Portrait Of Rocky (Aired April 3, 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.
PTHIS EPISODE:
April 3, 1949. CBS Pacific network. "Portrait Of Rocky". Sustaining. An artist offers Rocky ten Egyptian pounds to inquire about a certain Australian. The Australian knocks out Rocky with brass knuckles and steals a drawing by the artist. The Australian is then found murdered. Rocky is assisted by an Egyptian private eye named, "Ali Ben Shamus." The announcer mentions that the CBS station in San Francisco is changing call letters from KQW to KCBS. Jack Moyles, Larry Thor (announcer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Cliff Howell (producer, director), Jackson Gillis (writer), Gomer Cool (story editor), Larry Roman (story editor). 29:37.
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