What happens
Stretch, a fugitive leading a small gang of outlaws across the desert, stumbles on the ghost town of Yellow Sky, where an old man and his granddaughter live. The gang suspects the pair have hidden gold and begins to press them for it. Stretch and the girl share a growing tension as the outlaws argue over who should lead. Screen Directors Playhouse presents this radio adaptation of Yellow Sky, the 1949 Western starring Gregory Peck, broadcast on July 15, 1949. The program was introduced by director William Wellman, who directed the original film. The transcript provided covers only the first part of the episode.
A dead ghost town in the desert called Yellow Sky, in the American Western frontier.
Characters: Stretch, Dude, Lengthy, Walrus, Mike, Grandpa, The girl
Listen for: The outlaws' arguments over the gold and the leadership, and Stretch's tense exchanges with the girl.
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.