Michael Shayne: The Body in the Trunk 04/23/1945

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John Lang0:13

The Adventures of Michael Shane, Private Detective. [dramatic music] The people who make 76 Gasoline and Triton Motor Oil, Union Oil Company present [dramatic music] The Adventures of Michael Shane, Private Detective, starring Wally Maher and Kathy Lewis. [upbeat music] When Mike Shane isn't burning the midnight oil over some unsolved crime, he's generally doing the next most interesting thing, talking about one. Right now, he's leaning back in his easy chair doing a powerful lot of talking to his old friend, Inspector Farraday. It's a stag session, for Mike's assistant, Phyllis Knight, has gone home early this evening.

Michael Shayne1:09

Of course, Farraday, I don't know much about the case except what I've read in the papers, but it seems to me that you're going after the wrong guy.

Inspector Faraday1:15

Mike, this Joe has got a prison record as long as a kangaroo's tail. Why should he sidestep a little thing like murder?

Michael Shayne1:21

Just because he has got a prison record as long as a kangaroo's tail. Look, I remember a case back in New York that's almost a carbon copy