Frank Lovejoy is hardboiled newsman Randy Stone, roaming the dark streets of his city to find that special story for the next day's Chicago Star and his Night Beat column. Lovejoy portrays a reporter with a heart as well as a nose for news, with a focus on both the human-interest angle of the story and the crime. Adding to the show's overall excellence was its guest cast, including such top-line radio actors as Joan Banks, Jeff Corey, Ted DeCorsia, Paul Frees, Barbara Fuller, Lou Krugman, Jack Kruschen, Peter Leeds, Shirley Mitchell, Gerald Mohr, Jeannette Nolan, Lurene Tuttle, Martha Wentworth, and many more. This four CD digitally remastered audio collection includes 8 classic episodes and a Program Guide by William Nadel. Episodes Include: I Know Your Street 04-10-50, The Girl From Kansas 06-05-50, Old Home Week 09-04-50, The Hunted Becomes the Hunter 09-11-50, A Case of Butter 09-25-50, Kenny Day, Amnesia Case 10-06-50, The Man with the Red Hair 08-21-52, Ellen Bomb on the Plane 09-04-52
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