The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective was a radio series based loosely on the private detective character
Sam Spade, created by writer
Dashiell Hammett for The Maltese Falcon. The show ran for 13 episodes on ABC in 1946, for 157 episodes on CBS in 1946–1949, and finally for 75 episodes on NBC in 1949–1951. The series starred
Howard Duff (and later,
Steve Dunne) as Sam Spade and
Lurene Tuttle as his secretary Effie, and took a considerably more tongue-in-cheek approach to the character than the novel or movie. The announcer was
Dick Joy.[1]
Dashiell Hammett's name was removed from the series in the late 1940s because he was being investigated for involvement with the
Communist Party. Later, when
Howard Duff's name appeared in the Red Channels book, he was not invited to play the role when the series made the switch to NBC in 1950.
The 1946–1951 series
The different incarnations of the series were:
The Adventures of Sam Spade (1946, ABC) – 13 30-minute episodes
The Adventures of Sam Spade (1946–49, CBS) – 157 30-minute episodes
The Adventures of Sam Spade (1949–50, NBC) – 51 30-minute episodes
The Adventures of Sam Spade (1950–51, NBC) – 24 30-minute episodes
The Adventures of Sam Spade (1946, ABC)
13 30-minute episodes
Starring Howard Duff as Sam Spade and Lurene Tuttle as Effie
(Duff replaced on some occasions by Stephen Dunne)
"Sam and the Guiana Sovereign" (July 12, 1946)
"Sam and the Farewell Murders" (July 19, 1946)
"Sam and the Unhappy Poet" (July 26, 1946)
"Sam and the Psyche" (August 2, 1946)
"Death and Company" (August 9, 1946)
"Two Sharp Knives" (August 16, 1946)
"Zig Zags of Treachery" (August 23, 1946)
"Sam and the Scythian Tiara" (August 30, 1946)
"The Corporation Murders" (September 6, 1946)
"The Dot Marlow Caper, Part 1" (September 13, 1946)
"The Dot Marlow Caper, Part 2" (September 20, 1946)
"The Count on Billy Burke" (September 27, 1946)
"The Gutting of Couffignal" (October 4, 1946)
The Adventures of Sam Spade (1946–1949, CBS)
157 30-minute episodes
Starring Howard Duff as Sam Spade and Lurene Tuttle as Effie
The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective was a radio series based loosely on the private detective character
Sam Spade, created by writer
Dashiell Hammett for The Maltese Falcon. The show ran for 13 episodes on ABC in 1946, for 157 episodes on CBS in 1946–1949, and finally for 75 episodes on NBC in 1949–1951. The series starred
Howard Duff (and later,
Steve Dunne) as Sam Spade and
Lurene Tuttle as his secretary Effie, and took a considerably more tongue-in-cheek approach to the character than the novel or movie. The announcer was
Dick Joy.[1]
Dashiell Hammett's name was removed from the series in the late 1940s because he was being investigated for involvement with the
Communist Party. Later, when
Howard Duff's name appeared in the Red Channels book, he was not invited to play the role when the series made the switch to NBC in 1950.
The 1946–1951 series
The different incarnations of the series were:
The Adventures of Sam Spade (1946, ABC) – 13 30-minute episodes
The Adventures of Sam Spade (1946–49, CBS) – 157 30-minute episodes
The Adventures of Sam Spade (1949–50, NBC) – 51 30-minute episodes
The Adventures of Sam Spade (1950–51, NBC) – 24 30-minute episodes
The Adventures of Sam Spade (1946, ABC)
13 30-minute episodes
Starring Howard Duff as Sam Spade and Lurene Tuttle as Effie
(Duff replaced on some occasions by Stephen Dunne)
"Sam and the Guiana Sovereign" (July 12, 1946)
"Sam and the Farewell Murders" (July 19, 1946)
"Sam and the Unhappy Poet" (July 26, 1946)
"Sam and the Psyche" (August 2, 1946)
"Death and Company" (August 9, 1946)
"Two Sharp Knives" (August 16, 1946)
"Zig Zags of Treachery" (August 23, 1946)
"Sam and the Scythian Tiara" (August 30, 1946)
"The Corporation Murders" (September 6, 1946)
"The Dot Marlow Caper, Part 1" (September 13, 1946)
"The Dot Marlow Caper, Part 2" (September 20, 1946)
"The Count on Billy Burke" (September 27, 1946)
"The Gutting of Couffignal" (October 4, 1946)
The Adventures of Sam Spade (1946–1949, CBS)
157 30-minute episodes
Starring Howard Duff as Sam Spade and Lurene Tuttle as Effie