Gentleman's Disagreement: Gunsmoke (July 26, 1952)

“Gentleman's Disagreement” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 26, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A woman named Jeannie Wells warns Marshal Matt Dillon that Ed Baudry, a man from her past, has arrived in Dodge City seeking revenge against her husband Bert. Matt confronts Baudry at the saloon and warns him to leave town, but Baudry refuses. Now Bert must decide whether to face Baudry in a gunfight or flee, while Matt struggles with his duty as lawman and his personal loyalty to old friends.

Dodge City, Kansas - the Marshal's office, the Texas Trail saloon, and the prairie

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Jeannie Wells, Bert Wells, Ed Baudry, Kitty, Tulsa Jim Nixon

Listen for: A tense confrontation between a marshal trying to prevent bloodshed and a man bent on revenge, with questions of honor and duty at stake

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.