Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: THIS LISTING IS FOR 497 EPISODES OF "GUNSMOKE" (OLD TIME RADIO) ON 5 MP3 CD'S. EACH DISC COMES IN A 5MM CLEAR CLAM SHELL CD CASE. THESE DISCS ARE FORMATTED IN MP3. THEY WILL WORK IN YOUR COMPUTER, AND MAY PLAY IN OTHER EQUIPMENT THAT SUPPORTS MP3 PLAYBACK. ALL DISCS ARE FULLY GUARANTEED. IF ANY DISC IS DAMAGED OR DEFECTIVE, I WILL REPLACE IT FREE OF CHARGE. -------- RUNNING TIME: 205:39:57 -------- Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television. When aired in the United Kingdom, the television series was initially titled Gun Law, later reverting to Gunsmoke. The radio series ran from 1952 to 1961. John Dunning wrote that among radio drama enthusiasts, "Gunsmoke is routinely placed among the best shows of any kind and any time." The television series ran for 20 seasons from 1955 to 1975, and lasted for 635 episodes. At the end of its run in 1975, Los Angeles Times columnist Cecil Smith wrote: "Gunsmoke was the dramatization of the American epic legend of the west. Our own Iliad and Odyssey, created from standard elements of the dime novel and the pulp Western as romanticized by [Ned] Buntline, [Bret] Harte, and [Mark] Twain. It was ever the stuff of legend." (Source: Wikipedia)