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Back in September 1953 Revue Productions created this 30 minute western program starring James Stewart. as Britt Ponset , the “The Six Shooter,” an easy going drifter in the southwest.

I have all 39 broadcasts available for your listing pleasure here online including the first time James Stewart played the role on the Hollywood Star Playhouse and the original audition program.

CAST: James Stewart, Elvia Allman, Harry Bartell, B J Thompson, Jess Kirkpatrick, Lou Merrill, Howard McNear, Shep Menken, Frank Gerstle, Sam Edwards, Virginia Gregg, Bert Holland, Parley Baer.

The Six Shooter aired 1953-1954.

 

The bellow taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six_Shooter

Britt Ponset, the six shooter, was a slow-talking, easy-going gentleman drifter, but dangerous when pushed into a gunfight. He was well known and well liked by people wherever he wandered - often in New Mexico. They were usually humorous adventure stories.

The Six Shooter was a weekly old-time radio program in the USA. It was created by Frank Burt, who also wrote many of the episodes, and lasted only one season of 39 episodes on NBC (Sept. 20, 1953-June 24, 1954). Through March 21, 1954 it was broadcasted Sundays at 8 p.m. Beginning April 1, 1954 through the final episode it was on Thursday at 8 p.m.

James Stewart starred as Britt Ponsett, a drifting cowboy in the final years of the wild west. Episodes ranged from straight western drama to whimsical comedy. A trademark of the show was Stewart's use of whispered narration during tense scenes that created a heightened sense of drama and relief when the situation was resolved.

Some of the more prominent actors to perform on the program included Parley Baer, Virginia Gregg, Harry Bartell, Howard McNear, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Alan Reed, Marvin Miller and William Conrad. Some did multiple episodes playing different characters.

Each episode opened with the announcer stating: The man in the saddle is angular and long-legged. His skin is sun-dyed brown. The gun in his holster is gray steel and rainbow mother-of-pearl, its handle unmarked. People call them both "the Six Shooter".

The haunting theme music was "Highland Lament" by series composer Basil Adlam.

The final broadcast "Myra Barker" provided a satisfying (if melancholy) finale to the series: Ponsett falls in love with Myra, and proposes marriage. Myra, after thinking it over, appears to accept -- but then tells Britt she's heard that Sheriff Jennings of Eagle Falls has asked for his help, and Britt admits that he feels obligated to go. Myra tells Britt to go and not come back -- telling him some adventure will always call him, and he'll always go, or regret not going. Britt goes, resuming his wanderings, but not before revealing to the audience that he knows he was *not* needed in Eagle Falls -- and knows Myra knows that too. The moment comes across of a moment of supreme self-realization by Britt that he always will be a wanderer.

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Show 0 AUDITION SHOW
Show 1 JENNY
Show 2 THE COWARD
Show 3 THE STAMPEDE
Show 4 SILVER ANNIE
Show 5 RINK LARKIN
Show 6 RED LAWSON'S REVENGE
Show 7 BEN SCOFIELD
Show 8 THE CAPTURE OF STACY GAULT
Show 9 ESCAPE FROM SMOKE FALLS
Show 10 GABRIEL STARBUCK
Show 11 SHERIFF BILLY
Show 12 A PRESSING ENGAGEMENT
Show 13 MORE THAN KIN
Show 14 BRITT PONSET'S CHRISTMAS CAROL
Show 15 CORA PLUMMER QUINCY
Show 16 A FRIEND IN NEED
Show 17 HIRAM'S GOLDSTRIKE
Show 18 THE SILVER BUCKLE
Show 19 HELEN BRICKER
Show 20 TRAIL TO SUNSET
Show 21 APRON FACED SORREL
Show 22 QUIET CITY
Show 23 BATTLE AT TOWER ROCK
Show 24 CHEYENNE EXPRESS
Show 25 THICKER THAN WATER
Show 26 DUEL AT LOCKWOOD
Show 27 AUNT EMA
Show 28 GENERAL GILLFORD'S WIDOW
Show 29 CRISIS AT EASTER CREEK
Show 30 JOHNNY SPRINGER
Show 31 REVENGE AT HARNESS CREEK
Show 32 ANNA NORQUEST
Show 33 THE DOUBLE SEVEN
Show 34 THE SHOOTING OF WYATT KING
Show 35 BLOOD RELATIONS
Show 36 SILVER THREADS
Show 37 THE NEW SHERIFF
Show 38 WHEN THE SHOE DOESN'T FIT
Show 39 MYRA BARKER