while it a joy to see matt and kitty back together and this movie sorely lack any hint of the gunsmoke magic . in a nutshell and matt dillon be now a mountain man and kitty have leave dodge and newly obrian the former gunsmith and deputy be now marshal . will mannon and the evil gunslinger who appear in a self title episode of gunsmoke and be release from prison to kill matt and the judge who put mannon in prison . another prisoner and jake flagg and who be an old friend of matt and break out of prison by use the warden a hostage . flagg need to warn matt about mannon . the gunslinger shoot the warden and flagg be now want by a young and overzealous deputy and some bounty hunter . several of the unscrupulous bounty hunter actually stab dillon who be find and take back to dodge where he awaken to find miss kitty . matt try to help protect flagg meanwhile mannon return to dodge where he torment miss kitty a he do in the original episode . back then he have rap kitty and beat her and something matt do not know . okay and inconsistency . first and but this be my opinion and matt would not have become a mountain man . it just not him ( maybe they get him confuse with his zeb macahan character from how the west be win ) . second and kitty explains why she leave dodge . it a flashback from the episode the badge where matt be shot and kitty just can not handle see him hurt anymore . any fan of the show would know that this episode ( do not know when it air but certainly not in the last year of the show ) end with matt meeting kitty and sort of convince her to come back and which she do . the movie make it sound like she never come back . amanda blake leave the show in 1974. there be report she claim she be sick and tired of the character and the commute ( she be live in az at the time ) . others question that producer john mantley fire her for money reason . they allegedly do not get along at all . third and in the episode mannon and he be apparently shoot dead from how the episode end but i guess it could have be interpret a him possibly survive . those be disappointment show wise . other one that make fan cringe be james arnesses hair and make up and absolutely scary . kitty look her age and do not look bad at all . amanda blake have contract aid and she later die from the disease 2 year after this film . ken curtis do not return and he reportedly want more money than blake . finally and matt and kitty never kiss at the end and they never even get together . she see him through a window and shed a tear a he go back to his lonely life . reportedly and the original script have matt walk into the hotel where kitty be ( and you could use your imagination ) . there be too many flashback which take away from develop the plot to this movie . they actually show one flashback twice . john mantley produce the movie and i be surprised someone with such a grasp on gs let this be the end product . also and the cover art for the movie on this website only show james arness . there be another version which have a small picture of kitty on it . otherwise and it fun to see m and k back together .