Rocky Jordan - "The Big Heist" (11-20-49)

The Big Heist (Aired November 20, 1949)

Rocky Jordan (Jack Moyles/George Raft) is the proprietor of the Café Tambourine located, according to the announcer, "not far from the Mosque Sultan Hassan," though he is originally from St. Louis. As an American restaurateur in a North African country, Jordan is somewhat similar to the Rick Blaine character in the film Casablanca, though the Café Tambourine is apparently a much less salubrious venue than Rick's Bar. The announcer describes it as being "Crowded with forgotten men, and alive with the babble of many languages". Each episode sees Jordan confronted with a "crime, a mystery, a beautiful woman, or a combination of the three".

THIS EPISODE:

November 20, 1949. CBS Pacific network. "The Big Heist". Sponsored by: Del Monte. Jack Moyles, Gomer Cool (writer), Larry Roman (writer), Jay Novello, Cliff Howell (producer, director), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Larry Thor (announcer). 29:43. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.