Sam Spade, The Adventures of (Complete)
Detective Section

Catalog #

Detcd 9-9a

Episodes in Collection

74

 

Episodes

Note:11/3/05- Episode titled Death and Company is actually Sam and the Psych Ward. Just a memo until I can get the list updated.  I found another OTR Site who had this same show and it was also a duplicate. It remains Missing. Also I found 3 different logs and none of them jive.:
1) Sam and the Psych Ward is described in David Goldin's Log as also Death of Dr. Denhoff. and Frank Passage's log indicates these as seperate shows and dates. (?) My ears tell me these are 2 titles of the same show. Many OTR dealers (including me) also have a show called Death and Company but Jerry's log is the only log I found where this show is correctly titled and is not available from him.  However neither of the other 2 logs mention it.. And.. It is not in any other logs I have seen. The Series is Still Complete with all existing shows.

3/9/08-Replaced several shows of better quality from reel and added 2 shows- I added the Suspense version of Kandy Tooth Caper starring Howard Duff since the original is so far, lost.  I also added a episode dated 47-03-16-The Murder is Bliss Caper.  The Cast and Producer of this episode don't jive with any that the series used. I have not ruled out the possibility that this episode is a OTR convention "reenactment" however, I have not received feedback from Jerry Haendiges on this so I didn't delete it.If it is authentic, aren't you glad I didn't?.  A 9 minute clip is available in the Featured Finds page

ABOUT THE SHOW: Detective Drama, based on the character created by Dashiell Hammett

FIRST BROADCAST:
July 12, 1946

LAST BROADCAST: April 27, 1951

SPONSORS: Wildroot

CAST: Howard Duff as Sam Spade, a San Francisco private detective; Steve Dunne as Spade late in the NBC run, beginning Nov. 17, 1950. Lurene Tuttle as Effle Perrine, Spade's slightly breathless, addled and babbling secretary. John Mclntire as Lieutenant Dundy; William Conrad as Dundy in the NBC series. Regulars from the Hollywood radio pool: Cathy and Elliott Lewis, June Havoc, Joseph Kearns, Jerry Hausner, Elliott Reid, Mary Jane Croft, Jeanette Nolan, Betty Lou Gerson

ANNOUNCERS: Dick Joy

PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS: William Spier

WRITERS-ADAPTORS: Bob Tallman, Jo Eisinger, Gil Doud

SOUND EFFECTS: Berne Surrey

ORCHESTRA AND ORGANIST:  

THEME:   Goodnight, Sweetheart