21st Precinct
Drama
Drama
Straight Arrow.
Discover Straight Arrow on Heritage Radio Vault, a classic Western radio adventure. Frontier dangers, urgent decisions and the demands of protecting others give these stories their momentum. Discover the programme Enjoy the sound and pace of vintage adventure radio. Listen for the moment a threat becomes immediate, and for the choices that separate a bold promise from a difficult act of bravery.
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Straight Arrow: Programme Guide.
A rancher’s hidden identity turns a Western danger into a rescue mission. Straight Arrow follows Steve Adams, a Comanche man raised by a ranching family, and the heroic identity he adopts when trouble threatens.
Broadcast history.
The juvenile adventure began in California in 1948 and reached Mutual nationally in 1949, continuing into 1951. Nabisco Shredded Wheat sponsored it, with associated premiums extending its fictional world beyond the broadcast.
Cast and creative team.
Howard Culver plays both Adams and Straight Arrow. Sheldon Stark writes and Ted Robertson directs; Tom Hanley and Ray Kemper supply sound effects. The two identities are one character rather than two independent leading actors.
Where to begin.
Long Summer · Faithful Blackfoot
These available recordings offer an introduction to this collection. Their current publication dates are separate from historical broadcast dates.
An interesting detail.
Preserved cereal-box inserts and other promotional objects show how closely radio adventures could be tied to everyday products. They are evidence of the programme’s marketing as well as objects in its audience’s childhood.
Listening appeal.
Try Long Summer or Faithful Blackfoot. Listen for how the secret-identity device changes what the surrounding characters understand about the action.
Collection and date notes.
HRV lists 20 public recordings. The stories reflect the Western conventions and representations of their production period. Current podcast dates describe later archive publication, separately from original broadcast dates.
Sources.
Choose your next episode.
20 public recordings in this programme. Catalogue order is not a verified original broadcast chronology.
20 episodes available.
Questions about Straight Arrow.
Do two actors play Steve Adams and Straight Arrow?
Culver plays both identities.
Is this the complete original run?
The twenty recordings are a surviving selection.
