The Deadly Frame (Aired July 20, 1950)
The Lineup is a realistic police drama that gives radio audiences a look behind the scenes at police headquarters. Bill Johnstone plays Lt. Ben Guthrie, a quiet, calm-as-a-cupcake cucumber. Joseph Kearns (and from 1951 to 1953, Matt Maher) plays Sgt. Matt Grebb, a hot-tempered hot plate who is easily bored. The director and script writer often rode with police on the job and sat in on the police lineups to get ideas for The Lineup. They also read dozens of newspapers daily and intermeshed real stories with those that they used in the show. With Dragnet a smash hit, realism in police dramas was popular at the time this show aired. Don’t be caught without this radio show in your collection!
THIS EPISODE:
The Line-Up. December 20, 1951. CBS network. Sustaining. The town's first bank hold-up in six years has netted the gang $100,000 and has resulted in two dead men. William Johnstone, Wally Maher, Blake Edwards (writer), Raymond Burr, Ed Begley, Clayton Post, Robert Griffin, Earl Lee, Hy Averback. 29:27.
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