Get this and get it straight. Crime is a suckers road and those who travel it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave.

The story you are about to hear is true, only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective.

The Adventures of the Saints starring Vincent Prize

Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account

America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator.

Yours truly, Johnny Deller. And the Hello and welcome to Down These Mean Streets and more old-time radio tales of mystery and murder.

After last year's COVID-19 induced hiatus,

the summer movie Season is Back.

Trips to the theater were one of the things I missed most during the last 16 months,

and I'm thrilled that new movies are coming out,

and theaters are open once again for business. So this week to

celebrate I've programmed a double feature right here on the show with two radio

recreations of classic film noir dramas.

During the golden age of radio, listeners could hear their favorite feature films dramatized

on shows like Academy Award, Screen Directors Playhouse, and the Lux

Radio Theater, often with the movie's original stars reprising their roles. The first film on the build today is Crossfire in a 60

minute adaptation of the 1947 film that was adapted from Richard Brooks' 1945 novel, The Brick Fox Hole.

The movie starred Robert Young, Robert Mitcham, Robert Ryan, and Gloria Graham, with Ryan and

Graham picking up Oscar nods for their performances.

This adaptation aired on suspense on April 10th, 1948. It came during a period of a 60-minute format for Radio's Outstanding Theater of Thrills.

Crossfire tells the story of a murder and the parallel investigations of a police detective and a soldier who wants to clear a friend he feels has been wrongfully accused of the crime.

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