Episode 587 - Felonious Felines (Sherlock Holmes, Let George Do It, & Dragnet)

Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

Jack Mooney

Arts, Performing Arts, Mystery, Detectives, Old, Radio, Time, Tv & Film, Oldtimeradio

4.6 • 982 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

Our heroes try to solve some purr-fect crimes in these old time radio mysteries - each involving a cat. First, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (played by Tom Conway and Nigel Bruce) find "The Clue of the Hungry Cat" (originally aired on ABC on October 26, 1946). Next, Bob Bailey tries to help an inventor and finds a murder in "The Iron Cat" from Let George Do It (originally aired on Mutual on June 12, 1950). Then, a panther is on the loose in Los Angeles and Sgt. Joe Friday has to track it down in "The Big Cat" from Dragnet (originally aired on NBC on June 15, 1954).

Transcript

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0:00.0	Get this and get it straight.
0:02.0	Crime is a sucker's road,
0:04.0	and those who travel it'd wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave.
0:07.0	The story you're about to hear is true. The
0:12.5	The story you were about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
0:18.5	The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective.
0:21.5	The Adventures of the Saints starring Vincent Prize.
0:25.0	Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account.
0:30.0	America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator
0:33.2	yours truly Johnny Deller the Hello and welcome to down these mean streets and
0:58.9	were old-time radio detectives and crime fighters.
1:03.0	Now not everybody may want to be a cat,
1:06.0	but this week all of our radio detectives want to see a cat.
1:11.0	In each of the old time radio mysteries will hear today a feline, whether real or fake, plays a key role
1:18.9	in the story.
1:20.8	First up is an adventure of Sherlock Holmes starring Tom Conway as the Great Detective and
1:26.2	Nigel Bruce as Dr Watson.
1:28.9	It's the Clue of the Hungry Cat and it originally aired on ABC on October 26th, 1946.
1:37.0	It's an original Holmes radio mystery written by Anthony Boucher and Dennis Green.
1:43.0	The case of a man wrongfully convicted of murder and facing the gallows,
1:48.0	unless Sherlock Holmes can find the real killer.
1:52.0	And a cat who wasn't fed may provide the clue he needs to do it.
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