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The Case of the Sledgehammer Handicap

Episode 584
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A New Orleans detective hunts an escaped safecracker whose obsession with high-stakes horse racing and complicated personal ties eventually expose his trail.

This Gang Busters broadcast aired on June 11, 1949. It is listed as episode 584 in the archive. CBS Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Bill Smith, Jean Ellen, Ken Lynch, and George Zachery. Other credited names include George Zachery as director, Phillips H. Lord as producer, Stanley Niss as writer, and Olin Tice as announcer.

The surviving recording runs about 28 minutes. The broadcast is also associated with World Wide Handicrafts.

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Listeners can expect crime and documentary, episodic drama in format, and serious, gritty, and tense in tone.

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