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Here are twelve episodes from the greatest Western shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio! You'll hear William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke; John Dehner as the man called Paladin in Have Gun-Will Travel; Alan Ladd in a Western tale well-calculated to keep you in suspense; John Wayne, Henry Fonda, and Gregory Peck reprising their film roles in Fort Apache, Destry Rides Again, and Yellow Sky; plus other great Western radio episodes, including four episodes of the high-adventure series Escape. Relive six hours of the best classic radio Westerns of yesteryear and the legendary stars that made them great. Escape: The Pistol with Gerald Mohr and Betty Lou Gerson (3 Jan 50), Escape: Command with Harry Bartell (26 May 50), Escape: Sundown with Sam Edwards (23 Jun 50), Escape: Wild Jack Rhett with John Dehner (17 Dec 50), Fort Laramie: Never the Twain with Raymond Burr (6 May 56), The Gulf Screen Guild Theatre: Destry Rides Again with Henry Fonda (2 Feb 41), Gunsmoke: Lochinvar with William Conrad (17 Oct 52), Have Gun-Will Travel: Bitter Wine with John Dehner (14 Jun 59), Screen Director's Playhouse: Yellow Sky with Gregory Peck (15 Jul 49), Screen Director's Playhouse: Fort Apache with John Wayne (5 Aug 49), Suspense: A Killing in Abilene with Alan Ladd (14 Dec 50), and Tales of the Texas Rangers: Quick Silver with Joel McCrea (12

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John Wayne (1907-1979) was an Academy Award-winning American actor and one of the most popular film actors of the twentieth century. He rose beyond the typical recognition for a famous actor to that of an enduring icon who symbolized and communicated American values and ideals. He received his first leading film role in The Big Trail in 1930 and won his first Academy Award in 1969 for his role in True Grit. One of the most popular film actors of the twentieth century, he appeared in over 170 motion pictures and became one of America's biggest box-office stars. He is the only actor to appear in every annual Harris poll of most popular film actors, and the only actor to do so after his death. Alan Ladd (1913-1964) was an award-winning American actor and film and television producer. He found cinematic success in the 1940s and 1950s, particularly in Westerns and film noir. He is especially known for his role in the movie Shane. His awards include a Picturegoer Award for Best Actor in 1947 for the movie This Gun for Hire, and in 1953 he was named Most Popular Male Star by Photoplay magazine. He contributed as an actor or producer in more than a hundred films and television shows over the course of his career.

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