Fred Sears Murder Case
About This Broadcast
A murder inquiry exposes infidelity, blackmail, and a double-cross tied to a gossip columnist.
This Richard Diamond, Private Detective broadcast aired on June 19, 1949. It is listed as episode 9 in the archive. NBC Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Dick Powell, Virginia Gregg, Ed Begley, Wilms Herbert, and Hy Averback. Other credited names include William P. Rousseau as director, Blake Edwards as writer, and Ed King as announcer.
The surviving recording runs about 29 minutes.
Dick Powell stars as the quick-witted private eye Richard Diamond, whose murder cases combine hard-boiled detective plotting with humor, romance, and Diamond's habit of ending adventures at the piano.
Listeners can expect mystery, crime, and drama, episodic drama in format, and humorous, lighthearted, and suspenseful in tone.
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Blake Edwards
Dick Powell
Parley Baer
Virginia Gregg