Vintage Radio Detectives

[Baron Kurtz]

btw. BBC7 is currently running a five part documentary (1 per week on thursdays) about the development of the hard boiled private eye, focussing on Sam Spade [edit: Spade this week, Philip Marlowe next week].

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[Baron Kurtz]

I certainly did not realise that the cast of the Maltese Falcon movie reprised their roles in front of a live radio audience ...

bk

 

[Katt in Hat]

Bob & Ray - Elliot & Goulding

Would run, "Mr. TraceKeener than Most Persons; from time to time.
They were so good, first
on radio and then TV.
Audry Meadows was a regular
on the TV show.
Before The Honeymooners, I think.