form y separately published work icon The Cy Kendall Case single work   radio play   crime  
Note: Probably Ron Ingleby, but not confirmed.
Issue Details: First known date: 1950... 1950 The Cy Kendall Case
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'WHEN Larry Kent, Crime Investigator, visits the Hearts Club, a gambling house run by Cy. Kendall, he wins £100 in his first hand at pontoon. As he is leaving with his winnings he is called into Kendall’s office, who hands him £500.

'When Kent asks what the £500 is for, Kendall tells Kent someone has attempted to murder him. However, the £500 is not a protection fee, but payment in advance for Kent to trace the murderer when the murder is committed.

'A few days later a beautiful woman enters Kent’s office and confesses to having murdered Kendall. Her name is Betty Werner. She says she killed Kendall in a cottage out of town over another woman. She drives Kent out to where there is a newly dug grave, which he commences to reopen. Betty says she has confessed to Kent be cause she knew of the £500 fee, and hoped Kent would save her from gaol.

'He carries on with his investigations, and unearths an extraordinary bet and an organisation of a gang of dope peddlers.'

Source: 'Commercial Radio Plays of the Week', ABC Weekly, 29 April 1950, p.27.

Production Details

  • Broadcast on 2UE on Wednesday 3 May 1950, from 8:30pm.

    Cast: Ken Wayne (Larry Kent), Alan White (Cy. Kendall), Madi Hedd (Betty Werner), and Edward Smith, Rupert Chance, and Donald Crosby.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: 2UE , 1950 .
      Series: form y separately published work icon I Hate Crime Larry Kent : I Hate Crime; Rola Show : Larry Kent Ron Ingleby , Sydney : Macquarie Network Radio 2UE Sydney Ltd , Z1750974 1949 series - publisher radio play detective

      'Larry Kent is a crime investigator. As a newspaperman in New York, he becomes interested in crime detection and sets up in business in Australia. He has a nose for danger and a habit of playing hunches. A light touch to offset the serious theme of the plays is his eye for a pretty figure, and a favourite occupation of, as he puts it, "Watching the blondes go by" (Australian Radio Series 1930s - 1970s, p.99)

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