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GIL DOUD




Prairie Mean Time


          Gil Doud wrote many an episode for many a radio show, 
but only one for radio Gunsmoke--'Gunshot Wound,' 
which aired on October 14, 1956. 
If the "I'm dead already but still alive, tick-tick-tick, 
I don't have much time left, but I'll spend it wreaking revenge" idea 
reminds you of the 1949 movie D.O.A., 
note that Gil Doud worked with its director in the 1953 movie Forbidden. 
Protagonists may die, but Hollywood concepts remain alive. 
          What distinguishes Gil Doud from the other original Gunsmoke writers 
is that he's the one who met with most success in theatrical movies, 
just as Virginia Christine holds that asterisk among the actors. 
He shares writing credits in three fairly big movies: 
Thunder Bay (1953) starring James Stewart and directed by Anthony Mann, 
Saskatchewan (1954) starring Alan Ladd and directed by Raoul Walsh, 
and To Hell and Back (1955) starring Audie Murphy as Audie Murphy. 
          There were also four not-as-popular movies, 
including one where Audie Murphy played not himself 
but real life Indian agent John P. Clum, 
possibly the only Indian agent ever who didn't patronize the Indians, 
take advantage of them, and bilk the U.S. government. 




          Gil Doud wrote one episode of Gunsmoke's 
sibling radio show Fort Laramie-- 
'Lost Child,'  which aired April 1, 1956. 




          He also adapted five John Meston original Gunsmoke radio scripts 
to television: 

September 22, 1956                  Custer 
November 24, 1956                  The Mistake 
February 2, 1957                       Executioner 
February 23, 1957                     Skid Row 
April 27, 1957                            What the Whiskey Drummer Heard 






          For the radio series Suspense, Gil Doud wrote several westerns:  
one downright awful episode--'The Love and Death Of Joaquin Murietta'; 
and three superlative ones--'The Hunting Of Bob Lee,'  'The Spencer Brothers,' 
and 'A Killing In Abilene' (co-written with Antony Ellis, and produced twice).  






          Co-writers Paul Dudley and Gil Doud wrote the audition 
of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar which aired on December 7, 1948.  
With Dudley and by himself, Doud went on to write a good number 
of episodes for Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar in the next five years.  
One of the actors who played Johnny Dollar was Edmond O'Brien, 
who played the main character in D.O.A. 




September 16, 2005 






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