James Arness was first brought onto Gunsmoke, starting with the first episode of the television adaptation of the popular radio show. He played the marshal for all 20 seasons, which ran from 1955 to ...
A faux-elegant fable about how not to resolve your differences, made for dudes, by dudes, “The Duel” arrives at a time of intense division (and no small amount of scrutiny over gun use) in America.