The Adventures of Sam Spade
The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective was a radio series loosely based on Dashiell Hammett's private detective. It aired on ABC, CBS, and NBC from 1946 to 1951 and starred Howard Duff, later Steve Dunne, with Lurene Tuttle as Effie.
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 75 episodes on NBC in 1949–1951. The series starred Howard Duff 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 announcer was Dick Joy. Spade's greetings and farewells to Effie are a recurring motif on the show. Keeping with this, period standard ”Goodnight Sweetheart” was used as the closing theme of each episode.
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The Adventures of Sam Spade. Radio program.
D
Dick Joy
Announcer
A
Alan Reed (aka Teddy Bergman)
Cast
Bea Benaderet
Cast
Betty Lou Gerson
Cast
Cathy Lewis
Cast
Elliott Lewis
Cast
Elliott Reid
Cast
Hans Conried
Cast
Jack Kruschen
Cast
Jack Webb
Cast
Jeanette Nolan
Cast
Joan Banks
Cast
Joseph Kearns
Cast
June Havoc
Cast
LLois Kibbee
Cast
Mary Jane Croft
Cast
Olan Soule
Cast
Peggy Webber
Cast
William Spier
Director
Lud Gluskin
Musician
P
RPierre Garriguenc
Musician
Rene Garriguenc
Musician
Robert Armbruster
Musician
BBerne Surrey
Sound Effects
Dashiell Hammett
Creator
GGil Doud
Writer March 1947 - June 19 1949
Howard Duff
Sam Spade 46-07-12 to 50-09-17
Jerry Hausner
Sid Weiss
JJoe Eisinger
Writer July 12 1946 - March 1947
John McIntire
Lt. Dundy
LLucien Moraweck
Music
Lurene Tuttle
Effie Perrine
R
Robert 'Bob' Tallman
Writer July 12 1946 - June 19 1949
S
Stephen 'Steve' Dunne
Sam Spade (1950/11/17 - 1951/4/27)
William Conrad
Lt. Dundy (1950/11/17 - 1951/4/27)
A
Ann Lorraine
Writer
E. Jack Neuman
Writer
HHarold Swanton
Writer
JJohn Michael Hayes
Writer
KKathleen Hite
Writer
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