Friday, January 27, 2023

Broadway Is My Beat - "The Harriet Temple Murder Case" (10-07-53)

The Harriet Temple Murder Case (Aired October 7, 1953)

Broadway Is My Beat, a radio crime drama, ran on CBS from February 27, 1949 to August 1, 1954. With music by Robert Stringer, the show originated from New York during its first three months on the air, with Anthony Ross portraying Times Square Detective Danny Clover. John Dietz directed for producer Lester Gottlieb. Beginning with the July 7, 1949 episode, the series was broadcast from Hollywood with producer Elliott Lewis directing a new cast in scripts by Morton Fine and David Friedkin. The opening theme of "I'll Take Manhattan" introduced Detective Danny Clover (now played by Larry Thor), a hardened New York City cop who worked homicide "from Times Square to Columbus Circle -- the gaudiest, the most violent, the lonesomest mile in the world."

THIS EPISODE:

October 7, 1953. "The Harriet Temple Murder Case" - CBS network. Sustaining. Harriet Temple has been murdered in her apartment, strangled. Her husband says, "It's too bad." Elliott Lewis (producer, director), Alexander Courage (composer, conductor), Larry Thor, Charles Calvert, Jack Kruschen, Frank Gerstle, Junius Matthews, Martha Wentworth, Eve McVey, Earle Ross, Shepard Menken, Bill Anders (announer). 29:26. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.

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