The Great Detectives Present Broadway's My Beat

Today's Mystery: Detective Danny Clover investigates the stabbing of Mary Trevor, a young woman found dying on a crowded Times Square subway platform. With few reliable witnesses, Clover follows a trail leading to Mary’s estranged father, a wealthy socialite confined to a wheelchair, and a man whose romantic past may hold the key to her murder. But as conflicting stories emerge, Clover must uncover what happened during Mary’s final days—and why someone wanted her silenced.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 25, 1952

Originated in Hollywood

Cast:

• Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover
• Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Taglia
• Jack Kruschen as Detective Mugavin
• Betty Lou Gerson as Joan Hunt
• Ben Wright as Robert Graham
• Gene Bates
• Tom Tully
• Byron Kane.

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Today's Mystery: A strange murder draws Detective Danny Clover to a Manhattan apartment filled with occult symbols, a dead man, and a woman who barely survived the night. What first appears to be a bizarre suicide soon becomes connected to a series of deaths stretching back several years. As Clover follows the trail, he encounters a mysterious woman who claims to possess the power to determine who lives—and who dies.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 18, 1952

Originated in Hollywood

Cast:

• Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover
• Charles Calvert as Sgt. Gino Tartaglia
• Jack Kruschen as Sgt. Muggavan
• Sammy Hill as Maura Spencer
• Lee Millar
• Truda Marson
• Lou Merrill
• Morton Fine and David Friedkin, writers
• Elliott Lewis, director
• Alexander Courage, composer and conductor
• Bill Anders, announcer 

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Today's Mystery: Detective Danny Clover investigates the murder of Ruth Nelson, a woman found stabbed to death on the very day she was released from prison after serving thirty years. As Clover searches for answers, he discovers that Ruth’s past may hold the key to her death. The investigation takes another turn when Louise Downey, the woman who helped Ruth find a place to live, is also found dead. Clover must uncover the connection between the two women and the secrets someone is determined to keep hidden.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 11, 1952

Originated in Hollywood

Cast:

• Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover
  
  
• Charles Calvert as Tattaglia
  
  
• Jack Kruschen as Mugavin
  
  
• Mary Jane Croft as Vicky
  
  
• Jane Novello as Jonathan
  
  
• Irene Tedrow
  
  
• Harry Bartell
  
  
• Paul Frees
  
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Today's Mystery: Detective Danny Clover investigates a dangerous situation surrounding dancer Sylvia Douglas after she claims that Peter Ciuro wants to kill her. Ciuro insists that he loves Sylvia and points Clover toward another man, longshoreman Johnny Moore, whom he believes could be a threat to her. As Clover investigates the three people connected to Sylvia, the situation takes a deadly turn when Tony Blair, Sylvia's dancing teacher, is found murdered.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 20, 1952.

Originated in Hollywood

Cast:

• Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover
• Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia
• Jack Kruschen as McGovern
• Sammy Hill as Sylvia Douglas
• Sidney Miller as Peter Ciuro
• Sheldon Leonard as Johnny Moore
• Martha Wentworth as the landlady
• True de Marten as Mrs. Blair

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Today's Mystery: Pickpocket Georgie Beck has repeatedly insisted that someone is following him, but Danny Clover and his colleagues have found nothing to substantiate his fears. When Georgie suddenly calls headquarters saying he has been attacked and then disappears, Danny retraces his movements and discovers an unexpected connection between the small-time thief and a lavish Park Avenue party.

Original Radio Broadcast Date:August 2, 1952

Originated in Hollywood

Cast:

• Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover
• Charles Calvert as Sgt. Gino Tartaglia
• Jack Kruschen as Sgt. Muggavan
• Irene Tedrow as Vera Lane
• Michael Ann Barrett as Barbara Lane
• Herb Butterfield
• Ben Wright
• Leo Cleary
• Morton Fine and David Friedkin, writers
• Elliott Lewis, producer and director
• Alexander Courage, composer and conductor

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Today’s Mystery: Danny Clover investigates the murder of Joey Croft, a Coney Island carnival operator found stabbed and buried in the sand. Suspicion falls on Fred Moore, a recently released ex-con who blamed Joey for sending him to prison, but finding Moore only draws Danny deeper into the tangled relationships of several people from their old carnival days.

Original Radio Broadcast Date:June 23, 1952

Originated in Hollywood

Credits:

• Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover
• Charles Calvert as Sgt. Gino Tartaglia
• Jack Kruschen as Sgt. Muggavan
• Alvina Temple as Letty Scott
• Lou Merrill as Mr. Zabrowski
• Paula Victor as Nora Forrest
• Herb Vigran as Ray Kendall
• Written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin
• Produced and directed by Elliott Lewis
• Music composed and conducted by Alexander Courage

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Today's Mystery: Danny Clover investigates the death of Lila Hunter, whose body is pulled from the river while police are searching for her as the prime suspect in another murder. When a Skid Row derelict unexpectedly produces $500 for Lila’s funeral, Danny follows the money toward a man from her past and a possible connection between the two deaths.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 16, 1952

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan

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Today's Mystery: Detective Danny Clover investigates the murder of successful construction contractor Harry Moore, a man with no apparent enemies whose recent behavior had taken him far from his comfortable life. Clover follows Moore’s unexplained visits to the Bowery, where he discovers a connection to a dangerous man—and a mystery that reaches much closer to home than it first appears.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 2, 1952

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan

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Today's Mystery: Detective Danny Clover investigates the murder of Alice Mayo, a recent arrival in New York who is shot through the door of her apartment. Her dying words point toward a man she met at a friendship club, but an anonymous telephone call made around the time of the shooting leaves Clover with questions about what really happened.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 24, 1952

Originated in Hollywood

Cast:

• Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover
• Charles Calvert as Sgt. Gino Tartaglia
• Jack Kruschen as Detective Muggavan and Dr. Sinski
• Whitfield Connor as Fred Mayo
• Betty Lou Gerson
• Lamont Johnson
• Joe Forte
• Written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin
• Produced and directed by Elliott Lewis
• Musical score composed and conducted by Alexander Courage

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Today's Mystery: Detective Danny Clover investigates the strangling of a Broadway entertainer whose body is discovered by a frightened out-of-town businessman. His insistence that he heard the woman scream long after she apparently died presents Clover with a puzzling contradiction—and the case soon takes an even darker turn.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 17, 1952

Originated in HollywoodCast:

• Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover
• Charles Calvert as Sgt. Gino Tartaglia
• Jack Kruschen as Detective Muggavan
• Hy Averback as Russ Field
• Herb Butterfield as Myron Lehigh
• Featured: Martha Wentworth, Ed Max, and Junius Matthews
• Written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin
• Produced and directed by Elliott Lewis
• Musical score composed and conducted by Alexander Courage

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