Partner in Panama: Let George Do It (December 12, 1949)

“Partner in Panama” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 12, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Valentine is hired to deliver $50,000 to the supposedly-dead criminal Vic Ruskin in Panama, who is blackmailing a film producer over a movie based on Ruskin's crimes. George arrives in Panama and meets a guide named Delcatoni at the airport, but discovers Delcatoni has been murdered. A mysterious woman and a self-described lawyer named Pissarro Feng become entangled in the case, each with their own agendas and secrets.

Panama, including the airport and Club Cortez in the old town

Characters: George Valentine, Lieutenant Riley, Mr. Grovitch, Mr. Brooks, Vic Ruskin, Delcatoni, Pissarro Feng, A woman at Club Cortez

Listen for: George navigating the dangerous streets of Panama while trying to understand who has been murdered, who wants the ransom money, and whether Vic Ruskin is truly alive.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.