Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Tales Of The Texas Rangers" - Joy Ride (05-27-51)

Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Tales Of The Texas Rangers" - Joy Ride (05-27-51)

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. Captain Manuel T. "Lone Wolf" Gonzaullas, a Ranger for 30 years and who was said to have killed 31 men during his career, served as consultant for the series.

THIS EPISODE:

May 27, 1951. NBC network. "Joy Ride". Sustaining. The last show of the season. A "pimply faced youth" and his trigger-happy girlfriend hold up a liquor store and kill the owner. Tony Barrett, Sam Edwards, William Johnstone, Peggy Webber, Barney Phillips, John Frank, Hal Gibney (announcer), Joel McCrea. 29:35. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.