The Choice: Gunsmoke (December 28, 1958)

“The Choice” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 28, 1958. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A young gunman named Andy Hill arrives in Dodge City looking for honest work, but his quick draw skills and mysterious past raise Marshal Dillon's suspicions. When an outlaw named Kerrick appears in town seeking Andy as a partner for criminal schemes, Dillon must decide whether to arrest Andy or give him a chance to choose the right path.

Dodge City, Kansas Territory

Characters: Marshal Matt Dillon, Andy Hill, Kitty, Doc, Jim Buck, Kerrick, Chester

Listen for: A tense moral drama about redemption and second chances, featuring gunplay, confrontations in the saloon, and Marshal Dillon's difficult choice to trust a man with a dangerous reputation.

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.