The Old Time Radio's Greatest Detectives, Collection 1

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