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Six Shooter Britt Ponset rides into Clay City for a horseshoe and finds the Wells Fargo office robbed, a man dead, and a witness barely alive. He and Sheriff Ed Schofield trail the thief by a distinctive horseshoe print and blood, only to discover the mark matches Ed’s son Ben, turning the manhunt into a personal nightmare. The chase ends at an abandoned cabin where Ed’s guilt drives him into the open and he’s shot, leaving Britt to force a tense surrender. Britt then reveals the captured gunman isn’t Ben, exposing how fear and pride nearly cost the sheriff everything.
Gunfighter Britt Ponset comes to Clay City to fix his horse's shoe but finds the Wells Fargo has been robbed, one man is dead, and another is dying. He teams up with Sheriff Ed Schofield to track the robber using a special horseshoe mark and blood trail, but they learn the print belongs to Ed's son Ben, making their hunt personal and painful. The trail leads to an empty cabin where Ed's shame makes him walk into danger and get shot, forcing Britt to make the gunman give up. Britt then shows that the man they caught isn't Ben at all, proving how fear and stubborn pride almost destroyed the sheriff's life.
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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“Premier On Hollywood Star Playhouse.” The Six Shooter. Radio broadcast, April 13, 1952.
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