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"Do not pay too much attention to their answers, as they often lie."
Lieutenant Ben Guthrie and Sergeant Matt Greb introduce line ups full of characters both heinous and hilarious. Go with them as they go after the most menacing of criminals in sixteen gritty episodes from the 1950s, now in digitally restored sound.
Radio greats Bill Johnstone, Wally Maher, and Jack Moyles are on the beat on the streets of a Great American City. And, things get tough when the witnesses are unreliable, unsure, unwilling卭r dead.
Includes performances by Howard McNear, Virginia Gregg, Parley Baer, Peggy Webber, Sheldon Leonard, and more - plus a Program Guide by Rodney Bowcock.
Episodes Include: The Anita Cameron Case (Audition Show) 05-27-50; The Paradise Murder Case 07-27-50; Two Young Girls Killed By Hit and Run Driver 08-03-50; Suspect Dies of Poisoning 08-10-50; The Jersey Parallel 12-07-50; The Holsteder Case 12-21-50; The Elsner Case 12-28-50; The Cigar Box Bandit Case 02-15-51; The Bromell and Bellows Bloody Bullet Case 04-24-51; The Hiccupping Hamster Haemostatic Case 05-29-51; The Syncopic Sweazy Sweat-Out Case 07-05-51; The Pointless Pierson Polemic Polarity Case 09-05-51; The Senile Slugging Case 09-12-51; The Bakery Bandit's Bad Blooper 03-25-52; The Cornered Cop Killer Case 04-08-52; The Big Boy's Brutish Back-Bending Case 04-29-52.
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"Under the cold, glaring lights..."
From 1954 to 1960, THE LINE UP was one of TV's popular crime dramas...and after its run on CBS, continued in syndication under the title SAN FRANCISCO BEAT. It's rarely rerun today, which is why the radio version of the show (which premiered in 1950) is so wonderful to experience in this Radio Spirits collection of vintage broadcasts. The cast is first-rate, with veterans like Bill Johnstone, Wally Maher, and Jack Moyles pitch-perfect as the dedicated detectives patrolling "a great American city." Gritty, spellbinding...and highly recommended.