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Amazing World of Radio

This week in our summer series featuring old-time radio appearances by actors who later played killers on Columbo, we spotlight Roddy McDowall. McDowall stars as young Ronnie Cavanaugh in a radio adaptation of “The Pied Piper”, the story of an elderly Englishman who reluctantly becomes the protector of a growing band of refugee children as they struggle to escape Nazi-occupied France and reach safety in England during the darkest days of World War II.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 21, 1942

Program: Lux Radio Theatre

Starring: Frank Morgan as Mr. Howard; Roddy McDowall as Ronnie Cavanaugh; Anne Baxter as Nicole; Ralph Morgan.

Also featuring Doris Lloyd, George Sorel, Eric Snowden, Leo Cleary, Norman Field, Hal Gerard, Alec Harford, Claudine Leger, Noreen Gammill, Meryl Roden, Florette Zama, Maurice Tauzin, Mary Raymond, Vernon Steele, and Barbara Jean Wong

Music directed by Louis Silvers

Produced by Cecil B. DeMille

Announcer: John M. Kennedy

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ABC, Counterspy, OTR Detective, Podcast

Counterspy: Statue of Death (A0094)

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Today’s Adventure:

When a respected Mexican businessman suddenly reappears at the home of the woman he loves, it is only because a mysterious religious statue he once gave away may now be carrying a deadly secret. As a pair of ruthless spies race to recover it, David Harding and the counterspies investigate the theft of radioactive material from a Tennessee atomic plant before it can be smuggled out of the country.

Original Radio Broadcast: August 16, 1949

Originating from New York

Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding; Mandel Kramer as Peters

Also featuring Jesse Crawford (music)

Produced by the Phillips H. Lord Productions

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The Saint: The Problem of the Peculiar Payoff (EP4986)

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Vincent Price

Today’s Mystery:

Simon Templar survives an attempted hit by a small-time hood named Augie and traces the job back to a nervous swindler named Ronald Stanton. But when a murder complicates matters, the Saint finds himself caught between a blackmail scheme, a disappearing secretary, and a beautiful receptionist who may know more than she admits.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 9, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starred: Vincent Price as Simon Templar

Also featuring Frances Robinson, Arthur Q. Bryan, Ted de Corsia, and Donald Woods. Announcer: Don Stanley. Music composed and conducted by Von Dexter. Directed by Helen Mack. Written by Jerome Epstein.

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ABC, Counterspy, OTR Detective, Podcast

Counterspy: The Case of the Murmured Millions (A0092)

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Today’s Adventure

A smooth-talking con man pitches a powerful crime boss on a new kind of protection racket—one built not on violence, but on rumors capable of destroying major corporations. When businesses begin collapsing under whispered accusations and public panic, Counterspy chief David Harding races to expose the mastermind behind the scheme before more companies are ruined.

Original Radio Broadcast: August 11, 1949

Originating from New York

Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding; Mandel Kramer as Peters

Also featuring Rosa Rio. Directed by William M. Sweets.

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Counterspy: Blackmailed Hijacker (A0090)

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Today’s Adventure:

A truck driver is blackmailed into covering the identity of a hijacker and murderer.

Original Radio Broadcast: August 9, 1949

Originating from New York

Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as Peters, Ken Lynch

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Counterspy: The Recruited Nurse (A0084)

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Today’s Adventure:

An escaped criminal disfigures his own face to get plastic surgery to claim a $250,000 reward.

Original Radio Broadcast: June 6, 1948

Originating from New York

Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding; Mandel Kramer as Peters; Bryna Raeburn; Chuck Webster

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Counterspy: The Camera-Happy Crook (A0082)

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Today’s Adventure:

A gang of bank robbers pretend to be a film crew as a cover for a robbery.

Original Radio Broadcast: May 30, 1948

Originating from New York

Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding; Mandel Kramer as Peters

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Three For Adventure: Roundhouse Rosie and the Siamese Cats (A0080)

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Three adventurers (played by Jack Webb, Elliot Lewis, and Barton Yarborough) arrive in New Orleans to locate a valuable black opal.

Audition Date: 1949

Originating from Hollywood

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Counterspy: The Stolen Car Racket (Rehearsal) (A0076)

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Today’s Adventure:

A woman who runs a New York auto theft racket and her sister get caught up in a web of intrigue and murder after doing business with a Chicago gang leader.

Rehearsal of Program that Aired July 27, 1946

Originating from New York

Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding; Mandel Kramer as Peters; Ralph Bell

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Counterspy: Cherchez La Femme (A0072)

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Today’s Adventure:

David Harding looks into the suicide of a prominent wealthy man tied to the war effort.

Original Radio Broadcast: June 13, 1945

Originating from New York

Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding; Mandel Kramer as Peters

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Counterspy: The Case of the Illegal Radio Station (A0070)

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Today’s Adventure:

A military officer is murdered on a train. David Harding suspects enemy involvement, and enlists the help of refugees to track down a suspected foreign agent.

Original Radio Broadcast: March 1, 1943

Originating from New York

Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding

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