Adventures Of Sam Spade, Detective, The

Broadcast History: 12 July 1946 to 27 April 1951
Theme Tune: Goodnight, Sweetheart

Based on the Character created by Dashiell Hammett Sam Spade was a tough private investigator. Each case was unfolded as a report dictated to his secretary, Effie, who was always flustered and secretly in love with him. He always quoted his license number and referred to each investigation as a “caper”. Each report was dated with the actual airdate.