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BONUS - Five Favorites: Auditions

BONUS - Five Favorites: Auditions

FromDown These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)


BONUS - Five Favorites: Auditions

FromDown These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

ratings:
Length:
155 minutes
Released:
Feb 29, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this bonus episode, we're going back to the beginning with the audition recordings for five old time radio detective shows - some that became regular series, some that didn't, and some that changed stars along the way. We'll hear Victor Jory as a Scotland Yard inspector in the tryout for The Hunters (recorded in November 1948) and Dick Powell - before he was Richard Diamond - as Johnny Dollar in that show's audition (recorded in December 1948). Bill Johnstone stars as Lt. Ben Guthrie in Police Line-Up, the audition for what became The Line-Up (recorded in May 1950) and Mercedes McCambridge heads to court in The Defense Rests, which premiered later as Defense Attorney (recorded in April 1951). Finally, Howard Duff - radio's Sam Spade - dons the fedora of private eye Mike McCoy in the audition for The McCoy (recorded in April 1951).
Released:
Feb 29, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

An old-time radio podcast, bringing you detective adventures from the Golden Age of Radio. Each week, tune in for an adventure of Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe, Johnny Dollar, The Saint, and many more.