Get this and get it straight.

Crime is a sucker's road.

And those who travel

it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave.

The story you were 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 Saint,

starring Vincent Price.

Bob Bailey, in the exciting adventures

of the man with the action-packed expense account.

America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator...

Yours truly, Johnny Dollar.

... Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. Hello and welcome to Down These Mean Streets with more old-time radio detectives and crime solvers. Our month-long series of Hollywood leading men who also played radio detectives continues today with Dana Andrews,

the steely star of dramas like Laura, where the sidewalk ends and the best years of our lives.

Andrews starred on radio in the syndicated series, I was a communist for the FBI, which still may be my all-time

favorite title of any radio show. The program was very loosely based on the real-life

exploits of Matt Sevedic, who infiltrated the Communist Party and reported on its activities to the Bureau.

But while the real Cevetic was better at building his own legend than actually gaining any real intelligence,

the Radiocevedic risked life and limb each week to save the U.S. from nefarious communist plots.

Now, you may have noticed something about Mr. Andrews and our last two

stars, Humphrey Bogart and Alan Ladd. All of them starred in syndicated series. Now, there were shows

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