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Mike Hobart · Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Posts: 217 Location: Australia

Box Thirteen. June 26, 1949. Program #45. "Speed To Burn".

A lot of people forget that Alan Ladd not only started out in radio, he returned to have his own series even after he was a movie star. Ladd has a good voice for radio and stars as Dan Holiday, writer-turned-adventurer.

Here he tries to help somebody extricate themselves from a gang running a stolen-car racket. Interesting because the writers have not only provided an intriguing opening scene but have actually put some thought into how such a racket would work. Gerald Mohr, usually heard as Philip Marlowe, is the bad guy.

(Would a 1938 jalopy with a British tank engine actually do one hundred miles per hour? I'd like to see that on Top Gear.)
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catfreak · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:32 am Post subject:

Box 13 1949-06-26 (45) Speed To Burn

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