Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Gunsmoke" - Renegade White (Aired August 2, 1952)
Two auditions were created in 1949. The first was very much like a hardboiled detective series and starred Rye Billsbury as Dillon; the second starred Straight Arrow actor Howard Culver in a more Western, lighter version of the same script. CBS liked the Culver version better, and Ackerman was told to proceed. But there was a complication. Culver's contract as the star of Straight Arrow would not allow him to do another Western series. The project was shelved for three years, when MacDonnell and Meston discovered it creating an adult Western series of their own. MacDonnell and Meston wanted to create a radio Western for adults, in contrast to the prevailing juvenile fare such as The Lone Ranger and The Cisco Kid. Gunsmoke was set in Dodge City, Kansas during the thriving cattle days of the 1870s. Dunning notes, "The show drew critical acclaim for unprecedented realism."
THIS EPISODE:
August 2, 1952. CBS network. "Renegade White". Sustaining. Ord Spicer, who sells rifles to the Cheyenne, kills two cowboys with his new Sharps rifles. This script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on April 11, 1959. William Conrad, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, John Meston (writer), Harry Bartell, Jack Kruschen, Clancey Cassell (announcer), Lawrence Dobkin, Herb Vigran, Rex Koury (composer, conductor), Norman Macdonnell (director). 30:34. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
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