Remember that times have changed, and some shows might not reflect the standards of today’s politically correct society. as perhaps the best portrayal of show character ever heard on radio. Listen to other Shows at My Classic Radio Chester, Doc, Kitty and Matt Dillon, US Marshal, the first man they look for. Listen to our radio station Old Time Radio The show stars William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon, Howard McNear as Doc Charles Adams, Georgia Ellis as Kitty Russell, and Parley Baer as Dillon's assistant, Chester Wesley Proudfoot.
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The radio series first aired on CBS on April 26, 1952, with the episode "Billy the Kid", written by Walter Newman, and ended on June 18, 1961. Dunning notes, "The show drew critical acclaim for unprecedented realism." Gunsmoke was set in Dodge City, Kansas, during the thriving cattle days of the 1870s. Macdonnell and Meston wanted to create a radio Western for adults, in contrast to the prevailing juvenile fare such as The Lone Ranger and The Cisco Kid. the July 1952 episode 'Never Pester Chester', in which a physician with a more compassionate and devoted temperament is essential to the plotline when Chester is near-fatally injured by two trouble-making Texas drovers.
In the late 1940s, CBS chairman William S. The project was shelved for three years when producer Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston discovered it while creating an adult Western series of their own. The Gunsmoke radio series ran from 1952 to 1961 on CBS Radio. CBS liked the Culver version better, and Ackerman was told to proceed.Ī complication arose, though Culver's contract as the star of Straight Arrow would not allow him to do another Western series. The first, recorded in June 1949, was very much like a hardboiled detective series and starred Michael Rye (credited as Rye Billsbury) as Dillon the second, recorded in July 1949, starred Straight Arrow actor Howard Culver in a more Western, lighter version of the same script. Robinson instructed his West Coast CBS Vice President, Harry Ackerman, who had developed the Philip Marlowe series, to take on the task.Īckerman and his scriptwriters, Mort Fine and David Friedkin, created an audition script called "Mark Dillon Goes to Gouge Eye" based on one of their Michael Shayne radio scripts, "The Case of the Crooked Wheel" from the summer of 1948. executive producer (showrunner) / producer (as Norman Macdonnell) Cinematography by Fleet Southcott.
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Paley, a fan of the Philip Marlowe radio series, asked his programming chief, Hubell Robinson, to develop a hardboiled Western series, a show about a "Philip Marlowe of the Old West". Gunsmoke (TV Series) Chester's Murder (1957) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Directed by Ted Post Writing Credits Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification Produced by Norman MacDonnell.
The series starred William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon, Howard McNear as Doc Charles Adams, Georgia Ellis as Kitty Russell, and Parley Baer as Deputy Chester Proudfoot. In the late 1940s, CBS chairman William S. Gunsmoke - The radio show first aired on Apand ran until Jon the CBS radio network.
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