Tonight, September 29, 2024, we will start, as ever, with GUNSMOKE, finally a Howard Duff episode of SAM SPADE, a rare series called RETRIBUTION, and another episode of THEATRE FIVE!

Tune in to WBAI-NY 99.5 FM, or listen to the stream at wbai.org for THE GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO, produced by Max Schmid.

GUNSMOKE from CBS on Nov 18, 1956 #241 "Brother Whelp” for L & M. When a gunfighter named Sted Rutger returns to Dodge after six years, he finds his old girlfriend married to his brother and swears to kill him! With William Conrad, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Georgia Ellis, Lawrence Dobkin, Vic Perrin, Lillian Buyeff, produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell, written by Les Crutchfield, editorial supervisor John Meston, music by Rex Koury, SFX by Ray Kemper & Bill James, announcer George Walsh.

THE ADVENTURES OF SAM SPADE, DETECTIVE from CBS on Aug 22, 1948 #100 "The Vaphio Cup Caper" for Wildroot Cream-Oil. Gold from ancient Greece is the target, with Sam as the bulls-eye. Starring Howard Duff as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Hans Conried, produced & directed by William Spier, created by Dashiell Hammett, announcer Dick Joy.

RETRIBUTION from ABC on July 17, 1953 “The Big Idea.” "Another thrilling tale of those who tempt the fates." A bank robber promises his dying partner to give the loot to a cousin. A greedy hotel maid is tempted to take it all. The story has a twisted "Whistleresque" ending. Narrator Lou Merrill, Tony Barrett, Jeanne Bates, Barney Phillips, Dick Williams, Vic Perrin, music by Rex Koury, produced and directed by Dwight Hauser, written by Norman Sickle & Carl Hoffenberg.

THEATRE FIVE from the ABC Network on Sept 29, 1964 #42 "The Wrong Arm Of Justice". What happens when "The Law" takes the law into its own hand? With John Seymore, Connie Lembcke, George Petrie, Mark Daniels, George Baxter, Marty Meyers, audio engineer Neal Pultz, SFX M.C. Brock, written by Leonard Stad, script editor Jack C. Wilson, executive producer Lee Bowman, music composed by Alexander Vlas-Daczenco, conducted by Glenn Osser, produced and directed by Ted Bell, executive producer Edward A Byron, announcer Fred Foy.

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