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The National Broadcasting Company presents The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective. Sam Spade, Detective Agency. Me, sweetheart. Oh, you. What's the matter now? Oh, nothing. You just up and leave and don't say where you're going, and I'm only your secretary, and I'm the last one to know about it, and everybody else in town knows more than I do, and I wasn't in your place. Enough, enough, enough. Wait a minute. How did everybody in town know about it? Well, it was in the newsp…

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Cast›

H

Herbert Rawlinson

Jack Kruschen

Paul Frees

Shirley Mitchell

S

Sidney Miller

S

Steve Dunne

Network›

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Ep 139 · Saturday, November 15, 1952 · 29:46

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Ep 238 · Friday, March 9, 1951 · 29:31

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Ep 242 · Friday, April 6, 1951 · 29:36

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Ep 228 · Friday, December 29, 1950 · 29:49

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Ep 229 · Friday, January 5, 1951 · 29:33

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The 25-12345679 Caper

From a sick Italian in "Mama Pizza's" to a swim in San Francisco Bay to a postcard for Boris.

Ep 226 · Friday, December 15, 1950 · 29:27

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Ep 223 · Friday, November 24, 1950 · 29:49

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  • Audio from Internet Archive (OTRR_Sam_Spade_Singles). Curated by OTRR. Goldie does not claim ownership of this broadcast.
  • Cast and sponsor data from RadioGold Index (J. David Goldin / UMKC Libraries).

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The Adventures of Sam Spade, Episode 243

Civic Pride Caper

Friday, April 13, 1951 · 29:42

The Adventures of Sam Spade, Episode 243

Civic Pride Caper

Friday, April 13, 1951 · 29:42

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NBC net

Network

After an auditorium collapses, Garrett Welsh, the architect, hires Spade to find out why it happened. The town's building inspector is shot in the back four times! Radio-Television Mirror magazine names Steve Dunne its favorite detective.

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When TV took the living room (1950 and after).

24 episodes

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Ep 188 · Sunday, June 21, 1953 · 28:56

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Ep 29 · Thursday, January 3, 1946 · 29:39

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Ep 245 · Friday, April 27, 1951 · 29:49

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Ep 244 · Friday, April 20, 1951 · 29:57

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