A photographer, a car crash, and an unusual detail about a trigger finger provide Vance the path through a murder mystery.

This Philo Vance broadcast aired on July 26, 1949. The cast includes Jackson Beck and Joan Alexander. Other credited names include Jeanne K. Harrison as director and Frederick W. Ziv as producer.

The surviving recording runs about 27 minutes.

A sophisticated detective series based on S.

Listeners can expect crime and mystery, episodic drama in format, and cerebral and suspenseful in tone.