Even members of the Gunsmoke cast claimed John Wayne was once approached to star in the long-running Western series ... but ...

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Citizens of Gunsmoke are being intimidated by Lon Curtis (Harry Woods) and his gang who are preventing an election to vote on a township charter. Town banker Sam Garrett (Herbert Rawlinson ...