The Adventures Of Sam Spade - "The Mad Scientist Caper" (07-25-48)

The Mad Scientist Caper (Aired July 25, 1948)

The Adventures of Sam Spade was a radio series based loosely on the private detective character Sam Spade, created by writer Dashiell Hammett for The Maltese Falcon. The show ran for 13 episodes on ABC in 1946, for 157 episodes on CBS in 1946-1949, and finally for 51 episodes on NBC in 1949-1951. The series starred Howard Duff (and later, Steve Dunne) as Sam Spade and Lurene Tuttle as his secretary Effie, and took a considerably more tongue-in-cheek approach to the character than the novel or movie.

 

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July 25, 1948. CBS network. "The Mad Scientist Caper". Sponsored by: Wildroot Cream-Oil. Raymond Fox is a famous but slightly insane inventor. He hires Spade to recover the secret formula for "Pentron." Sam promptly winds up in a hospital for the mentally deranged! Howard Duff, Lurene Tuttle, Dashiell Hammett (creator), William Spier (producer), Dick Joy (announcer), Robert Tallman (writer), Gil Doud (writer, director), Lud Gluskin (music director). 28:39. "The Mad Scientist Caper"Radio Gold Index.