Episode 225 Dashiells Detectives (Suspense & Screen Guild Theatre)

Published: May 28, 2017, 4 a.m.

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In honor of Dashiell Hammett\\u2019s birthday, we\\u2019re saluting the master of hard boiled mystery with radio adaptations of two of his stories. First, Suspense \\u2013 \\u201cradio\\u2019s outstanding theater of thrills\\u201d \\u2013 presents John Payne and Frank McHugh in the small-town murder mystery \\u201cTwo Sharp Knives\\u201d (originally aired on CBS on June 7, 1945). Then, the big screen cast reunites for a radio recreation of The Maltese Falcon. Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, and Sydney Greenstreet star in this version from The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theatre (originally aired on CBS on September 20, 1943).

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