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Gunsmoke – Billy The Kid. ep1, 520426

August 7, 2021Posted inContributors, Gunsmoke, Western
Billy The Kid-4/26/52
Gunsmoke was a long-running American old-time radio and television Western drama created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories took place in or about Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West.
The radio version ran from 1952 to 1961, and is commonly regarded as one of the finest radio dramas of all time; the television version ran from 1955 to 1975 and still holds the record for the longest-running U.S. prime time fictional television program.

Gunsmoke – The Constable. ep102, 540508

March 31, 2020Posted inContributors, Gunsmoke, Western
Gunsmoke. May 8, 1954. CBS net. "The Constable". Sustaining. When a trail boss objects to Marshal Dillon's peacekeeping methods, and the town's merchants ask him to ease off, Dillon vows to make no further arrests. The town then hires an unusual "constable" to keep the peace.  William Conrad, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Jack Kruschen, Vic Perrin, George Walsh (announcer), John Dehner, Joseph Kearns, Fred MacKaye, John Meston (writer), Rex Koury (composer, conductor), Norman Macdonnell (director), Georgia Ellis, John Meston (writer).

Gunsmoke – Cara. ep100, 540501

March 24, 2020Posted inContributors, Gunsmoke, Western
Gunsmoke. May 1, 1954. CBS net. "Cara". Sustaining. Ben Tolliver and his gang are coming to Dodge to rob the bank. Marshal Dillon suspects his old girlfriend Cara is a member of the gang. George Walsh (announcer), Georgia Ellis, Harry Bartell, Howard McNear, Jill Jarmyn, John Dehner, John Meston (writer), John Meston (writer), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Parley Baer, Rex Koury (composer, performer), Vic Perrin, William Conrad.