Stand In For Murder (Aired November 29, 1948)
Let George Do It is about a detective with one foot firmly planted in the tough-guy detective genre, and the other in the romance-denied working relationship romantic field. For George Valentine, detective work was job #1. To his secretary, Virginia Brooks, it was a developing relationship. Radio's competing Adventures of Sam Spade featured banters between Spade and his stenographer Effie in similar manner. The constant patter between George and "Brooksie" sounds a great deal like an old time radio version of much-later TV series like "Hart to Hart," "Moonlighting" and "Remington Steele." Bob Bailey played George Valentine as a detective handy man, who got his jobs from responses to a newspaper ad. Part-time detective and writer Dan Holiday in Box 13 also used the premise. It pays to advertise! The shows follow the usual formats of crime caper shows, with toughs, mysterious rendezvous and people who aren't who they say they are.
THIS EPISODE:
November 29, 1948. Mutual-Don Lee network. "Stand-In For Murder". Sponsored by: Standard Oil, Chevron. A racketeer is being blackmailed into committing a crime by the mob. Murder, a double-cross and a frame follow. Keep your ear on "Squeaky." Bob Bailey, Frances Robinson, Gerald Mohr, Jeanne Bates, Bob Jellison, Edward Marr, Bud Hiestand (announcer), Don Clark (director), Eddie Dunstedter (composer, conductor), David Victor (writer), Herbert Little Jr. (writer). 29:46.
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