Episode 501 - Federal Agent Express (FBI in Peace and War, This is Your FBI, & I Was a Communist for the FBI)
Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
Jack Mooney
4.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2022
⏱️ 96 minutes
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Summary
Old time radio's G-men are on the case in three shows starring FBI agents. First, we'll hear "The Crack-Up" from The FBI in Peace and War (originally aired on CBS on September 14, 1950). Then, Stacy Harris stars as Agent Taylor in "The Unhappy Hijacker" from This is Your FBI (originally aired on ABC on July 18, 1947). Finally, Matt Cvetic tries to keep his cover from being blown in I Was a Communist for the FBI. Dana Andrews stars as Cvetic in the syndicated episode "Kangaroo Court."
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| 0:00.0 | 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. |
| 0:07.0 | The story you were 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 and more old-time radio |
| 0:59.6 | detectives and crime fighters. |
| 1:02.6 | This week we're joining the dedicated fictional agents of the FBI who captured America's |
| 1:08.3 | most wanted criminals during the golden age of radio. |
| 1:12.1 | Bank robbers, hijackers, spies, and kidnappers |
| 1:15.6 | didn't stand a chance when they went up against the gmen |
| 1:19.2 | from these three radio shows. |
| 1:22.0 | We'll start with the FBI in Peace and War, inspired by Frederick |
| 1:27.0 | Lewis Collins' 1943 book of the same name. The radio series premiered in 1944 and it aired until |
| 1:35.0 | 1958. When it first went on the air, John Archer |
| 1:39.6 | starred as Special Agent Andrews, but when he won the role of the Shadow, he hung up his G-Man badge, |
| 1:47.0 | and actor Martin Blaine stepped in as the show's new leading man, Agent Shepard. |
| 1:52.0 | He's the agent will follow and the episode |
| 1:55.0 | we'll hear today. Unlike most of the shows we listen to on this podcast, the |
| 1:59.7 | FBI and Peace and War was recorded in New York, so it was a different pool of actors who filled |
| 2:05.8 | roles on the series. |
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