Hack Prine: Gunsmoke (July 5, 1954)

“Hack Prine” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 5, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Marshal Matt Dillon brings prisoner Lee Trumbull back to Dodge City to stand trial for murder. When a mysterious gunslinger named Hack Prine arrives in town, Dillon learns that Dolph Trumbull, Lee's brother, is gathering men at the saloon to break his brother out of jail.

Dodge City and the Dakota Territory

Characters: Matt Dillon, Lee Trumbull, Dolph Trumbull, Chester, Hack Prine, Ollie

Listen for: The tense confrontation between Dillon and the Trumbull brothers, and the introduction of the enigmatic gunslinger Hack Prine who has history with Dillon from Santa Fe

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.