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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, “The Gold Cobra,” originally broadcast June 21, 1950, is episode 89 of the CBS hard-boiled detective series. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s Los Angeles private eye, Philip Marlowe.

Marlowe is hired to protect and transport a priceless flexible gold cobra from Los Angeles to Chicago, but the seemingly straightforward courier job quickly draws dangerous attention. Written by Gene Levitt and Robert Mitchell, this Wrigley’s Spearmint Chewing Gum-sponsored episode sends Marlowe through a tense pursuit amid Hollywood Hills traffic and hotel shadows.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:41 Original Broadcast
30:39 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, “The Rustin Hickory,” originally broadcast on CBS on September 10, 1949. Episode 49 of the hard-boiled detective series stars Gerald Mohr as private investigator Philip Marlowe.

On a hot Hollywood night, visiting Nebraska schoolteacher Joan Rustin turns to Marlowe after photographer Aubrey Nichol is shot. Her pursuit of movie-star glamour has led her into Sunset Strip nightlife, where a seemingly ordinary fashion photograph may hold a vital clue. Written by Mel Dinelli and Robert Mitchell and directed by Norman Macdonnell.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:40 Original Broadcast
30:06 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, “The Smokeout,” originally broadcast October 22, 1949, is episode 55 of the CBS radio series. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled private detective, Philip Marlowe.

When Detective Lieutenant Matthews asks Marlowe to identify Vera Hamlin at the morgue, what looks like a routine traffic accident begins to raise troubling questions. Following a trail that includes a woman in black, a highway inn, and a warehouse, Marlowe searches for answers connected to a man named Brasso.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:45 Original Broadcast
30:06 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Torch Carriers,” episode 66, originally broadcast on CBS on January 7, 1950. Gerald Mohr stars as hard-boiled private detective Philip Marlowe in this sustained half-hour mystery, written by Gene Levitt and directed by Norman Macdonnell.

Marlowe investigates the suspicious death of a racketeer’s girlfriend, whose apparent two-day-old death leads him from a loan shark’s doorstep into a threatening gangster circle. Loyalties, intimidation, and danger close in as he presses for answers.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:37 Original Broadcast
30:07 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The White Carnation,” episode 102, originally broadcast on CBS on September 22, 1950. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled private detective, Philip Marlowe; the episode was produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell.

Hired to find a groom who disappears on the eve of his wedding, Marlowe follows a trail through a flower shop, a dead man, and a fortune-teller with a conspicuous interest in money. What begins as a missing-person job soon takes on a darker edge.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:45 Original Broadcast
30:18 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Ebony Link,” episode 35, originally broadcast on CBS on May 28, 1949. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled private detective, Philip Marlowe, in this Norman Macdonnell-produced and directed installment.

A $50,000 blackmail threat draws Marlowe into a dangerous case involving a concealed jail record and a trail of clues that includes a small ebony cuff link, a hilltop artist, a wheelchair user, a red-haired manicurist, and a gray sedan. Hans Conried is heard in a supporting role.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:51 Original Broadcast
30:14 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Fatted Calf,” episode 51, originally broadcast on CBS on September 24, 1949. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled private detective in this 30-minute sustaining-era mystery.

When a cartoonist is murdered, Philip Marlowe takes the case amid a stormy atmosphere marked by rain lashing against a glass roof. Written by Gene Levitt and produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell, this compact investigation keeps Marlowe following the clues through a dark and dangerous assignment.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:47 Original Broadcast
30:39 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, “The Uneasy Head,” originally broadcast on CBS on June 6, 1950, is episode 87 of the hard-boiled detective series. Gerald Mohr stars as private eye Philip Marlowe, with Verna Felton in supporting roles.

Waiting at Slattery’s bar to meet would-be client Sammy Archer, Marlowe is drugged and drawn into the reported theft of Mrs. Bessie Dunsmuir’s diamond tiara. Following a trail through bars, rooming houses, restaurants, and a wealthy estate, he finds jewel thieves, double-crosses, and danger at every turn. Written by Gene Levitt and Robert Mitchell and produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:39 Original Broadcast
30:04 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, “The Soft Spot,” originally broadcast on CBS on September 1, 1950. This is episode 99 of the hard-boiled detective series, starring Gerald Mohr as Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe.

