A look at a sort of a six degrees of separation around Dashiell
HammettÃÂÃÂÂÃÂÂs Sam Spade and various radio programs which seemed directly or
indirectly influenced by the hardboiled detective. By early 1949, Gil
Doud and Bob Tallman left the Adventures of Sam Spade. Doud became the writer for a new radio detective series ÃÂÃÂÂÃÂÂ Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
starring Charles Russell. Doud created some radio scripts that bore
distinct Sam Spade themes in the creation of his new radio detective
character. Portions of the characterizations in this podcast radio play
were almost a steal from HammettÃÂÃÂÂÃÂÂs Maltese Falcon.