Tuesday Night Detectives - Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon) & Sherlock Holmes (The Adventure of the Missing Submarine Plans)

Tune in every Tuesday night for Vintage Classic Radio's popular Tuesday Night Detectives, as we present a double bill of the best old-time radio detective serials from the 1930s to the 1960s.

First up tonight is The Adventures of Sam Spade in, "The Maltese Falcon", a classic crime drama adapted from the 1930 novel by Dashiell Hammett. It follows the story of a private detective, Sam Spade, as he is hired to locate a valuable statuette known as the Maltese Falcon. He takes on the case, only to discover that it is much more convoluted than what was initially presented. Spade is then driven to solve the mystery of the falcon, leading him to uncover a web of lies and treachery. Ultimately, with his quick wit and deductive skills, he is able to discover the truth and complete the case. The radio adaptation of The Maltese Falcon was originally aired in the Academy Award Theatre. It starred Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade and Mary Astor as Brigid O'Shaughnessy.

Other cast members in, "The Maltese Falcon" included:

Les Tremayne as District Attorney Bryan

Walter Kingsford as Casper Gutman

Elliott Lewis as Wilmer Cook

Lawrence Dobkin as Joel Cairo

Howard Duff as Detective Tom Polhaus

Lurene Tuttle as Effie Perrine

William Conrad as Sergeant Dundy

Vic Perrin as the voice of the falcon

William Johnstone as Lieutenant Dundy

Parley Baer as the voice of the narrator

Next up is The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Missing Submarine Plans", starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes, and Nigel Bruce as his trusty sidekick Dr. Watson. The episode "The Adventure of the Missing Submarine Plans" first aired on October 30th, 1939. In this episode, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson investigate the theft of secret documents by foreign spies related to a new submarine. The spies will stop at nothing to obtain the plans. It's up to Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson to find the missing plans before it is too late.

The full cast and roles of this episode are:

 Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes

Nigel Bruce as Doctor John Watson

Harry Bartell as Maximilian

Edwin Max as Count von Schwabing

Joseph Kearns as Professor Moriarty

Joseph N. Weber as Eustace

Trudy Wroe as Hilda von Schwabing

Lou Krugman as Dr. Leslie

Wally Maher as Captain Baron von Heimlich

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Further series information below.

Sam Spade is an American radio detective show created by Dashiell Hammett and adapted to the radio by Phillips H. Lord.  It follows the adventures of private detective Sam Spade and his partner Miles Archer in their investigations of various cases. The show features a no-nonsense approach to crime detection and a wry sense of humor. It was created by Dashiell Hammett and was adapted for the screen in 1941 as The Maltese Falcon. The show was also an influence on the hard-boiled detective school of crime fiction. The show aired from 1930 to 1932 and was one of the earliest radio detective shows.

The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was a radio adaptation starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Doctor John Watson. This series ran from 1939-1947, beginning October 2nd 1939.