Double Seven: The Six Shooter (May 13, 1954)

“Double Seven” is an episode of The Six Shooter, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 13, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Britt Ponset, a wandering Texas gunman, arrives in a frontier town and encounters his old acquaintance Gid, who runs the Double Seven ranch. Gid is facing cattle rustling problems and has hired the fast-gun Clint Sutton to protect his interests, but Britt expresses concern about bringing in such a volatile man. After coffee and conversation at Christy's cafe, Britt encounters an old friend named Farron who hints at mounting tensions between the large ranches and struggling small farmers in the area.

A frontier town and the Double Seven ranch in the Western territories, near Santa Fe.

Characters: Britt Ponset, Gid, Christy, Clint Sutton, Farron, Terry Waddell, Fred Gover

Listen for: The developing conflict between large and small ranches, Gid's decision to hire the gunslinger Clint Sutton, and hints of cattle rustling and violence to come.

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.