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EP0082: Pat Novak for Hire: Joe Dineen

Two men kidnap Pat Novak from a wrestling match and demand he take them to a man Novak doesn't know by the name of Joe Dineen.

Original Air Date: June 19, 1949

The only way to make friends around the waterfront is to die.

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EP0077: Pat Novak for Hire: Georgie Lampson

Novak is hired by an old flame and finds himself once again, in the thick of a murder investigation.

Original Air Date: June 12, 1949

"Houdini couldn't get out of that one in two hours, with both hands, and a can of olive oil. It was like chasing cyanide with a bucket of brandy: it tastes bright, but it's only a matter of time."

EP0072: Pat Novak: Agnes Bolton

Pat Novak hired to follow a woman, and while he's doing it, she drops dead in a phone book and once again Hellman puts the finger on Novak.

Original Air Date: June 5, 1949

Hellmann lifted his head up and laid him across the seat. The light was bad, but you could see a little of his face. It was watering around his forehead, and the damp hair was plastering around his hat brim. The perspiration had broken up and started to run down his forehead like tears. And you got the idea he cried out of his hairline instead of his eyes.

Script for Lola Madden is available at Digital Deli FTP's Pat Novak for Hire page.

EP0062: Pat Novak for Hire: The Geranium Plant

EP0052: Pat Novak for Hire: Rita Malloy

A gunsol steals a boat from Pat Novak, and winds up dead, and when Novak goes to the Hotel he finds a nightclub singer dead. As usual, Hellman's ready to pin the crime on Novak.

Original Air Date: May 1, 1949

Quotes of the Show:

"Those two killings are tied up like ham and eggs."

"People just hate their enemies, but they kill their friends."

"Somebody was on my bed. Either that or the landlord had installed an echo."

"Smart talk's not going to keep you out of the chair, Novak. Stay handy, we've only got a short extension cord."-Inspector Hellman

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EP0047: Pat Novak for Hire: Sam Toliver

Pat Novak does a favor for a friend out of prison and picks up a package. He returns to his office to find a cop standing over a dead body.

Original Air Date: April 23, 1949

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