Louis Spence Case
About This Broadcast
A delusional ex-con takes a police lieutenant hostage and threatens catastrophe unless the mayor kills himself.
This Richard Diamond, Private Detective broadcast aired on March 5, 1950. It is listed as episode 44 in the archive. NBC Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Cynthia Corley, Dick Powell, Ed Begley, Frances Robinson, and Paul Dubov. Other credited names include Russell Hughes 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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Cast, Crew & Contributors
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Blake Edwards
Dick Powell
Paul Dubov