All the Write Moves: Dashiell Hammett (Lux Radio Theatre, Suspense, Fat Man, Academy Award, & Sam Spade)
5/10/20263 hr 6 min
Our month of classic mystery writers continues with Dashiell Hammett - the former Pinkerton operative whose celebrated characters include Sam Spade, the Continental Op, and Nick and Nora Charles. Radio shows based on his sleuths were some of the most popular on radio until Hammett became a casualty of the Red Scare. We'll hear some of his stories recreated for radio: an adaptation of "The Thin Man" from The Lux Radio Theatre (originally aired on CBS on June 8, 1936; "Two Sharp Knives" - adapted for Suspense (originally aired on CBS on June 7, 1945); "The Maltese Falcon" recreated on Academy Award (originally...
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
Get this and get it straight. Crime is a sucker's road, and those who travel it wind up in the gutter, the prison, or the grave.
Speaker 20:06
[instrumental music] The story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
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The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective. The Adventures of the Saint, starring Vincent Price.
Speaker 40:24
Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account. America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator.
Speaker 50:33
Yours truly, Johnny Dollar.
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[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to Down These Mean Streets and More Old Time Radio Detectives and Crime Solvers. Every Sunday in May, we're spotlighting a mystery writer whose works inspired old time radio detective dramas. And today's author had characters headlining some of the most popular mystery shows on the air. He's Dashiell Hammett, another founder of the hard-boiled crime genre, and whose works include definitive classics