The Death Dr. Denhoff Caper
About This Broadcast
A surviving Sam Spade recording identified as “The Death Dr. Denhoff Caper.”
This The Adventures of Sam Spade broadcast aired on August 9, 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.
Other versions or closely related recordings in the archive include Sam and Psyche (August 2, 1946), a duplicate archive copy.
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.
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Cast, Crew & Contributors
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Howard Duff
Lurene Tuttle