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Gunsmoke: Reed Survives (1955)
Matt Dillon All-Time #1 Marshall
This was a great story line and shows an early Matt Dillon's ability to size up a situation and where it might head. After talking with John Carradine's character, one thing is apparent. He is a bit too old and righteous for his beautiful saloon dancer of a wife Lola Albright. After speaking to Caradine, he headed straight for the Long Branch Salon and passes on chatting with doc who was holding court. Focused on heading off a disaster, he reached out to Miss Kitty to learn more about Albright. Miss Kitty directed him toward Drury and Matt suggested that Drury head north and get out of Dodge. Now, I assume on this show, that divorce wasn't an option. As Drury heads back to the farm, Albright convinces Drury that the husband was out to kill her and him. Of course Drury shoots Carradine just as Matt and his trusty sidekick Chester are riding onto the ranch. Matt knows that Albright persuaded Drury to kill Carradine. Confronting her, he knew he could never prove anything. In the end, frontier justice wins out and there are no winners! The writers of Gunsmoke did a great job creating Matt Dillon, who has to be one of the all-time greatest cowboy characters to ever grace a screen.