EPISODE · May 15, 2021 · 29 MIN
TALES OF TEXAS RANGERS "Open Range"
from www.RADIOthen.network · host RAlan Campbell
Episode 8 aired August 26, 1950. Western film star Joel McCrea portrayed Ranger Jace Pearson in NBC's Tales of the Texas Rangers, covering "more than 260,000 square miles" of modern-day frontier with "50 men who make up the most famous and oldest law enforcement body in North America". Their job was to solve major crimes, using old-fashioned tracking techniques and psychological analysis. The series was produced and directed by Stacy Keach, Sr., and was sponsored for part of its run by Wheaties. The series was broadcast on NBC Radio from 1950 through 1952, and was later revived on television. The shows were reenactments of actual Texas Ranger cases.
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Episode 8 aired August 26, 1950. Western film star Joel McCrea portrayed Ranger Jace Pearson in NBC's Tales of the Texas Rangers, covering "more than 260,000 square miles" of modern-day frontier with "50 men who make up the most famous and oldest law enforcement body in North America". Their job was to solve major crimes, using old-fashioned tracking techniques and psychological analysis. The series was produced and directed by Stacy Keach, Sr., and was sponsored for part of its run by Wheaties. The series was broadcast on NBC Radio from 1950 through 1952, and was later revived on television. The shows were reenactments of actual Texas Ranger cases.
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