The Silver Buckle

After a Cheyenne train robbery leaves Carl Davis dead over a coveted “silver” belt buckle, Brit Ponsett is stopped by brothers Kit and Lex Springer, who claim they’re tracking the killers for a $1,500 reward and ask him to guide them through treacherous Miller Pass. Brit grows wary when Kit’s fancy buckle is stained with blood and their story doesn’t add up, then overhears they’re actually the outlaws and intend to murder him once they’re clear of town. Wounded in the ensuing gunfight, Brit holds them off until a posse closes in, and Kit dies when his prized buckle catches on the saddle horn as his horse slips over a cliff.

The Six Shooter is a United States Western old-time radio program starring James Stewart as a gunfighter. It was created by Frank Burt, who also wrote many of the episodes, and lasted only one season of 39 episodes on NBC. Initially, it was broadcast on Sundays at 9:30 pm Eastern Time, through October 11. Then it was heard at 8:30 pm for three weeks. Finally, on November 8, 1953, through March 21, 1954, it was broadcast Sundays at 8 pm; beginning April 1, 1954, through the final episode, it was on Thursdays at 8:30 pm. One old-time radio directory called the program "a last, desperate effort by a radio network (NBC) to maintain interest in adventure drama by employing a major Hollywood movie star in the leading role."

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