Episode 651 - Leading Men of Mystery: Humphrey Bogart (Bold Venture & Humphrey Bogart Presents)
Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
Jack Mooney
4.6 • 982 Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2026
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
We continue our spotlight series of Hollywood heavy hitters who put in time as radio detectives. This week, it's a legend of classic cinema - Humphrey Bogart, star of Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, The African Queen, and so many more iconic films. Bogart headlined Bold Venture, a syndicated mystery-adventure series set in the tropics. His co-star was no less than his real-life wife, Lauren Bacall. We'll hear a pair of syndicated Bold Venture mysteries - "The Tears of Siva," "The Mystery of the Mary K." Plus, Bogie stars in the audition for what would have been his own anthology drama Humphrey Bogart Presents. In this audition recording, Bogart hosts and appears in an adaptation of James M. Cain's story "Dead Man."
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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 Saint, |
| 0:23.4 | 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. |
| 1:01.7 | ... Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. Hello and welcome to Down These Mean Streets with more old-time radio detectives and crime solvers. |
| 1:14.5 | Today we continue our month-long series of Hollywood leading men who also did stints as radio detectives. And our star today portrayed two of the most iconic private eyes in movie history. In addition to his legendary performances in |
| 1:20.2 | Casablanca and the African Queen, Humphrey Bogart is the only actor to play both Philip |
| 1:25.9 | Marlow and Sam Spade on screen. Now you'd think an actor like Humphrey Bogart is the only actor to play both Philip Marlow and Sam Spade on screen. |
| 1:29.1 | Now, you'd think an actor like Humphrey Bogart wouldn't have the time or the inclination |
| 1:34.0 | to star in a weekly radio series. |
| 1:36.9 | But thanks to syndication, an accommodating production schedule, and a nice salary, |
| 1:43.3 | Bogart and his wife, Lauren B Bacall headlined Bold Venture, |
| 1:48.1 | a syndicated series set in Tropical Havana. |
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