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Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Ep.178 The Adventures Of Philip Marlowe: The Open Window

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

Detective, Fiction, Crime, Arts, Radio Show, Mystery, Tv & Film, Performing Arts, Drama, Old Time Radio

4.8588 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Get this and get it straight. Crime is a sucker's road and those who travel it wind up in the gutter, the prison or the grave. Philip Marlowe was Los Angeles's toughest detective in the groundbreaking series by Raymond Chandler that helped establish the "hard-boiled" detective subgenre. The Open Window: A beautiful girl with amnesia visits Marlowe and ends up getting pushed out of his window! Originally aired October 8th, 1949. Support the show

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0:00.0

Hello, and welcome to another episode of Nostologic Mystery Radio.

0:21.4

I'm your host, Stevie K.

0:23.2

It's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesteryear.

0:26.4

For this episode, I bring you The Adventures of Philip Marlow, episode titled The Open Window,

0:32.2

originally aired October 8th, 1949.

0:36.0

For a beautiful girl, with amnesia, visits Marlowe and ends up getting pushed out of his window.

0:42.5

So sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio.

0:48.4

Thank you for listening.

0:52.5

Get this and get it straight.

0:54.6

Crime is a sucker's road, and those who travel had wind up in the gutter, the prison of the grave.

0:59.1

This started with a terrified woman lost in a maze of memories she couldn't explain.

1:03.3

And waiting for her outside an open window was dead.

1:08.0

From the fan of Raymond Chandler, outstanding author of crime fiction,

1:11.6

comes his most famous character in The Adventures of Philip Marlowe.

1:25.9

Now with our star, Gerald Moore, starred is Philip Marlowe.

1:29.7

We bring you tonight's exciting story, The Open Window.

1:50.0

California. California is a year-round kind of place,

1:53.8

where each day blends into the next with a sort of sunny indifference.

1:56.6

But the one just passed have been a little special.

2:00.6

It was the cool, crisp autumn weather that reminded you of the east,

2:05.1

where autumn meant kicking your way through knee-deep drifts of brown and yellow leaves,

2:08.8

along a rutted country road that hinted of adventure at every turn.

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