With another hour of mystery and crime from the Golden Age of Radio, this is case closed.

We'll begin this week with the adventures of Philip Marlowe and his story from August 25, 1950, titled The Collectors Item.

After that, it's Mystery House and Time to Kill.

That story aired June 21st, 1945.

Get this and get it straight.

Crime is a sucker's road,

and those who travel had wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave.

There's no other end, but they never learn.

From the pen of Raymond Chandler,

outstanding author of crime fiction,

comes his most famous character in

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe.

Now, with Gerald Moore starred as Philip Marlowe,

we bring you tonight's exciting story,

The Collectors Item. Music is Philip Marlow. We bring you tonight's exciting story, the collector's item.

They turn the corner, cabby, don't lose them.

Don't worry, mister. There they are up ahead of that new NASH. Uh-huh. And a white pan of my hat shows up to the back window that cab like a signboard. Besides, I've been doing okay so far, ain't I? We've stayed in his tail for 20 minutes now. Yeah, but I've been tagging the guy under that hat for six hours. Six hours. A movie, a Turkish bath, three bars, a restaurant, and two museums. Close the gap a little, huh? Whatever you say, mister? The libelous fattis. And how much long are you going to keep this up? What difference does it make as long as your flag's down? Big difference. My old lady the awful sore if I don't get home tonight. And the spot on leader routine looks like an endurance contest. Take it easy, cabby. At 10 o'clock tonight, a certain big deal will be closed, and then we can both forget about that guy up there and go home. Big deal. What kind of big deal? I ain't nosy, I just don't want no trouble.

You'll get no trouble.

It's approximately legal, ain't it?

Legal is Confederate money.

Confect?

Nah, just a minute.

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