The Falcon: Murder is a Bad Bluff (EP4257)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 1, 1948
Originating from New York
Starring: Les Tremayne as The Falcon; Joe DeSantis
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| 1:36.0 | little as two dollars per month just go to Patreon. Great detectives dot net. Well now we're getting into the Les Tremain era on the Falcon. According to newspaper logs, Tremain took over the role of the Falcon on August 5th, 1947 and continued through 1949. |
| 2:00.0 | Les Damon was confirmed to be the lead as of January 8th, 1950, and counting up all the episodes taking into accounts the various breaks in the series, Tremaine played the lead role in the Adventures of the Falcon for |
| 2:16.0 | 113 or perhaps 114 episodes of which we have two. |
| 2:22.4 | We've heard Tremaine before all the way back in season two on the |
| 2:26.4 | adventures of the Thin Man but I didn't properly talk much about his career |
| 2:30.4 | then and certainly it could stand a little bit of a refresher. |
| 2:35.0 | Tremaine had an amazing radio career. |
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