ABOUT THE SHOW: Jeff Regan was a response to a groundswell of demand for Jack Webb's services in the wake of his hilarious hard boiled performances in Pat Novak: For Hire. Webb had built almost a cult following, and Regan was the transition show away from Novak and into Dragnet. It was, momentarily, a step back: it lacked the originality and flavor of Novak, and it certainly lacked the humor. Webb played the role well into 1949, but by January he had confided to a Radio Life reporter that his next character "might be called Joe Friday." A reorganization of Regan, titled The Lion's Eye, followed Webb's inevitable departure. (1)

FIRST BROADCAST: July 10, 1948

LAST BROADCAST:-Aug. 27, 1950

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CAST: 1st Cast: Jack Webb as Jeff Regan, a tough private eye in a detective bureau run by Anthony J. Lyon ("I get ten a day and expenses ... they call me the Lion's Eye.") Wilms Herbert as Lyon. 2nd CAST: Frank Graham as Regan. Paul Dubov also as Regan. Frank Nelson as Lyon

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PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS: Sterling Tracy

WRITERS-ADAPTORS: E. Jack Neuman ; William Froug, William Fifield.

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ORCHESTRA AND ORGANIST:Richard Aurandt  

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