ABOUT THE SHOW: Dwight Weist as Mr. District Attorney (serial version, 1939), a fearless crusader for justice and truth. Mr. District Attorney was for many years the nation's best-liked crime show. Inspired by the exploits of Thomas E. Dewey, A racketeer busting DA of the 1930's. The same Thomas Dewey who twice ran for president.

FIRST BROADCAST: April 3, 1939

LAST BROADCAST: June 13, 1952

SPONSORS: Bristol Myers

CAST: Dwight Weist as Mr. District Attorney ,Vicki Vola as the DA's secretary,Walter Kinsella in various police roles in the early run, then as Len Harrington, the ex- cop turned DA's investigator.Eleanor Silver and Arlene Francis as Miss Rand. Maurice Franklin as the "voice of the law'" that opened the show.Frank Lovejoy, Joan Bunks, Paul Stewart, etc.

ANNOUNCERS: Maurice Franklin

PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS: Ed Byron

WRITERS-ADAPTORS: Phillips H.Lord ; Jerry Devine, Finis Farr, Harry Herman, Robert J. Shaw, etc.

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ORCHESTRA AND ORGANIST: Peter Van Steeden, Harry Salter