Gunsmoke is the longest-running scripted series in TV history, lasting for 20 years--with James Arness at the helm as Marshal Matt Dillon for the entire series run. It ushered in the age of the adult western, and outlasted more than 30 of its imitators. It was the only Western airing when it cancelled in 1975. Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Dennis Weaver, Ken Curtis, Glenn Strange and Burt Reynolds counted themselves among the supporting cast.

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