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The Silver Buckle

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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.

When outlaws rob a train in Cheyenne and kill Carl Davis for his special silver belt buckle, a man named Brit Ponsett meets two brothers, Kit and Lex Springer. The brothers tell Brit they're hunting the train robbers to collect a $1,500 reward, and they want him to help them get through the dangerous Miller Pass. But Brit starts to worry when he sees blood on Kit's fancy buckle and notices their story doesn't make sense. Then he hears them talking and learns they're really the train robbers who plan to kill him once they get away from town. A gunfight breaks out and Brit gets hurt, but he fights back until the law shows up to help. Kit dies when his treasured buckle gets caught on his saddle as his horse falls off 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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