's breakfast.

[FlashHaloRocks]

What's the sheriffs real life name?

[Parrotluver2]

@FlashHaloRocks His Real name is James Arness AKA Matt Dillion and Silkman I Was Just Joking I Know Arness is not Gay.. iv,e Seen Every Single Movie he's Been in I Love his Acting He's Great!! and I Know he and Miss Kitty AKA Amanda Blake had a thing Going on But this was a Family Show! I Do have to Say he was a very handsome man when he was young! and there sure were alot of Pretty Women in Some Episodes

[Parrotluver2]

I Have watched all 10 Seasons of Gunsmoke and I Love it.. But Many Women have tried to Get Dillion to f*** them But he never has! Could he Be Gay ? IMLAO

[silkmann]

@Parrotluver2 Just because a man does not let his rod and balls rule his body, you can' t accuse him of being homosexual. Many women go very long periods of not having sex. Do you really want to accuse them of being homosexual. No Matthew Dillion was a honest quality man.

[Escargency2008]

My Grandfather(I had Two,Knut Kallmyr,and George Formby(Biological)),liked to watch "Gunsmoke" with James Arness as MATT DILLON,the Sheriff......

He knew.And My Cousin Astrid,she said "Onkle Skrue-that was a Man who did not want to Pay Delivery money,for Purchasing Milk.But that was Helge,Knuts son,who was at that time Onkle Skrue....I remember....

Kindly Thomas "Escargency" Kallmyr-Uddevalla

[htuomnom]

The part of Matt Dillon was offered to John Wayne,but he in turn asked the powers that be to consider James Arness as seeing that that were friends and had made a lot of movies together and as they say the rest was history.

[franthree]

Matt Dillon (James Arness) was the 'Man" !!! John Wayne, Captain America, Superman, George Washington rolled into one!! 8-D

[Tiberius0001]

Totally agree, Mister Master Shafter. Dillon was stone cold all business in the 1950s shows. He protected the innocent and gladly smoked the rest any chance they gave him to. The 30min shows were crisper and more raw.

[MisterMasterShafter]

@Tiberius0001 Yeah. Unlike many today, but much like the old west, Americans in the 50's knew right and wrong, without all the bleeding heart lib fairytale babble and refusal to hold scum accountable for their own destructive actions. Much like the last act of "Passive Resistance", Dillon again with a bully scumbum, wasn't about to let him leave Dodge after his cowardly murderous actions.

[theoriginalmrsm]

@MisterMasterShafter : conservatives know right from wrong, until it's a rich man stealing billions of dollars... then they call them a hero. You guys have lots of balls, until it's time to prosecute a president for ordering torture.

[MisterMasterShafter]

@theoriginalmrsm You and your idiotic leftist gibberish have no place in America or on a YouTube Gunsmoke video. Go smoke some more dope and get back to your Michael Moore section.

[chaplin829]

@MisterMasterShafter YOU NEED TO CLIMB BACK IN YOUR CAVE YOU SKUM.MAYBE YOU SHOULD GO TO THE MICHAEL MOORE SECTION MAYBE YOU WOULD LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT BEING A HUMAN BEING.WHEN YOU WATCH GUNSMOKE YOU MUST BE LEARNING FROM THE BAD GUYS.GUNSMOKE'S A GREAT SHOW WHO DON'T NEED A SIMPLETON LIKE YOU.YOU RICH SKUM!

[snicklefritzie]

@MisterMasterShafter Thank you. I'm so tired of liberals.

[DrJuanPasillo]

@MisterMasterShafter Your right on, my friend. theoriginalmrsm and miss alucoq need to wake up and smell reality. Dillon showed what being a real, responsible, moral human being is all about, which is honesty, loyalty, courage, and responsibility. I can just hear these other two ding-dongs talking now -- "I think only the people responsible for protecting me should have guns, blah, blah, blah." (just imagine that spoken with a weak, whining voice)

[MisterMasterShafter]

@DrJuanPasillo Yeah. Unfortunately there are too many ding-dong hippies around now who don't live in reality.

[STEVEMOR909]

@Tiberius0001 THE 50'S AND THE 60'S SHOWS WERE VERY GOOD. Once they got into the later years, there were way too many cheesy characters and it didnt keep your attention the way the old shows did. They were really classic westerns and tense climax/shootouts. When they got to the point, the end of the story it was worth waiting for. Even the one liners at the end where Chester or Dillon would make a final comment!

[Tiberius0001]

@STEVEMOR909 I concur.

[pspboy7]

Wow, this was tense :)

[actonbath]

Did we know....

James Arness-WW2 Hero, fought at Anzio and was severely wounded there. His actions during WW2 earned him a Bronze Star and purple heart. He went on to earn 3 additions to his Bronze Star....that's like earning 4 Bronze Stars.

