Thursday, December 15, 2022

Rocky Fortune (Starring Frank Sinatra) - Psychological Murder (03-16-54)


INTRO: Bob Plays The Classic IV "Early Christmas" Algonquin EMI Records


Psychological Murder (Aired March 16, 1954)

Frank Sinatra seemed very comfortable in the role of Rocco Fortunato--'Rocky Fortune'--and the scripts that George Lefferts and Ernest Kinoy wrote for Sinatra made for some fascinating adventures. The role was clearly written specifically for him, and more importantly for the more 'adult' persona his agents and publicity reps were trying to portray of him at this point in his career. He'd already done the teen and 20-something idol gig, and he had been expressing more of an interest in dramatic work. Perhaps Sinatra's managers were simply hedging their bets. Sinatra's greatest initial dramatic role in From Here To Eternity was released October 19, 1953, just weeks after Rocky Fortune began its 26-week run on NBC. As we all know now, From Here to Eternity was a box-office smash, propelling Sinatra into a whole new career in Film. Show Notes From The Digital Deli.

THIS EPISODE:

March 16, 1954. "Psychological Murder" - NBC network. Sustaining. Rocky witnesses the execution of the will of a wealthy woman who thinks that she's going insane. In a plot shamelessly stolen from the film, "Gaslight," the wife believes that she's going to kill her husband. This is a network version. Frank Sinatra, Andrew C. Love (director), Maurice Hart, Frank Gerstle, Betty Lou Gerson, Marvin Miller, Norm Sickle (writer). 23:37. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.

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