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Tales Of The Texas Rangers

One of the best attempts of any drama detective program, Tales Of The Texas Rangers is a mirror to the wildly successful Dragnet series, also on NBC. Each week, cases were seen through the eyes of a centralized character. That character, Ranger Jase Pearson, takes the listener through each step of the crime and the building of each clue to the eventual solution of the case.

The ending of each broadcast also picked up the familiar closing of Dragnet, the conviction of the guilty and their sentence under the law. There was one minor addition. Each week a bit of Ranger history (true or preceived) ended the broadcast. There was even a Rangers prayer that was recited at the end of the 50^th program. Captain M.T. "Lone Wolf" Gonzaullas, a Texas Ranger himself, was the technical advisor to the series that was based on actual case files of the Texas Rangers.

Broadcast History:
Network: NBC
04/19/50 Audition Program
07/08/50 to 09/30/50 Saturday 9:30 p.m.
10/08/50 to 05/27/51 Sunday 8:30 p.m.
09/30/51 to 09/14/52 Sunday, 6:00 p.m.
Producer / Director:
Stacy Keach
Writers:
Joel Murcott, Charles E. Isreal, Bob Wright, Arthur Brown, Jr., Robert A. White,
Will Gould, Adrian Gendeaux
Announcers:
Hal Gibney
Narrator:
Tony Barrett
Sound Patterns:
Monty Fraser
Technical Advisor:
M.T. Lone Wolf Gonzaullas
Sponsor Pitchman:
Frank Martin
Sponsors:
General Mills (Wheaties) sponsor for the first eight broadcasts (07/08/50 - 08/26/50).
Ranger Pearson's Horse:
Charcoal
Theme:
The Eyes Of Texas Are Upon You
Cast:
Joel McCrea as Ranger Jase Pearson
Also heard:
Peggy Webber, Parley Baer, Herb Vigran, Lurene Tuttle, Wilms Herbert, Ed Begley,
Tony Barrett, Richard Beals, Paul McVey, Lou Krugman, Jeff Corey, Bryron Kane,
Robert Bruce, Jeanette Nolan, Paul Dubov, Sam Edwards, Virginia Gregg, Tom Holland,
William Johnstone, Jack Kruschen, Tom McKee, Jay Novello, Russell Simpson,
Dee J. Thompson, Lilliam Buyeff, Herb Butterfield, David Ellis, Paul Frees, Bob Cole,
Joe Dubov, Bert Holland, Tom Tully, Peter Leeds, Jeanne Bates, Reed Hadley,
Wilms Herbert, Dick Ryan, Joan Banks, Francis X. Bushman, Vivi Janniss, Herb Ellis,
Ken Harvey, Barney Phillips, Michael Ann Barrett, Hal March, Herb Butterfield,
Betty Lou Gerson, Wally Maher, Ann Diamond, Peggy Webber, Nestor Paiva,
Gerald Mohr, Shephard Menken, James Nusser, Victor Rodman, Roy Glenn,
Rye Billsbury, Ernie Newton, Jeanette Nolan, Betty Moran, G.G. Pierson, Tom Cook,
William Conrad, Stacy Harris, Bill Johnstone, Lamont Johnson, Earl Keen, Roy Glenn,
Joseph Kearns, Barbara Luddy, Ernest Whitman, Will Wright, Whitfield Connor,
Ken Christy, Joe Forte, Edmond McDonald, Herb Linton, Lou Krugman,
Whitfield Connor, Jester Herston, John Frank, Brad Brown, Frank Gerstle,
Marion Richman, Charlotte Lawrence, Tim Graham, Bob David, Colleen Collins,
Forrest Lewis, Harry Lang, Howard McNear, John Stevenson, Leo Curley,
Don Diamond, Marian Richman, Jan Arvin, Jess Kirkpatrick, Ralph Moody,
Hy Averback, Bob Isreal, Junie Ellis, Leroy Leonard, Bert Holland, Jeffrey Silver,
Dan Riss, Henry Roland


Audition Program
04/19/50 Just A Number

Saturday - 9:30 p.m.

