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Episode 472 - Let the Bad Guy Win (Boston Blackie, Lives of Harry Lime, & Screen Director’s Playhouse)
Episode 472 - Let the Bad Guy Win (Boston Blackie, Lives of Harry Lime, & Screen Director’s Playhouse)
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Length:
123 minutes
Released:
Jan 30, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Gentleman thieves - both reformed and otherwise - step into the spotlight this week. First, Chester Morris is Boston Blackie - enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend - in "The Missing String of Pearls" (originally aired on NBC on August 11, 1944). Then, Orson Welles reprises his Third Man role in "It's a Knockout" from the syndicated series The Lives of Harry Lime. Finally, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. stars as the legendary thief in Raffles, recreated for the Screen Director's Playhouse (originally aired on NBC on September 14, 1951).
Released:
Jan 30, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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