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WELCOME TO THE PILOT EPISODE OF A VERY SPECIAL SERIES...

"Adventures of the Federated Tec"! A series of 8 initial episodes of 7 dramatized stories featuring Dashiell Hammett\'s nameless detective. We call him the Federated Tec ("Tec" being short for detective), but you probably know him as something else. We\'ve chosen Hammett\'s first few stories that have moved into the public domain, and have done our best to stay true to the originals -- and why not? The originals are just fine, as far as we\'re concerned.

So here is episode one, "Arson Plus", Hammett\'s first published story, from 1923. We hope you enjoy it and will join us for future episodes.\\xa0

ADVENTURES OF THE FEDERATED TEC\\xa0WAS CONCEIVED BY PETE LUTZ AND DEVELOPED BY PETE LUTZ AND MARK SLADE. "Arson Plus" was dramatized, directed and produced by Pete Lutz. Mixing and post-production was by Daniel French of\\xa0Fishbonius Productions.

Our Cast consisted of the following players:

THE FEDERATED TEC, DEPUTIES McHALE and MACKLIN, the ESTATE AGENT, SERGEANT O\'GAR, and the NIGHT CLERK:\\xa0Pete Lutz

SHERIFF TARR:\\xa0Paul Arbisi\\xa0

DEPUTY McCLUMP:\\xa0Mark Kalita

MR. COONS:\\xa0Joe Stofko\\xa0

MR. ALLIS, MR. PRINGLE, MR. LUCE and THE HOTEL MANAGER:\\xa0John Bell\\xa0

HENDERSON and the BANK MANAGER:\\xa0Jeff Moon

MRS. JABINE and the Voice of the TELEGRAM:\\xa0Geri Elliff\\xa0

PHILO:\\xa0Frank Guglielmelli

EVELYN TROWBRIDGE:\\xa0Rhiannon McAfee

PHILO\'S SON:\\xa0Rudy Good

MR. JEFFERS and YOUR ANNOUNCER:\\xa0Monte Bratten

Theme and Incidental music composed and performed by\\xa0Dr. Ross Bernhardt

Join us again soon for Episode Two \\u2013\\xa0THE GATEWOOD CAPER!