Saturday, March 18, 2023

Broadway Is My Beat - "The Georgia Gray Murder Case" (04-28-51)

The Georgia Gray Murder Case (Aired April 28, 1951)


INTRO: Bob Plays Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack "Tonight I Celebrate My Love" (1983)

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:

April 28, 1951. "The Georgia Gray Murder Case" - CBS network. Sustaining. Georgia Gray has been knifed in a taxi dance ballroom. She was killed by a guy who bought $5 worth of tickets Alexander Courage (composer, conductor), Elliott Lewis, Joe Walters (announcer), Jack Kruschen, Tony Barrett, Frances Chaney, Martha Wentworth, Lawrence Dobkin, Joy Terry, Leo Cleary, Junius Matthews, Morton Fine (writer), David Friedkin (writer), Larry Thor, Charles Calvert. 30:05. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.

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