Episode 494 - Let's Get Away From It All (Let George Do It, Philip Marlowe, & Barrie Craig)
Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
Jack Mooney
4.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2022
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
It's summertime, but the living isn't easy for these radio detectives. All they want is a little vacation, but murder and mayhem pop up as uninvited guests and turn their getaways into cases. First, George Valentine hooks a corpse instead of a fish in "The Empress of Fish Falls" from Let George Do It (originally aired on Mutual on August 22, 1949). Then, Philip Marlowe is roped into solving a murder at a ranch in "The Dude from Manhattan" (originally aired on CBS on July 2, 1949). Finally, Barrie Craig is on a train to the mountains when he meets a beautiful woman and finds a dead body in "Death Buys a Bedroom" (originally aired on NBC on July 27, 1954).
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| 0:00.0 | Get this and get it straight. |
| 0:02.0 | Crime is a suckers road, |
| 0:04.0 | and those who travel it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave. |
| 0:07.0 | The story you are about to hear is true, only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. |
| 0:18.0 | The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective. |
| 0:22.0 | The Adventures of the Saints starring Vincent Prize |
| 0:25.4 | Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account |
| 0:30.6 | America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator. |
| 0:33.0 | Yours truly, Johnny Deller. the Hello and welcome to down these mean streets where this week we're joining three old |
| 1:00.9 | time radio detectives on vacation or at least attempts at a vacation |
| 1:07.0 | because for these gumshoes crime never takes a holiday. Up first is Bob Bailey in the Empress of Fish Falls |
| 1:16.3 | from Let George do it. This one originally aired on Mutual on August 22nd |
| 1:22.1 | 1949. |
| 1:23.7 | It finds George Valentine and his policeman pal |
| 1:26.7 | Lieutenant Riley enjoying some fishing on their vacation. |
| 1:30.7 | George's Secretary Brooksy is on hand to share some of the mail that's been piling up back at the office, |
| 1:37.0 | letters from prospective clients for George. |
| 1:40.0 | But their day out on the water hits a snag when instead of a fish, they hook a little person |
| 1:46.7 | floating in the water with three bullets in his back, Francis Robinson is Brooksea, |
| 1:52.4 | and Wally Mayer as lieutenant Riley. |
| 1:55.3 | Also in the cast are Howard McNear, Alan Reed, Ed Max, and Verna Felton. |
| 2:01.2 | The script is by Jackson Gillis and David Victor and Don Clark directed. |
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