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  • The Old Time Radio's Greatest Detectives, Collection 1

  • By: Black Eye Entertainment
  • Narrated by: full cast
  • Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (27 ratings)

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The Old Time Radio's Greatest Detectives, Collection 1

By: Black Eye Entertainment
Narrated by: full cast
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Publisher's summary

The Golden Age of Radio had incredible detective shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars voicing fiction’s most famous gumshoes. This collection includes Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade searching for the Black Bird in The Maltese Falcon in a radio adaptation that co-starred the original film cast of Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre. You’ll hear Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Holmes and Watson on The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Jack Webb as Los Angeles Sgt. Joe Friday on Dragnet and as San Francisco private eye Pat Novak on Pat Novak, for Hire. Tune in to Dick Kollmar starring as 'enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend' on Boston Blackie, Dick Powell as hard-boiled gumshoe Richard Rogue on Rogue’s Gallery. Listen as William Gargan voices suave Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, John Lund fills out another expense account on Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar and many more!

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 11/26/45 “The Accidental Murderess” w/ Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce

The Fat Man 7/8/46 “The Black Angel” w/ J. Scott Smart

Boston Blackie 4/15/47 “The Phonograph Murder” w/ Dick Kollmar

Dragnet 11/10/53 “The Big Kid” w/ Jack Webb

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 12/5/52 “The James Clayton Matter” w/ John Lund

Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator 4/6/54 “The Schemers” w/ William Gargan

Broadway Is My Beat 8/5/51 “The Howard Crawford Case” w/ Larry Thor

The Adventures of Ellery Queen 11/7/45 “The Message in Red” w/ Sydney Smith

The Screen Guild Theater 9/20/42 “The Maltese Falcon” w/ Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre

Bulldog Drummond 6/16/48 “Death in the Deep” w/ Ned Weaver

Rogue’s Gallery 6/30/46 “Lady With a Gun” w/ Dick Powell

Pat Novak, For Hire 4/9/49 “Sam Tolliver” w/ Jack Webb

Public Domain (P)2018 CBS Broadcasting, Inc., all rights reserved.
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A nice collection of fun, enjoyable & interesting detective stories from the golden age of radio.

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Great detective stories

I really enjoy the OTR detective stories from yester-year. The whole family can enjoy programs.

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