Stories of cowboys, sheriffs, outlaws, and ranchers dominated prime time TV in the 1950s the way reality shows rule the airwaves today. In the 1957 – 58 television season alone, there were more than 30 western series airing on the three major network
The Forgotten Black Cowboys
Something I never even thought of when watching all the Picture Club films on a Saturday morning in the UK.
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Read more…3 Western dramas from OTR
From Suspense - The Spencer Brothers stars Richard Widmark as the leader of a band of outlaw brothers.
From Suspense - A Killing In Abilene stars Alan Ladd as a man out to avenge the killing of his brother.
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Read more…Did Wild Bill have his own show? Apparently so because here it is. I don't know anything about it. This episode has commercials and it's the first of the series.
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Romance of the Ranchos tells the story of the expeditions of men and women that tried to tame the wilds that existed in early California. Based on the title records of its sponsor, Title Insurance and Trust Company of Los Angeles, Romance of the Ran
A short story of a group of Texas Rangers involved in a grim manhunt complicated by a looming Indian attack. It was written by Silver Spur Award nominee James Reasoner a Western writer with more than 200 books to his credit.
It's read by Rex Linn kn
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JAMES ARNESS was born in Minneapolis, MN on May 26, 1923 passed away on June 3, 2011 at the age of 88 from natural causes. He served his country in the army during WWII at Anzio He was wounded in his right leg and received the Purple Heart. He is bes
The only description was "Old West Drama" Woman Pioneer" It's a good one, but does anyone know what and when it's from?
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I couldn't find any info for this Australian Western Show. I have no idea when they were made. Enjoyable listen.
About the author:
R.S. Porteous (Born: 18 Aug 1896 Toorak, Victoria Died: 10 Apr 1963) was best known for his prizewinning novel , publish
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This western featured movie star Guy Madison as the lead, ably assisted by media veteran Andy Devine as his sidekick Jingles. Both remained with the series for its entire run. Kellogg's was the sponsor from start to finish. After the last show in D
The story that introduced The Cisco Kid. In O. Henry's darkly ironic original story, the Cisco Kid bears little resemblance to later adaptations. The character is a twenty-five year old desperado in the Texas-Mexico border country. He kills for sport
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