Charles Bronson-WW2 hero. Tailgunner on B29 bombers and was wounded earning Purple Heart.

[wastedzshizz]

at,about 3:28-3:30 is kinda funny

[melollylolly]

the old shows were grittier-after going in color during the 60s-and going to a full hour--matt dillion seemed more laid back

[TealGhost2]

i love gun smoke

[whiskeyify]

I guess the old shows were rougher.

here he takes the law into his own hands.

in the newer shows he would tell him he'd better be out of time by morning.

[michaelwright999]

Boy they were real men in those days, never had condoms.

[upeasterner]

What? He was shot dead after Kitty left the show? Never heard of this one before. Can someone explain why it never aired?

[CJH71]

I love the old "cold" Matt!!!! This was the west and he did whatever the heck he wanted to..... It was his show!!! Rights??!!!?

[jazu40]

marshal brutality :)

[rjricheyjr]

This Matt is very out of character with the Matt from the later Fetus era. This Matt is much colder, almost a different person than the later version. The later Matt is more warm and likable, I guess this why they usually don't show the repeats of the Chester era early Matt.

[mnpd007]

As Gunsmoke matured on TV, Matt Dillon would never have instigated a gunfight as he did here. In the early days Dillon was somewhat of a rogue himself... a carryover from the radio show days.

Legally, Dillon crossed the line when he not only challenged Bronson to a duel, but say he'd kill him anyway if he didn't go outside. In real life, Bronson's character would have a strong case for self defense.

[incirlik1]

Legally, words don't mean squat. Who drew first?

[shawndale71]

dennis weaver

[55102]

now that you mentiones, yes is dennis weaver very young

[55102]

who played Chester

[michaelwright999]

bob hope.

[The1redhead2]

that young guy is Branson

[andrea2007homie]

Come see my new western film just type in search: A Fight To The Death MCAA.

[michaelwright999]

could watch that act a thousand times.

[eddiemac303]

great old western series

[mudslinger4721]

never saw this one. Never saw Dillon with that attitude in other shows. Ol charlie must have been one low down skunk eater.

[markjartansson]

Mar Kjartansson One of my favorite from those old Black and white TV

[Volcoltfan]

Don't piss off Marshall Dillon. He'll pop a cap in yer ass.

[Legettem33]

He would whup some ass in his younger days. It didnt take much for him to back-hand the fire outta someone.

[dinker333]

"Mr. Dillon!" Couldn't he have just yelled "Dillon!" Time was of the essence for crying out loud...

[plainwain]

Well he COULD have, but remember, "Mr.DIllon" was listening for that particular VOICE which could ONLY come from Chester. Any other voice and THEY may have gotten SHOT themself!

[Connerdale]

my jaw dropped watching this! i was surprised in marshall dillon. i guess he didn't feel like takin' any crap

[michaelwright999]

your right great show.

[toadiebreyer]

What the hell was Marshall Dillon doing? He's no better than a vigilante in his motives for killing Rego. "I'm doing this without my badge." Great! So he sets aside his badge when the law becomes an incumbrance and acts at his own discretion? This is BS. Dillon is supposed to be a good man that we can respect.

[billhardin]

Toad, you are very lucky to believe in the fantasy of all people should be treated equally and fairly, no matter what they have done.

Don't worry the fist dose of raw cruelty some robber or rapist or bugler puts you through, the sooner you will grow up and realize there are truly bad/cruel people that need to be removed.

[CandelarioGaIvan]

toadiebreyer

You seem to confuse law with justice the two are not always the same thing.

[toadiebreyer]

I've not confused law and vigilante justice. The type of justice enacted by Dillon goes against the legal institutions he is sworn to uphold. His actions are neither necessary nor meritorious. Rather Dillon is shown to be unethical and irresponsible. By the end of the clip he has become the man he killed: a criminal who follows the law only as long as it suits him. If justice was achieved in this killing, it was at the expense of Dillon's integrity and the respect given the Marshall's office.

[CandelarioGaIvan]

toadiebreyer

No, justice and laws are two differnt things. They have always been. You can lable it any way you want.

[freedomwarrior43]

>>"The type of justice enacted by Dillon goes against the legal institutions he is sworn to uphold"

Yes, the institution that would arrest him, spend thousands of public fund on some rich lawyer, turn around and release him back into the streets to kill again. Yes, that's the kind of justice this toad brain bryer is talking about.

[BoldValiant]

The world was a better place after his actions.

[zensorship]

did you see the whole episode? I didn't but from all the other episodes of Gunsmoke that I saw I KNOW that Marshal Dillon always acted lawfully. so Charles Bronson (originally: Ch. Buchinsky) had DESERVED to die! you bet your ass on it!

[cdishmo]

Matt Dillon looks young in this episode.

[zensorship]

hahaha! what a blast!

[tss77]

I like the actor Dennis Weaver but the character he portrayed In Gun Smoke Chester Goode was completely use-less and a choke you could not call him a deputy.

