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The Six Shooter

39 episodes · 1953–1954 · NBC · Westerns

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James Stewart played Britt Ponset, a drifting cowboy in the last days of the Old West, on NBC from September 20, 1953, to June 24, 1954: one season, 39 episodes. Frank Burt created it and wrote many of the scripts, and Stewart whispered his narration in the tense moments. Stewart turned down cigarette sponsors as wrong for his image, so most of the run went unsponsored.

Sources: The Six Shooter, Wikipedia

Episodes

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1953

• Jenny September 20, 1953 · NBC · 30 min
  The first show. Britt finds a wounded man in the desert and brings him to Jenny Garber to nurse, a woman the town's men think little of.
• The Coward September 27, 1953 · NBC · 30 min
  Everyone calls Will Fedder a coward because he won't wear a gun, but a man can be pushed only so far.
• The Stampede October 4, 1953 · NBC · 28 min
  Britt joins a cattle drive with two feuding brothers.
• Silver Annie October 11, 1953 · NBC · 30 min
  Silver Annie won't sell her mine to the railroad, and the rest of Virtue City is not pleased.
• Rink Larkin October 18, 1953 · NBC · 29 min
  An eleven-year-old learns the sheriff killed his father and swears revenge.
• Red Lawson's Revenge October 25, 1953 · NBC · 29 min
  Red Lawson vows to kill Britt's friend Dan to avenge his brother's death.
• Ben Scofield November 1, 1953 · NBC · 30 min
  Britt makes the sheriff go after a wounded robber who may be the sheriff's own son.
• The Capture of Stacy Gault November 8, 1953 · NBC · 29 min
  A bank robber is headed for Elk Point, and Britt is the only man left in town to face him.
• Escape From Smoke Falls November 15, 1953 · NBC · 29 min
  A killer breaks jail and shoots the sheriff, and two rivals race to bring him in.
• Gabriel Starbuck November 22, 1953 · NBC · 29 min
  The town thinks its old sheriff is past it, and then the bank is robbed.
• Sheriff Billy November 29, 1953 · NBC · 29 min
  Sheriff Bill Riddle faces down an escaped killer without a gunfight, and for good reason.
• A Pressing Engagement December 6, 1953 · NBC · 28 min
  A matchmaking widow has arranged Britt's wedding to her niece without telling him.
• More than Kin December 13, 1953 · NBC · 28 min
  Britt takes to the stage in Shakespeare for P. T. Barnum.
• Britt Ponset's Christmas Carol December 20, 1953 · NBC · 29 min
  Dickens's A Christmas Carol, told as a Western.
• Cora Plummer Quincy December 27, 1953 · 29 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.

1954

• A Friend in Need January 3, 1954 · NBC · 28 min
  In a narrow canyon Britt meets a killer with a very believable story.
• Hiram's Gold Strike January 10, 1954 · NBC · 30 min
  An old prospector finally strikes it rich, and Britt is shot in a holdup at the assay office.
• The Silver Buckle January 17, 1954 · NBC · 29 min
  A trip through a mountain pass with two strange companions.
• Helen Bricker January 24, 1954 · NBC · 28 min
  The town shuns Helen Bricker because of her outlaw husband, and after he hangs, a mob means to burn her out.
• Trail to Sunset January 31, 1954 · NBC · 29 min
  Britt shoots a horse thief, then promises to get him to a doctor and keep him from a lynch mob.
• Apron Faced Sorrel February 7, 1954 · NBC · 29 min
  A boy from the East comes west to learn ranching and is suspected of beating a horse.
• Quiet City February 14, 1954 · NBC · 29 min
  The sheriff's son won't follow in his father's footsteps, until a killer comes to town.
• Battle at Tower Rock February 21, 1954 · NBC · 27 min
  At the county fair, Britt must judge the preserves between two feuding sisters.
• Cheyenne Express March 7, 1954 · NBC · 29 min
  The man who shot Floyd Winters needs protection from Winters' brother.
• Thicker than Water March 14, 1954 · NBC · 30 min
  A no-good gambler comes to see the son he left twelve years ago.
• Duel at Lockwood March 21, 1954 · NBC · 30 min
  A young man is set on a gunfight with Britt, and Britt has a talk with the young man's grandmother.
• Aunt Emma April 1, 1954 · NBC · 29 min
  Britt's Aunt Emma moves to town and sets about rearranging his life.
• General Guilford's Widow April 8, 1954 · NBC · 30 min
  A general's widow insists her husband is still alive, and nobody believes her.
• Crisis at Easter Creek April 15, 1954 · NBC · 30 min
  Britt is raising money for a church organ and asks a notorious outlaw to help.
• Johnny Stringer April 22, 1954 · NBC · 30 min
  A dying clerk names his killer, and the trail leads to a beautiful woman's cabin.
• Revenge at Harness Creek April 29, 1954 · NBC · 30 min
  A murder suspect will surrender to Britt, but not to the hotheaded sheriff.
• Anna Norquist May 6, 1954 · NBC · 30 min
  A Swedish mail-order bride arrives to find her groom about to hang for murder.
• The Double Seven May 13, 1954 · NBC · 30 min
  Ranchers against farmers at the Double Seven, with a surprise ending.
• The Shooting of Wyatt King May 20, 1954 · NBC · 30 min
  Who shot the bank robber known as the Wyoming Kid?
• Blood Relations May 27, 1954 · NBC · 30 min
  A brother's courtship of a neighbor's sister means trouble between two families.
• Silver Threads June 3, 1954 · NBC · 30 min
  A murder, and a song sung by a guitar-playing cowboy.
• The New Sheriff June 10, 1954 · NBC · 29 min
  Britt runs the town election and ends up elected sheriff and mayor.
• When the Shoe Doesn't Fit June 17, 1954 · NBC · 29 min
  A western Cinderella: Britt takes her to the ball and gets her home by midnight.
• Myra Barker June 24, 1954 · 29 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.