form y separately published work icon The Case of the Gangster's Double single work   radio play   crime  
Note: Probably Ron Ingleby, but not confirmed.
Issue Details: First known date: 1950... 1950 The Case of the Gangster's Double
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'A STRANGER introduced himself to Larry Kent, the Private Investigator, with a knock-out blow to the chin. When Kent describes his assailant to Inspector Daniels, he la identified as Sam Cranbrook, sly grogger, forger, night-club operator, and gangster. Kent looks Cranbrook up and re-introduces himself, and is again slugged.

'He discovers that it was not Cranbrook, but that gangster’s double, who had delivered the first knock-out introduction, an unsuccessful radio actor called Tom Andrews. Andrews, because of his twin likeness to Cranbrook, is employed by a rival gangster, Leo Levine, to get the inside news by doubling for Cranbrook and passing the information about the gangster on to the police.

'Kent brings the play to a very exciting conclusion through a gun battle, which has very satisfying results —including Kent getting Cranbrook’s girl in lieu of Levine’s unpaid fee.'

Source: 'Commercial Radio Plays for Next Week', ABC Weekly, 20 May 1950, p.27.

Production Details

  • Broadcast on 2UE on Wednesday 24 May 1950, from 8:30pm.

    Cast: Ken Wayne (Larry Kent) with Ivan Vander, Margo Lee, Moray Powell, Ossie Wenban, and Norton Howarth.

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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