Best of Classic Radio 09-11-26 - Paradise USA, Night Watch, and The Queen of Spades

Best of Classic Radio 09-11-26 - Paradise USA, Night Watch, and The Queen of Spades

Author: Wyatt Cox September 11, 2026 Duration: 2:05:55
Originally broadcast on Sunday, September 11, 2022

Hour 1 - Four Star Playhouse, originally broadcast September 11, 1949, 77 years ago, Paradise USA starring Rosalind Russell.  A comedy-romance involving an actress and an artist. Jeff Chandler appears, billed as Ira Grossel, his birth name. 

Hour 2 - Nightwatch with reporter Donn Reed, originally broadcast September 11, 1954, 72 years ago, A Traffic Accident and a Strong Arm Robbery.  The first case is about a traffic accident; a woman has been injured.  Also Dick Tracy, originally broadcast September 11, 1947, 79 years ago, The Case of the Low Hijack. Tracy and Pat are prisoners in a truck, being held by "Mori Bund."

Hour 3 - Mystery in the Air starring Peter Lorre, originally broadcast September 11, 1947, 79 years ago, The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin.  A Russian officer kills to learn the secret of the playing cards that cannot lose.    Also Part 2 of a 5-part Yours Truly Johnny Dollar story, The Confidential Matter, originally broadcast September 11, 1956, 70 years ago.  A trail back into a man's past is faint and twisting, and at times, runs through quicksand! 

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