Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Adventures Of Philip Marlowe "The Bid For Freedom" (01-21-50)

The Bid For Freedom (Aired January 21, 1950)


The first portrayal of Phillip Marlowe on the radio was by Dick Powell, when he played Raymond Chandler's detective on the Lux Radio Theater on June 11, 1945. This was a radio adaptation of the 1944 movie, from RKO, in which Mr. Powell played the lead. Two years later, Van Heflin starred as Marlowe in a summer replacement series for the Bob Hope Show on NBC. This series ran for 13 shows. On September 26, 1948, Gerald Mohr became the third radio Marlowe, this time on CBS. It remained a CBS show through its last show in 1951.

THIS EPISODE:

January 21, 1950. CBS network. "The Bid For Freedom". Sustaining. A mad woman escapes from an asylum and leads Marlowe on a trail of murder. Gene Levitt (writer), Gerald Mohr, Harold Dryanforth, Jack Edwards, Jeanne Bates, John T. Smith, Lawrence Dobkin, Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Raymond Chandler (creator), Richard Aurandt (music), Robert Mitchell (writer), Roy Rowan (announcer), Yvonne Peattie. 29:59.

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