The Adventures Of Philip Marlowe | Old Time Radio

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, “Night Tide,” originally broadcast on CBS on May 21, 1949, is episode 34 of the series. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled private detective.

Fishing-fleet owner Mike Basso hires Marlowe in San Pedro after a newly paroled ex-con is suspected of attacking him. Along the waterfront’s docks, cafés, and shadowed piers, conflicting stories and old grudges pull Marlowe into a dangerous harbor-side investigation. Written for radio by Mel Dinelli, Robert Mitchell, and Gene Levitt, and produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:49 Original Broadcast
30:30 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, episode 96, “The Quiet Magpie,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 11, 1950. Gerald Mohr stars as hard-boiled private detective Philip Marlowe.

With Vincent Calloway on trial for the murder of his father, Homer, the evidence points to a bitter family history. But Homer’s best friend believes Vincent is innocent and hires Marlowe to look beyond the prosecution’s case in this tense, courtroom-shadowed mystery.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:45 Original Broadcast
30:17 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, “The Indian Giver,” originally broadcast August 13, 1949, is episode 45 of the CBS detective series. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled Los Angeles private eye.

Marlowe is hired by a wholesale curio dealer after a valuable Apache pottery bowl shipped from New Mexico disappears. The search for the distinctive piece leads him into a web of suspicious connections and unusual provenance. This original radio script was written by Gene Levitt and Robert Mitchell and directed by Clif Howell.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:47 Original Broadcast
30:17 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Hairpin Turn,” episode 69, originally broadcast on CBS on January 28, 1950. Gerald Mohr stars as the hard-boiled private detective Philip Marlowe.

Hired by a worried parent to investigate a prospective marriage, Marlowe finds himself navigating a case involving a champion sharpshooter, a target pistol, and a killing that lands dead center. Written by Gene Levitt and Robert Mitchell and directed by Norman Macdonnell, this CBS-era mystery takes Marlowe down a rocky road of dangerous turns.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:36 Original Broadcast
30:21 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, “The Long Rope,” originally broadcast on CBS on February 5, 1949, is episode 19 of the hard-boiled detective series. Gerald Mohr stars as Philip Marlowe in this surviving 30-minute sustained broadcast.

Ailing nerves, a telephone number scribbled on a cash-register receipt, and a corpse across town draw Marlowe into an unlikely chain of clues. What connects them is a “long rope” worth $30,000. Written by Gene Levitt and Robert Mitchell, the episode was directed and produced by Norman Macdonnell.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:47 Original Broadcast
30:21 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Dark Tunnel,” episode 97, originally broadcast on CBS on August 18, 1950. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled Hollywood private detective in this sustaining broadcast, written by Robert Mitchell and Gene Levitt and produced and directed by Richard Sanville.

When Marlowe breaks up an alley beating, he finds himself helping a young man search for missing dancer Julia Thayer. A newspaper clipping, a photograph, and leads connected to the New Blossom Dance Land send him from Hollywood to East Los Angeles and toward an abandoned underpass known as the dark tunnel.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:47 Original Broadcast
30:34 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Last Laugh,” episode 27, originally broadcast on CBS on April 2, 1949. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled private detective.

Marlowe heads to Catalina Island for the reading of wealthy practical joker Julius Spangler’s will, where uneasy heirs, old resentments, and financial expectations gather beneath a stormy sky. When the elaborate joke turns dangerous, Marlowe must separate mischief from murder in an isolated island house. Written by Gene Levitt and Robert Mitchell, this was an original CBS-era Marlowe radio story.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:40 Original Broadcast
30:10 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, “The House That Jacqueline Built v. 2,” originally broadcast on CBS on December 31, 1949. This is episode 65 of the hard-boiled detective series, starring Gerald Mohr as Philip Marlowe and produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell.

On New Year’s Eve, Marlowe is hired by Professor Felix Piper, a botanist who claims his small Los Angeles house—and the research material inside it—has vanished, leaving only an empty lot. With help from Piper’s assistant, Stephanie Fraser, Marlowe follows a strange trail north toward San Pablo Bay, where suspicious movers, conflicting identities, and murder turn an impossible disappearance into a dangerous investigation.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
30:32 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “Daring Young Dame on the Flying Trapeze,” episode 3, originally broadcast on NBC on July 1, 1947. This early series installment stars Van Heflin as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled Los Angeles detective.

Marlowe is hired by circus co-owner and aerialist Ralph Tassinari to look into troubling gambling debts that threaten a small troupe playing at Washington Boulevard and Hill Street. Beneath the big top, rivalries, uneasy partnerships, and high-wire danger turn a protective job into a hazardous investigation. Lorene Tuttle co-stars as Glory Ann in this original radio story by Milton Geiger.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:43 Original Broadcast
30:19 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, episode 8, “Trouble Is My Business,” originally broadcast August 5, 1947. Van Heflin stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled Los Angeles private detective.

Marlowe is hired to look into the impending marriage of Grover Jeeter, adopted heir to wealthy Wadsworth Jeeter, and Harriet Huntress. A family concern soon leads to gambling notes, a claimed $50,000 debt, and dangerous questions involving gambler Marty Estel. This NBC summer-series adaptation was written for radio by Milton Geiger from Chandler’s short story.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:52 Original Broadcast
30:17 Closing

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