THE ADVENTURES OF FRANK RACE

OLD TIME RADIO - 2 CD mp3 - 43 Episodes
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The Adventures of Frank Race was an American radio adventure serial syndicated by Bruce Eells Productions. The 30-minute program's first East Coast broadcast was 1949, and the show ran 43 episodes. Because it was syndicated, it aired on different stations on different days. For instance, in New York City, the first episode ran on WINS on April 9, 1949. The series was broadcast on the West Coast from 1951-52.
Each episode opened with a one-minute organ theme and then the following from announcer Art Gilmore:
Many things were changed during the war; the face of the earth was altered and the people of the Earth changed. Before the war, Frank Race was an attorney, but he traded his law books for the cloak-and-dagger of the OSS. When it was over, his former life was over, too... adventure had become his business!
Frank Race mainly investigated international insurance scams around the globe in various exotic locations, making him something of a cross between James Bond and Johnny Dollar. After Tom Collins played the title role for the first 22 episodes, Paul Dubov took over the lead role. Tony Barnett portrayed Race's sidekick, Mark Donovan. Other actors included Jack Kruschen, Wilms Herbert, Lillian Buyeff and Harry Lang.
The series was written and directed by Joel Murcott and Buckley Angel. Ivan Ditmars provided the background organ music.

Paul Dubov and Tony Barrett, in particular, forged a relationship during The Adventures of Frank Race that continued throughout both great character actors' careers when the two began prolific careers as writers and developers of Television features together and separately. Indeed, their writing and developing credits in Television eventually eclipsed both great actors' body of work in Radio. Tom Collins, having recently completed his leading role as Chandu in the 1948 run of Chandu The Magician, returned to One Man's Family after The Adventures of Frank Race and almost got a bid to portray his Nick Lacey character from One Man's Family for the Television version of the series in 1949. Never quite attaining the heights of either Tony Barrett or Paul Dubov, Tom Collins' staunchest fans remember him for his roles as Reggie Yorke in I Love Adventure, Chandu in Chandu the Magician, and Frank Race in The Adventures of Frank Race with equal zeal.

SHOWS LIST

Disc 1 with Tom Collins
Adventures of Frank Race 490501 01-The Hackensack Victory
Adventures of Frank Race 490508 02-The Darling Debutante
Adventures of Frank Race 490515 03-The Istanbul Adventure
Adventures of Frank Race 490522 04-The Seventeen Black
Adventures of Frank Race 490529 05-The Enoch Arden Adventure
Adventures of Frank Race 490605 06-The Vanishing President
Adventures of Frank Race 490612 07-The Baradian Letters
Adventures of Frank Race 490619 08-The Airborne Adventure
Adventures of Frank Race 490626 09-The Shanghai Incident
Adventures of Frank Race 490703 10-The Juvenile Passenger
Adventures of Frank Race 490710 11-The Reckless Daughter
Adventures of Frank Race 490717 12-The Silent Heart
Adventures of Frank Race 490724 13-The Garrulous Bartender
Adventures of Frank Race 490731 14-The Vanishing Favorite
Adventures of Frank Race 490807 15-The Embittered Secretary
Adventures of Frank Race 490814 16-The Talking Bullet
Adventures of Frank Race 490821 17-The Fat Mans Loot
Adventures of Frank Race 490828 18-The Generals Lady
Adventures of Frank Race 490904 19-The Violent Virtuoso
Adventures of Frank Race 490911 20-The Fourth Rd Knockout
Adventures of Frank Race 490918 21-The Three On A Match
Adventures of Frank Race 490925 22-The Roughnecks Will

Disc 2 with Paul Dubov
Adventures of Frank Race 491002 23-The Green Doubloon
Adventures of Frank Race 491009 24-The Sobbing Bodyguards
Adventures of Frank Race 491016 25-The Divers Loot
Adventures of Frank Race 491023 26-Adventure In Mormon Country
Adventures of Frank Race 491030 27-The Brooklyn Accent
Adventures of Frank Race 491106 28-The Six Week Cure
Adventures of Frank Race 491113 29-The Fairway Beauty
Adventures of Frank Race 491120 30-The Runway Queen
Adventures of Frank Race 491127 31-The Lady In The Dark
Adventures of Frank Race 491204 32-The Silent Tongue
Adventures of Frank Race 491211 33-The Kandy Killing
Adventures of Frank Race 491218 34-The Undecided Bride
Adventures of Frank Race 491225 35-The Gold Worshipper
Adventures of Frank Race 500101 36-The House Divided
Adventures of Frank Race 500108 37-The Pharaohs Staff
Adventures of Frank Race 500115 38-The Count Trefanno Crest
Adventures of Frank Race 500122 39-The Night Crawler
Adventures of Frank Race 500129 40-The Kettle Drum
Adventures of Frank Race 500205 41-The Loveable Character
Adventures of Frank Race 500212 42-The Black Friars Bridge
Adventures of Frank Race 500219 43-The Big Top

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