Monday, August 09, 2021

Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Tales Of The Texas Rangers" - Killer's Crop (12-30-51)

 Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Tales Of The Texas Ranger
Killer's Crop (Aired December 30, 1951)



Tales of the Texas Rangers, a western adventure old-time radio drama, premiered on July 8, 1950, on the US NBC radio network and remained on the air through September 14, 1952. Movie star Joel McCrea starred as Texas Ranger Jayce Pearson, who used the latest scientific techniques to identify the criminals and his faithful horse, Charcoal (or "Charky," as Jayce would sometimes refer to him), to track them down. The shows were reenactments of actual Texas Ranger cases.The series was produced and directed by Stacy Keach, Sr., and was sponsored for part of its run by Wheaties.

THIS EPISODE:

December 30, 1951. NBC network. "Killer's Crop". Sustaining. Kitty Barrows, a narcotics user, is found murdered. The trail leads the Rangers to Mexico. Joel McCrea, Herb Ellis, Byron Kane, Ken Christy, Virginia Gregg, Stacy Keach (producer, director), Hal Gibney (announcer), Bob Wright (adaptor, possibly "Robert Ryf"), William Johnstone, Tony Barrett. 29:32. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.


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