The Gambler: Gunsmoke (October 7, 1956)

“The Gambler” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 7, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A mysterious gambler named Clint Ascom arrives in Dodge City searching for Jim Cass, a peaceful local man. When Marshal Dillon realizes Ascom intends to kill Cass, he tries to protect the unarmed man and uncover what grudge could drive the gambler to such hatred.

Dodge City and the surrounding territory in Kansas, including the Marshal's office, the Long Branch saloon, and Jim Cass's home.

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester Proudfoot, Clint Ascom, Jim Cass, Kitty

Listen for: The tense confrontation between Marshal Dillon and the determined gambler, and the revelation of what wrong Jim Cass committed to earn such deadly vengeance.

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.