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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Sam Spade: The Prodigal Daughter Caper (EP4041)

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Adam Graham

Fiction, Arts, Drama, Performing Arts

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Today's Mystery:Sam is hired to break up a romance between the daughter of a wealthy man and a disreputable night club owner.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 28, 1949

Originated From Hollywood

Starred Howard Duff as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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Welcome to the great

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and also become one of our ongoing Patreon supporters for as little as $2 per month. Just go over to

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patreon.greatdetectives.net. Well, now it is time for this week's adventure with Sam Spade.

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The original air date, August 28, 1949, and the title is the prodigal daughter-caper.

1:34.9

The adventures of Sam Spade Detective brought to you by Wild Root Cremoyle Heratonic,

1:40.6

an on-alcoholic heratonic that contains lettalins, Wild Root Cremoyle, again, and women and children too.

1:53.2

Sam Spade Detective Agency?

2:00.0

Me, sweetheart. Oh, Sam, you must be telepathy. I was just thinking of you. You know, sometimes I think I can tell what you're thinking.

2:07.6

Absolute vision of my privacy. Oh, when two people are as close as you and I, I think that often you can almost read one another's mind.

2:14.8

Well, you may be right. I can see what you're doing all the way from here. What?

2:18.3

Those payback clips back when you're fine. Oh, exactly same. Oh, not that.

2:22.6

You purly and pencils obscured when the race is perfect stationary.

2:26.5

Filps stands for your personal use. I don't want to write to mother when there's nothing else to do around the office.

2:31.6

Sam Spade's making uniform calls and charging them to me. You've tapped a penny cash throw at the lunch money.

2:36.7

And you've been filling your pen with company eight.

2:39.6

I did think you'd mind, Sam. I'll pay it all back.

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But I have a big heart and bond with compassion. Say we are, sweetheart. I'll be down on my unlimited generosity.

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