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I love The Saint, for sure.
Would adding "Raffles" to the list be stretching it a little? 'Cause I like Raffles too
Would adding "Raffles" to the list be stretching it a little? 'Cause I like Raffles too
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Magpie, there was a Raffles TV series in the early 70s starring Anthony Valentine.Comment
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Raffles.
Hi Robert, hi Magpie,Originally posted by Robert View Post
Thought that you might enjoy this website.
Best wishes,
Zodiac.And thus I clothe my naked villainy
With old odd ends, stol'n forth of holy writ;
And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.Comment
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Dashiell Hammett
I like to add Dashiell Hammetts Continental Op (several short stories between 1922-1934 and the novel Red Harvest) and Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon).
Both Red Harvest and The Maltese Falcon are among my favourite crime novels and John Hustons film The Maltese Falcon is one of two (the other is To Have and Have Not by Howard Hawks) favourite films with Humphrey Bogart).
kind regards
Paul O'Henry___________________________
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
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I believe Dickens created a detective in one of his novels, perhaps it was Bleak House or little Dorritt, and i think his name was Bucket. I read somewhere he was the first fictional blood hound in English literature.SCORPIOComment
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Yes, that has come upThis my opinion and to the best of my knowledge, that is, if I'm not joking.
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"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? THE SHADOW knows."
(Premiered 1930- does that count?)Comment
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I did consider the Shadow until I saw when he premiered. In some incarnations he's like a super hero but in some not. He is played pretty straight in the old Rod Laroque movies. The 30s and 40s are the golden age for fictional detectives, I think, starting with the likes of Dick Tracy through Mike Hammer and the sort.This my opinion and to the best of my knowledge, that is, if I'm not joking.
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Running far afield into the 1950s, my favorite is probably McGraw, the man with no first name.This my opinion and to the best of my knowledge, that is, if I'm not joking.
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There are some old shows here:
Box 13 was Alan Ladd, my mum's favourite star, and I used to tell her that Box 13 was what he stood on to reach the microphone.
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Thanks Robert! I have some of those on tape and CD plus I also heard some first-run when I was a kid. Alan Ladd was my mom's favorite star as well, at least until after his death and Charlton Heston came along.This my opinion and to the best of my knowledge, that is, if I'm not joking.
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Originally posted by Zodiac View PostHi Robert, hi Magpie,
Thought that you might enjoy this website.
Best wishes,
Zodiac.
Awesome, thank you!
Speaking of radio shows, Vincent Price as The Saint is one of my favourites.“Sans arme, sans violence et sans haine”Comment
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Another favourite is Tommy and Tuppence (at least I liked the TV show--my experience of Agatha Christie is that adaptions of her work are generally better than the source material).“Sans arme, sans violence et sans haine”Comment
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I notice a distinct lack of Sexton Blake (1892) in the mix...
And if parodies are allowed, don't forget Herlock Sholmes (1915)“Sans arme, sans violence et sans haine”Comment
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