Summary: Agnes Bolton (Aired June 5, 1949) Typically, a person unknown to Pat asks him to do an unusual or risky job. Pat reluctantly accepts and finds himself in hot water in the form of an unexplained dead body. Police Inspector Hellman (played by Raymond Burr) arrives on the scene and pins the murder on Novak. With only circumstantial evidence to go on, Hellman promises to haul Novak in the next day for the crime. The rapid, staccato dialogue between Webb & Burr is typical of harboiled fiction and is often humorous. Pat uses the time to try to solve the case. He usually employs the help of his friend Jocko Madigan (played by Tudor Owen) - a drunken ex-doctor typically found at some disreputable tavern or bar - to help him solve the case. As Pat asks for his help, Jocko launches a long-winded philosophical diatribe, full of witty and funny remarks, until Novak cuts him off. Jocko and Pat unravel the case and Hellman makes the arrest. Finally, we hear the foghorn and Novak's footsteps on the pier again before Novak spells out the details of the case for us. THIS EPISODE: June 5, 1949. Program #13. "Agnes Bolton" - ABC network origination, AFRS rebroadcast. The fat lady with a green package in a bowling alley. Espionage and the usual frame for Novak. Jack Webb, Richard Breen (writer), Hal Gibney (announcer), Charles McGraw, Tudor Owen. 32:05. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
