The Philanthropist
About This Broadcast
A missing man's death exposes an insurance scheme preying on vulnerable victims.
This Box 13 broadcast aired on January 30, 1949. It is listed as episode 24 in the archive. Mutual Broadcasting System carried the broadcast. The cast includes Alan Ladd, Edmond MacDonald, Sylvia Picker, and Vern Carstensen. Other credited names include Richard Sanville as director and Russell Hughes as writer.
The surviving recording runs about 28 minutes.
Alan Ladd stars as writer Dan Holiday, who advertises for unusual adventures under the address 'Box 13' and turns the replies into dangerous real-life cases.
Listeners can expect adventure, crime, and mystery, episodic drama in format, and suspenseful and wry in tone.
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Alan Ladd
Edmond MacDonald