Old time radio show series available at RUSC Old Time Radio
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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
Matt Dillon was the Marshall of Dodge City, Kansas in this thirty-minute western adventure. There were over 480 episodes broadcast in the 9 years it had spanned. 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 man watchful … and a little lonely.”
RUSC Old Time Radio (or RU Sitting Comfortably to give the site its full title) is a web site specializing in the wonderful world of old time radio. It is run by a crazy guy (that's me) who has nothing better to do than listen to old radio shows all day. To find out more visit the web site at www.rusc.com. All the old time radio shows on RUSC are understood to be in the public domain. RUSC has been on the web since January 1999 and is run on a not-for-profit basis.