Classic Radio’s Greatest Westerns, Vol. 2

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 Aug 50)