I set up my DVD to record Charles Bronson and this was the first thing it recorded. This is good for Bronson's career as he is the head evil guy not a henchmen like in most if not all of his prior roles up to 1955. I imagine it was a pretty wild ride in 1955 but it comes across ridiculously staged even compared to Westerns a couple of years later like Lawman, and even Gunsmoke in 1957. Worth watching to see Bronson against Arness. Arness towers over Bronson (and he's not a Tom Cruise small guy). I can't say I'm totally familiar with the show like most commenting here as I only watched a few hour long episodes in my life (I watched a lot of Bonanza). They were also all with Festus, not Chester. I noticed Chester walks with a limp and doesn't carry a badge or a gun. I guess those things came along later in the series, if at all. As a newbie to early Gunsmoke, I am guessing he was wounded during the civil war and it effected his head and his leg. He played a slightly similar timid character in Orson Wells Touch of Evil. I also noticed as mentioned in another review the really fake exterior town view from inside the saloon. The production values are much lower then the color episodes later on. 6 out of 10. I'm not crazy about the writing, but its certainly action packed and great to watch Bronson as his early acting career progresses.