form y separately published work icon Walk a Crooked Mile single work   radio play   detective  
Issue Details: First known date: 1955... 1955 Walk a Crooked Mile
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Based on the 1948 Columbia Pictures film, Walk a Crooked Mile, the story concerns a security leak at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities fear that the information leaked will go to a hostile nation. Dan O'Hara, an FBI agent, and Philip Grayson, a Scotland Yard detective join forces in an attempt to stop the spy ring from achieving its aim.

Notes

  • This one hour radio drama is not related to the Lindsay Hardy-written radio drama or television series of the same name.

Production Details

  • 1955: Broadcast in Sydney on 2UE and in Melbourne on 3UZ. Dir. Harry Dearth ; Prod. Harry Dearth Playhouse. - Cast: Alistair Roberts, Harp McGuire, Max Osbiston, Tom Farley, Diana Perryman, Kenneth Warren, Stewart Ginn, Don Crosby, Gordon Chater, Charles Tingwell (q.v., Inspector Grayson).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

      1955 .
      (Manuscript) assertion

      Holdings

      Held at: National Film and Sound Archive (aka ScreenSound Australia)
      Local Id: 717205
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