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Richard Diamond Private Detective

by 25 Top Old Radio Shows

Dick Powell starred in the Richard Diamond, Private Detective radio series as a wisecracking former police officer turned private detective. Episodes typically open with a client visiting or calling cash-strapped Diamond's office and agreeing to his fee of $100 a day plus expenses, or Diamond taking on a case at the behest of his friend and former partner, Lt. Walter Levinson. Diamond often suffers a blow to the head in his sleuthing pursuits. Most episodes end with Diamond at the piano, singing a standard, popular song, or showtune from Powell's repertoire to Helen Asher (his girlfriend) in her penthouse at 975 Park Avenue.

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Episodes

  1. Richard Diamond 49-06-19 (009) Fred Sears Murder Case

  2. Richard Diamond 49-08-20 (018) The Jean Cooper Murder Case

  3. Richard Diamond 49-10-08 (024) Gibson Murder Case

  4. Richard Diamond 49-11-19 (030) The Jacoby Case

  5. Richard Diamond 49-05-15 (004) Ralph Chase Case

  6. Richard Diamond 49-05-22 (005) The Stolen Purse

  7. Richard Diamond 49-09-03 (020) The Harry Baker Case

  8. Richard Diamond 49-09-24 (023) The Two Hundred Thousand Dollar Bundle

  9. Richard Diamond 49-05-29 (006) The Betty Moran Case

  10. Richard Diamond 49-09-10 (021) The Van Dyke Seance Case

  11. Richard Diamond 49-07-09 (012) Charles Walsh and Bob Wells

  12. Richard Diamond 49-12-03 (032) The Ruby Idol Case

  13. Richard Diamond 49-10-22 (026) Rene Bennet Protection Case

  14. Richard Diamond 49-11-05 (028) The Singing Critic

  15. Richard Diamond 49-06-26 (010) The Tom Waxman Bombing Case

  16. Richard Diamond 49-07-16 (013) The Man Who Hated Women

  17. Richard Diamond 49-10-15 (025) The Bogus Bills Case

  18. Richard Diamond 49-11-26 (031) William Carter Loses Memory

  19. Richard Diamond 49-08-06 (016) The Lynn Knight Case

  20. Richard Diamond 49-09-17 (022) The Jerome J Jerome Case

  21. Richard Diamond 49-07-02 (011) The Bloody Hat Case

  22. Richard Diamond 49-05-01 (002) Diamond In the Rough (AFRS)

  23. Richard Diamond 49-12-10 (033) The House Of Mystery Case

  24. Richard Diamond 49-12-24 (035) A Christmas Carol

  25. Richard Diamond 49-08-27 (019) The Eddie Garrett Case

  26. Richard Diamond 49-12-17 (034) The John Blackwell Case

  27. Richard Diamond 49-11-05 (028) The Singing Critic (AFRS)

  28. Richard Diamond 49-11-12 (029) Fifty Thousand Dollar Diamond Heist

  29. Richard Diamond 49-07-23 (014) The Martin Hyer Case

  30. Richard Diamond 49-10-29 (027) Bill Kirby Murder Case

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Dick Powell starred in the Richard Diamond, Private Detective radio series as a wisecracking former police officer turned private detective. Episodes typically open with a client visiting or calling cash-strapped Diamond's office and agreeing to his fee of $100 a day plus expenses, or Diamond taking on a case at the behest of his friend and former partner, Lt. Walter Levinson. Diamond often suffers a blow to the head in his sleuthing pursuits. Most episodes end with Diamond at the piano, singing a standard, popular song, or showtune from Powell's repertoire to Helen Asher (his girlfriend) in her penthouse at 975 Park Avenue.

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Dick Powell starred in the Richard Diamond, Private Detective radio series as a wisecracking former police officer turned private detective. Episodes typically open with a client visiting or calling cash-strapped Diamond's office and agreeing to his fee of $100 a day plus expenses, or Diamond...

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