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\nI’ve had a bit of difficulty getting time to watch any westerns. I decided to have a listen instead. I headed over to the Old Time Radio on Internet Archive<\/a> and had a dig around, I spotted Gunsmoke – Single Episodes<\/a> where there are 473 files.<\/p>\n

I have heard of the show but knew nothing of it so I added the first episode to an RSS feed I am subscribe to in overcast and listen to it on my phone on the way to work.<\/p>\n

As I listened I was quite surprised, this sounded familiar, sort of a bit noir 106. The hero showed a fair amount of cynicism, there were a couple of very negatively portrayed characters and most of the townsfolk were mob minded.<\/p>\n

The hero was quick on the draw but noble in a Chandlerish way. He had a much worse temper than Marlow.<\/p>\n

After listening I had to check Wikipedia<\/p>\n

In the late 1940s, CBS<\/a> chairman William S. Paley<\/a>, a fan of the Philip Marlowe<\/a> radio serial, asked his programming chief, Hubell Robinson, to develop a hardboiled Western series, a show about a “Philip Marlowe of the Old West”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

from: Gunsmoke – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So much for my insight. The whole Wikipedia article is quite interesting. I’ll probably listen to a few more on my commute.<\/p>\n

The gif is from the trailer of Cowboy (Delmer Daves, 1958)<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the more unorthodox westerns of the 1950s, Cowboy is also one of the best.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Seems like the stereotype of cowboy movies is a bit more complex than I though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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