We're back to regular programming, and we have a Suspense and a Whistler!
These brief synopses are used with permission from the RadioGOLDINdex © 2015 J. David Goldin.
7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. August 16, 1959. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Night In Paris Matter". Johnny flies to Paris to meet "The Grey Cat" and recover the Olney Diamonds. Bob Bailey, Virginia Gregg, Tony Barrett, Forrest Lewis, Bill James. 25 minutes. Audio condition: Very good. Complete.
7:30 Dragnet. April 6, 1954. Program #242. NBC net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "The Big Saw". A pair of bank robbers are identified by one of the customers in the bank. The trail leads to a car rental agency. Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, George Fenneman (announcer). 25:51. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. January 27, 1957. CBS net. "Woman Named Mary". Commercials deleted. Buffalo Mary has been beaten up and robed by Reb Sutter. Marshal Dillon administers an unusual brand of justice. William Conrad, Les Crutchfield (writer), Virginia Gregg, Vic Perrin, Parley Baer, Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), John Meston (editorial supervisor), Howard McNear, Rex Koury (composer, conductor), Tom Hanley (sound patterns), Bill James (sound patterns), George Walsh (announcer). 19:47. Audio condition: Good to very good. Incomplete.
8:30 Father Knows Best. 02/04/54 Telephone Mix-up (Sus.) (NBC) (29:30). Synopsis is missing from the Index.
9:00 The Adventures Of Philip Marlowe. October 10, 1948. CBS net. "The Panama Hat." Sustaining. Marlowe becomes involved with a gambling debt, an attempted murder, a kidnapping, a red-headed Dragon Lady, and the mysterious man in the Panama hat. William Lally, Gerald Mohr, Jacqueline DeWitt, Jeff Corey, Lou Krugman, Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Raymond Chandler (creator), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer), Shepard Menken, Wilms Herbert. 29:44. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:30 Tales Of The Texas Rangers. November 4, 1951. NBC net. "Helping Hand". Sustaining. In November, 1950, a stranded motorist gets "help" from two tow-truck drivers who try to extort $15 from him. Extortion soons turns to murder. Joel McCrea, Stacy Keach (producer, director), Hal Gibney (announcer), Lillian Buyeff, Tony Barrett, Herb Vigran, Lou Krugman, William Conrad, Ken Christy, M. T. Lone Wolf Gonzaullas (technical advisor), Joel Murcott (adaptor), Monty Fraser (sound effects). 29:53. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:00 Suspense. June 27, 1946. CBS net, KQW, San Jose aircheck. "Return Trip". Sponsored by: Roma Wines. Four people are trapped in a snowbound bus. One of them is a homicidal maniac, but which one? Elliott Reid, Cathy Lewis, Raymond Lawrence, Wally Maher, Joseph Kearns (announcer), Maurice Zimm (writer), William Spier (producer, director), Truman Bradley (commercial spokesman), Lucien Moraweck (composer), Lud Gluskin (conductor). 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:30 The Whistler. January 7, 1951. CBS net origination, rebroadcast on WRVR-FM, New York. "Hit and Run". Participating sponsors. A man running away with a married woman has an auto accident...and kills the woman's husband! Syndicated rebroadcast date: March 10, 1975. See cat. #50709 for a network, sponsored version of this broadcast. Bill Forman (announcer), Ed Begley, George W. Allen (producer), Gerald Mohr, Herb Lytton, Joseph Cochran (writer), Lurene Tuttle, Marvin Miller, Wilbur Hatch (music). 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.