Monday, October 26, 2009

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The LineUp "Obscene Phone Calls" (The Cutie-Calling Culprit Case) 10-22-52


Obscene Phone Calls (Aired October 22, 1952)


The Lineup is a realistic police drama that gives radio audiences a look behind the scenes at police headquarters. Bill Johnstone plays Lt. Ben Guthrie, a quiet, calm-as-a-cupcake cucumber. Joseph Kearns (and from 1951 to 1953, Matt Maher) plays Sgt. Matt Grebb, a hot-tempered hot plate who is easily bored. The director and script writer often rode with police on the job and sat in on the police lineups to get ideas for The Lineup. They also read dozens of newspapers daily and intermeshed real stories with those that they used in the show. With Dragnet a smash hit, realism in police dramas was popular at the time this show aired. Don’t be caught without this radio show in your collection!


THIS EPISODE:

October 22, 1952. CBS network. "The Cutie-Calling Culprit Case". Sustaining. model victims...obscene phone call. William Johnstone. Jack Moyles, William J. Radcliff (writer), Dan Cubberly (announcer), Eddie Dunstedter (music), Hy Averback, Howard McNear, Peter Leeds, Tony Barrett, Sidney Miller, John McIntire, Jeanette Nolan, Jaime del Valle (producer, director).

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