Summary: The Eagle Murder Case (Aired July 13, 1948) Vance, in the original books, is an intellectual so highly refined he seems he might be ghostwritten by P. G. Wodehouse. Take this quote from The Benson Murder Case, 1924, as Vance pontificates in his inimitable way: "That's your fundamental error, don't y' know. Every crime is witnessed by outsiders, just as is every work of art. The fact that no one sees the criminal, or the artist, actu'lly at work, is wholly incons'quential." Thankfully, the radio series uses only the name, and makes Philo a pretty normal, though very intelligent and extremely courteous gumshoe. George Petrie plays Vance's constantly impressed public servant, District Attorney Markham. Joan Alexander is Ellen Deering, Vance's secretary and right-hand woman. THIS EPISODE: July 13, 1948. Program #1. Mutual network origination, Ziv syndication. "The Eagle Murder Case". Commercials added locally. A case of murder in an ambulance. This is first show of the series that featured Jackson Beck and Joan Alexander. The first 26 programs of the series were heard on Mutual on the dates indicated and then were syndicated by Frederick W. Ziv. It's not know whether Ziv recorded the programs and then sold a package of the first 26 shows to Mutual, or simply bought the rights to the first 26 shows after they had been broadcast on Mutual. 26:26. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
