Copyright 2010 J. David Goldin
These are all the examples of this program in the radioGOLDINdex database. These listings are accurate as of July 20, 2010. The programs are listed chronologically, partial dates appear first, unknown dates appear last.
24537. Pat Novak For Hire. August 10, 1947. ABC net. Sustaining. The neighbor of a man found dead in his apartment offers Pat $1000 to bring him the envelope from the dead man's safe. Jack Lewis, Herb Ellis, Otto Clair (special music), Mary Milford, Jerry Zinneman, Kurt Martell, Ben Morris, John Galbraith, Dick Ellers. 29:19. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
24533. Pat Novak For Hire. November 23, 1947. ABC Pacific net, KGO, San Francisco origination. Sustaining. Lydia Reynolds, a wealthy but insane young lady, hires Novak to be her bodyguard. The system cue has been deleted. Ben Morris, John Galbraith, Herb Ellis, Jack Lewis, Tol Avery, Henry Leff, Otto Clair (special music), Mary Melford, Ed MacDonald. 29:38. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete as above.
24534. Pat Novak For Hire. November 30, 1947. ABC net, KGO, San Francisco aircheck. Sustaining. Pat becomes an apartment sitter, but senses a $10,000 reward. The show features a book named, "Death In Herald Square." An announcement is made that KGO will increase its power to fifty-thousand watts next week. Ben Morris, John Galbraith, Jack Lewis, Otto Clair (special music). 29:17. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
24535. Pat Novak For Hire. February 20, 1949. ABC net. Sustaining. The second show of the second series with Jack Webb. $1000 mysteriously finds its way into Pat's bank account, a corpse finds its way into Pat's closet, a lovely lady and smuggled microfilm find their way into Pat's life. The system cue has been deleted. Jack Webb, Raymond Burr, Herb Butterfield, Betty Lou Gerson, Vic Perrin, Ted de Corsia, Basil Adlam (composer, conductor), Tudor Owen, George Fenneman (announcer). 29:39. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete as above.
73754. Pat Novak For Hire. February 27, 1949. ABC net. Sustaining. Possibly a rehearsal recording or unedited tape, recorded, February 7, 1949. Pat meets a girl with amnesia late one rainy night. After a cup of coffee, Marcia Halperin drops dead in a restaurant. The next day, the woman's father has a fatal auto accident in Sacramento. Jack Webb, William Conrad (announcer, performer), Jack Lewis, Basil Adlam (composer, conductor), Raymond Burr, Tudor Owen. 27:37. Audio condition: Excellent. Incomplete.
73755. Pat Novak For Hire. March 1, 1949. ABC net. Sustaining. Joe Dineen dies in Novak's apartment. What's in his safe deposit box? You don't want to know! Possibly a rehearsal recording or unedited tape. See cat. #8599 for a possible broadcast recording of this rehearsal. Jack Webb, Raymond Burr, Tudor Owen, William P. Rousseau (producer, director), Herb Ellis, Parley Baer, George Fenneman (announcer), Basil Adlam (composer, conductor), Yvonne Peattie. 29:30. Audio condition: Very good. Complete.
