A thrill-packed story written by George and Gertrude Fass and adapted by Mort Fine and David Friedkin with Elliott Lewis directing. A convergence of talent that also stars screen actor, Joseph Cotten (right) in a well acted understated role as Micky Manning. Manning is trying to clear his name but finds himself a scapegoat in a crime with some interesting… (more…)
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Welcome back to another new year of the Radio Detective Story Hour now beginning ten years. As promised from the previous podcast, I am presenting a rarely heard audition of what became a three-year radio police procedural called The Line-Up. This audition is identified in the drama as Police Line-Up though that was a working title. The series was one… (more…)
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Another great Dan Duryea performance about a small town and a city newspaper which go after the criminal element. The film is based upon a Craig Rice story. The author has been featured here before in radio adapatations.
A Christmas gift – one of my favorite police detective series is Broadway Is My Beat with Larry Thor as Danny Clover and Charles Calvert (right) as Sgt. Tataglia. The series had at least one Christmas themed episode which is offered here in this last podcast of 2014. Enjoy and Merry Christmas. Music under is “New York at Christmas” sung… (more…)
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I made some more changes to the site and it now looks as it always has in the past. The location of the sound files are still in a new location, but it should be transparent to what you see on the site. Hopefully, this will resolve some of the issues, some of you have noticed. As always, let me… (more…)
A well-constructed radio play by veteran scripter E. Jack Neuman and based on a Pulp fiction piece by Ward and John Hawkins. A rare convergence of talented radio people in E. Jack Neuman, William Spier, Norman MacDonnell, Ward and John Hawkins make this a must listen. And a great performance by Alan Ladd and a veteran cast of radio actors.… (more…)
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I am trying a different delivery system for my podcast. For some time, it was delivered with the help of an outside service, but I wanted to be less dependent upon it. I have the last two podcasts using a different method which appears to be working as I haven’t heard of any issues. If you listen directly from this… (more…)
A visit to an NBC series which had several actors portraying British Police Inspector Peter Black as he fought crime the old fashioned way. This series, Pursuit, began life as an audition called The Hunters. After the series initial left the air, it returned as a summer replacement for the Gene Autry Show, but starring a new actor, the veteran… (more…)
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Several Podcasts ago, I featured a series called O’Hara. My explanation contained what I knew of the series at the time and consequently, several errors. Since then, I was contacted by Stewart Wright who has researched the series. The copy I had featured Jack Moyles in the role. He later left the series and Stacy Harris took over. This podcast… (more…)
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Fiction and film has its “Cop Noir” stories. Writers from the pulps wrote often in a cop noir style and radio followed. This time a look at the “cop noir” and a particular author whose work was adapted to radio often. The Cop Noir is a popular sub-genre with films like the new TV series Gotham to older film noirs… (more…)
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