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  • The Six Shooter Episode 9: “Escape From Smoke Falls”

    The Six Shooter. November 15, 1953. Program #9. NBC net. “Escape From Smoke Falls”. “A killer escapes from jail at Smoke Falls and shoots the sheriff. Two rivals both try to recapture him, with Britt Ponset riding with one of them. Jimmy Stewart, Frank Burt (writer, creator), Basil Adlam (music), Jack Johnstone (director), Jeanette Nolan,…

  • The Six Shooter Episode 8: “The Capture Of Stacy Gault”

    The Six Shooter. November 8, 1953. Program #8. NBC net. “The Capture Of Stacy Gault”. “Bank robber Stacy Galt is coming to Elk Point, and Britt Ponset is the only man left in town to face him. After a big meal, into the hotel walks Stacy Gault, looking for a room for the night. Jimmy…

  • The Six Shooter Episode 7: Ben Scofield

    The Six Shooter. November 1, 1953. Program #7. NBC net. “Ben Scofield”. “Britt forces the sheriff to go after a robber, even though the wounded crook may be the sheriff’s son. Jimmy Stewart, Jack Johnstone (director), Basil Adlam (music), Parley Baer, Herb Vigran, William Conrad, Frank Burt (writer, creator), Bert Holland, Hal Gibney (announcer).“

  • The Six Shooter episode 6: Red Lawson’s Revenge

    The Six Shooter. October 25, 1953. Program #6. NBC net. “Red Lawson’s Revenge”. “Red Lawson has announced that he’s going to kill Britt’s friend Dan to get revenge for the death of his brother, four years previously. Frank Burt (creator), Les Crutchfield (writer), Shirley Mitchell, Barney Phillips, Hal Gibney (announcer), Jimmy Stewart, Basil Adlam (music),…

  • The Six Shooter Episode 05: Rink Larkin

    The Six Shooter. October 18, 1953. Program #5. NBC net. “Rink Larkin”. “Eleven year old Rink Larkin learns that the sheriff has killed his father and is determined to get his revenge on the lawman. Jimmy Stewart, Sammy Ogg, Frank Burt (writer, creator), Russell Thorson, Basil Adlam (music), Hal Gibney (announcer), Tony Barrett, Jack Johnstone…

  • The Six Shooter Episode 04: Silver Annie

    The Six Shooter. October 11, 1953. Program #4. NBC net. “Silver Annie”. Sponsored by: Coleman Home Heating. “Silver Annie Huxley refuses to sell her silver mine to the railroad, to the distress of the rest of the town of “Virtue City.” Jimmy Stewart, Dan O’Herlihy,, Robert Griffin, Parley Baer, Frank Burt (creator, writer), Hal Gibney…

  • The Six Shooter: Episode 03: “The Stampede”

    The Six Shooter. October 4, 1953. Program #3, NBC net. “The Stampede”. Sponsored by: Coleman Home Heaters. “Britt Ponset finds himself on a cattle drive with two feuding brothers. Jimmy Stewart, Lou Merrill, James McCallion, Frank Burt (creator, writer), Jack Johnstone (director), Basil Adlam (music), Hal Gibney (announcer).“

  • Sisyphus, “Say Anything”, The Seeker

    The tragic part of living a life of “quiet desperation” (in the Henry David Thoreau sense) is usually the lost opportunity to do good as opposed to “intentional malice.” For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds. Sonnet 94 (William Shakespeare) In 2023 Merriam-Webster tells us that a…

  • The Six Shooter – Episode 02: “The Coward”

    The Six Shooter. September 27, 1953. Program #2. NBC net. “The Coward”. Sponsored by: Coleman Home Heaters. “Everyone knows that Will Fedder is a coward because he won’t wear a gun. However, a man can be pushed just so far! Jimmy Stewart, Howard McNear, Michael Ann Barrett, Will Wright, Frank Burt (creator, writer), Basil Adlam…

  • The Six Shooter – Episode 01:”Jenny”

    Originally broadcast September 20, 1953 – this recording is from the “Old Time Radio Researchers Group” – I “cleaned up” the audio a little The Six Shooter. September 20, 1953. Program #1. NBC net. “Jenny”. Sponsored by: Coleman Home Heaters. “Britt Ponset finds a wounded man in the desert and brings him to Jenny Garber…