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Calling All Cars
Police drama anthology dramatizes Los Angeles Police Department crime cases from first facts to arrest and trial outcome.
Calling All Cars is an old-time radio police drama in the United States. It was broadcast on the CBS West Coast network and on the Mutual-Don Lee Network November 29, 1933 – September 8, 1939 and carried by transcription on stations in other areas. The program was notable for being one of the first police dramas on radio.
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Original schedule
- 1933–193411:30 PM ETCBS Pacific Coast · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1934–193511:30 PM ETCBS Pacific Coast · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 193610:00 PM ETCBS Pacific Coast · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 193611:00 PM ETCBS Pacific Coast · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1938–193910:30 PM ETCBS Pacific Coast · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
F
TFrederick Lindsley
Announcer
Ted Meyers
Announcer
Bill Zuckert
Cast
C
DCatherine McCune
Cast
Dick Ryan
Cast
Edwin Max
Cast
Elliott Lewis
Cast
Jackson Beck
Cast
Jay Novello
Cast
L
MLal Chand Mehra
Cast
Mary Shipp
Cast
Robert Dryden
Cast
V
Vickie Vola
Cast
R
Robert Hixson
Director
William N. Robson
Director
WWilbur Hatch
Musician
Berry Kroeger
Narrator
Gale Gordon
Cast
Jesse Rosenquist
Police Dispatcher
TThurl Ravenscroft
Cast
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