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The Johnny Hill Case (Aired November 10, 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:

November 10, 1950. CBS network. Sustaining. Johnny Hill, "King of the Chicago Hoodlums," is found murdered in a cheap hotel. Nick Joiner, his bodyguard, is then found dead in the same hotel. Larry Thor, Charles Calvert, Morton Fine (writer), David Friedkin (writer), Howard McNear, Elliott Lewis (producer, director), Alexander Courage (composer, conductor), Jack Kruschen, GeGe Pearson, Dan Cubberly (announcer), Marlowe Dwyer, Adrian Marden, Lou Merrill. 29:41.

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