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Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge

1987 · 100 min

A slow-burning, elegiac Western reunion that trades gunplay for wistful reflection and quiet tension, with a bittersweet sense of old wounds reopening.

Directed by
Vincent McEveety
Genres
Tv movie, Action, Western
Tagline
In a Lawless Land Ruled by the Gun, He's the Law.
Overview
Will Mannon, "product of the Devil's loins", is released from a frontier prison and promptly goes in search of the people who put him there around twelve years ago, Marshal Matt Dillon and Miss Kitty Russell.

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Directed by
Vincent McEveety
Genres
Tv movie, Action, Western
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • grief
  • justice
  • loyalty
  • aging
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

In this series

Gunsmoke Movie Collection

  1. Gunsmoke: Return to DodgeMovie · 1987 This title
  2. Gunsmoke: The Last ApacheMovie · 1990
  3. Gunsmoke: To the Last ManMovie · 1992
  4. Gunsmoke: The Long RideMovie · 1993
  5. Gunsmoke: One Man's JusticeMovie · 1994

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Genres
tv movie, action, western
Directed by
Vincent McEveety
Written by
Jim Byrnes
Starring
James Arness, Amanda Blake, Buck Taylor, Fran Ryan, Earl Holliman, Ken Olandt, Patrice Martinez, Tantoo Cardinal
Music
Jerrold Immel
Cinematography
Charles Correll
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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