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Just go over to patreon.greatdetectives.net. Well now we get into the 1950

episodes of Sam Spade and in terms of the rest of Howard Duff's tenure on the

program, the pickings are thin. We actually only have three Howard Duff

episodes from 1950 and the first two of these are rehearsal recordings. Today's

program was a rehearsal of a program that would air on May the 21st of 1950 and

the title is The Red Omapola Caper.

Sam Spade Detective Agency? It's me, F, it's Carlos Salceda, the Mexican

consul call. No Sam. Well he will tell him it's not what we thought it was. The

whole everything I'll get to him as soon as I can. Yes Sam you sound so tired. Are

you all right? I am and I'm not. There were too many windmills to chase too much

language I didn't understand and much too much venguanzo which is Spanish for

vendetta which is English for vengeance and any language is dynamite with a short

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