Broadway's My Beat: The Russ Warner Murder Case (EP4998)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 26, 1952
Originated in Hollywood
Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, and Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan.Featured in the cast were Mary Jane Croft as Laurie Hayden, Anthony Barrett as Joe Hayden, Jack Moyles, Hal March, and Herb Butterfield.
Produced and directed by Elliott Lewis.
Musical score composed and conducted by Alexander Courage.
Announcer: Bill Anders.
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| 0:00.0 | The Welcome to the great detectives of old time radio from Boise, Idaho. |
| 0:35.7 | This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we're going to bring you this |
| 0:40.4 | week's episode of Broadway's My Beat. But first, I want to encourage you if you're enjoying the |
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| 1:13.2 | But now, from January Square to Columbus Circle, |
| 1:35.6 | the gaudiest, the most violent, the lonesomest mile in the world. |
| 1:44.0 | Broadway's My Beat, with Larry Thor as detective Danny Clover. |
| 1:52.2 | The winds of January begin their unraveling, and Broadway shivers in doorways, submits to the |
| 2:02.6 | lingering cold touch of their passing without regret, huddling against it, turning it back to |
| 2:07.9 | it, but the wilderness of steel and stone, draped with glitter, whispers on the darkness. |
| 2:13.3 | And Broadway tries again, ventures out, digs down, finds the currency of nighttime. Once more lays its bets against the dealers of night. Neon is the red and black is the shadows and the numbers of rooms. Free flights up into the hall where a smile waits, or a tear. It's spinning, kid. Make your play. This could be it. And the dealers pay off in another way. |
| 2:42.0 | The man who wipes his hands in a bar apron offers you one. You'd ever been here before. You |
| 2:47.4 | wouldn't say this was the same place mister this time and night other nights |
| 2:51.5 | my little place of business is alive teeming with frolic what changed it tonight |
| 2:56.8 | the frolicers was driven away yeah i can see that come on wait what i got for you in the |
| 3:02.4 | back room just wait the thing to see. |
| 3:10.9 | My back room, my cribbage room. |
| 3:12.9 | Ain't it a shambles, mister? |
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