Saturday, February 21, 2009

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Rocky Jordan "Fall Guy" (05-01-49)


Fall Guy (Aired May 1, 1949)


ROCKY JORDAN was the title character of one of the better and more exotic radio detective series. In fact, it's one of the best detective series I have ever heard. The series had two separate incarnations. The first, A Man Named Jordan, started as a daily 15 minute show and after about six months changed to a weekly 30 minute show. It took place in Istanbul and the Cafe was described as "a small restaurant in a narrow street off Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, permeated with by the smoke of Oriental tobacco, alive with the babble of many tongues, and packed with intrigue." The second incarnation, Rocky Jordan, was a weekly 30 minute series took place in Cairo - "the gateway to the ancient East where adventure and intrigue unfold against the backdrop of antiquity." Jordan was a hard-boiled owner of the Cafe Tambourine who spent most of his time solving mysteries that he usually became involved in by accident. During the Cairo-based run, he often encountered Captain Sam Sabaaya of the Cairo police.


THIS EPISODE:

May 1, 1949. CBS Pacific network. "Fall Guy". Sustaining. Johnny Serbie is on the run from the cops. He's been framed for stealing a diplomat's attache case. Rocky tries to help his pal, which leads him into the desert and two murders. Jack Moyles, Larry Thor (announcer), E. Jack Neuman (writer), Gomer Cool (story editor), Larry Roman (story editor), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Cliff Howell (producer, director). 29:43.

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