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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Philip Marlowe: The Good Neighbor Policy (Encore) (EP5018)

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Adam Graham

Performing Arts, Drama, Fiction, Arts

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Today's Mystery: A mix-up with his phone lines leads Marlowe to a snippy neighbor and a gun at his back.

Original Air Date: July 28, 1951

Starring Gerald Mohr as Philip Marlowe

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0:00.0

The Get this and get it straight.

0:30.1

I am on a summer recording break, and we are bringing you encore presentations of the

0:36.4

Philip Marlowe 1951 summer replacement series. As usual, any offers or information in this episode

0:44.8

may not be valid unless currently reflected on our great detectives of old-time radio

0:49.5

website. But here is today's episode. It happened like this.

0:56.9

Welcome to the Great Detactives of Old Time Radio. From Boise, Idaho, this is your host, Adam Graham.

1:05.3

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1:11.2

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1:21.5

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1:27.2

campaign with one-time donations. And I want to thank those who participated in our listener support campaign with one-time donations.

1:29.9

And I want to thank Stephen and also Kimber and Alloette.

1:36.5

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1:39.6

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1:43.2

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1:46.8

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1:51.7

Well, now it's time for today's episode of the Adventures of Philip Marlowe, the original

1:56.7

air day, July the 28th, 1951, and the title is The Good Neighbor Policy.

2:04.6

Get this and get it straight. Crime is a sucker's road. Those who travel

2:10.0

it wind up in the gutter, the prison of the grave. There's no other end, but they never

2:15.5

learn.

2:25.3

From the pen of Raymond Chandler, outstanding author of crime fiction, comes his most famous character in... The Adventures of Philip Marlowe.

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