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The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television. When aired in the UK, the television series was initially titled Gun Law, later reverting to Gunsmoke. The radio series ran from 1952 to 1961.
Gunsmoke was set in Dodge City, Kansas, during the thriving cattle days of the 1870s. Dunning notes, The show drew critical acclaim for unprecedented realism. Radio cast and character biographies. The radio series first aired on CBS on April 26, 1952 with the episode Billy the Kid, written by Walter Newman, and ended on June 18, 1961.