Rocky’s handyman job in a bargain statuary shop turns deadly when owner Oliver Bates is murdered and several people hunt for one seemingly worthless plaster figure. After kidnappings and a wild drive to a wealthy collector’s estate, the statue breaks open to reveal an ancient Aphrodite by Praxiteles hidden beneath the plaster. The payoff exposes Bates’s assistant as his killer and the collector as part of the theft-and-sale scheme.

This Rocky Fortune broadcast aired on December 1, 1953. It is listed as episode 8 in the archive. NBC Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Frank Sinatra, Jan Miner, Joseph Julian, Ed Begley, and Ted Osborne. Other credited names include Fred Weihe as director, Ernest Kinoy as writer, and Ray Barrett as announcer.

The surviving recording runs about 25 minutes. Characters credited in this version include Rocky Fortune.