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

The story you were 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 where this week we're catching up with some of the best of the old-time radio

private detectives. It's been a while since we rubbed elbows with these gumshoes

so I've decided to devote this week's show to revisiting some old favorites.

We'll open with Gerald Moore's Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlow in his third radio outing as the Los Angeles Private Eye.

We'll hear more as Marlow in the Panama Hat originally aired on CBS on October 10th, 1948.

Marlow is on the hunt for a mysterious man clad in the titular headwear,

one who may be threatening the life of his new client's husband.

The cast includes Jacqueline DeWitt, Lou Krugman, Shepard Menkin,

and Wilms Herbert, who will hear again later today.

We'll also hear Jeff Corey, who had a recurring role on the series as

Lieutenant Ibarra, Marlow's friend on the force.

Corey was a busy radio actor whose career took a hit in the early 50s after he was

blacklisted.

He began working on screen again in the early 60s.

Personally, I always think of him for his brief but memorable role

as Sheriff Bledso, the friendly lawman in Butch

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