Old Time Radio: Gunsmoke - Carmen

Broadcast: June 21, 1959

Matt Dillon was the Marshall of Dodge City, Kansas in this thirty-minute western adventure. There were over 480 episodes broadcast in the 9 years it had spanned. The opening of the show left little doubt that Dillon was the law; “Around Dodge City, and into the territory on the west, there’s just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers: that’s with a US Marshall and the smell of gunsmoke! Gunsmoke! … Starring William Conrad the story of the violence that moved west with young America, and the story of a man who moved with it. I’m that man … Matt Dillon. United States marshal … the first man they look for, and the last man they want to meet … it’s a chancy job, and it makes man watchful … and a little lonely.” In this episode:

Last Saturday, two United States army soldiers were murdered while riding a supply wagon from Dodge City to Fort Dodge, and a government payroll was stolen. The arrival of the payroll was secret, and even the men carrying it had no idea. So how did word get out? An army Major, incensed by the betrayal, threatens to declare martial law in Dodge...

Cast: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Lynn Allen, Virginia Gregg, Barney Phillips, Jack Moyles, Lawrence Dobkin, Howard McNear