Episode 629 - Pinch of Basil (New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes & Cavalcade of America)

Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

Jack Mooney

Arts, Performing Arts, Mystery, Detectives, Old, Radio, Time, Tv & Film, Oldtimeradio

4.6 • 982 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2025

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

We’re tipping our deerstalker cap to Basil Rathbone in celebration of his June 13th birthday. Of course, we’ll hear him as Sherlock Holmes in three old time radio adventures from Baker Street - “Murder in the Casbah” (originally aired on Mutual on December 3, 1945), “The Indiscretion of Mr. Edwards” (originally aired on Mutual on February 4, 1946), and “The Adventure of the Uneasy Easy Chair” (originally aired on Mutual on May 13, 1946). Plus, he plays John Adams in his pre-presidential days as a lawyer defending British soldiers involved in the infamous Boston Massacre. We’ll hear Rathbone in “John Yankee” from The Cavalcade of America (originally aired on NBC on August 29, 1950).

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0:00.0	Get this and get it straight.
0:02.1	Crime is a sucker's road.
0:03.9	And those who travel
0:04.6	it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave.
0:12.3	The story you were about to hear is true.
0:15.2	Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
0:18.6	The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective.
0:21.7	The Adventures of the Saints,
0:23.5	starring Vincent Price.
0:25.5	Bob Bailey, in the exciting adventures
0:27.7	of the man with the action-packed expense account.
0:30.6	America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator...
0:33.4	Yours truly, Johnny Dollar.
1:04.5	... Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. Hello and welcome to Down These Mean Streets, with more old-time radio detectives and crime solvers.
1:11.6	This week, we're tipping our Deer Stalker Cap to the great Basil Rathbone. He was born June 13, 1892, and played many wonderful roles over his long career,
1:18.6	including dastardly villains, like Sergei of Gisburn in the Adventures of Robin Hood.
1:23.6	But he'll forever be best remembered as Sherlock Holmes, and for many his remains the definitive
1:31.1	portrayal of the character. Rathbone, along with Nigel Bruce, as Dr. Watson, starred his
1:37.5	Holmes in 14 films and hundreds of radio episodes between 1939 and 1946.
1:46.3	And for our birthday celebration today, we'll hear three of his appearances as the legendary
1:52.0	detective.
1:53.6	First up is Murder in the Casbah from December 3rd, 1945, an adventure that takes Holmes
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