After Bernard Gilmore is reported murdered and robbed, Sam is hired by Gilmore's business partner to recover a stolen Guiana Sovereign. The search uncovers a web of suspects, blackmail and double-crosses, including the startling discovery that Gilmore survived the attack and has been hiding.

This The Adventures of Sam Spade broadcast aired on July 12, 1946. ABC Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Howard Duff and Lurene Tuttle.

Characters credited in this version include Sam Spade and Effie Perrine. The broadcast is also associated with Wildroot Cream-Oil.

Dashiell Hammett's private detective Sam Spade, played most famously by Howard Duff, recounts hard-boiled cases filled with murder, deception, eccentric suspects, and sharply comic dialogue.

Listeners can expect detective and crime, episodic drama in format, and hard boiled, wry, and humorous in tone.