Inspector Thorne - "The Golden Girl Murder Case" (03-03-51)

The Golden Girl Murder Case (Aired August 03, 1951)

 INTRO: Bob Plays The Velvets "Tonight (Could Be The Night)" (1961)

Inspector Thorne, as short-lived as it was, was something of an anomaly for the Hummerts, but judging from the longer run of Hearthstone of The Death Squad, they seem to have managed to salvage that particular formula somewhat. The comparisons are quite obvious between Inspectors Thorne and Hearthstone. Inspector Thorne is the Chief Detective Inspector of The Homicide Squad of New York City. Inspector Hearthstone is the Chief Inspector of The Death Squad of 'The Metropolitan Police' . Inspector Thorne has his Sergeant Muggins and Inspector Hearthstone has his assistant, Detective Sam Cook. Both productions were more murder-oriented than mystery-oriented, both productions were predictably very melodramatic, and both productions characterized their protagonists as forceful, demanding, and overbearing police officials. Show Notes From The Digital Deli.

THIS EPISODE

Inspector Thorne. August 03, 1951. NBC network. "The Golden Girl Murder Case". Sustaining. Kenneth MacGregor (director), Frank Hummert (creator), Anne Hummert (creator), Fred Collins (announcer), Karl Weber, Carol Warner Gluck (writer). 29:43. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index. Cat.# 85888.