Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Gunsmoke"
"Post Martin" (Aired December 13, 1952)
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Not long after the radio show began, talk began of adapting it to television. Privately, Macdonnell had a guarded interest in taking the show to television, but publicly, he declared, "our show is perfect for radio", and he feared, as Dunning writes, "Gunsmoke confined by a picture could not possibly be as authentic or attentive to detail." "In the end", wrote Dunning, "CBS simply took it away from Macdonnell and began preparing for the television version." The television series was the longest-running, primetime, live-action television series at 20 seasons, until September 2019 with the 21st-season premiere of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. The original Law and Order, which was cancelled in 2010 after tying Gunsmoke's longevity record for a live-action, primetime television series, would return air its 21 season in February 2022 as well. As of 2017, it had the highest number of scripted episodes for any U.S. primetime, commercial, live-action television series
THIS EPISODE:
December 13, 1952. "Post Martin AKA: Boston Jack" When Kathryn Blair gets off the train in Dodge City, she immediately looks out of place. She is beautiful, refined and obviously from a wealthy family. She has just arrived from Boston on a quest to find her brother, Martin Blair, who left Boston two years earlier. Matt acknowledges he knows Martin, but tells her he does not know his present whereabouts -- it seems Martin travels a great deal. Little wonder this is confusing to Chester. He knows Martin is in the back in a jail cell and that next week he will be tried for cattle rustling, horse stealing and murder.Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Jeanne Bates, Sam Edwards, Ralph Moody Episode Notes From Boxcars711 Radio Pod.
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