SGT GORCE'S BABY and DON'T KICK MY HORSE FORT LARAMIE
1001 Stories From the Old West
Release Date: 05/11/2025
THE BLACKSMITH and THE COVER-UP GUNSMOKE
1001 Stories From the Old West
Gunsmoke is set in and around Dodge City, Kansas, in the post-Civil War era and centers around United States Marshall Matt Dillon (William Conrad) as he enforces law and order in the city. The series also focuses on Dillon's friendship with three other citizens of Dodge City: Doctor Charles "Doc" Adams (Howard McNear), the town's physician; Kitty Russell (Georgia Ellis), owner of the Long Branch Saloon; and Chester Wesley Proudfoot (Parley Baer), Dillon's deputy.[ Other roles were played by a group of supporting actors consisting of John Dehner, Sam Edwards, Harry Bartell, Vic Perrin, Lou...
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MONOPOLY and FEUD GUNSMOKE
1001 Stories From the Old West
Gunsmoke is set in and around Dodge City, Kansas, in the post-Civil War era and centers around United States Marshall Matt Dillon (William Conrad) as he enforces law and order in the city. The series also focuses on Dillon's friendship with three other citizens of Dodge City: Doctor Charles "Doc" Adams (Howard McNear), the town's physician; Kitty Russell (Georgia Ellis), owner of the Long Branch Saloon; and Chester Wesley Proudfoot (Parley Baer), Dillon's deputy.[ Other roles were played by a group of supporting actors consisting of John Dehner, Sam Edwards, Harry Bartell, Vic Perrin,...
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BEN SCOFIELD and THE CAPTURE OF STACY GAULT THE SIX-SHOOTER W JIMMY STEWART
1001 Stories From the Old West
The Six Shooter brought James Stewart to the NBC microphone on September 20, 1953, in a fine series of folksy Western adventures. Stewart was never better on the air than in this drama of Britt Ponset, frontier drifter created by Frank Burt. The epigraph set it up nicely: "The man in the saddle is angular and long-legged: his skin is sun dyed brown. The gun in his holster is gray steel and rainbow mother-of-pearl. People call them both The Six Shooter." Ponset was a wanderer, an easy-going gentleman and -- when he had to be -- a gunfighter. Stewart was right in character as the slow-talking...
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RINK LARKIN and NED LARSON'S REVENGE THE SIX SHOOTER W JIMMY STEWART
1001 Stories From the Old West
The Six Shooter brought James Stewart to the NBC microphone on September 20, 1953, in a fine series of folksy Western adventures. Stewart was never better on the air than in this drama of Britt Ponset, frontier drifter created by Frank Burt. The epigraph set it up nicely: "The man in the saddle is angular and long-legged: his skin is sun dyed brown. The gun in his holster is gray steel and rainbow mother-of-pearl. People call them both The Six Shooter." Ponset was a wanderer, an easy-going gentleman and -- when he had to be -- a gunfighter. Stewart was right in character as the slow-talking...
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THE CONSTABLE and THE INDIAN HORSE GUNSMOKE
1001 Stories From the Old West
Gunsmoke is an American western radio series, which was developed for radio by John Meston and Norman Macdonnell. The series ran for nine seasons and was broadcast by CBS. The first episode of the series originally aired in the United States on April 26, 1952, and the final first-run episode aired on June 18, 1961. During the series, a total of 480 original episodes were broadcast, including shows with re-used or adapted scripts. A television version of the series premiered in 1955.
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MURDER WARRANT and CARA GUNSMOKE
1001 Stories From the Old West
Gunsmoke is an American western radio series, which was developed for radio by John Meston and Norman Macdonnell. The series ran for nine seasons and was broadcast by CBS. ] The first episode of the series originally aired in the United States on April 26, 1952, and the final first-run episode aired on June 18, 1961. During the series, a total of 480 original episodes were broadcast, including shows with re-used or adapted scripts.[4] A television version of the series premiered in 1955.
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OLD FRIEND and BLOOD MONEY GUNSMOKE
1001 Stories From the Old West
Two hard-hitting episodes of Gunsmoke
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THE LAST FLING and BAD BOY GUNSMOKE
1001 Stories From the Old West
Two hard-hitting episodes from radio and TV's longest running western-Gunsmoke!
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BIG BROAD and THE KILLER GUNSMOKE
1001 Stories From the Old West
Sheriff Matt Dillion has trouble on his hands in the form of a gritty old lady who wants to kill a man.
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JOKE'S ON US and GUN SMUGGLER GUNSMOKE
1001 Stories From the Old West
Gunsmoke is one of those long-running classic Old-Time Radio shows that everyone knows and remembers. It's also one that is still respected for its high values, in all aspects. Gunsmoke first aired on the CBS network on April 26, 1952, billed as the first adult western. It was set in Dodge City, Kansas in the 1870's. The main character, Matt Dillon, was played by William Conrad. On August 6, 1951, William Conrad played the lead in a show entitled "Pagosa" in the series Romance, where he played the part of a reluctant sheriff in a tough Western town. Although not a true audition, Conrad's...
info_outlineFort Laramie is a CBS Radio Western series starring Raymond Burr as Captain Lee Quince. It aired Sunday afternoons January 22–October 28, 1956, at 5:30 pm ET.[ Produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell, this Western drama depicted life at old Fort Laramie during the 19th Century. The 41 episodes starred Raymond Burr as Lee Quince, captain of the cavalry. One year later, Burr became a television star as Perry Mason.[ ]
Premise
In the series, the fort had 400 troops in all but they had to keep their eye on a nearby Indian reservation with 4,000 Sioux camped there. Major Ned Daggart led the troops and he didn't always see eye to eye with Quince. Daggart had a niece called Terrie Lawson, who had her eye on the Captain.
Production
Fort Laramie had a lot of crossover with Gunsmoke, which was also directed by Norman Macdonnell. It shared writers, sound effects men, and many of the same actors.[2] Gunsmoke writers Kathleen Hite scripted 27 of the episodes; John Dunkel, five; John Meston, four; and Les Crutchfield, two. The remaining scripts were written by Gil Doud, E. Jack Newman and William Robson.[ ]
Supporting regulars included Vic Perrin as Sgt. Gorse, Harry Bartell as the slightly green Lt. Seiberts and Jack Moyles as Major Daggett. Heard on a more irregular basis were Howard McNear as Pliny the fort sutler, Sam Edwards as Trooper Harrison, and in a variety of roles, such actors as John Dehner, John McIntire, Virginia Gregg, James Nusser, Parley Baer and Barney Phillips. All except star Raymond Burr had been heard on Macdonnell's other Western radio series, Gunsmoke. Amerigo Marino supplied the music. The scripts were mostly written by John Meston, Kathleen Hite, Les Crutchfield and John Dunkel.
John Dehner originally auditioned for the part of Lee Quince in a story that was later remade with Burr in the lead, called "The Boatwright's Story".
Fort Laramie was a sustained show (unsponsored) for most of its run.