Podcasts Arts Performing Arts Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives) Episode 167 - Crooning for Clues (Richard Diamond, Private Detective)

Episode 167 - Crooning for Clues (Richard Diamond, Private Detective)

Published: April 24, 2016, 4 a.m.

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Dick Powell is Richard Diamond, the only radio gumshoe who carries a tune along with his gun. The big screen star\\u2019s talents are put to perfect use in the character of Diamond, a tough, glib ex-cop turned shamus in the Big Apple who is equally skilled with his wits and his fists and who always wraps up the caper with a song for his girlfriend. The combination of Powell\\u2019s winning performance and scripts by Blake Edwards (the director behind\\xa0The Pink Panther) make Diamond one of radio\\u2019s very best detectives. We\\u2019ll hear the private eye in\\xa0\\u201cThe Rene Bene Protection Case\\u201d (originally aired on NBC on October 22, 1949) and\\xa0\\u201cThe Statue of Kali\\u201d (originally aired on NBC on April 5, 1950).

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