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Host

M

Melville Ruick

Cast›

Art Gilmore

B

Boyd Davis

C

Cecil B. DeMille

E

Edward Marr

S

Sig Herzig

V

Veronica Lake

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Detectives Friday and Smith investigate a jewelry robbery in San Diego where three armed men escape with $135,000 in valuables. The stakes rise as they track the suspects heading towards Los Angeles.

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Chapman's a hardened businessman in financial trouble. He's suspected of burning his own building down for some quick insurance cash.

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Ep 357 · Sunday, February 24, 1957 · 28:05

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Ep 246 · Monday, January 15, 1940 · 59:41

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Behind every successful man is a successful wife, doing the thinking for him! The last show of the season.

Ep 271 · Monday, July 8, 1940 · 59:53

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Two-fisted action in the new oil fields of the Indian Territory. See cat. #93478 for a rehearsal recording of this program.

Ep 430 · Monday, March 13, 1944 · 54:31

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Ep 202 · Monday, January 16, 1939 · 59:39

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Model Wife

A working couple have a rough time while saving to have a baby. Verna Felton, as the tough boss, doesn't make things any easier.

Ep 308 · Monday, May 19, 1941 · 59:53

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The Major and the Minor

A comedy about a woman disguised as a twelve-year-old girl to save train fare. She winds up in love with the head of a military school.

Ep 398 · Monday, May 31, 1943 · 59:38

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  • Cast and sponsor data from RadioGold Index (J. David Goldin / UMKC Libraries).

Lux_Radio_Theatre_42-03-30_345_I_Wanted_Wings.mp3

Lux Radio Theatre, Episode 345

I Wanted Wings

Monday, March 30, 1942 · 60:07

Lux Radio Theatre, Episode 345

I Wanted Wings

Monday, March 30, 1942 · 60:07

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