The Dirty Dollars (Aired June 8, 1952)
This hard boiled spy drama began as an RKO Radio Pictures theatrical serial in the 1940s, went on radio in 1945, and then came to TV ten years later in this Syndicated series produced for distribution by NBC Films; Charles McGraw had been in many motion pictures before and after including "The Killers", "Spartacus" and "Cimarron"; in this series he played the title role of a man whose real name was supposedly Mike Waring, an American agent whose code name was "Falcon"; Later Charles McGraw starred in a short lived TV version of "Casablanca" (1955 - 1956) in the character of Rick; He also had a role on the detective drama "Staccato" (1959) Actor McGraw (whose birth name was Charles Butters) met an unfortunate death in real life when he fell through a shower glass door in 1980 at his home in Studio City, CA.
THIS EPISODE:
June 8, 1952. NBC network. "The Case Of The Dirty Dollars". Sustaining. Mike Waring starts the program with a radical change. He accepts the date offered by one of his unlimited girlfriends because he's quitting the detective business! In a trans-network swipe at another detective, the first victim during the story is named, "Mr. Dollar." A confession to the crime is too easy to come by. Lanolin Plus is "placed" within the script. The system cue is added live. Drexel Drake (creator), Les Damon, Bernard L. Schubert (producer, transcriber), Richard Lewis (director), Eugene Wang (writer), Charles Webster, Fred Collins (announcer). 29:52.
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