07/08/50 # 1 Murder Money
07/15/50 # 2 The White Elephant
07/22/50 # 3 Apache Peak
07/29/50 # 4 The Broken Spur
08/05/50 # 5 The Triggerman
08/12/50 # 6 Quicksilver
08/19/50 # 7 Fool's Gold
08/26/50 # 8 The Open Range
09/02/50 # 9 Play For Keeps Keeps
09/09/50 #10 Dead Or Alive
09/16/50 #11 Candy Man
09/23/50 #12 Open And Shut
09/30/50 #13 Cleanup
10/01/50 Pre-empted

Sunday, 8:30 p.m.

10/08/50 #14 Living Death
10/15/50 #15 Soft Touch
10/22/50 #16 Murder Merry-Go-Round
10/29/50 #17 Dead Give-Away
11/05/50 #18 The White Suit
11/12/50 #19 Blood Relative
11/19/50 Pre-empted - Hedda Hopper Program
11/26/50 #20 Hanging By A Thread
12/03/50 #21 Room 114
12/10/50 #22 The Lucky Dollar
12/17/50 #23 The Cactus Pear
12/24/50 #24 Christmas Present
12/31/50 #25 The Devil's Share
01/07/51 #26 Dead Head Freight
01/14/51 #27 Death In The Cards
01/21/51 #28 Blood Harvest
01/28/51 #29 Strange Confession
02/04/51 #30 Loggers Larceny
02/11/51 #31 The Hatchet
02/18/51 #32 Sweet Revenge
02/25/51 #33 The Trap
03/04/51 Pre-empted - For Theatre Guild's "Hamlet"
03/11/51 #34 Blind Justice
03/18/51 #35 Death By Adoption
03/25/51 #36 Breakdown
04/01/51 #37 Pressure
04/08/51 #38 Bad Blood
04/15/51 #39 Conspiracy
04/22/51 #40 Canned Death
04/29/51 #41 Hot Cargo
05/06/51 #42 No Living Witnesses
05/13/51 #43 Paid In Full
05/20/51 #44 Square Dance
05/27/51 #45 Joy Ride

Sunday - 6:00 p.m.

09/30/51 #46 Death Shaft
10/07/51 #47 Wheel Chair Killing
10/14/51 #48 Play For Keeps (Repeat of 09/02/50)
10/21/51 #49 Fugitive's Trail
10/28/51 #50 The White Elephant (Repeat of 07/15/50)
11/04/51 #51 Helping Hand
11/11/51 #52 Open And Shut (Repeat of 09/23/50)
11/18/51 #53 Wild Crop
11/25/51 #54 The Blow-Off
12/02/51 #55 Dead Give Away (Repeat of 10/29/50)
12/09/51 #56 Death Plant
12/16/51 #57 Pickup
12/23/51 #58 Christmas Payoff
12/30/51 #59 Killer's Crop
01/06/52 #60 Birds Of A Feather
01/13/52 #61 Clip Job
01/20/52 #62 Blood Trail
01/27/52 #63 Night Chase
02/03/52 #64 The Rub Out
02/10/52 #65 Hitchhiker
02/17/52 #66 Cold Blood
02/24/52 #67 Bright Boy
03/02/52 #68 The Ice Man
03/09/52 #69 Dream Farm
03/16/52 #70 Prelude To Felony
03/23/52 #71 Con Man
03/30/52 #72 Night Hawk
04/06/52 #73 Troop Train
04/13/52 #74 Uncertain Death
04/20/52 #75 Illusion
04/27/52 #76 Address Unknown
05/04/52 #77 Little Sister
05/11/52 #78 Unleashed Fury
05/18/52 #79 Smart Kill
05/25/52 #80 Jail Bird
06/01/52 #81 Sell Out
06/08/52 #82 Illegal Entry
06/15/52 #83 Travesty
06/22/52 #84 Knockout
06/29/52 #85 Ex-Con
07/06/52 #86 The Boomerang
07/13/52 #87 Finger Man
07/20/52 #88 Round Trip
07/27/52 #89 Stick Up
08/03/52 #90 Double-Edge
08/10/52 #91 Last Stop
08/17/52 #92 Cover-Up
08/24/52 #93 Three Victims
08/31/52 #94 Misplaced Person
09/07/52 #95 Alibi
09/14/52 #96 Drive-In

Following scripts produced but not broadcast.

# 97 Trial By Terror
# 98 Misfire
# 99 Tracer
#100 Blind Spot
#101 Deception


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