GREAT RADIO DETECTIVES

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, October 4, 1986

RICHARD DIAMOND, PRIVATE DETECTIVE (1-12-51) Dick Powell stars as Diamond with Arthur Q. Brian as Lt. Levinson. The wife of a man sent to prison by Diamond comes to the detective for help. Camel Cigarettes, ABC. (14:00; 15:00)

THE FAT MAN (1940s) J. Scott Smart stars as Brad Rynyon who tips the scales at 239 pounds. A woman hires Runyon to prevent a second murder in the same house. Sustaining, ABC. (12:10; 13:07)

CALLING ALL DETECTIVES (11-22-48) Paul Barnes stars as detective Jerry Browning and all the other characters in this adventure. Spilled salt sends a murderer to the chair. (8:00)

ADVENTURES OF PHILLIP MARLOWE (8-18-50) Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s famous private eye in The Dark Tunnel.” Sustaining, CBS. (16:20; 14:25)

YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR (6-15-50) “The Arrowcraft Matter” stars Edmund O’Brien as “the man with the action-packed expense account, America’s fabulous free-lance insurance investi­gator.” High-priced cabin cruisers are sinking at Newport Beach, California. Wrigley’s Gum, CBS. (14:55; 14:05)

CALLING ALL DETECTIVES (11-24-48) Paul Barnes is detective Jerry Browning, whose services are sought after by two rival stamp collectors. (7:49)

ADVENTURES OF SAM SPADE (12-15-50) Steven Dunn stars as Dashiell Hammett’s private detec­tive with Lurene Tuttle as Effie Perrine, Spade’s secretary. Sam investigates “The 25/1235679 Caper” or “The Russian’s Number is Up!” Sustain­ing, NBC. (14:20; 13:30)