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Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Ep.367 The Adventures Of Philip Marlowe: The Dark Tunnel

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

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

4.8588 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2023

⏱️ 32 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 Dark Tunnel: A beautiful girl and a disfiguring fire...and it only starts with a guy getting beat up in an alley. Originally aired August 18th, 1950. Support the show

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to another episode of nostalgic mystery radio.

0:22.0

I'm your host Stevie Kay.

0:23.9

And that's my honor to bring you the radio shows at yesteryear.

0:27.3

For this episode, I bring you The Adventures of Philip Marlow, episode titled The Dark Tunnel, originally aired August 18th, 1950. A beautiful girl and a disfiguring fire,

0:41.8

and it only starts with a guy getting beat up in an alley. So sit back and relax, and I hope you

0:49.2

enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio. Thank you for listening. Get this and get it straight.

1:03.7

Crime is a sucker's road.

1:05.4

Those who travel had wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave.

1:08.3

There's no other end, but they never learn.

1:12.3

From the pen of Raymond Chandler,

1:14.0

outstanding author of crime fiction,

1:15.6

comes his most famous character in

1:17.3

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe.

1:32.6

Now with Gerald Moore starred as Philip Marlowe,

1:36.0

we bring you tonight's exciting story, The Dark Tunnel. The Dark Tunnel.

1:57.3

The... So, after being hitched one month, Molo, 30 days, where am I?

1:57.9

I don't know.

1:58.4

Where are you?

2:19.0

Out in a cold, and with enough unpaid bills, Molo to choke an elephant, fur coat, hat, shoes, dresses the works. Furthermore, she tells me it's only the beginning, sweetie pie. Yeah, well, that's tough, Louis. I'll see you. Huh? Hey, hold on another Scotch, Marl? Oh, no. It's only 10 o'clock. One for the road on me, huh? Now, listen. Hey, Mike, Johnny Walker twice. Okay. Unless, of course, I'm bending your ear too much, Phil.

2:21.3

Oh. Oh, no. It's only 10 o'clock. One for the road on me, huh? Now, listen. Hey, Mike, Johnny Walker twice.

2:18.5

Okay.

2:19.0

Unless, of course, I'm bending your ear too much, Phil.

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