03.26.2021 - By Pete Lutz
"Adventures of the Federated Tec"! A series of 8 initial episodes of 7 dramatized stories featuring Dashiell Hammett's nameless detective. We call him the Federated Tec ("Tec" being short for detective), but you probably know him as something else. We've chosen Hammett's first few stories that have moved into the public domain, and have done our best to stay true to the originals -- and why not? The originals are just fine, as far as we're concerned. So here is episode five, "Bodies Piled Up", adapted by Pete Lutz from Hammett's fifth published Op story, in 1923. We hope you enjoy it and will join us for future episodes. ADVENTURES OF THE FEDERATED TEC WAS CONCEIVED BY PETE LUTZ AND DEVELOPED BY PETE LUTZ AND MARK SLADE. "Bodies Piled Up" was directed and produced by Pete Lutz. Our Cast consisted of the following players: ANNOUNCER: Darren Rockhold THE FEDERATED TEC/ELEVATOR MAN: Pete Lutz MR. STACEY: Frank Guglielmelli THE MAID: Angela Young THE DOCTOR/LANDRY/DET. DEAN: John Bell DET. O'GAR: Jason D. Johnson DET. PHELS/GUY CUDNER: Paul Arbisi DICK FOLEY: Mark Kalita ORRETT: Jeff Moon THE OLD MAN: Joe Stofko THEME/INCIDENTAL MUSIC: Dr. Ross Bernhardt Join us next time for episode six, "The Tenth Clew (part 1)"!