8596. Pat Novak For Hire. March 6, 1949. Program #2. ABC net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. A dead horse leads to a dead jockey and a hot tip on murder. Jack Webb, Virginia Gregg, Hugh Thomas. 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8599. Pat Novak For Hire. March 13, 1949. Program #5. ABC net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. A dying man in the harbor, a bunch of photos in a locker, and lots of trouble for Novak in the form of Alma Biggs. See cat. #73755 for a possible rehearsal recording of this program, dated March 1, 1949. Jack Webb, William P. Rousseau (producer), Tudor Owen, Raymond Burr, Basil Adlam (composer, conductor). 30:48. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
73756. Pat Novak For Hire. March 18, 1949. Program #6. ABC net. Sustaining. A double fix in a prize fight, with all the wrong answers and the right corpses. This is possibly a rehearsal recording or unedited tape. See cat. #8602 for an AFRTS rebroadcast of the air show. Jack Webb, Frank Lovejoy, Raymond Burr (performer, announcer), William P. Rousseau (producer, director), Lillian Buyeff, Ted de Corsia, Tudor Owen, Basil Adlam (composer, conductor), Yvonne Peattie, Stefan Schnabel. 29:34. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
8602. Pat Novak For Hire. March 20, 1949. Program #8. ABC net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. A double fix in a prize fight, with all the wrong answers and the right corpses. See cat. #73756 for an audition recording (or unedited tape or a network, sponsored version) of this broadcast. Jack Webb, Frank Lovejoy, Raymond Burr, William P. Rousseau (producer, director), Lillian Buyeff, Ted de Corsia, Tudor Owen, Basil Adlam (composer, conductor), Yvonne Peattie, Stefan Schnabel. 30:35. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8595. Pat Novak For Hire. March 27, 1949. Program #1. ABC net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. The story of a waterfront character out to make a buck anyway he can, which usually involves murder, beautiful girls and an inevitable hit on the head. Very well written adventures in a terse hard hitting style. Doreen Wilde offers Pat $100 to make a delivery. A corpse is found in Pat's hotel room and Pat's the patsy. Jack Webb, Raymond Burr, William P. Rousseau (producer), Tudor Owen, Basil Adlam (composer, conductor). 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8597. Pat Novak For Hire. April 2, 1949. Program #3. ABC net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. A priest puts Pat on the trail of an escaped convict named Joe Feldman. This leads to a slit throat, a dead cop, and the standard frame. Jack Webb, Raymond Burr, Richard Breen (writer), Basil Adlam (music), George Fenneman (announcer), Tudor Owen, Paul Frees (doubles), Parley Baer, Lurene Tuttle, William P. Rousseau (producer, director). 30:10. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8598. Pat Novak For Hire. April 9, 1949. Program #4. ABC net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Going on an errand for a friend, Pat gets a beating, a package, and a corpse or two, or three. Jack Webb. 30:22. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8600. Pat Novak For Hire. April 16, 1949. Program #6. ABC net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Pat is hired to scare Dixie Gilliam with an empty gun, which grows bullets. Murder and a frame follows. Jack Webb. 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8601. Pat Novak For Hire. April 23, 1949. Program #7. ABC net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. A corpse in one of Novak's boats leads to the body of Rita Malloy, beautiful and dead. Jack Webb, William P. Rousseau (producer, director), Tudor Owen, Raymond Burr (doubles), Basil Adlam (composer, conductor), Richard Breen (writer), George Fenneman (announcer). 30:20. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8603. Pat Novak For Hire. April 30, 1949. Program #9. ABC net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Pat tries to watch a beautiful drunk who suspects her husband is really another person. Jack Webb, Richard Breen (writer), William P. Rousseau (producer, director), Basil Adlam (music), George Fenneman (announcer), Tudor Owen. 30:50. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8605. Pat Novak For Hire. May 7, 1949. Program #10. ABC net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "The Laundry Mix-up". The wrong shirt leads Novak to murder and grief. Jack Webb. 30:22. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8606. Pat Novak For Hire. May 14, 1949. Program #11. ABC net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Patsy gets $50 for delivering a potted geranium, and an epidemic of the double-cross. Jack Webb, William P. Rousseau (producer), Tudor Owen, Basil Adlam (composer, conductor), Raymond Burr. 30:02. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8607. Pat Novak For Hire. May 21, 1949. Program #12. ABC net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. A hit and run accident puts Pat on the trail of mysterious John St. John. Jack Webb, William P. Rousseau (producer), Tudor Owen, Raymond Burr, Basil Adlam (composer, conductor). 30:38. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8608. Pat Novak For Hire. June 4, 1949. Program #13. ABC net 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. 31:01. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8604. Pat Novak For Hire. June 11, 1949. Program #14. ABC net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Pat gets on the trail of a package of emeralds... but watch out for the flying double-cross. Jack Webb. 30:29. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8609. Pat Novak For Hire. June 15, 1949. Program #15. ABC net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. One of Pat's boats shows up full of bullet holes and the two guys Pat met at a Mexican prize fight aren't too pleased. Jack Webb. 30:10. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
24536. Pat Novak For Hire. June 18, 1949. ABC net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Who killed Joe Dineen, and why? And where is his safe deposit box? Jack Webb, Raymond Burr, Tudor Owen. 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
4288. Pat Novak For Hire. June 25, 1949. ABC net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. A fast-paced underworld story. Jake Segal, an altar-boy, is shot in church but Novak was the real target. He tries to find out why and covers the waterfront scene to discover whodunit. The system cue has been deleted. The last show of the series. Jack Webb. 28:54. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete as above.
Report contains 24 programs.