Proudly We Hail: Follow that Man (EP4950s)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 April 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 29, 1950
Originating in New York
Starring: Lee Tracy as Clint Flint, Miriam Wolfe, Bill Lipton, Joe DeSantis
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| 0:00.0 | The Welcome to our 4,950th episode special. |
| 0:34.5 | From Boise, Idaho, this is your host, Adam Graham. Before we get started, I want to |
| 0:41.4 | encourage you, if you are enjoying the program, to please follow us using your favorite podcast |
| 0:48.0 | software. Well, we're turning to a series that we visited a few times, the only ones on the great detectives of old-time |
| 0:57.3 | radio. It is also featured on the amazing world of radio and even on the old-time radio snack wagon. |
| 1:06.1 | The series proudly we hailed had a very long and twisting history, during which it had multiple hosts. |
| 1:14.7 | It had a period where it was 15 minutes long, and it had a period where it was half an hour |
| 1:19.4 | long. It was produced sometimes in New York and sometimes in Hollywood. Today we're turning |
| 1:25.1 | to an era of the program that we've not visited. The program began with |
| 1:32.0 | C.P. McGregor, the prolific radio producer as the host of the program. But in late 1950, the |
| 1:41.3 | series shifted to New York, with Lee Tracy serving as host of the series shifted to New York with Lee Tracy |
| 1:45.6 | serving as host of the series |
| 1:48.6 | and also star of most episodes |
| 1:52.0 | including today's. The original air date on this one |
| 1:55.4 | is October 29th, 1950, |
| 1:58.7 | and the title is |
| 2:00.1 | Follow That Man. Music 1950 and the title is follow that man. |
| 2:05.7 | Proudly we hail. |
| 2:11.4 | And now for another proudly we hail, one of Radio's outstanding dramatic half-hours, starring Lee Tracy and presented transcribed by your Army and your Air Force. |
| 2:31.1 | From Radio City, New York, here is your host and star on Proudly We Hail, |
| 2:36.5 | the distinguished Broadway stage, screen, and radio star, Lee Tracy. |
| 2:42.2 | Thank you, Kenneth Bangheart, and hello, everyone. |
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