Newspaperman Earl Hanley asks Marlowe to quietly locate John Cooper, an elderly temporary gardener who disappeared after six valuable silver goblets went missing. With only a few odd clues, Marlowe’s search leads from a Las Feliz mansion into foggy Skid Row, where the case begins to look like more than an ordinary theft. Written by Robert Mitchell and Gene Levitt, and produced and directed by Richard Sanville.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:48 Original Broadcast
30:15 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Mexican Boat Ride,” episode 43, originally broadcast on CBS on July 30, 1949. Gerald Mohr stars as hard-boiled private detective Philip Marlowe in this sustaining-era production directed and produced by Norman Macdonnell.

A wealthy and suspicious husband hires Marlowe to discover why his water-fearing wife, Ona Esterbrook, took a boat trip into Mexico. What begins as an uneasy marital investigation leads through Mexican waters, misplaced luggage, and a troubling case of mistaken identity.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:36 Original Broadcast
30:09 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Blue Burgonet,” episode 6, originally broadcast on CBS on October 31, 1948. Gerald Mohr stars as hard-boiled private detective Philip Marlowe, the Raymond Chandler-created sleuth.

Marlowe is hired to protect a valuable shipment of silk, but the case quickly draws him into questions surrounding a mysterious item known as the Blue Burgonet—and several people who believe he knows more than he does.

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00:42 Original Broadcast
30:17 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Vital Statistic,” episode 75, originally broadcast on CBS on March 14, 1950. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled Los Angeles detective in this original radio script by Robert Mitchell and Eugene Levitt, produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell.

A woman who suddenly climbs into Marlowe’s car at a Los Angeles intersection claims she is being followed—and hires him to find out by whom. What begins as routine protection draws Marlowe into the tense world of a silk merchant, a troubled divorce, and dangerous personal and business entanglements around Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega.

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00:39 Original Broadcast
30:09 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, “The Man on the Roof,” originally broadcast on CBS on April 4, 1950, is episode 78 of the hard-boiled detective series. Gerald Mohr stars as private investigator Philip Marlowe in this sustained broadcast, written by Gene Levitt and Robert Mitchell and directed by Norman Macdonnell.

When an elderly Spanish woman asks Marlowe to clear her son of a theft accusation, the detective’s inquiries lead into a fur-truck hijacking and a dangerous warehouse rooftop confrontation. Told in flashback from the scene of a police siege, the case builds through sharp clues and mounting pressure.

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00:38 Original Broadcast
30:09 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Cloak of Kamehameha,” episode 84, originally broadcast on CBS on May 16, 1950. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled Los Angeles private detective, with Dan O’Herlihy featured in the cast. This broadcast is a sustaining-program rebroadcast of a script first heard April 23, 1949.

Marlowe is sent from Los Angeles to Honolulu over the proposed sale of the Cloak of Kamehameha, a priceless feathered historical relic. But another man is using his name, threats begin to arrive, and the island assignment quickly becomes a dangerous case stretching from Honolulu to Oahu’s Pali. Written by Gene Levitt and Robert Mitchell and produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell.

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00:48 Original Broadcast
30:20 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Girl from Pitchfork Corners,” episode 91, originally broadcast on CBS on July 5, 1950. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled Los Angeles private detective in this original radio story by Gene Levitt and Robert Mitchell.

A nervous Donna Rollins sends Marlowe a special-delivery letter, $50, and a simple assignment: make sure Arnold Lattimore leaves town on the train he says he’ll take. But the missing man and Rollins’s uneasy reaction draw Marlowe into a dangerous trail of blackmail and murder, with a young woman from Kansas at its center.

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00:47 Original Broadcast
30:38 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, “The Anniversary Gift,” originally broadcast April 11, 1950, is episode 79 of the CBS detective series. In this unusual installment, William Conrad substitutes for regular Marlowe star Gerald Mohr.

Marlowe is hired to recover a valuable platinum wristwatch, but the seemingly simple job leads from a lonely beach to a Beverly Hills garage and into the shadow of an old blackmail matter. Ford sponsored this approximately 29-minute broadcast.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:53 Original Broadcast
30:23 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Final Payment,” episode 101, originally broadcast on CBS on September 15, 1950. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled private detective in this original radio mystery by Gene Levitt and Robert Mitchell.

