The Eager Witness (Aired August 27, 1949)
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:
The Adventures Of Philip Marlowe. August 27, 1949. CBS network. "The Eager Witness". Sustaining. Marlowe tracks down the real killer after a witness at a trial seems to be too eager to testify. Raymond Chandler (creator), Gerald Mohr, Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Gene Levitt (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Mel Dinelli (writer), John Dehner, Michael Ann Barrett, Junius Matthews, Ben Wright, Lou Krugman, Lawrence Dobkin, Bud Widom, Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer), George Harry (Joy Terry?). 29:34. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
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