Apr 9, 2013
On this
week’s episode we have a discussion of my favorite OTR genre, The
Detective Drama.
Our story comes from “The
Adventures of Frank Race”. This was an exciting syndicated
series that focused on an attorney whose World War II service
brought him into the O.S.S.
After the war, rather than returning to the practice of the law, he
became a freelance troubleshooter. The cases that Race took on
ranged from insurance cases to international spying. Thus, Frank
Race's adventures were a mixture of Johnny Dollar and
the Man
Called X. The show had a strong lead, was well-written and had
a great side kick. Frank Race was played by Tom Collins and Tony
Barrett provided the voice for Cabbie Marc Donovan. Also, the show
also featured some of radio's best players as guest stars including
Gerald Mohr,
Frank
Lovejoy, and Virginia
Gregg.
The story we will hear first aired June 5, 1949. It is the sixth
episode of the series and is called, “The Adventure of the
Vanishing President”.