Statues for the Sleuths: Van Heflin (Philip Marlowe & Man Called X)
3/29/20262 hr 9 min
For the final installment in our month-long series of Oscar-winning radio detective stars, we shine the spotlight on Van Heflin. The star of Shane and 3:10 to Yuma won his Best Supporting Actor prize for his work in Johnny Eager, but on radio he starred as Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe in the character's first regular series. We'll hear him as the Los Angeles gumshoe in three radio mysteries - "Red Wind" (originally aired on NBC on June 17, 1947), "The King in Yellow" (originally aired on NBC on July 8, 1947), and "Robin and the Hood" (originally aired on NBC on August 19, 1947). Plus, Heflin...
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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
[dramatic music] The story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
Speaker 30:17
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- Yours truly, Johnny Dollar.
Speaker 6· Host0:35
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to Down These Mean Streets with more old-time radio detectives and crime solvers. All month long we've featured radio detective stars who took home Oscars for their big-screen work, and today we bring this miniseries to a close with Van Heflin. Best known for his performances in Shane and 3:10 to Yuma, Heflin won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Johnny Eager. But to radio detective