The Ruby Idol Case
About This Broadcast
A man's prediction of his own death and a supposedly cursed ruby idol lead Diamond into a case stranger than expected.
This Richard Diamond, Private Detective broadcast aired on December 3, 1949. It is listed as episode 32 in the archive. NBC Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Dick Powell, Ed Begley, Jack Kruschen, Peter Leeds, and Steve Dunne. Other credited names include Blake Edwards as director, Blake Edwards as writer, and Edward King as announcer.
The surviving recording runs about 30 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
Virginia Gregg