form y separately published work icon The Marijhuana Case single work   radio play   crime  
Note: Probably Ron Ingleby, but unconfirmed.
Issue Details: First known date: 1950... 1950 The Marijhuana Case
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'LARRY KENT, the Private Investigator, is approached by the C. 1.8. to help them on the Marijhuana Case in an effort to break up a ring of dope-peddlers who are selling the drug to teen-agers. He is also engaged by an elderly millionairess, Mrs. Farnsworth, whose young grandson, Brian, is in the toils of the gang.

'In an attempt to murder Kent, Brian kills two of the gang. Subsequently, Mrs. Farnsworth receives by post a photograph and a blackmailing letter which reads: “Your grandson is in trouble. The picture enclosed will show how much trouble. The gun you see on the floor, beside the dead man, has Brian’s fingerprints on it. If you want that gun and the negative of the photo, it will cost you £50,000. I will phone you at seven to-night.”

'Police records show the dead man to be a small-time gangster. Kent’s investigation locates the scene of the murder as the flat of an attractive, respectable girl who was travelling in the country when the murder occurred.

'But it is this very clue which leads Kent to the real murderer and the smashing of the marijhuana ring.'

Source: 'Commercial Radio Plays for Next Week', ABC Weekly, 10 June 1950, p.27.

Production Details

  • Broadcast on 2UE pm Wednesday 14 June 1950, from 8:30pm.

    Cast: Ken Wayne (Larry Kent) and Madi Hedd (Rita), with Sheila Sewell, Edward Smith, Clarrie Graham, John Ewart, and Alan White.

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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