Marlowe visits a young man awaiting execution for his role in a jewel robbery and murder—and agrees to one last unpaid favor: find the missing jewels and return them to the victim’s widow. The trail leads from the state penitentiary to San Pedro’s waterfront, where dry docks, warehouses, and dangerous old connections await.

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00:42 Original Broadcast
29:52 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Pigeon’s Blood,” episode 37, originally broadcast on CBS on June 11, 1949. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled Los Angeles private detective, in a production directed and produced by Norman Macdonnell.

Marlowe is hired by a French client to recover thirty rare, exceptionally valuable pigeon’s-blood rubies. The search carries him through downtown Los Angeles and into the world of a fashion-magazine illustrator, where competing interests and rising danger shadow every lead.

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00:42 Original Broadcast
30:12 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Bid for Freedom,” episode 68, originally broadcast on CBS on January 21, 1950. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled private detective in this original radio story by Gene Levitt and Robert Mitchell.

When a troubled woman escapes from a sanitarium, Marlowe fears her husband may be in danger. Following the trail from a breach in the institution’s fence, he is drawn into a tense murder investigation.

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00:32 Original Broadcast
30:03 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Orange Dog” (AFRTS), episode 17, originally broadcast on CBS on January 22, 1949. Gerald Mohr stars as hard-boiled private detective Philip Marlowe.

A worried woman’s search for her missing sister draws Marlowe into Chinatown, where a cryptic clue and the mysterious “orange dog of Fo” point toward danger and a hidden criminal operation. Written by Gene Levitt and Robert Mitchell, this suspenseful case was produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell.

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00:52 Original Broadcast
27:12 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, “Night Tide,” originally broadcast on CBS on May 21, 1949, is episode 34 of the series. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled private detective.

Fishing-fleet owner Mike Basso hires Marlowe in San Pedro after a newly paroled ex-con is suspected of attacking him. Along the waterfront’s docks, cafés, and shadowed piers, conflicting stories and old grudges pull Marlowe into a dangerous harbor-side investigation. Written for radio by Mel Dinelli, Robert Mitchell, and Gene Levitt, and produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell.

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00:49 Original Broadcast
30:30 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, episode 96, “The Quiet Magpie,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 11, 1950. Gerald Mohr stars as hard-boiled private detective Philip Marlowe.

With Vincent Calloway on trial for the murder of his father, Homer, the evidence points to a bitter family history. But Homer’s best friend believes Vincent is innocent and hires Marlowe to look beyond the prosecution’s case in this tense, courtroom-shadowed mystery.

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00:45 Original Broadcast
30:17 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, “The Indian Giver,” originally broadcast August 13, 1949, is episode 45 of the CBS detective series. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled Los Angeles private eye.

Marlowe is hired by a wholesale curio dealer after a valuable Apache pottery bowl shipped from New Mexico disappears. The search for the distinctive piece leads him into a web of suspicious connections and unusual provenance. This original radio script was written by Gene Levitt and Robert Mitchell and directed by Clif Howell.

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00:47 Original Broadcast
30:17 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Hairpin Turn,” episode 69, originally broadcast on CBS on January 28, 1950. Gerald Mohr stars as the hard-boiled private detective Philip Marlowe.

Hired by a worried parent to investigate a prospective marriage, Marlowe finds himself navigating a case involving a champion sharpshooter, a target pistol, and a killing that lands dead center. Written by Gene Levitt and Robert Mitchell and directed by Norman Macdonnell, this CBS-era mystery takes Marlowe down a rocky road of dangerous turns.

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00:36 Original Broadcast
30:21 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, “The Long Rope,” originally broadcast on CBS on February 5, 1949, is episode 19 of the hard-boiled detective series. Gerald Mohr stars as Philip Marlowe in this surviving 30-minute sustained broadcast.

Ailing nerves, a telephone number scribbled on a cash-register receipt, and a corpse across town draw Marlowe into an unlikely chain of clues. What connects them is a “long rope” worth $30,000. Written by Gene Levitt and Robert Mitchell, the episode was directed and produced by Norman Macdonnell.

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00:47 Original Broadcast
30:21 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Dark Tunnel,” episode 97, originally broadcast on CBS on August 18, 1950. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled Hollywood private detective in this sustaining broadcast, written by Robert Mitchell and Gene Levitt and produced and directed by Richard Sanville.

