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Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Ep.342 The Adventures Of Sam Spade: The Revenge Of Monty Cristoff

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

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

4.8588 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The Adventures of Sam Spade was a suspense/detective radio show starring Howard Duff in the colorful title role along with Lurene Tuttle as his secretary Effie. It was based on the private detective character created by Dashiell Hammett, well-known from the book and movie The Maltese Falcon. The show ran from 1946 to 1951. Duff was replaced by Steve Dunne in later episodes. The Revenge Of Monty Christoff: Tales of society skullduggery. A modern story of revenge, stolen rig...

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Hello and welcome to another episode of Nostalgia Mystery Radio.

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I'm your host Stevie Kay, and it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yastad.

0:26.5

For this episode, I bring you The Adventures of Sam Spade, episode titled, The Revenge of Monte Cristov, originally aired March 30th, 1951, Tales of Society's Skullugery, a modern story

0:41.8

of revenge, stolen right out of the pages of Alexander Dumas. So sit back and relax, and I hope

0:50.0

you enjoy the Stostolic Mystery Radio. Thank you for listening. Company presents the adventures of Sam Spade, Detective.

1:21.8

Sam Spade, Agency.

1:22.8

Me, sweetheart.

1:26.7

Sam! I heard you were hobnobbing with a wealthy set of our city.

1:45.7

If what I was doing is their idea of hobnobbing, F, I'm glad I'm in the lower income brackets. What do you mean? What happened? I will only reveal that Fee in the intimate secrecy of our office. Was it that bad? Worse, F. emotions ran amuck. Passions were strewn from fishermen's wharf to the peninsula. Hatreds festooned the very air. And there was jealousy, too. It was positively lurid, as they say. Do you think it's

1:53.3

all right for me to hear it? Well, I'll expurgate it a little F. I'll water it down to your

1:59.4

strength. I'll use monosyllabic instead of polysyllabic words, and so on. Now, Sam, I want you to tell me everything you think I should hear, and then just a little more. It's a deal, F. Prepare yourself for listening, and I will shortly make my entrance with a saga of society's skullduggery, the lowdown and the uptown and all that.

2:18.4

Now, if we need a name for it, why not call it the Vendetta Caper?

2:22.3

Or, the revenge of Monty Christoph.

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Transcribe for NBC, William Spear, Radio's outstanding producer-director of mystery and crime drama,

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brings you the greatest private detective of them all.

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In the Adventures of Sam Spade.

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You don't have to call, Sam. I'm right here.

2:50.0

Let me take your coat.

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Well, if he isn't this sufficient of you.

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Now, be quiet and give me a coat.

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All right, thank you.

2:57.7

Now, I've oiled your chair so it won't squeak.

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