The Marshal of Gunsight Pass

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The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
Genre Western
Directed by
  • Philip Booth
  • Frank Fox
Starring
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes22
Production
Producers
  • Philip Booth
  • Lou Holzer
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original network ABC
Original releaseMarch 12 (1950-03-12) –
September 30, 1950 (1950-09-30)

The Marshal of Gunsight Pass is an American live broadcast Western television series that began on March 12, 1950, and ended on September 30, 1950, [1] with a one-month hiatus in April and May. [2] [3]

Based on a radio program, [4] the show starred Russell Hayden (1912–1981), Eddie Dean (1907–1999), and Riley Hill as Marshal No. 1, Marshal No. 2, and Marshal No. 3, respectively. Hayden, who is not identified by a character name, [5] left the program because he was dissatisfied with the way it was directed. [6] Dean uses his own name in the series, and Hill is known as "Riley Roberts". Smith Ballew took over the title role in May 1950. [2] [3]

Roscoe Ates (1895–1962) played the stuttering, popeyed deputy [5] Roscoe; Andy Parker (1913–1977), Andy,[ citation needed ] and Bert Wenland (1929–2004), Bud Glover. [5] Jan Sterling (1921–2004),[ citation needed ] then Jane Adrian, appeared at the age of twenty-nine as Ruth, the deputy's niece. [5] In May 1950, Kay Christopher was the female lead. [2] [3]

The ABC program was broadcast from the former Vitagraph Studios site, [7] near Chatsworth, [8] which the network had bought. The network invested more than $1 million to enable production of this and other live programs. All scenes were shot indoors, with projectors used to create background images — stationary or moving — for outdoor action. [7] Geared toward a children's audience, the program was telecast live to West Coast stations and viewed via kinescope elsewhere. Even in 1950, the production of the program seemed unusually primitive. [9] [10] However, the studio did have a large collection of Western props and sets, as well as live horses. [11]

The 22-episode[ citation needed ] series aired live at 7 p.m. on Thursdays on the West Coast. [4]

Nancy Goodwin was the program's chief writer. [12]

From 1952-1954, CBS also aired a live afternoon Western, Action in the Afternoon . [11]

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