When Marlowe breaks up an alley beating, he finds himself helping a young man search for missing dancer Julia Thayer. A newspaper clipping, a photograph, and leads connected to the New Blossom Dance Land send him from Hollywood to East Los Angeles and toward an abandoned underpass known as the dark tunnel.

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00:47 Original Broadcast
30:34 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Last Laugh,” episode 27, originally broadcast on CBS on April 2, 1949. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled private detective.

Marlowe heads to Catalina Island for the reading of wealthy practical joker Julius Spangler’s will, where uneasy heirs, old resentments, and financial expectations gather beneath a stormy sky. When the elaborate joke turns dangerous, Marlowe must separate mischief from murder in an isolated island house. Written by Gene Levitt and Robert Mitchell, this was an original CBS-era Marlowe radio story.

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00:40 Original Broadcast
30:10 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, “The House That Jacqueline Built v. 2,” originally broadcast on CBS on December 31, 1949. This is episode 65 of the hard-boiled detective series, starring Gerald Mohr as Philip Marlowe and produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell.

On New Year’s Eve, Marlowe is hired by Professor Felix Piper, a botanist who claims his small Los Angeles house—and the research material inside it—has vanished, leaving only an empty lot. With help from Piper’s assistant, Stephanie Fraser, Marlowe follows a strange trail north toward San Pablo Bay, where suspicious movers, conflicting identities, and murder turn an impossible disappearance into a dangerous investigation.

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00:46 Original Broadcast
30:32 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “Daring Young Dame on the Flying Trapeze,” episode 3, originally broadcast on NBC on July 1, 1947. This early series installment stars Van Heflin as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled Los Angeles detective.

Marlowe is hired by circus co-owner and aerialist Ralph Tassinari to look into troubling gambling debts that threaten a small troupe playing at Washington Boulevard and Hill Street. Beneath the big top, rivalries, uneasy partnerships, and high-wire danger turn a protective job into a hazardous investigation. Lorene Tuttle co-stars as Glory Ann in this original radio story by Milton Geiger.

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00:43 Original Broadcast
30:19 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, episode 8, “Trouble Is My Business,” originally broadcast August 5, 1947. Van Heflin stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled Los Angeles private detective.

Marlowe is hired to look into the impending marriage of Grover Jeeter, adopted heir to wealthy Wadsworth Jeeter, and Harriet Huntress. A family concern soon leads to gambling notes, a claimed $50,000 debt, and dangerous questions involving gambler Marty Estel. This NBC summer-series adaptation was written for radio by Milton Geiger from Chandler’s short story.

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00:52 Original Broadcast
30:17 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The House That Jacqueline Built v. 1,” episode 65, originally broadcast on CBS on December 31, 1949. Gerald Mohr stars as private detective Philip Marlowe in this New Year’s Eve mystery, produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell.

Marlowe is hired to find an unlikely missing object: a small Los Angeles house, vanished along with material vital to Professor Felix Piper’s work. The trail leads from Los Angeles toward San Pablo Bay, where conflicting stories, suspicious figures, and mounting danger turn an unusual case into murder.

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00:41 Original Broadcast
29:33 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, episode 74, “The Monkey’s Uncle,” originally broadcast on CBS on March 7, 1950. Gerald Mohr stars as private detective Philip Marlowe in this 30-minute sustaining broadcast.

Marlowe is approached by Lesley McDuff with an unusual assignment involving Cornelius, a chimpanzee trained to play an English butler. McDuff wants the detective to keep Cornelius from being taken out of town, launching a distinctly theatrical hard-boiled mystery. John Dehner is also featured.

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00:45 Original Broadcast
30:16 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, “The Green Witch,” originally broadcast on CBS on October 29, 1949. This Halloween-season mystery is episode 56 of the Gerald Mohr radio series.

Hired to protect a wealthy businessman during a Halloween masquerade, private detective Philip Marlowe faces an uneasy night of masks, concealed identities, and the threat of an escaped convict believed to be planning murder. Gerald Mohr stars as Marlowe, with Paul Frees and Eve McVeagh; Norman Macdonnell directed and produced.

