Friday's Favorite OTR

Gunsmoke: “Shakespeare” 8/23/52

Hans Conried breaks your heart as a down-and-out itinerate actor who may be guilty of murder.

Conried’s great performance is matched by the Ray Kemper and Bill James, perhaps the best sound effects guys in the business at the time. At one point in the story, Dillon is tracking Conried’s character through the streets of Dodge City. Kemper and James use the basic sounds of footsteps and jingling spurs to build up  remarkable level of suspense.

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