HARD BOILED RADIO

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, April 8, 2000

RICHARD DIAMOND, PRIVATE DETECTIVE (3¬16-51) Dick Powell stars as Diamond with Ed Begley as Lt. Levinson and Virginia Gregg as Helen Asher. A madman threatens to blow up City Hall unless the Mayor jumps off the building. Sustaining, NBC. (28 min)

ADVENTURES OF PHILIP MARLOWE (1-8-49) “The Restless Day” starring Gerald Mohr as Marlowe with Edgar Barrier, Virginia Gregg, John Dehner, Jack Moyles. A cosmetics manufacturer is convinced he’s the victim of a murder attempt. Sustaining, CBS. (30 min)

CANDY MATSON (1950) “Symphony of Death” starring Natalie Masters as Candy, a tough and beautiful San Francisco private de-tective who tries to help a composer who is waiting to die. Sustaining, NBC West Coast. (28 min)

THE FAT MAN (1-17-51) “The Nightmare Murder” stars J. Scott Smart as Brad Runyon. A mystery writer hires the Fat Man to find out whether or not he -the writer- is a murderer. Buick, ABC. (29 min)

PAT NOVAK FOR HIRE 14-16-49) Jack Webb is Novak, a San Francisco waterfront trouble-shooter. Novak becomes the prime suspect in a murder case. Cast includes Raymond Burr as Inspector Hellman and Tudor Owen as Jocko Madigan. AFRS rebroadcast. (30 min)

ADVENTURES OF SAM SPADE (6-19-49) “The Apple of Eve Caper” starring Howard Duff. Sam gets knocked out while trying to prevent two “ladies” from fighting. Lurene Tuttle is Effie. Wildroot Cream Oil, CBS. (28 min).