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00:46 Original Broadcast
29:46 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, “The Old Acquaintance,” originally broadcast on CBS on December 26, 1948, is episode 14 of the series. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled Los Angeles private detective.

On New Year’s Eve, insurance broker Paul Riker asks Marlowe to find his missing fiancée before their Beverly Hills wedding. A frightened message, a shot at Marlowe’s office, and a trail involving an escaped convict turn the search into a dangerous Los Angeles case. Jeff Corey appears as Lieutenant Ybarra; the episode was written by Gene Levitt and Robert Mitchell and directed by Norman Macdonnell.

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00:57 Original Broadcast
30:23 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The High Collared Cape,” episode 81, originally broadcast on CBS on April 25, 1950. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled Los Angeles private detective.

On a rainy evening, a ballerina asks Marlowe to help locate a missing friend. His search leads through the recital world and into a dangerous blackmail case, with a high-collared cape and a fragment of glass among the troubling clues. This 30-minute sustaining broadcast was written by Gene Levitt and Robert Mitchell and produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell.

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00:34 Original Broadcast
30:03 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Long Arm,” episode 70, originally broadcast on CBS on February 7, 1950. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled private detective.

Marlowe reluctantly returns to Bay City when his friend Ernie Parch is accused of murdering his wife. Ernie insists he has been framed, drawing Marlowe into a tense investigation shaped by local suspicion and the far-reaching pressure of the law. This surviving 30-minute installment aired as a sustaining broadcast.

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00:39 Original Broadcast
30:22 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Dear Dead Days,” episode 105, originally broadcast on CBS on July 14, 1951. Gerald Mohr stars as hard-boiled private detective Philip Marlowe.

Marlowe’s quiet Saturday is disrupted when elderly widow Mrs. Phoebe Coldwell asks him to find Stevens, her former chauffeur and a man she regards almost as a son. What begins as a missing-person job soon leads toward a missing art collection—and growing danger.

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00:48 Original Broadcast
31:25 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Grim Hunters,” episode 24, originally broadcast on CBS on March 12, 1949. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled Los Angeles detective in this original radio story.

When Helen Palmer asks Marlowe to serve as an item in a scavenger hunt, the lighthearted assignment takes a dangerous turn. Written by Gene Levitt and Robert Mitchell and directed by Norman Macdonnell, the episode sends Marlowe into a noir-tinged hunt through Los Angeles.

Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
30:16 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Tale of the Mermaid,” episode 52, originally broadcast on CBS on October 1, 1949. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled Los Angeles private detective.

A traffic accident outside Marlowe’s office sends him toward the waterfront, where a murder case, a glittering mermaid, and a great deal of money lead into a dangerous web of greed and deception. This 30-minute sustaining broadcast was written by Gene Levitt and Robert Mitchell and directed by Norman Macdonnell.

Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:49 Original Broadcast
30:36 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Fifth Mask,” episode 100, originally broadcast on CBS on September 8, 1950. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled private detective.

In Hollywood, Vivian Barr asks Marlowe for protection from Fred Sears, a man connected to a hotel fire six months earlier. Her evasions, a tail on the Sunset Strip, and a clue involving missing jewelry lead Marlowe into the guarded world of a wealthy Beverly Hills family. Written by Robert Mitchell and Gene Levitt, and produced and directed by Richard Sanville.

Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:47 Original Broadcast
30:41 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “A Seaside Sabbatical,” episode 104, originally broadcast on July 7, 1951. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled Los Angeles private detective in this CBS summer-run opener.

An urgent wire draws Marlowe to Long Beach, where a canceled appointment, a frightened young woman, and trouble at a shooting gallery pull him into a dangerous waterfront mystery. Norman Macdonnell produced and directed the sustaining broadcast.

Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:52 Original Broadcast
30:22 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Good Neighbor Policy,” episode 107, originally broadcast on CBS on July 28, 1951. Gerald Mohr stars as hard-boiled Los Angeles detective Philip Marlowe in this Kathleen Hite script.

A sweltering day, a neighbor’s xylophone, and a crossed connection on Marlowe’s party-line telephone pull him into the uneasy affairs of his apartment building. Gossip, robbery, and murder lead from the hallway to the Los Angeles library in a case where being a good neighbor can be dangerous.

Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:36 Original Broadcast
30:13 Closing

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