Podcasts Arts Performing Arts Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives) Episode 487 - Hayes Code (The Whistler, Richard Diamond, & Sam Spade)

Episode 487 - Hayes Code (The Whistler, Richard Diamond, & Sam Spade)

Published: May 22, 2022, 4 a.m.

b'John Michael Hayes was a two-time Academy Award-nominated screenwriter who wrote four films for Alfred Hitchcock. But before that, he was a busy radio writer penning adventures for Johnny Dollar and comedies for Lucille Ball. We\'ll hear three of Hayes\' old time radio scripts: "The Seeing Eye" from\\xa0The Whistler (originally aired on CBS on November 12, 1945); "Lady in Distress" from\\xa0Richard Diamond, Private Detective (originally aired on ABC on February 23, 1951); and "The Vendetta Caper" from\\xa0The Adventures of Sam Spade (originally aired on NBC on March 30, 1951).'