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Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

Episode 44 - Stuff that Dreams Are Made Of (Academy Award)

Broadcast on:
16 Feb 2014

Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, and Sydney Greenstreet recreate their film roles in this radio adaptation of The Maltese Falcon.  John Huston's film of Dashiell Hammett's novel is a classic, and it was translated several times over radio.  Hear Sam Spade's search for the "Black Bird" recreated on Academy Award, originally aired on CBS on July 3, 1946.