Name: Sam and Psyche - Sam Spade Detective - Dashiell Hammett
Uploaded: 2021-04-30T02:41:05+00:00
Duration: 28 min 10 s
Description: "Blackmail is blackmail even if you do it in Technicolor!" The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective was a radio series based loosely on the private detective character Sam Spade, created by writer Dashi

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"Blackmail is blackmail even if you do it in Technicolor!"

The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective was a radio series based loosely on the private detective character Sam Spade, created by writer Dashiell Hammett for The Maltese Falcon. The show ran for 13 episodes on ABC in 1946, for 157 episodes on CBS in 1946–1949, and finally for 51 episodes on NBC in 1949–1951. The series starred Howard Duff (and later, Steve Dunne) as Sam Spade and Lurene Tuttle as his secretary Effie, and took a considerably more tongue-in-cheek approach to the character than the novel or movie

The series was largely overseen by William Spier. In 1947, scriptwriters Jason James and Bob Tallman received an Edgar Award for Best Radio Drama from the Mystery Writers of America.

Originally Broadcast 8/2/1946

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