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Spoilers below: This is nothing more than a rewrite of "The Maltese Falcon" with a few minor changes to make it seem new. The story is surprisingly similar to the extent of seeming lazy, though I suspect it was a deliberate recycling for fans who couldn't get enough of the highly successful '41 film, the gripping story, the fascinating characters, Dashiell Hammett's fiction and the very popular private detective genre. Spade, Gutman and Ciaro return, along with some new characters who are essentially the same as those in the original story, but with different names. None of the performances come close to being as compelling as those in the the Bogie/Huston movie. Howard Duff was popular at the time but was no Humphrey Bogart. The priceless MacGuffin is different, but that doesn't matter at all. It's not as good as "The Maltese Falcon" novel, the 1941 film, or the radio adaptations of that movie. And as I recall, the 1931 and 1936 film adaptations were fairly good though not as good as the '41 film. It is also considerably better than the "Adventures of Sam Spade" radio series from the 40's and early 50's which also starred Duff. And the production is of typically good "Suspense" series quality which was better than most 40's and 50's radio shows. It's not awful, but it's impossible not to compare to the classic novel and great 40's film. The one radio adaptation of the movie that stars Bogart, Astor, Greenstreet and Lorre was produced by The Screen Guild Theater and is good but much too rushed at a mere 30 minutes long. The better hour long version was produced by "The Lux Radio Theater" and stars Edward G. Robinson who is easily as good as Bogie. The supporting cast does a good job of imitating Astor, Greenstreet and Lorre. Both are available on RUclips.
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I had never heard that definition of "suspense" before the episode!
Ty
Tried every private detective in San Fransisco, Marlowe was in LA. Lol
Where is the man in black? Will he return?
Is that Vincent Price ? Could not listen very far...
The clock-ticking sound is really distracting. :(
Spoilers below:
This is nothing more than a rewrite of "The Maltese Falcon" with a few minor changes to make it seem new. The story is surprisingly similar to the extent of seeming lazy, though I suspect it was a deliberate recycling for fans who couldn't get enough of the highly successful '41 film, the gripping story, the fascinating characters, Dashiell Hammett's fiction and the very popular private detective genre. Spade, Gutman and Ciaro return, along with some new characters who are essentially the same as those in the original story, but with different names. None of the performances come close to being as compelling as those in the the Bogie/Huston movie. Howard Duff was popular at the time but was no Humphrey Bogart. The priceless MacGuffin is different, but that doesn't matter at all.
It's not as good as "The Maltese Falcon" novel, the 1941 film, or the radio adaptations of that movie. And as I recall, the 1931 and 1936 film adaptations were fairly good though not as good as the '41 film. It is also considerably better than the "Adventures of Sam Spade" radio series from the 40's and early 50's which also starred Duff. And the production is of typically good "Suspense" series quality which was better than most 40's and 50's radio shows.
It's not awful, but it's impossible not to compare to the classic novel and great 40's film. The one radio adaptation of the movie that stars Bogart, Astor, Greenstreet and Lorre was produced by The Screen Guild Theater and is good but much too rushed at a mere 30 minutes long. The better hour long version was produced by "The Lux Radio Theater" and stars Edward G. Robinson who is easily as good as Bogie. The supporting cast does a good job of imitating Astor, Greenstreet and Lorre. Both are available on RUclips.
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