Guns Across The Border: Wild Bill Hickok (March 12, 1954)

“Guns Across The Border” is an episode of Wild Bill Hickok, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 12, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles ride to the Mexican border on official business and meet a waiter named Jose, who turns out to be a secret government agent. He has been tracking a gang that smuggles stolen army guns across the Rio Grande to be used in revolutions. The lawmen agree to help him trap the smugglers, but the gang soon learns that Jose has been discovered and sends men to stop the lawmen. The episode is a 1954 Kellogg's-sponsored adventure from the Wild Bill Hickok series, starring Guy Madison as Wild Bill and Andy Devine as Jingles.

The Mexican border country of the Old West, including the town of Santa Maria, a cafe in La Bandrina, and the Rio Grande river crossings.

Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Jose, Carlos La Dron, Bart Daniels

Listen for: Listen for Jose's secret identity as a government agent and for the gang leader Carlos La Dron, who runs the cafe and directs the gun smuggling.

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.