Three hours of Crime
First a look at this day in History.
Then Dangerous Assignment starring Brian Donlevy, originally broadcast February 6, 1950, 74 years old, Missing Japanese Weapons. The first show of the season. Steve Mitchell flies to Panama to recover missing Japanese weapons and solve the murder of his friend, Bill Thorne.
Followed by Under Arrest starring Joe Desantis, originally broadcast February 6, 1949, 75 years ago, The Sam Carver Case. Did Sam Carver commit suicide or was he murdered? Ask the spiritualist...she knows a ghost that can kill!
Then The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes starring Sir Ralph Richardson and Sir John Gielgud, originally broadcast February 6, 1955, 69 years ago, The Bruce Partington Plans. A body found by the side of a railroad track provides the clue to the missing secret plans.
Followed by Barrie Craig Confidential Investigator starring William Gargan, originally broadcast February 6, 1952, 72 years ago, The Diary of Death. Murder counts to a bloody tree as two pieces of a treasure map which could lead to a great fortune only leads to greater misfortune.
Then Inner Sanctum Mysteries, originally broadcast February 6, 1945, 79 years ago, Death in the Depths. A deep-sea diver thinks more than he should while he's at work. When the time is nine bells, the diver meets some old friends down in a shipwreck!
And One out of Seven starring Jack Webb, originally broadcast February 6, 1946, 78 years ago, Senator Theodore Bilbo. A true story of a very racist senator.
Finally Lum and Abner, originally broadcast February 6, 1942, 82 years ago. Diogenes plans to use the store's feed room for his printing press. The town has changed, even Squire Skimp has paid his old debts to Lum and Abner!
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