[mrhugefan]

i would've warmed miss kitty's buns

[kcsunshine64]

Miss kitty was a fox. Old Matthew shoulda been on to her.

[dlong33166]

did you know miss kitty died of aids. yep her husband brought it home to her. so in the end the saloon life really did get her. ironic isn't it? as for chester did you ever notice he had the build of a woman?

[michaelwright999]

great show

[Evilution316]

When it`s done right you feel it.. A Coward back shooter being called out and shamed...

James Arness , John Wayne Passed the torch and Aress ran with it.. Great Actors

[frank787922]

great western show ...i love it

[witchman1]

Anyone have the name of the bad guy?

[stonerolledaway]

I believe its Charles Bronson.(kreego)

[brlaboy1]

I wish I could view more of the early episodes. Love the saxophone after the exchange. In the long run, dillon saved many lives by his action here. Liberals will never understand that.

[classicrockcafe]

Actually Gunsmoke was as unrealistic as the Outer Limits.

Mat Dillon won every gun battle in the entire series. Just as Lassie won everyone of HER battles. In the Outer Limits, heroes died.

[stonerolledaway]

he was outdrawn once but shot the guy from the ground after

[westpoint64]

"Mat Dillon won every gun battle in the entire series"

I hate to correct, but I can remember two instances where Matt lost.

One was when Bette Davis' character got the drop on him and was about to kill Matt before Kitty shot her.

The other was in a 1974 Gunsmoke episode, the last of the original series. Matt is killed in that episode in a gunfight.

[vollyballgirlluver96]

There were several episodes in which Dillon was injured. In the very first epsiode Matt was severely wounded. This episode taugh Matt that taking time to aim is better than drawing first.

[Teflon65]

@westpoint64: Matt was never killed in a gunfight. Not even in the final season. He was very nearly killed, several times, but they thought the show would endure for at least one more season, which it didn't. Dillon, however, returned for some made-for-TV movies, which were sequals to "Gunsmoke". Miss Kitty returned for one of them.

[tigergoldgto]

Frontier justice at its best! Today, a character like Bronson would have his "lawyer" to keep him free so he could keep on killing!

[odovicor]

Brokeback Mountain rides again! I used to watch this as a kid and wondered why Matt and Miss Kitty never got together. Maybe Dillon and Chester read Walt Whitman poetry.

[MerrittStDiner]

I have to question Chester's lack of ambition. All he had to do was keep quiet and he'd have become marshal of Dodge City.

[Burnaby2008]

I wonder if Steven Kings, Dark Tower series will ever be dramatised.

[AcePilot101]

Today, the cowardly killer is the "hero".

Dillon would be locked up by the liberal (gay) cowards that run the world...see bankers, lawyers, etc.

[Eraserlips]

Ignore the lawyers, ACLU, and leftists....for a wrath will eventually be unleashed on them as well.

[Burnaby2008]

I doubt it.

[AcePilot101]

Excellent.

Chester is the spotter and Dillon calls Bronson a coward to his face.

Dillon walks away and Bronson makes his move,

BANG!!

[chose51]

Never saw Dillon so blood thirsty....

[Declan50]

That was amongst Charlie's best work! Bravo Charlie Bronson! You're one of my favorite actors!!!

[plainwain]

Chester: Dang! If I knew THAT, I would've kept quiet then I could've had Miss KITTY! "

[calaity]

charles bronson....call doc !

[sunrecords56]

They should do this today , everyday at noon in times square.

[planetcheck]

This video shows Matt Dillon was a killer and not a good Marshall.

Matt Dillon was gunned down and shot dead in the final Gunsmoke rare 1975 unaired episode.

That episode is still locked in the vaults by the network.

[chardtomp]

Bronson's best remembered for action movies like the Death Wish series, but he really was a pretty good actor when he had a decent script to work with.

[wormsoup]

i'd like to see this whole show.

[wormsoup]

thats a new one on me. only one i ever seen where he wanted to kill a man was when that one guy raped and then shot miss kitty in the back. matt dillan the man.

[bloggo1]

sure do miss Charlie Bronson!

[fromthesidelines]

Most of the early episodes were adapted from the original radio scripts (which starred William Conrad). This was one of them. They usually didn't have "happy endings" or "neat resolutions".

[6000donuts]

Dillan's office always looks small and gloomy. That where is heading at the end of this.

[peterparker12]

The early black & white Gunsmokes were very different from the colored versions I'm used... for instance younger Matt seems much darker.

[esschrader]

Everybody has to start somewhere. Gunsmoke was one of the highest rated television shows in it's day. (Although I hated it as a child). Bronson was lucky to get the part!

[GCL777]

Matt don't play....He forced the guy to die....LOVE old school shows like that.

[johnbedtime]

as if bronson would take a role like that.(looking back)