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. the Hello and welcome to down these mean streets where this week we're heading around the

world with some old-time radio detectives and crime fighters.

Normally on this podcast, our bead is the big city, the domain of cops and hard-boiled private eyes.

But today, we're breaking out our passport for three international adventures from the radio era.

First, we're off to Cairo for a mystery starring nightclub owner and amateur adventurer

Rocky Jordan. Jack Moiles stars as Rocky, a man cut from the same cloth as

Casablanca's Rick Blaine in Quest for Tornina, originally aired on

CBS on October 16, 1949.

Rocky witnesses a kidnapping on the streets of Cairo. 1949. wielded by the kidnapper. The next day he sees that the abducted young woman was the daughter of one of Cairo's wealthiest and most prominent citizens,

and so Rocky lends a reluctant hand to help the police catch the culprit.

Jay Novello plays Sergeant Sam Sabaya, Rocky's friendly foil on the police force.

Now, Novello isn't an actor that I talk about a lot. I think it's

because he isn't a series star so he doesn't come up as often as some of the others we hear.

You're Gerald Moore, Bob Bailey, and Howard Duff. But even though he didn't have

leading roles, Novello provided so many great supporting performances on tons of shows, including his work here as

Sabaya and Rocky Jordan. Novella was a master of accents and dialects, so he was always in demand if a show was set overseas.

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