What happens
Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles ride aboard the side-wheel steamer Arizona Belle on the Colorado River, hunting a gang of river bandits who have robbed mining camps and passengers. The steamer runs aground on a sandbar, and four riders open fire from the shore. Hickok and Jingles suspect a crewman is signaling the attackers with flags. The series is Wild Bill Hickok, first aired on February 13, 1952, with Guy Madison as Hickok and Andy Devine as Jingles.
The Colorado River and the Arizona Territory in the Old West, aboard the side-wheel steamer Arizona Belle and along its shores.
Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Captain James, Panhandle Jim, Mason, Bosun
Listen for: The semaphore flag signals passed between the steamer's crew and the bandits on shore.
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.