Barry Craig Confidental Investigator - "For Love Of Murder" (08-03-54)

For Love Of Murder (Aired August 3, 1954)

INTRO: Bob Plays The School Boys "Please Say You Want Me" (1957)

The main reason why Gargan was so convincing as a detective was that he was probably the only actor of his time who had actually been a private detective. He first worked as a credit investigator and collection agent for a clothing firm. Once Gargan was shot at when he attempted to get a deadbeat customer to pay his overdue account. Next, he worked for about a year as a private detective with a New York agency for "$10.00 a day and expenses." Gargan did many of the usual detective jobs: guarding payrolls, tailing possible suspects, conducting stakeouts, and protecting clients with valuables. He was fired when he lost track of a diamond salesman he was supposed to be protecting.

THIS EPISODE:
 
August 3, 1954. NBC network. "For Love Of Murder". Sustaining. Barrie bails out ofjail a Damon Runyon type. He turns out to be broken-hearted and possibly a murderer. William Gargan, Barney Phillips, Herb Ellis, Tom McKee, Barbara Fuller, Gloria Ann Simpson, John Roeburt (writer), Edward King (announcer), Arthur Jacobson (director). 23:43. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.