 Based on many real-life adventures of the old west, Gunsmoke was set in Dodge City, Kansas between 1872, when the Santa Fe Railroad first reached town, and 1885, when local farmers forced the end of the Texas cattle drives along the Western Trail. Dodge City, known as the "Queen of the Cow Towns," the "Wicked Little City," and the "Gomorrah of the Plains," had a reputation as a hostile, lawless town where the "fastest gun in the west" ruled. Matt Dillon was the Marshall of Dodge City, Kansas in this thirty-minute western adventure. There were over 490 episodes broadcast in it's nine year run on radio. The opening of the show left little doubt that Dillon was the law; “Around Dodge City, and into the territory on the west, there’s just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers: that’s with a US Marshall and the smell of gunsmoke! Gunsmoke! … Starring William Conrad; the story of the violence that moved west with young America, and the story of a man who moved with it. I’m that man … Matt Dillon. United States marshal … the first man they look for, and the last man they want to meet … it’s a chancy job, and it makes a man watchful … and a little lonely.” The original cast is pictured below: Howard McNear (Doc), William Conrad (Marshall Matt Dillon), Parley Baer (Chester) Georgia Ellis (Kitty) For truly dramatic radio drama of the Old West, it just doesn't get any better than Gunsmoke! This disc includes rare Australian episodes as well! # # # FIRST BROADCAST: April 26th 1952 LAST BROADCAST: June 18th 1961 SPONSORS: Post Toasties, Ligett & Myers Tobacco, Chesterfield Cigarettes, L & M Cigarettes CAST: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, Joseph Kearns, Barney Phillips, Harry Bartell, Sam Edwards, Lawrence Dobkin, Vic Perrin, Dick Crenna, Virginia Christian, John Dehner, Ralph Moody, Jeanne Bates ANNOUNCERS: George Walsh PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS: Norman Macdonnell MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Rax Khoury, Del Castillo WRITERS: John Meston, Herb Purdum, Les Crutchfield, Antony Ellis, Kathleen Hite, John Dunkel, Marian Clark SOUND EFFECTS: Tom Hanley, Ray Kemper, Bill James Gunsmoke – 1952-1961 * * SAVE EVEN MORE!! * * This show now comes bundled as part of our Great Western Collection which includes scores of similarly themed Old Time Radio Shows for one low price!
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