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Barry\\nCraig, Confidential Investigator\\n(AKA Barry Crane" and then "Barrie Craig)\\xa0\\n\\nis one of the few detective radio series that had separate versions of it\\nbroadcast from both coasts. Even the spelling changed over the years. It was\\nfirst "Barry Crane" and then "Barrie Craig". NBC produced\\nit in New York from 1951 to 1954 and then moved it to Hollywood where it aired\\nfrom 1954 to 1955. It attracted only occasional sponsors so it was usually a sustainer.William Gargan,\\nwho also played the better known television (and radio) detective Martin Kane, was the voice of New York eye BARRY\\nCRAIG while Ralph Bell portrayed his associate, Lt. Travis Rogers. Craig\'s\\noffice was on Madison Avenue and his adventures were fairly standard PI fare.\\nHe worked alone, solved cases efficiently, and feared no man. As the promos\\nwent, he was "your man when you can\'t go to the cops. Confidentiality a\\nspeciality."Like Sam Spade,\\nCraig narrated his stories, in addition to being the leading character in this\\n30 minute show. Nearly sixty episodes are in trading circulation today.

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Barrie\\nCraig, Confidential Investigator. January 23, 1952. NBC network. "The Deadly\\nFight". Sustaining. Not auditioned. "A widow who can\'t find tears, an\\nobituary notice in search of a cough and a boxing champ whose biggest win is a\\nfight, strictly off the record." Fran Carlon, Himan Brown (director),\\nWilliam Gargan, John Roeburt (writer), Don Pardo (announcer). 29:44.