Episode 671 - Double Duty Detectives: Tom Conway (Sherlock Holmes & The Saint)

Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

Jack Mooney

Arts, Performing Arts, Tv & Film

4.5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2026

⏱️ 127 minutes

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Summary

For June, we're spotlighting stars who played multiple detectives on the air and our first leading man is Tom Conway. In 1946, he took over the deerstalker cap from Basil Rathbone on The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and in 1951, he donned Simon Templar's halo as Vincent Price's replacement on The Saint. We'll hear Conway as Holmes - with Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson - in "The Darlington Substitution" (originally aired on ABC on January 4, 1947) and "The Adventure of the Scarlet Worm" (originally aired on ABC on March 24, 1947). Then, he's the Saint in "The Children's Crusade" (originally aired on NBC on May 27, 1951) and "No, My Darling Daughter" (originally aired on NBC on July 15, 1951).

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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.
1:03.1	... Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. Hello and welcome to Down These Mean Streets and more old-time radio detectives and crime solvers.
1:13.5	This month, we're featuring actors who played multiple detectives on the air, and our first star is Tom Conway, the British actor who logged stints on radio as both Sherlock Holmes and The Saint.
1:19.0	Today, Tom Conway may be best known for his performances in some of the classic horror movies
1:24.3	from the cycle produced by the great Val Luton, including cat people, and
1:28.8	I Walked with a Zombie.
1:30.9	Also on the big screen, Conway played the Falcon in a series of B movies.
1:36.0	Technically, he played the Falcon's brother, who took over the title when the original
1:41.0	Falcon was killed, and in reality, Tom Conway took over the role from his brother, actor George Sanders, who was ready to give up the part.
1:50.6	Conway went on to star in ten Falcon movies.
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