Monday, July 20, 2009

Boxcars711Old Time Radio Pod - Broadway Is My Beat "The Hope Anderson Murder Case" (03-31-50)


The Hope Anderson Murder Case (Aired March 31, 1950)


Broadway Is My Beat, a radio crime drama, ran on CBS from February 27, 1949 to August 1, 1954. With music by Robert Stringer, the show originated from New York during its first three months on the air, with Anthony Ross portraying Times Square Detective Danny Clover. John Dietz directed for producer Lester Gottlieb. Beginning with the July 7, 1949 episode, the series was broadcast from Hollywood with producer Elliott Lewis directing a new cast in scripts by Morton Fine and David Friedkin. The opening theme of "I'll Take Manhattan" introduced Detective Danny Clover (now played by Larry Thor), a hardened New York City cop who worked homicide "from Times Square to Columbus Circle -- the gaudiest, the most violent, the lonesomest mile in the world."


THIS EPISODE:

March 31, 1950. CBS network origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. Hope Anderson has been found shot in a fountain, her boyfriend has been found shot in Montauk...and so is Danny Clover. Herb Butterfield, Larry Thor, Charles Calvert, Elliott Lewis (producer, director), Alexander Courage (composer, conductor), Frances Chaney, Jody Gilbert, Don Orrick, Morton Fine (writer), David Friedkin (writer), Eda Reiss Merin. 1/2 hour.

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