The Whistler – The Thief. ep36, 430117
Retired, wealthy manufacturer, Harry Ford, has a daughter. A phone call beckons Mrs Ford to come to his apartment for good news. Is this some kind of kidnapping plot? Though…
The Whistler – The Weakling. ep34, 430103
Young Clyde Banning, son of the District Attorney, has his license revoked after driving drunk after a New Year's eve party. The embarrassment increases when we learn that Clyde is…
Philip Marlowe – The White Carnation. ep102, 500922
Ben Reynolds has disappeared, but is it just a matter of getting cold feet, and ducking out on his wedding? His best man thinks otherwise. Who is Gregory Toledo, and…
Philip Marlowe – The Glass Donkey. 500728.
Marlowe gets a phone call to tell him one of his steady girlfriends has been shot. Headed to the funeral parlor to pay his respects, Philip questions friends and other…
Philip Marlowe (BBC02) The High Window. 771017 (rretro575)
California, 1941. Visiting a potential client, Marlowe meets the formidable Mrs Murdock, and becomes acquainted with the eccentric family and the matter of a missing, rare coin. Can Marlowe handle…
Nero Wolfe (CBC) Death Of A Demon. ep12, 820403
The wife of a public relations man comes to Nero Wolfe to turn a gun over to him. She tells the rotund detective her plan, and how easy it would…
The Adventures of Sam Spade – The Soap Opera Caper. ep235, 510216
Meeting up with a fellow gum shoe, Sam learns his client isn't just a writer of soap operas, she writes several. Her melodramatic dictation of her latest tear jerker spills…
Nero Wolfe (CBC) Cordially Invited To Meet Death. ep6, 820220
In the past, Nero had turned down the job offered him by Mrs Jurvis Horrix to play detective at a party. Today she has a more serious reason for calling…
The Adventures of Sam Spade – The Biddle Riddle Caper. ep229, 510105
A phone call sends Sam to a radio station, and his next case. A radio show has an innovative idea for a crime and mystery show, involving real interviews for…
The Adventures of Sam Spade – The Prodigal Panda Caper. ep228, 501229
When Sam reports his last caper to his secretary, Effie Perine gets confused at the word prodigal. It all starts when Sam finds a sleeping boy, reading a pulp fiction…