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Wild Bill Hickok: Shotgun Swindler

Wild Bill Hickok · 1952 · 25 min · 4,189 words

What happens

Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles arrive in Beetle Bend and meet banker Clancy Wright, who has been told of a gold strike ten miles away by two prospectors, Sunday and Grundy. Clancy plans to invest bank money in the claim and asks Bill and Jingles to keep quiet. Bill, suspicious of the strangers, decides to follow the group the next morning. Based on the premise, the series is Wild Bill Hickok, the episode aired on 1952-05-23, and Guy Madison and Andy Devine star as Hickok and Jingles.

Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Clancy Wright, Sunday, Grundy

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In just 30 seconds you'll hear the exciting story, Shotgun Swindler. Have some fun at Breakfast Boys and Girls, have Kellogg's Rice Crispies. They're fun to eat and fun to listen to because they're the talking cereal.

When you add cream or milk they go snap, crack or pop, to tell you how fresh and crisp they are. Next time mom makes out that grocery list, tell her to remember gold and delicious Kellogg's Rice Crispies and be sure to stay tuned in so you can find out later in the program how

to get an amazing new era doodle rocket launching beanie. Boy, they're sensational! From the time the white man first saw the Indians decorating themselves with trinkets of gold and silver, the fight was on to grab any land that might bear these precious metals.

The greed in some men was a great opportunity for the roving swindler to work his confidence game. One of the cleverest of these to be uncovered by United States Marshal Wile, Bill Hickock and his deputy jingles was...

THE SHOT GUN SWINDLEAR Let's take a look. Yes, indeed. I put it just about eye level in the face of that rock. See? He can't tell what it was going there by nature for a hundred million years.

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Hee hee hee hee! And now, here are the stars of Wild Bill Hickok, Guy Madison and Andy Divine! Have a nice weekend, folks, and we'll be with you again on Monday with another story. Right, and it's a ripsnorter about a railroad telegraph key, and for wild Bill and Jingles it means trouble. We call it the mystery fist. Meanwhile, Andy and I hope you remember to get

Kellogg's Rice Crispy. Right, it's the world's only talking cereal. You bet it is. Andy and I think Kellogg's Rice Crispies are great. So long. See ya Monday! Yes, sir. Kellogg's the greatest name in cereals has brought you another exciting story of Wild Bill Hickock, starring Guy Madison and Andy Devine in person.

Today's cast included Bob Bruce, Jess Kirkpatrick, Larry Dobkin and Dusty Walker. Our director is Paul Pierce, story by Larry Hayes, music by Dick O'Raunt. This is a David Hire production, transcribed in Hollywood. Don't forget to listen Monday, same time, same station when Wild Bill Hickock tells the story of the mysterious fist.

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